I remembered my songs in the night. My heart mused and my spirit inquired... Psalm 77:6

Pam and Terry's musical worlds collided in the mid-90s. After several years playing guitar and bass for Spirit of Washington dinner cruise Top 40 dance-your-dinner off music, Terry moved on to singing and playing the local honky tonks as a member of Montana Sky playing bass, guitars, and pedal steel. Pam was fresh into her newly formed band, West of Sunset, delivering lead and back-up vocals while tinkling the ivories. Not long before, she'd lived overseas for many years, playing in odds and ends of folk, country, and rock bands at military bases, local pubs, and beer fests. 

Playing the country dance circuit in the '90s kept good country bands busy. Both bands played small bars, dance clubs, moose lodges, convention centers, WMZQ events, weddings, family reunions and more from Fredericksburg to Baltimore to Ocean City and every where between. Blackies, Cancun Cantina, Zed's, Spurs, Boots, Laredo's, Red's Hot Country, The Junction, La Fontaine Bleue, Houston's, County Line, Lonesome Dove, and Addy's were many of the spots you could find them churning out two-steps, el paso's, line dances, wooden nickels, and more dance moves whose names they've long since forgotten.

Pam and Terry continue to sing and play various instruments - sometimes as individuals sitting in with another band, sometimes as a duo, sometimes together with a group. They enjoy playing both as the duo, Donaldsons' Run, and as a full band with any mixture of their group of musician friends. They play at their regular blues/rock/county/christian band jams, fundraisers, worship services, ceremonies, seasonal fests, and other various parties and gigs. If you'd like to have Donaldsons' Run play at your event - either as a duo or with a full band, please fill out and submit the form found on the Contact Us page.

The name "Donaldsons' Run" is rather appropriate, considering it encapsulates a journey of two people with the last name of Donaldson. Then there is the actual relation between their last name and the geographical name. Donaldson Run is a stream located in Arlington county - an area where Terry's ancestors settled sometime in the 1700s, including Robert Donaldson, for whom the stream is named. Cherrydale, a neighborhood of Arlington, was founded by Terry's great-great-grandfather, Dorsey Donaldson. A house there, built by Terry's grandfather from the scraps of the local pool hall torn down during Prohibition, still remains in the family.

If you were looking for information on Donaldson Run and landed here by mistake, check out the Links page for the park, the civic association, and other related web sites. Other than the similar name and ancestrial connection, Donaldsons' Run is not affiliated with any of the Donaldson Run organizations listed. Links are provided solely for your convenience.