MCCALL -- Summer fires destroyed more than Idaho acreage this year -- flames forced the cancellation of Yellow Pine's harmonica festival.

But the annual event is getting an unexpected reprise.

Small town festivals that attract tourists can be a real economic boon to business. McCall certainly knows that.  And that's why it's reaching out to help a neighbor.

Each year Yellow Pine hosts the Harmonica Festival -- a big deal for a tiny town.

This year, however, in the 11th hour, after all the supplies were bought -- all the judges flown in -- forest fires forced its cancellation.

"Yellow Pine lives off that one time of year, which is the Yellow Pine Harmonica Festival, and the Thursday before it the Forest Service shutdown the roads, they'd paid for everyone to come in, so they were left with absolutely nothing," said Dave Combes.

Dave Combes owns KMCL radio in McCall -- several weeks ago, he and a friend got an idea.

"We were talking one day and said, 'let's do the Harmonica Festival,'" said Combes.

So, the 2007 Yellow Pine Harmonica Festival won't be held in 2007, or in Yellow Pine, but the band will play on.  This time, in conjunction with McCall's annual Winter Carnival.

But where to stage an outdoor summer festival in the dead of winter?

"It sits here in the afternoon, empty, so why not?" said Bonnie Bertram, donated use of Pancake House.

In stepped Bonnie Bertram, owner of McCall's popular Pancake House, an 11,000 square foot facility that stops serving breakfast at 2 in the afternoon -- leaving plenty of time and space for a different kind of jam.

"We can relate to somebody that puts all their eggs in one basket and have that just fall flat and that's what happened in Yellow Pine," said Bertram.

With the use of the Pancake House and its liquor license, Yellow Pine will take its show on the road -- hoping tourists will also hit the road to McCall.

"One-hundred percent of the money raised will go to those people in Yellow Pine," said Combes.

"It's pretty exciting, it's a new thing we've never had during winter carnival," said Bertram.

"Yellow Pine has 37-39 people full time and this is it. If they don't make it then, they don't make it at all," said Combes.

McCall’s Winter Carnival starts on January 25th and the harmonica portion is Feb. 1st and 2nd.

Musicians of all kind are invited to participate.