The Finnish American Folk Festival of Naselle is pleased to announce a returning musician from festivals past . . .

Ed Downs, trumpet

We are fortunate that Ed Downs and family chose to move to our area upon retirement. They have been generous in sharing their musical talents.

For this year’s festival Ed will play his father’s horn, purchased back in 1948. His father, a physician, “gave me my love for the horn,” Ed says. Ed grew up playing trumpet in his high school and college bands and took it up again in his late twenties.

Working as a general contractor, he still found time to travel throughout the west with a group from Nevada/ Utah called, The Heaven Bound Singers. Ed has produced two CDs of gospel music.

For our festival, Ed shares some of challenging favorites.

More music at the festival: finnam.naselle.net/2008/music/.