SOU’WESTER EVENTS!
Discover what’s happening during your next stay or plan a visit around our free live music, workshops, wellness offerings and more!
In the winter of 2011, Ryan was asked to write the score for a musical adaptation of Woyzeck by Georg Büchner. He incorporated the talent of Joel Andrew, Cristina Cano, Amanda Lawrence, and Paul Seeley to musically paint the haunting story of a man driven to madness. The group decided they were too in love to leave each other after the play was over.
From then on, they were Albatross. Now here are some lies about each of them:
The play had a cowboy theme so he naturally brought on his old shooting partner Paul, to shoot guns at drums so they make that cool ricochet sound (pwing!).
Cristina was interning at Jurassic Park until it shut down, with a focus on velociraptor calls, she barely made it out alive. She was initially brought in as a consultant for the band but human-made velociraptor calls are dazzling so she stepped up to piano and vocals.
Amanda was on the trail with Apache Ghost Warriors as the band’s leader. Responding to a craigslist ad for a different kind of band leader she was surprised to find music much more rewarding and less gruesome. She’s currently happy she made the switch but true warriors never change so she plays viola to sooth her own beastly heart.
Joel plays bass and together they played a benefit show to help the play make some extra cash. About halfway through the second practice for the show Ryan said, “OK, ok, OK! Fine! Let’s just make it a band.
Website http://4everalbatross.bandcamp.com
Eight years ago you would’ve seen Chuck Westmoreland onstage, a busted sprinkler head of awkward and endearing gyrations, gesticulations, and sweat who came, as he put it then, to “rock [your] balls off.”
Eight years ago he would’ve been preaching psycho-sexual pop songs with his band, The Kingdom. Singing conceptually interconnected, insanely catchy nuggets about cars, gender metamorphosis, Dog Day Afternoon, and—somehow—Johnny Unitas in a warbling falsetto caught somewhere between the pearly gates and a truck stop.
Eight years ago. Before he walked away from it all. Before marriage. Before his wife’s cancer fight brought him to his knees. Before the birth of his first child chiseled away whatever remained of that almost-famous man that used to bounce around under the spotlight.
Nearly a decade later, Westmoreland returns with his self-titled solo debut, a powerful album that takes his gift for character sketches and deconstructions and turns the focus squarely, and unblinkingly, on himself.
Owing more to Gordon Lightfoot than Guided by Voices, Chuck Westmoreland shears away all outré influences for a singer-songwriter’s lunch pail full of bare-knuckle blood and guts.
All guests staying at the Sou’wester (and community members too) are invited to a Thanksgiving Feast Potluck at the Sou’wester in the Pavilion! (All guests bring your own plates and utensils.) Dinner starts at 5:00pm. Desserts after dinner in the Main Lodge Living Room. Games in the lodge in the evening around the fireplace.
Ivy & Joel Ricci are a dynamic genre-nomadic duo traveling easily between territories of folk, country, soul, rock and “whatever that is”. The Riccis are multi-instrumentalists who marry brass, strings and vocal harmonies with a reverence for simplicity and chance.
photo by Jade Beall
Mordecai is an experimental pop group based out of Portland, Oregon and draws likeness to such artists as James Blake, Churches and Bon Iver.
Andrew Endres – Lap Steel Kate Kilbourne – Violin
Woollen joins in to make this an even more spectacular show! Geena Barker sings and strums ambient ethereal dreamscapes inspired by home, large bodies of water, and cedar trees. Based out of Astoria/Olympia. Performance will feature special guests.
Waltz about love and life with country band Fronjentress, and then Old Unconscious brings danceable jazz with Africa beats!
Weezy Ford is a musician from Asheville, North Carolina residing in Portland, Oregon. She integrates tap dancing breaks into her fuzzy Rock’n Roll songs written on slide guitar.
Earlier this year she began collaborating with Dustin Dybvig (drums) and Mark Robertson (bass), and Sallie Ford (backup vocals) to record her first EP, titled “Bobby Pin Graveyard” alongside producer Mathew Morgan of Sleepy Volcano.
Handmade Bazaar & Thrifty Grand Re-Opening
We have turned our entire lodge into a handmade bazaar, full of artists selling art, and handcrafted items from 10am-5pm:
***Artist Tables by:
***JULIA BARBEE STUDIOS:Her perfumes are uniquely composed, and the rest of her work is equally divinely conceived.
***NICKY KRIARA and NIKO FAR WEST makes functional ceramic ware inspired by the history, landscape, and textures of The Pacific Northwest.
***BROOKE SHEPHERD of SEAWATER STUDIO: will bring her hand dyed wares such as linen dish towels and kimonos
***HEATHER MCLAUGHLIN a stellar printmaker, will bring her work: limited graphic editions, drawings, and hand printed concert posters
***Artist JOE CHASSE, famous for his canned ham mini vintage travel trailers, will be selling his new works, tabletop recycled metal sculptures.
***VETIVER THERAPY selling Wildcrafted therapeutics.
***TERA STENZEL will bring her artwork, hand sculpted “taxidermy” mushroom people
***A COUPLE OF ARTISTS: Annie Eskelin and Bill Atwood will bring metal sculpture, original seascape paintings, mini prints and jewelry.
***DAWN STETZEL and NATURE NELL’S SISTER bringing 100% reclaimed materials cards and journals.
***and more……
We will have a “print your own card station” too! Print your own Mermaid Holiday Card with hand carved images by Heather McLaughlin, sliding scale $1-$5.
*free crafting supplies box in the lodge: feel free to take and/or add to
Visit our newly remodeled “Thrifty”, our popular Vintage Travel Trailer Thrift Shop, and it’s Grand Re-Opening. New and unusual thrifty items for sale. Please come and peruse!
Stay, or come back, for the live music of Lindsie Feathers at 8pm in the lodge.
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“The songs are about love, the life journey, slowing down, the planet and it’s dwindling resources, liberating cultural belief systems and programming, being true to the self, connecting to our ancestors and family, releasing fear, making choices, and honoring our heroes,” Lindsie Feathers says. “Spreading your wings and trusting in the flight.”
“More to Love” opens the album harkening immediately back to Feathers’ VHS roots, evoking classic Loretta Lynn with a decidedly modern twist. “Be Good To Me” is a rabble-rousing anti-fracking protest song, while “Swine” is a self-empowerment anthem–very different songs, yet equally effective. The lovely “On Our Way” is a gentle reassurance buoyed by Feathers’ tasteful lead playing, while “Honey Bee” is a honky-tonk rave-up with Feathers’ gentle vocal taking on a sly, winking quality, putting her choir of backing vocalists through their paces.
Winter Solstice Potluck, Bonfire & Sauna
Come celebrate this shortest day of the year, the change of seasons, and the return of the light that the Winter Solstice brings. Join us for a potluck in the lodge at 6pm, harvest vegetables and winter delights, with a bonfire celebration in our sauna garden after dinner.
As part of the sauna bonfire we will serve locally harvested wild herb hot tea as a special treat. Mention SOLSTICE for 20% off your stay at the Sou’wester. Includes entrance to all of the Solstice events and a warm-up sauna any time of the day.
Community members or those already in the area, please join us for the potluck and if you want to use the sauna it is only $6 per person or $10 per couple.