From the editor - A little night music

La Conner’s touchstone? The 1890s Tavern, from the 1980s. Every time people share town remembrances with me, the 1890s is waxed nostalgically over. From staid town administrators to distinguished landladies to a wild intrepid journalist, the 1890s is at the center of La Conner’s golden years memories.

Eyes light up and smiles grow wide. Not even The Tavern, which is not the name of the La Conner Pub & Eatery, that local watering hole with its own storied musical history, gets mentioned with the same reverence.

My hearing these reminiscences, not finding any night time dancing, and experiencing the vibrancy of that dancing at The Old Edison Inn led to a photo in the paper in July. That’s news: there is great in-door dancing weekly in Edison. La Conner: not so much. In fact, not nighty, weekly, not at all.

Why is that?

As another summer tourist season ends and the town’s merchants prepare for a very long shoulder season, with winter coming after that, jump starting a conversation about live music, dancing, and public fun at night, inside, seems like the responsible thing to do.

Is recruitment of a new, outside business needed? A bug put in someone’s ear? Shifting the established order? Or an ordinance changed? Is a committee a start to the process? How about a public meeting and beginning that conversation?

Inquiring minds want to know.

Tapping feet want to dance.

Revolutionaries seek fun.

Editors need to ask.

Publishers itch to participate.

Town folks: what do you want?