Jamming For The Joy Of It

Jamming for the Joy of It

Rosanne Fortier News Correspondent

The musicians played, ‘Will the Circle Be Unbroken’ and their jamming circle will not be broken if the participation continues as well as it did at the ‘Jam With Us’ session on June 28 at the Sunshine Club of Vegreville.

Some of the musicians who took part in the jamming session in no particular order - Rob Hughes, Don Harfield, Randy Kereliuk, Gayle Gagne, Jody Quickstad, Connie Marcinkos, Lorne Fill, Darlene Tribault, Len Sakaluk, Joe Nowak, Terry Williams, Floyd Mihalcheon, Carrie Withers, Merv Zemlak. (Rosanne Fortier/photo)

Musician, Randy Kereliuk led the circle jam. Each of the 16 musician had several chances to choose the song they wished to play while they informed the other participations which key they wished to play the song on. Musicians were allowed to pass on a song.

The audience commented frequently that the song was nice after the musicians played it.

Gayle Gagne is on vocals for the jamming session. (Rosanne Fortier/photo)

The jamming session raced through folk, country, pop, polkas, and many other genres of music. The vocalist sang in tune and the musicians who play their instruments kept the right key.

Jam With Us is held on the fourth Friday of every month and it is a chance for people who love music to come out and gain experience with others or just have an evening of listening to some good home performed music.

Jody Quickstad is on vocals for the jamming session. (Rosanne Fortier/photo)

Chair of Entertainment Committee for Sunshine Club, Don Harfield said they were very pleased with the turn-out. This event continues to grow all the time.