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Rock Concerts |
Dave was fortunate enough to be able to
realize his (1970s classic rock) dream and put on a yearly series of
rock concerts between the years 1990-2000 |
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First rock concert fall of 1978 in the
picnic shelter
This is a band (name unknown) we found on the "Little Nickel" want-ads,
a predecessor to craigslist.
Rented generator provided power |
Things got a lot better when we met Chris Svehaug
in 1990, a great friend and musician with a great garage band Kick
Start. plus.. he knew all these other
musicians, all of who were clamoring to play at such a cool outdoor venue
with no sound level limits! |
Single performer
Acoustic set |
Jeff McCann stuns the audience with his great guitar
work |
Anthem plays circa 1992
Note the homemade stage
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The Treatment |
That's Chris (L) having a meeting with the bands
before the show |
The Suburban's getting tuned up
We started buying some bales of straw and rented some professional lighting
A 220 volt cable was run from the garage in background. |
The Side Effects
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The Treatment
Note the
Hammond B-3 Organ and Leslie speaker on the left.
We always encouraged people to bring something to BBQ and stay the night
due to all the acreage. Plus there was some drinking and dancing going
on. |
Sam Maynard
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Soundman Leroy Saunders and assistant
We had Leroy feed stereo audio
from the mix board to the Valhalla Pirate FM station on 89.1 so people in the parking lot could listen to the band, as
well as people in the surrounding area! |
One of Chris' later bands.
We usually had a keg of beer (...or two)
Attendance topped one hundred people one year and we felt that it was
almost getting out of hand.
Dave invited all his friends, and Chris
invited all his friends, each band invited all their friends. Then we
started seeing people nobody knew!
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Pirate FM Station
We built this 1 Watt FM Stereo Transmitter and turned
it into a "Pirate" FM station
As guests arrived by car, they had
instructions on the invitation to tune in the station and listen to a
welcome message, band
lineup and parking info. This was on a tape loop from an old
answering machine.
The announcement on
the
cassette recording
called itself "Valhalla Approach Control". One group lost their map but
tuned the station and found the driveway leading to the party by
driving around and listening for where the signal was loudest!
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Pirate Antenna
A Boeing antenna engineer gave us the dimensions
to
build the exact transmitting antenna for the 89.1 FM station.
Here is
his "ground plane" design, all mounted on a 30 foot cedar pole.
We figured the range was about 5-10 miles!
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And then in 1998 we were contacted by the owner of Cascade Helicopters.
They were looking for events to attend and give helicopter rides to
cover the maint expenses.
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This cool Vintage
Bell 47 helicopter flew out of the Valhalla front
"triangle" property for three consecutive years on the rock concert day. It was a
great addition.
Later we hired Steve for Earl Ingebright's 80th birthday, a 2 hour tour of
Snohomish County and later we hired him to drop us off at
Lake Isabelle
for a three-day camping trip. |
Here's a "Valhalla" song somebody wrote
We never heard it played but it probably was!
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Mix notes for the sound man
We always insisted that the entire program be recorded. For a long time
it was tape cassettes, one year we rented a DAT machine as that was the
gold standard at the time and later it was recorded to a CD master. The
music program continued after the midnight amplifier shutdown, usually
with a ragged group seated around the fire circle. .. and we wished that
had been recorded also, as some of the acoustic music was out of this
world! |
Here's a T-Shirt designed by an artist friend (Kathy
Alley) for a batch of T-Shirts in the
1980s
We always thought it was humorous to add "Security" or "Counselor" to
the bottom of the logo on a T-Shirt. Note the mountain artwork
replicates the actual outline of deer
mountain |
Just about any excuse could be used to have a
gathering and share the woods |
Logo for the last rock concert.
Maybe it was more of a party than a concert ! The
wooden hot tub on a deck overlooking the
acreage was always a big hit. It seemed like every
year the next morning, the water was the color black and dave
immediately drained it!
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Tree Farm Logo for another batch of T-Shirts
Buy one from the valhalla gift
shop |
Invitation artwork was always hand-drawn for fun and
a down home feel
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Download an mp4 of the Late Punctuals
playing "Route 66"
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Our
Neighbor, Todd Stafne tried to copy these party/concerts
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Shooting Match Party
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