This band is good, get here early, that's about all I got.  Here are some links to more information about the band:

http://www.soundonthesound.com/tag/smokey-brights/

http://www.facebook.com/smokeybrights

http://soundcloud.com/smokey-brights

http://smokeybrights.bandcamp.com/

Sixty Two competitors made up of both skiers and snowboarders took 

to the jam snow stage on Saturday Night, February 4th to throw down their best tricks hoping to win one or more of the prizes that were handed out by sponsors of the event such as: Coca Cola, Revolution Snow & Skate, Head, NW Riders, UnderArmour, Giro, Vitalire, Arlberg Sports, Burton, Defcon, Native,  Smith,  & Anon.  Wenatchee Worlds Dan Seabrook caught the action on film  , the full story can  be accessed by clicking here.  

Highlights include this shot of Keith Matsumura, winner of the snowboard was Connelly Brooks, Josh West was a standout on skis as well as Justin O'Hara.  More photos can be found on the Mission Ridge Facebook page or photostream.  B-Rad of Revolution, the best announcer in the NW -thanks! 

WENATCHEE — About 150 top youth skiers from around the Pacific Northwest will descend upon Mission Ridge Ski & Board Resort this weekend for the resort's annual Diamond Star Growers Hampton Cup races.

Giant slalom races will be held Saturday and Sunday on the Skookum run located just above Midway on the mountain. The first run each day is scheduled to begin at 9:30 a.m., while the second run is set for 12:30 p.m.

Competing will be racers aged 13 to 20 years. They will be representing most of the ski areas in Washington state as well as ones from Oregon and Idaho.

"We're really excited about using Skookum because that's where our wiring (for timing needs) is and it's where we typically race," said Sue Johnson, race administrator. "Because of the low snow earlier this season we were using Tumwater instead."

Mission Ridge expects an extra 400 to 450 people on the mountain both Saturday and Sunday as a result of the Hampton Cup. Many of the racers will be accompanied by their parents and coaches and staying in local hotels for two nights, giving the Wenatchee area a nice economic boost.


Check the Mission Ridge Ski Team's website on Sunday night for a race story.

Make no mistake, Cody Beebe & The Crooks is no country pop band.

More like some gritty rock-tinged Americana. Or, as the band describes itself, "Steve Earle meets Pink Floyd."

"We call ourselves roots rock but we're a mix of country, blues, and rock," said namesake Cody Beebe, whose band will take the stage Saturday night as part of the KOHO 101.1 Mission Ridge Mountain Music Festival at Hampton Lodge. "For a lot of us, we would get really bored playing in a tight boundaries ..."

Formed in February 2009, the five-piece band calls Seattle home now. But most of the band members attended Washington State University and Beebe himself originally hails from Selah.

Last year, they embarked on a four-month tour that saw them play in 24 states. One of the highlights was hearing their single, "Waiting on You," playing on a Knoxville, Tenn., radio station as they were passing through.

"He (Cody Beebe) and The Crooks are not your typical Seattle band," Yakima's On Magazine commented last year. "They don't get cute. They aren't trying to prove how hip they are. They just want to jump on stage and rock a little bit."

The band will play at the Ridge's Hampton Lodge from 6:45 to 9 p.m. Saturday.

Here's more on the Mountain Music Festival.

Next to step up to the KOHO 101.1 Mission Ridge Mountain Music Festival stage this Saturday night is none other than Junkyard Jane, that ol' "swampabilly" band of yore. The Tacoma group's sound of blues, country, rock, Americana, funk and folk is best described as a giant gumbo served in big portions. Here's a taste of them playing "I Can't Let Go." The band dates back to 1997. Founding members Billy Stoops and Leanne Trevalyan had worked together on occasion and had been doing their own projects — The Generators and Cobalt Hook — when they decided to form Junkyard Jane. "I'm a southern boy basically," Stoops told BluesNotes in an interview. "I have a strong influence of southern music but more from soul music, and I've always been influenced by the New Orleans kind of grooves, R&B and a lot of Texas." Added Trevalyan: "A lot of people think we are from the South or New Orleans, and we are from the Northwest. That shocks some people." Junkyard Jane will perform from 6:45 to 9 p.m. Saturday in Hampton Lodge at Mission Ridge.

Here’s more on upcoming: Mission Ridge Mountain Music Festival.