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There is a possibility we may lose the use of the Roeder home. Check the the unofficial webpage of the Whatcom County Homemade Music Society This site maintained by Zeke Hoskin. Send him e-mail or visit his home page. Last updated December 1, 2008 |
The December SONG CIRCLES will be 7:30PM on Dec 3 and 17 at Fl!pand Zeke's place. 2518 Cherry St. 671-4511
Music Circles / Concerts / About the Roeder Home / Other Whatcom Folk Webpages / Concert Schedule
Is this a Society? More like a loose association of volunteers committed to the value of participation in music. With the help of the Whatcom County Parks and Recreation Department we have been hosting events at the Roeder Home for over 30 years. For more information, contact concert coordinator Janet Peterson at motherlodemusic@earthlink.net or 360-647-0741.
How do we choose performers? The way we arrange concerts is a bit unusual. We have found that the concerts are more successful if they are organized by a host who is really interested and excited about getting people to come and hear the person(s) who are performing. So, instead of picking a performer, we start by picking hosts, and the hosts are given the freedom to pick any one they want. Usually they choose someone they are already a fan of rather than someone who has sent a CD for review.
Where is Bellingham? On the western side of Washington state, between Seattle, WA and Vancouver, BC, roughly 90 minutes from each. See also the website for BIMA, the Bellingham Independent Musicians Association.
Music Circles / Concerts / About the Roeder Home / Concert Schedule
Music Circles are evenings when anyone is welcome to sing, play, or listen. Admission is free. When your turn comes around you can lead a song everyone knows, play a song you wrote yourself, ask if anyone else can sing a song you heard once... You get the idea.
The Circles gather anywhere from five to twenty-five people. A typical evening will see guitars, autoharps, mandolins, and fiddles, with the occasional accordion, bass, banjo, whistle, ukulele, dulcimer. . .
Music Circles are usually the first and third Wednesday of the month, (and the fifth Wednesday, if there is one). Occasionally they get moved around or bumped in favor of a special Concert. Most of the year they are in the Roeder Home, 7:30-10 pm. During the summer and the holiday season, they are in people's homes. Call 360-671-4511 or 671-3480 for more information.
Music Circles / Concerts / About the Roeder Home / Concert Schedule
There are folk music concerts in the living room of the Roeder Home on the second and fourth Wednesdays of most months. There is no sound system and there are usually between 25 and 75 people attending. Usually a donation is requested on a sliding scale from $8-12.
Who has performed at the Roeder Home?
Go to this year's Concert Schedule.
Music Circles / Concerts / About the Roeder Home / Concert Schedule
Roeder Home
2600 Sunset Drive
Bellingham, WA 98225
The Roeder Home, at the corner of Sunset and Broadway, was
built at the turn of the century by Victor Roeder,
a banker and the son of one
of Whatcom County's first White settlers. The Home was designed by Alfred Lee,
the architect responsible for two of Bellingham's other most famous buildings:
Old Main
at Western Washington University, and the
Whatcom
County Museum of History and Art (formerly City Hall). Mrs Donald Keyes donated the building
to the county in 1971
and it is now a park, managed by the
Whatcom County Parks and
Recreation Department.
It is used for concerts, classes, art exhibits, etc.
It can also be rented for weddings and parties. For more information call
360-733-6897.
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