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A Word From PorchFest Participants Michelle & NIck- PorchFest Participant spotlight
1 – What is“ community”?
Community is the joining of people – sharing ideas and experiences. It can happen automatically. But more often it needs a catalyst
2 – What have you done to build community? What else would you like to do?
Some volunteer work. We’ ve tried to be good neighbors.
3 – What do you hope to accomplish at PorchFest? What do you want to help PorchFest accomplish?
We hope that PorchFest allows us the chance to meet more neighbors in West Central and Kendall Yards.
4 – What things will you be doing to make this year’ s event super special?
We are inviting friends and family to come to the event and see how great West Central is.
5 – Why should we attend PorchFest this year?
The music and poetry will be fantastic; and it’ s a great opportunity to meet new friends.
matt Loi- PorchFest Participant spotlight
1- What got you interested in PorchFest?
Having put musicians on the radio for nearly a decade, I’ ve grown to love the Spokane music scene and all the amazingly creative people involved. These musicians and this original way of highlighting them are what brought my attention to PorchFest. Even though I’ m neither a performer nor a host for the event, I’ m happy to help out in some small ways: getting talented musician Tonya Ballman into the line-up and doing some promoting. Aside for attending multiple local gigs on a typical week, I also write about them for Spokane Coeur d’ Alene Living Magazine.
2- How often do you get over to West Central?
The drummer in one of my bands lives in West Central, so we meet for rehearsals regularly. It’ s great to see the arts showcased in a nearby and unexpected place!
3- What is“ community”? How do we build it?
“ I was a music major and physics minor at EWU. I suppose this was a roundabout way of getting at what I really want to do: audio engineering. I currently play bass guitar with Atlas Hugged and upright bass with Sweet Rebel D.”
-Matt Loi
Our creative community is whatever we make it, for better or worse. However, I’ m an optimist to a fault on this topic, so I’ m convinced we have the potential to make something awesome happen. Ultimately, we need positive individuals with a vision and follow-through. Spokane is lucky to have Marshall around!
4- Why should people attend this year?
This PorchFest, I hope people get to experience a great range of Spokane-based musicians and poets in a fun and friendly environment. I hope those interested in the arts get to mingle with the neighbors of West Central and enjoy the sights and sounds. This is where community-building happens.
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