A Sampler of Past Events, most recent first
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Nordic Spirit with costumed dancers
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Nordic Spirit
This lively performance by a trio of western Washington musicians playing traditional Scandinavian music brought the largest crowd ever to a performance at the Barn. Two dancers in authentic costumes accompanied the musicans. The costumes and native customs were described during the performance, so this was truly a cultural event. Home baked cookies using traditional Scandinavian recipes were a hit with those who came that afternoon.
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2nd Annual Tea and Fashion Show
Visitors enjoyed iced tea and lemonade plus fabulous finger food with lavender accents. The fashion show featured many stunning ensembles created by resident and consignment artists at the barn. There were lovely hand knit sweaters paired with colorful skirts and hats, accented with jewelry, plus beautiful wispy hand painted silk garments and accessories. The fashion show was coordinated by Monika Kriebel.
The Lavender tea was outstanding: so much to see and admire--your enchanting table; delicious food; fashionable garments and beautiful Art all around. I cannot say how much I enjoyed it and have to thank you for being the hostess who made me feel welcome.
June from Pullman emailed this message following the tea: The Lavender tea was outstanding: so much to see and admire--your enchanting table; delicious food; fashionable garments and beautiful art all around. I cannot say how much I enjoyed it and have to thank you for being the hostess who made me feel welcome. Truly, a memorable feast for all the senses and the English lavender soap a treat to take home. It was a pleasure to meet you.
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Knit top designed to match the skirt
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Banner and blue truck represent the artisan barn at the parade
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The Barn's presence at the Johnson 4th of July parade
Resident artisans Jodee Maiorana, Kim Della Maggiora, and Christie Zeoli put on a great show at the parade. The local 4-H group assisted by carrying a banner and signs letting the public know the types of activities are available at the barn. This is a fun community parade that is attended by lots and lots of people from the Inland Northwest.
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German Oom Pah Band in concert
Uniontown was settled by German immigrants in the late 1800s. On the first Sunday in March for more than 50 years, the town has put on a Sausage Feed as a community fund raisier. It is a huge event where everyone in town plays a role and people come from afar for the sausage made from a secret recipe. At the Dahmen Barn, Auf Geht, a German band, plays in costume for a free concert that afternoon.
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German music follows Sausage Dinner
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Antoinette Botsford describes historical quilt
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Talking Quilts
The Dahmen Barn partnered with the Whitman County Library to present "Talking Quilts" by professional storyteller Antoinette Botsford.
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Aussie Afternoon
An award winning cowboy poet from Australia joined local cowboy poets at the Dahmen Barn after attending the national competition in Nevada. The group collaborated on poetry and Aussie music to an enthusiastic audience.
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Cowboy poetry and Australian music
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Hay Bale Sculpture Contest Winner
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2nd Annual Harvest Festival
Each September we do a Harvest Festival where we have a pie baking contest, then sales of pie ala mode as a fundraiser. We also have many people demonstrating pioneer type crafts and members of an antique power club showing their restored farm equipment. In 2008 we initiated a hay bale sculpture contest which will continue each year. We held a People's Choice vote and the dragon in the photo was the winner.
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Mad About Music and Suzuki Strings
The local suzuki strings music group invited Mad About Music, a group of talented string playing youngsters from New Mexico, to accompany them at the Dahmen Barn for a performance.
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Young string musicians perform
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Junior Jammers have a wide range of ages.
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Mabel Vogt and the Potlatch Junior Jammers
Mabel Vogt is an award-winning fiddler, who has taught young people to fiddle for decades. Their skill is exemplary. Both Vogt and the youngsters play to a sell out crowd when they perform annually at the Dahmen Barn.
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Wood Crafters Demonstraton Day
The second annual demonstration day April of 2008 featured many regional artists who work in wood. Techniques represented ranged from a chainsaw carver to a fellow who did fine inlay work and another who makes dulcimers. This free event is open to the public to showcase individual artists and their creations. Each year a different medium is chosen. The first year it was Fiber to Fashion.
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Resident artisan Len Zeoli demonstrates his lathe
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The best of bluegrass
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Bluegrass concert
Will Williams and Gravel road travel from southern Idaho twice a year to play hard drivin' bluegrass music at the Dahmen Barn. The accomplished group attracts quite a crowd.
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Bagpipe Concert in 2007
The Border Highlanders, a bagpipe band whose members are from Moscow, Pullman, Lewiston and Clarkston use the Dahmen Barn as a geographically central place to practice. Each year they do a benefit concert as a way of thanking us for the use of the facility. There was barely standing room at the first concert in 2007.
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The Border Highlanders
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Fiber artists working in the Hay Loft Hall
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2007 Demo Day
FIBER TO FASHION was the theme chosen for the first annual demonstration day at the barn. We sheared some goats and alpacas, and had many fiber artists at work in the barn demonstrating the steps from the raw fiber to the finished products.
Each subsequent year we choose a different medium and bring in visiting artists to demonstrate their technique. In 2008 it was wood, and in 2009 it was clay where visitors were encouraged to try their hand at the medium.
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Very First Fundraiser
The dance was a fundraiser held in October 2005 for the renovation project, and curiosity about what was going on inside the old structure brought several hundred dancers aged 2 years to 90+. Eleanor's Corner Saloon sold burgers and donated a portion of the proceeds to the project.
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2005 Barn Dance
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