Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
The Skyline Strings will be back to perform at this year's BooGrass at The Plaza in Waitsburg.
The successful annual fundraiser for RYES will feature four local bluegrass bands and a silent auction.
WAITSBURG - BooGrass is coming back to The Plaza in Waitsburg on October 26 at 4 p.m. The annual bluegrass concert and silent auction is a fundraiser for Rural Youth Enrichment Services, a local 501 (c) (3) non-profit established in 2009.
The Plaza Theater was built in 1928 and has always hosted BooGrass on the Sunday before Halloween.
Projects under RYES include Touchet Valley Acoustic Music Project, Waitsburg Urban Forestry, Waitsburg Youth & Government, Friends of the Waitsburg Pool, Friends of the Waitsburg Fairgrounds, and its newest project, Waitsburg Youth Football.
The non-profit is the fiscal sponsor, provides insurance coverage, background checks for project leaders and volunteers, and financial tracking. Most importantly, projects under RYES are eligible to apply for grants that are only available to 501 (c) (3) non-profit organizations.
BooGrass began in 2017, and this will be the ninth annual event. The 2020 event was held by RYES as a virtual auction, unfortunately, with no concert due to COVID-19
All the RYES Projects are involved in producing the concert and running the Silent Auction. The silent auction will be set up inside the theater, and bidding is open before and during the musical performances. All proceeds support the Rural Youth Enrichment Services for 2026.
Music this year will be provided by TVAMP musicians. TVAMP is a local music school that teaches bluegrass music to local youth. Three of the youth bands, Skyline Strings, Sumpthin' Epic, and Soup/Sandwich, will be on stage at the Plaza. They will be joined by the Jasper Mountain Band with TVAMP founder Kate Hockersmith, instructor Carrie Hendrix, and Walla Walla bluegrass legends Glenn Morrison and Jimmye Turner.
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