Danny Schmidt Concert

OK it wasn't balmy warm. August is coming, this is the great North West. It appears that not too many people are willing to take a chance on a new performer but 146 adventurous souls turned out to listen to Danny sing and play. Everyone certainly came prepared, there was wine, cheese , grapes and flat bread; some down, polar flees and a few blankets. It all came in handy befor the evening was over.

John M. introduced the show this week and noted that this concert marked FOFF stepping into the big time. Danny is the first performer to have an agent, there was a written contract and all that kind of stuff. John also talked about the fact that concerts have become a major source of income for Friends of Fort Flagler. Donations received for concert attendance stay in the park and are used for projects like the restoration of the Hospital building, purchasing fliers for the Park and Learning Center, and the restoration of the 1942A GE Searchlight.

Danny is a folk singer, that means his songs have more than five words and you can actually understand the stories his tunes are telling. There were stories ranging from the night he had a few too many to the adventures of a frog. Here are a few of Danny's great songs from a concert in Oregon.


It's not that it was cold, you just couldn't get out of the wind, there was no lee side, it was coming straight into the battery. Danny accepted the loan of a flees jacket and we put the halogen lights intended to wash the back wall on stage during intermission to help keep Danny warm.

I think it was another great concert everyone seemed to be having a great time. I received an e- mail from a lady in Seattle who attended Danny's concert there on Sunday. She said Danny mentioned his evening at Fort Flagler and how much he enjoyed his visit, she also recommended some performers from India that we might want to consider for next year. We may not be Centrum but we have fun.