Wood's Tea Company!

One of the great activities that Yellowstone Place members enjoy is our long-standing participation in the Center of the Nation Concert Association performances in Belle Fourche. This month, many of our residents braved a late winter storm to enjoy Riders in the Sky. They were fantastic! Our hats off to Barry Pitt and all of the folks at the Belle Fourche Area Community Center who make these concerts possible -- and thanks to all who are season ticket holders, thus helping ensure some great shows.

Hold on to your hats.....it's two in a row! The delightful Wood's Tea Company arrives in Belle Fourche on Tuesday, April 8th, for yet another fine concert in a terrific series. They're an acoustic group that performs bluegrass, sea shanties, American folks songs, and some fiery Celtic tunes, too! Using up to 12 instruments, they've toured nationwide in all of the lower 48 states, including the prestigous Lincoln Center. They've also appeared on PBS and National Public Radio.

In the last two years, the Wood's Tea Company has lost two of its original members. In 2006, fiddler Chip Chase died as the result of a motorcycle accident; then last year, group founder Rusty Jacobs died of a heart attack. These were enormous setbacks, but surviving members Howard Wooden and Mike Lussen, along with Tom Mackenzie, carry on the abiding sound of Wood's Tea Company, joined by one of a rotating group of top-flight fiddlers.

And for the April 8th show in Belle Fourche, they'll be joined by the sweet sounds of songstress Patti Casey, who has appeared on Garrison Keillor's Prairie Home Companion nationwide radio show. A prolific songwriter, Patti is a native of Vermont and has won top honors at folk festivals across the country.

Mark your calener for 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, April 8th for the Wood's Tea Company at the Belle Fourche Area Community Center -- the next great event in the Center of the Nation Concert Association series. Don't forget, the bus leaves Yellowstone Place at 6:30 p.m., and you do need reservations from Prairie Hills Transit. See you there!