A Jam of Sweet Music

Rosanne Fortier News Correspondent

The communities from Vegreville and area had a chance to get together and share their love of music at the Jam with Us event at the Senior Citizens Sunshine Club of Vegreville on February 28 with 32 people in attendance.

Don Harfield began the evening by saying they have these jams on the fourth Friday of every month. “The intent of the music jam is for the musicians to be able to learn from one another and for everyone to have a bit of fun. We have the musician jams in a semi circle so the audience can listen to it and enjoy it,” stated Don Harfield.

Local musicians jam together.

(Rosanne Fortier/photo)

“For the musicians, we want the person who is leading the song to make sure we understand what the key, tempo is, and the special chords they will be using. So, it is a teaching and learning environment. We just want to help each other and focus on the person who is leading,”added Harfield.

Each musician was able to lead the group. The musicians performed a variety of music for the audience including: folk, country, polkas, humorous songs, old-time songs, and fiddle tunes, toe-tapping favorites, and more. Some of the pieces were catchy tunes that were so energetic that a few people in the audience stepped onto the floor and danced.