History of Alaska music

Suzanne Summerville just sent me a link to her website, AlaskaMusic.net; rather an interesting site. The actual name of the page is North to Future: Musical reflections on Alaska's history. There are lists of songs that pertain to Alaska, some lyrics and recordings, a chronology of events in Alaska from the 16th century through 2008, a page on the Alaska Flag Song, a couple of lesson plans, some samples of old sheet music, and a bunch more. She was inquiring about the Chena Ridge Militia's songbook, which I have a copy of for publishing purposes (from Niilo Koponen, a member of said militia).

Oh, right: veto news

There's one thing of note that I haven't commented on yet: Sarah Palin vetoed (with no explanation as of yet) the $50,000 that David Guttenberg, Joe Thomas, and others worked so hard on. A little tiny bit of money, in the scheme of things, and very important to the Ester community, but -- struck from the budget with a gubernatorial flourish of the Big Red Veto Pen.

Drat.

Well, it's certainly not going to stop the Ester library from being built, although it will probably put a bit of a kibosh on the schedule. But there are other, more important places we can apply to, such as the Rasmuson Foundation. As Niilo Koponen says, Onward!