FEATURES

WestValleyView.com /WestValleyView For more features visit westvalleyview.com

Wineland to debut songs at upcoming show

BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI

West Valley View Executive Editor

Country singer Ashley Wineland has three national tours under her belt, but nothing compares to playing her hometown of Glendale.

The Deer Valley High School graduate will perform her latest single, “Drive Me to Drink,” and other original songs during her 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 2, gig at Live! @ Murphy Park.

“It’s exciting,” Wineland said. “I’ve always loved going to Downtown Glendale to enjoy all the activities and festivities they have out there. To go down to Murphy Park and play my own show is something really special. Growing up, I would watch other people perform on that stage, and now it’s my turn.”

The 23-year-old, who will soon release the album “I’m Gonna Ride,” grew up around country music. When she came home from grade school, her grandfather pulled her on his lap and sang country songs to her.

“I have a special fondness for country music,” Wineland said.

“I love to focus on stories of all different kinds. It’s the story of life. There’s a story for everybody in a country song. That’s what drew me into the genre as an artist. It lends very well to my preferred artistic style and the sounds I enjoy playing around with.”

Wineland has been a professional musician for eight years. She chalked up her experiences in school bands, choir, talent shows and classes to her success.

“I really got to test the waters and try out different things,” she said. “It brought me so much joy and happiness. I knew this was something I really wanted to pursue long term.”

She chose the correct career path. She has a dedicated following of more than 750,000 across her social media platforms and a consistent reach on Facebook that frequently surpasses the 1 million mark.

Wineland is looking forward to playing for some of those fans in Glendale and Phoenix. On Saturday, Nov. 6, she’ll hit the Ak-Chin Pavilion stage in Phoenix with Big & Rich, Aaron Lewis and Eddie Montgomery for “A Salute to American Veterans.”

“I grew up watching so many of those artists,” she said. “It’s so exciting to play with them. It’s a bucket list thing for me. It was exciting to have these sorts of shows on the books, too.”

At both shows, Wineland will perform unreleased tracks as well as “Drive Me to Drink,” which was co-written by Bryan Kuban of Mesa.

“I really wanted it to be a saloon Western, one of those spaghetti Western type of feel to it. It’s a song where if you walked into a saloon, it would be something you would hear.

“I’m just excited to play Glendale. It’s in my backyard, so to speak. It’ll be nice to see my friends and family and a bunch of people who I’ve never met before. Please, come out and support live music. That’s the moral and the goal.”

Country singer Ashley Wineland says playing for a good cause is close to her heart. On Saturday, Oct. 30, she’s helping raise funds for Hunkapi Farms, while on Saturday, Nov. 6, she’ll perform for veterans.

(Photo courtesy of Ashley Wineland)

If You Go…

WHAT: Ashley Wineland WHEN: 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 2 WHERE: Murphy Park, at 58th and Glendale avenues, Glendale COST: Free INFO: https://bit.ly/ WinelandMurphyPark

If You Go…

WHAT: Hunkapi Farms “Open Your Hearts Gala” with Ashley Wineland WHEN: 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 30 WHERE: Hunkapi Farms, 12051 N. 96th Street, Scottsdale COST: Tickets start at $250 INFO: 480-393-0870, hunkapi.org/gala

If You Go…

WHAT: Big & Rich, Aaron Lewis, Eddie Montgomery and Ashley Wineland as part of “A Salute to American Veterans” WHEN: 5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 6 WHERE: Ak-Chin Pavilion, 2121 N. 83rd Avenue, Phoenix COST: $44 INFO: livenation.com

ANSWERS ON PAGE 26

King Crossword

ACROSS

1 -- Valley, Calif. 5 Indent key 8 Booty 12 Portent 13 Hot temper 14 Corduroy ridge 15 Arm of the Arctic Ocean 17 Desire 18 Sub detector 19 Sunflower State 21 Study all night 24 Pvt.’s superior 25 Salamander 28 Canal feature 30 Acapulco gold 33 “The Greatest” 34 Continental cash 35 “Awesome!” 36 Sweetie 37 Apple computer 38 Memory unit 39 A billion years 41 Crazy 43 Treat badly 46 Available 50 Contented sounds 51 Left the band 54 “-- Rhythm” 55 Actress Mendes 56 Now, on a memo 57 Cuts off 58 Gym unit 59 Egyptian deity

DOWN

1 Scatters seeds 2 Texter’s “As I see it” 3 Chow -4 Unbroken 5 “-- the season ...” 6 Exist 7 Toucan’s feature 8 Tried to hit a homer 9 Veteran’s tale 10 Pond growth 11 Pop music’s Bee -16 Goof up 20 Requests 22 Grad 23 Aesopian ending 25 “Unh-unh” 26 “Evil Woman” gp. 27 Port authority? 29 Designer Chanel 31 Squealer 32 Poetic tribute 34 Drei minus zwei 38 Dwarf tree 40 Expels 42 Camp bed 43 Postal delivery 44 “Othello” villain 45 Ornamental jug 47 Pitch 48 Jai -49 Band in Boston? 52 Prior night 53 Snooze

by Linda Thistle

The idea of Go Figure is to arrive at the figures given at the bottom and right-hand columns of the diagram by following the arithmetic signs in the order they are given (that is, from left to right and top to bottom). Use only the numbers below the diagram to complete its blank squares and use each of the nine numbers only once.

DIFFICULTY THIS WEEK H H

H Moderate HH Challenging HHH HOO BOY!

Place a number in the empty boxes in such a way that each row across, each column down and each small 9-box square contains all of the numbers from one to nine.

DIFFICULTY THIS WEEK H H H

H Moderate HH Challenging HHH HOO BOY!

EVEN EXCHANGE

by Donna Pettman

Each numbered row contains two clues and two answers. The two answers differ from each other by only one letter, which has already been inserted. For example, if you exchange the A from MASTER for an I, you get MISTER. Do not change the order of the letters.

SCRAMBLERS

Unscramble the letters within each rectangle to form four ordinary words. Then rearrange the boxed letters to form the mystery word, which will complete the gag!