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February 23, 2023
Ron Chant (left) and Outlaw Country Radio disc jockey Sam Morris stand outside the Washougal Times on Jan. 23, 2023. (Doug Flanagan/Post-Record)

Washougal songwriter’s dream comes true

Ron Chant fell in love with country music as a boy growing up on a dairy farm in New Mexico, where he would sit in front of a small radio in his parents’ barn on Saturday nights to catch the latest songs from Johnny Horton, the Kershaw Brothers, a young Elvis Presley and many more on the famed Louisiana Hayride Show.

February 2, 2023
Tami and Nick Calais celebrate their public wedding in downtown Camas during a love-themed First Friday event on Friday, Feb. 2, 2018. (Photo courtesy of Downtown Camas Association)

Love is in the air at February First Friday in downtown Camas

Love will be in the air in downtown Camas this week, as the Downtown Camas Association (DCA) hosts its annual “A Chocolate Affair to Remember” First Friday event from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 3, throughout the city’s historic downtown business district.

February 2, 2023
Jim Warford performs during a Washougal Songcraft Festival song circle event on Thursday, Nov. 3, 2022, at 54-40 Brewing Company in Washougal. (Contributed photo courtesy of Christopher Corbell)

Washougal couple launch effort to bring performing arts venue to city’s downtown

In late 2022, Christopher and Stephanie Corbell launched the Washougal Songcraft Festival, a nonprofit organization that strives to foster, share and celebrate the craft of songwriting and develop the performing arts and creative community of Washougal and the surrounding region through “song circle” events and an annual music festival.