Cate and Starla Gable! Vespers! Sunday!

Starla and Cate Gable

Did you catch Cate and Starla on Carol Newman’s  KMUN show, “Arts Live and Local,” today?  They told about their plans for Sunday Vespers at the historic Oysterville Church — a musical tribute to women songwriters including, of course, our own Mary Garvey, and at least one song by Cate, herself.  There will be ballads, folk songs, old favorites and audience participation.  It sounds like the Gable sisters are planning to close out the Summer Vespers Season in grand style.

It’s their tenth Vespers performance which is truly but a drop in their lifetime bucket of music together.  The sisters began singing, literally, about the time they could walk,  Singing in harmony came shortly thereafter — a spinoff from their dad’s involvement with a nationally rated barbershop quartet.  “When we would come to the beach from Yakima, dad kept us ‘occupied’ by teaching us the latest songs his barbershop quarter was singing,” they said.  Dad, Mom, Cate, and Starla each took a part and the long drive passed harmoniously in more ways than one.

Sunday will be the final Music Vespers program for 2022.

I took a my own little drive around Oysterville this afternoon while I listened to their radio show in my car.  They played two songs, live, and I am so happy I was back in my garage for the second one — the lullaby from the Big Island that they sing at the close of every show.  I wept and wept… tears of remembrance and tears of longing, tears of heartache and tears of thankfulness.   It’s just one of those songs… And Cate and Starla are two of those singers…

I wonder if I’ll weep again on Sunday.  Perhaps I’ll stuff my pockets with Kleenex just in case.  No matter what, I can scarcely wait!  It’s like hearing angels sing!  Truly.

One Response to “Cate and Starla Gable! Vespers! Sunday!”

  1. Deborah L Wells says:

    what time are the vespers this sunday? Let me know so I can see if Bob wants to go with me to this last performance of Cate and Starla!
    Deb

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