PORT TOWNSEND — Students and teachers participated in a workshop and performed in a gospel concert that wrapped up the Acoustic Blues Festival at Fort Worden on Saturday.
Randy Stott, who traveled to Port Townsend from Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, studied gospel music all last week at Fort Worden State Park. Saturday morning, he joined his fellow students and their teacher, Tangela Longstreet, on stage to sing “Oh Happy Day.” (Diane Urbani de la Paz/for Peninsula Daily News)
Tawana Cunningham of Memphis, Tenn., was among the teachers of the Acoustic Blues Festival’s gospel singing workshop at Fort Worden State Park. Cunningham’s father, the Rev. John Wilkins, led his band and the newly formed choir through their performance Saturday morning — and started a little early, with sing-alongs of “Jesus on the Mainline” and “This Little Light of Mine,” since the theater was full well before show time. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/for Peninsula Daily News)
