Booher Family Music Camp Part 1

We just came back from a week at this ranch, in the beautiful Scotts Valley near Yoncalla, Oregon.

The entire week of music classes, jam sessions, concerts and fellowship was organized by this musical family.  (L-R: Chris, Rudi, Ned, Brendan, Ben)

We camped on their parent's lawn.  Mother Booher was in charge of the outdoor kitchen which kept us well fed.  Brendan arranged for us to be bused to the local highschool for music classes from nine to three-thirty.  All the boys taught, plus some other great musicians from the northwest.  Sarah, Janna, and Krista took piano improv; Kathrina was in the advanced fiddle class; Noah took guitar lessons, and Mom and Dad had private bass lessons.   Afterwards, one could choose between dance lessons, volleyball, ultimate Frisbee, pond swimming and more.  Each night there was a concert or big jam session.  On Tuesday night, all the musical families performed.  We shared These Are My Mountains and our Lord of the Rings medley.

Thursday night was band scramble night.  Names were randomly thrown together from all the classes to form eight different bands, each with a teacher for a band leader.  In two 1 1/2 hour sessions, we had to come up with a song, arrange it for our band, and have it ready to perform.  Janna's band performed The Irish Washerwoman.

Noah and Krista's band grooved on the 12-Bar Blues.

Dad and Kathrina's band performed a medley of Oh, Susanna and Country Roads.

Mom and Sarah's band performed a rendition of Miss Molly with the words changed to fit the Booher family.

After band scramble, we had dancing, and for anyone who knows we girls, you know that makes for a good time!


More to come...