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Good day, Wayzata. This is Wayzata Scoop, the local newsletter that's more anticipated than your first patio brunch of the season.

In today’s Scoop:

• April 11: Jennifer Grimm & Joe Cruz Close Wayzata Musicales Season 🎶

• Partner Spotlight: Wayzata Together Covers Lake Life and Local History 🤝

• Door-to-Door Sales Reminder: Plymouth's Rules and Free "Prohibited" Signs 🪧

Let’s hop to it.

— Dustin Hart

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📢 TALK OF THE TOWN

Wayzata Musicales Season Finale: Jazz, Latin, and R&B from Husband-Wife Duo

When a Carnegie Hall vocalist pairs with a 40-year multi-stringed instrumentalist for an intimate concert benefiting high school band programs, that's entertainment meeting actual community investment.

Wayzata Musicales presents its third season finale on April 11, 2026 at St. Barnabas Lutheran Church in Plymouth, featuring Jennifer Grimm and Joe Cruz – a husband-wife duo combining Grimm's nationally acclaimed vocals with Cruz's versatile guitar, mandolin, Cuban trés, and Puerto Rican cuatro work. The setlist spans jazz, R&B, Latin, and classics, pulling from their albums After Noon, Pasión, and debut duo album I Love You, plus yet-to-be-recorded originals.

Grimm brings Carnegie Hall credentials and show-business family upbringing that translates into natural stage presence and audience rapport. Cruz delivers 40+ years of experience spanning solo acoustic to electric guitar to bluegrass mandolin to Latin strings – the kind of musician who's mastered multiple genres through decades of actual performance rather than just theoretical study.

Concert starts 7 p.m., runs just over an hour with no intermission. Tickets at wayzatamusicales.org. The venue – St. Barnabas Lutheran Church – has history hosting intimate concerts (locals may remember "Jazz at St. Barney's").

The financial angle: proceeds support the Budnick Williams Scholarship Fund for Wayzata Schools band programs. Since 2001, the fund has distributed over $40,000 in scholarships plus additional projects like guest conductor sessions and commissioned compositions. Former Wayzata band director Chip Williams launched Wayzata Musicales with dual goals: bring terrific Twin Cities artists to west metro audiences and support young band students. April 11 delivers both.

April 11, 7 p.m. at St. Barnabas Lutheran Church, Plymouth. Tickets at wayzatamusicales.org. Proceeds benefit Wayzata band programs.

Wayzata Together: Your Companion Resource for Lake Life and Local History

If Wayzata Scoop is your community news source, consider Wayzata Together your visual and historical companion – the place you go when you want to understand why Wayzata looks the way it does and what's actually happening on the lake.

Run by fellow local content creators, Wayzata Together (wayzatatogether.com) focuses on what makes this community distinctly Wayzata – lake life, local history, and the kind of photography that captures why people choose to live here. Their monthly fishing reports tell you what's biting on Lake Minnetonka before you waste a Saturday with the wrong bait. Their Lake Minnetonka resources page compiles everything from boat launch info to safety regulations in one spot instead of making you hunt across multiple city websites.

But the real gem is their photo gallery. These aren't stock images or generic lakefront shots – they're authentic captures of Wayzata moments: sunrise over the bay, downtown during events, seasonal transitions that make you remember why Minnesota winters are worth enduring for Minnesota summers. It's the visual archive of daily life here, the kind of documentation that matters more than you realize until you're trying to remember what a specific corner looked like five years ago.

Their Facebook page (facebook.com/wayzatatogether) delivers similar content in scrollable format – history posts, lake updates, resource shares. Different platform, same mission: document and celebrate what makes Wayzata work.

We cover the news and events. They cover the context and beauty. Both matter. Check them out at wayzatatogether.com or follow on Facebook.

Plymouth's Door-to-Door Rules: What Peddlers Can and Can't Do (And How to Stop Them)

When someone knocks on your door trying to sell something, knowing the actual rules separates legitimate sales from people who should be reported.

Plymouth City Code 1140 requires peddler licenses in most circumstances, with permitted hours 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Licensed peddlers must carry photo ID with expiration date. They cannot harass, intimidate, abuse, or threaten residents. If you tell them to leave, they must comply. Period.

Here's the power move: "Peddlers and Solicitors Prohibited" signs posted near your home entrance legally prohibit uninvited people from selling goods, services, or seeking financial contributions – even if they hold valid Plymouth peddler licenses. Signs must be at least 3.75 square inches. Free "Peddlers and Solicitors Prohibited" window clings available at Plymouth Public Safety Building (3400 Plymouth Blvd) during business hours (8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday) while supplies last.

What peddlers absolutely cannot do: obstruct vehicular or pedestrian traffic on streets/alleys/sidewalks/public right-of-way, create health/safety/welfare threats, make loud or unusual noises (crying out, horns, bells) in residential areas, or walk through side/rear yards instead of using front doors to make contact.

Concerns or complaints? Call the 24-hour non-emergency line at 952-258-5321 as soon as possible. Don't just close the door and hope they leave – if they're violating rules, reporting creates documentation that helps everyone.

Free sign, clear rules, phone number for violations. Spring door-knocking season sorted.

Free window clings at 3400 Plymouth Blvd, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. weekdays. Non-emergency line: 952-258-5321.

📖 QOTW (QUOTE OF THE WEEK)

"Wherever you are, be all there." - Jim Elliot

🌪️ WEATHER WATCH

Thursday's bringing rain AND snow at 98% chance – when the forecast is that confident, just accept defeat and stay inside."

Thu 02 35°/29° Rain & Snow 🌨️ | 💧98%

Fri 03 40°/30° Mostly Cloudy 🌥️ | 💧60%

Sat 04 35°/28° Snow Showers 🌨️ | 💧51%

Sun 05 48°/29° Partly Cloudy 🌥️ | 💧7%

Mon 06 40°/21° Mostly Cloudy 🌥️ | 💧6%

Tue 07 45°/38° Mostly Cloudy 🌥️ | 💧6%

Wed 08 59°/36° Mostly Cloudy 🌥️ | 💧23%

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