A successful Festival of the Arts wrapped up
6 November 2025 Charbonneau Villager
Arts Association
By CATHI MCLAIN
A successful Festival of the Arts wrapped up
As I write this, I’ m dealing with the day-after exhaustion that comes from organizing the 41st annual Festival of the Arts @ Charbonneau. We are still tallying the results, but we know we had a successful Silent Auction that raised over $ 9,000. Coupled with
MCLAIN excellent sponsorships and artist and artisan registration fees, we are on track to donate generous amounts to the high schools that are comparable to previous years. It couldn’ t have happened without the exceptional festival organizing committee members, who in turn recruited an army of volunteers to run the festival. Kudos to the volunteers, led by Sara Bennett, booth show coordinator; Leslie Leeper, Fine Art Gallery curator; Carol Riley, Silent Auction chair; Linda Peck, Festival Store manager; Kathy Stout and Sharon Kadell, Opening Night Gala chairs; and Ginny Merriman and Sue Traeger, Student Gallery chairs, and Jan Landis, volunteer coordinator.
Suggestions and ideas for next year are already coming in and I’ m wondering how to convince the Big 10 and Pacific Coast leagues to schedule their October games for 5 p. m. or later! Attendance on Saturday between 12 and 3 p. m. was definitely affected negatively by the noontime games. Sunday was busy and sales were brisk in the Booth Show and Festival Store. We thank the community of Charbonneau for your support and patience as we took over most of the Charbonneau Country Club facilities for four days. We hope the wonderful fine art and fine crafts were sufficient to make it worthwhile to the community.
But wait, there’ s more … music, that is
Don’ t miss the remaining two music stage concerts for 2025 here in Charbonneau.
Vocal Summit will play a show in Charbonneau Dec. 14.
■ Nov. 23, Clubhouse at 3 p. m. – Lloyd Jones plays blues made for dancing.
■ Dec. 14, Clubhouse at 3 p. m. – Vocal Summit, a men’ s choir performing a holiday program of songs.
Our Charbonneau Music Stage series of concerts benefit the performing arts programs at Canby and Wilsonville high schools. Purchase tickets at the Activity Center, or online at our website: https:// charbonneauarts. org / music-stage-concert-series-2025 /.
Lloyd Jones Band: Lloyd Jones is an artist with Oregon roots who has recorded six critically acclaimed albums, toured internationally and racked up dozens of major awards and accolades, including being inducted into the Oregon’ s Music Hall of Fame. He’ s a relentless road dog, hitting festival stages, Delbert McClinton’ s annual Sandy Beaches Cruises( he’ s been a regular on six winter cruises), and clubs all across the land. He performs to enthusiastic crowds who can’ t get enough of his swampy blues, back porch picking and serious-as-anthrax funk, soul, roadhouse two-beats and old-school rhythm and blues. Yet he may be the most invisible, best-kept roots / blues / Americana secret on the contemporary scene.
Lloyd Jones plays blues that you can dance to. Enough said. Pack a picnic basket of goodies and brings some friends to hear this special local artist with a world-class resume. The Market Cafe will host a bar for this event, so please do not bring your own alcoholic beverages. Listen to a sample of Lloyd Jones’ music
Lloyd Jones will perform Nov. 23 in the clubhouse.
at our website, www. charbonneauarts. org. Tickets cost $ 20 and can be purchase at the Activity Center desk or online at the link shown above.
Vocal Summit: This is an award-winning large men’ s choir from the Portland, Oregon Chapter of The Barbershop Harmony Society. They are a family and community-based performing group focused on providing one of the Pacific Northwest’ s premier singing experiences. Under the musical direction of award-winning director Justin Miller, this group performs locally and also competes in regional and international competitions – they were awarded a 10th Place Finish at The International Chorus Championships in Louisville Kentucky. They recently represented the Northwest in an international competition in Denver. Charbonneau Arts
is excited to bring this unique group to Charbonneau. There will be a no-host bar for this event, so please do not bring your own alcoholic beverages. Listen to a sample of their music at our website at www. charbonneauarts. org. This is a holiday gift to the community from Charbonneau Arts Association, with donations to our Year-end Matching Campaign welcome. A donor has committed $ 2,000 to the campaign, which will be matched by the donations of Charbonneau Arts board members and members of the community. Please consider donating towards matching their commitment to the future success of the Charbonneau Arts Association in its efforts to support student arts. Go to culturaltrust. org to find out about extra tax credits from donations to the arts. CAA’ s Tax ID is 47-4653404.