Spring seems to be here for real this time. The song birds and the squirrels are acting crazy, and we have a hen turkey wandering around the backyard looking for food. The tulips are grown and blown, the grass is greening up, and the maple seeds are all over the deck.
We have a couple of shows coming up that we want everyone to know about.
Terri and all of the fans and friends and friends of friends who share the word about our music are the reason we are able to do what we love to do the most.
Terri Pippin-Grannis of Zellie's Opry House in Howard City, MI created this video for Ruth's song Michigan Girl. Thanks Terri! We'll be playing at Zellie's this summer on July 28.
Ruth and Dan appeared on John Sinkevics' Local Spins radio spot to pormote our upcoming performance at Winter Wheat (1/7/12). Here's a video of the song they played.
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Another year comes to a close, and we are so thankful for fans like you that have helped us and supported us as we do what we love to do best. It was a year of adventures including some great benefit shows close to home, live local TV and radio appearances, club dates, house concerts, successful trips to the national and mid-west Folk Alliance conferences, and interesting travels around the mid-west and even Europe. We were joined in many of our best adventures this year by our dear friends 
Daniel Seabolt and John King, who brought their outstanding talents on fiddle and guitar respectively along with the great pleasure of their company. The best way to see pictures of some of our adventures is to visit our public FaceBook page and look at our photos there.
If you haven't visited our website at www.ruthbloomquist.com in a while, please click on over and check it out. We have changed hosts and taken personal control over the content. We hope you'll enjoy it and visit often, and please let us know if you have any suggestions for it.
We have some fun shows coming up in January. The "biggest" one is January 7, the annual WINTER WHEAT event put on by the Wheatland Music Organization.
They put on several events during the year in addition to the legendary Wheatland Music Festival, and this is the first. Held at The INTERSECTION in Grand Rapids, MI, there will be 2 stages and 13 bands. We play on the Front Lounge Stage at 4:00 right between Hawks and Owls and An Dro. Doors open at 1:00 PM and there will be music until 1:00 AM, so plan to spend some time and have a ball.
Winter Wheat and some other fun events are listed in the schedule below, and you can always visit our website at www.ruthbloomquist.com to find our when we're playing near you.
Happy New Year. We wish you health, happiness, and good music.
Sincerely,
Ruth and Max
| PRESS |
"What a show--great musicianship, great songs, and Ruth's voice just melts over the crowd like butter on a biscuit...delicious! Let's do it again! " Terry Grannis, Zellie's Opry House
"Turn Back A Page - Real songs with real emotions, great instrumental work, superb harmonies and one of the best female vocalists in the business (Ruth, of course!). This CD is pure listening pleasure."" Al Kniola, Host, The Back Porch, 88.1 WVPE Public Radio
"This band has a growing devoted following here in the Midwest, but the music I heard and the performance I saw are of a caliber that deserves to be seen on the best national stages!”" Phil Doolittle, Paint Creek Comfy Concerts
| UPCOMING SHOWS |
| The Intersection | Grand Rapids, MI | Sat Jan 07 12 | 01:00 PM | |
| Tuesday Musical at Grand Haven Community Center | Grand Haven, MI | Tue Jan 10 12 | 12:00 PM | |
| Maple Street Chapel Concert Series | Lombard, IL | Sat Mar 17 12 | 07:30 PM | Tickets |
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We are really looking forward to our concert this Sunday, Dec. 18 at the Howmet Playhouse with Mike Struwin and the Holiday Ramblers. I met Mike last year when I got the call to play some bass on his Forgotten Hymns CD. I really enjoyed it. The sound and arrangements are really rootsy, and the selection of material is really cool.
So...when Mike contacted us about a possible holiday themed show in the area with a portion of proceeds going to a local charity we jumped at the chance. Howmet Playhouse manager, Katie Trzaska made it easy and suggested that the Whitelake Giving Tree was a worthy charity.
Here's a link to an article on mLive.com.
A few days ago we visited the Giving Tree headquarters at St. James Church in Montague. Here's a shot of the wonderful food and gifts that they distribute to about 350 LOCAL families in need. We think they're doing a great job.
We hope to see a lot of or friends at the show to raise some funds for this great cause.
Ruth and Max Bloomquist and Mike Struwin and the Holiday Ramblers will be “Putting Down Roots for the Holidays” with a Fundraising Concert at the Historic Howmet Playhouse
