On a perfect Sunday afternoon, 350 happy fans danced, sang, and swayed along with Pink Martini, China Forbes, and the Von Trapp great-grandchildren at Pink Martini's benefit concert for the Stop the Dump movement.
Surprise guest puppeteer Basal Twist wowed the audience with an ethereal performance.
The concert, held at Youngberg Hill with its beautiful vistas overlooking the South Yamhill River Valley (and alas the dump), earned rave reviews from participants. Many loyal Pink Martini fans thought they'd never attended a finer performance.
Youngberg Hill offered attendees its award-winning wines, Salt and Straw "farm to cone" creamery donated ice cream, and vendors The Chicken Coop and Bert's Chuckwagon offered yummy meals with a local flavor.
"VIPs" who donated extra funds to the cause mingled with members of both bands after the concert, dining on delicious Yamhill County-themed hor-d'oeuvres catered by Fred Ellis, a dump neighbor, and champagne provided by Youngberg Hill.
The generosity of Pink Martini's Thomas Lauderdale, a long-time Stop the Dump supporter, in proposing and promoting the concert, the enthusiastic willingness of Nicolette and Wayne Bailey of Youngberg Hill to host the event, and the tireless efforts of dump neighbor Ramsey McPhillips to organize everything, raised a substantial amount for our community movement.
Representative Earl Blumenauer pumped up the audience with a reminder that most of the garbage that bloats Riverbend Landfill is not generated locally. Wherever we hail from, we can cut waste and ask our officials to keep trash off farmland and out of river basins.
Waste Not and the entire Stop the Dump Coalition extend our deepest gratitude to Thomas, China and the rest of Pink Martini, Basal, the Von Trapps, Rep. Blumenauer, and Wayne and Nicolette for their generosity and contagious enthusiasm!
Surprise guest puppeteer Basal Twist wowed the audience with an ethereal performance.
The concert, held at Youngberg Hill with its beautiful vistas overlooking the South Yamhill River Valley (and alas the dump), earned rave reviews from participants. Many loyal Pink Martini fans thought they'd never attended a finer performance.
Youngberg Hill offered attendees its award-winning wines, Salt and Straw "farm to cone" creamery donated ice cream, and vendors The Chicken Coop and Bert's Chuckwagon offered yummy meals with a local flavor.
"VIPs" who donated extra funds to the cause mingled with members of both bands after the concert, dining on delicious Yamhill County-themed hor-d'oeuvres catered by Fred Ellis, a dump neighbor, and champagne provided by Youngberg Hill.
The generosity of Pink Martini's Thomas Lauderdale, a long-time Stop the Dump supporter, in proposing and promoting the concert, the enthusiastic willingness of Nicolette and Wayne Bailey of Youngberg Hill to host the event, and the tireless efforts of dump neighbor Ramsey McPhillips to organize everything, raised a substantial amount for our community movement.
Representative Earl Blumenauer pumped up the audience with a reminder that most of the garbage that bloats Riverbend Landfill is not generated locally. Wherever we hail from, we can cut waste and ask our officials to keep trash off farmland and out of river basins.
Waste Not and the entire Stop the Dump Coalition extend our deepest gratitude to Thomas, China and the rest of Pink Martini, Basal, the Von Trapps, Rep. Blumenauer, and Wayne and Nicolette for their generosity and contagious enthusiasm!
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