Making music on Main Street

Alenna Whitacre, a 2017 Wahkiakum High School graduate, needed a little cheering up on Monday afternoon, so she spent a few hours on Main Street in Cathlamet playing some original music and covers. "I've just been putting smiles on peoples' faces," Whitacre said. "I've been having a tough time and I wanted to make other people smile." She learned the lap dulcimer when she was 12, picked a ukulele soon after, and moved on to the guitar at 13. Photo by Diana Zimmerman.