Marilyn Kay & Company
country like you want it, ballads, humor, waltz and toe tapping
rhythms
Saturday April 19, 7:30
PM
Nancy
Cassidy
Americana singer/songwriter from the San Francisco Bay
Area
with Dayan Kai and Topher
Gayle
Sunday April 20, 7:00
PM
MCR Open Mic
All ages and all styles are welcome for songs,
instrumentals, poems and readings.
Piano available. Hosted by Rick
Barrenger
Saturday April 19, 11:00 AM at the
Kid's Discovery Museum
Nancy
Cassidy
also does a children's set
with Dayan Kai
Nancy's first album,
KidsSongs,
was so successful that she received a gold record award from the Recording
Association of America Inc. for having sold 500,000 copies. On this album, a
song written by Nancy and her husband, John Cassidy, achieved special acclaim.
"Chicken Lips and Lizard Hips" was recorded by Bruce Springsteen on a benefit
tape for the Pediatric Aids Foundation.
Celebrate KiDiMu's 3rd anniversary! Join us for special performances and
art projects. Also this weekend members enjoy a special Members Appreciation
Discount: 25% OFF of all retail at the KiDiMu store! Thank you for your
support!
Kids Discovery Museum - KiDiMu
305 Madison Avenue N.
Bainbridge
Island, WA
(206) 855-4650
www.kidimu.org
Friday April 18, 7:00
PM
Plus Wendy Joseph,
Swashbuckler
Hosted by Norm Johnson
The University District Street
Fair is coming Saturday & Sunday May 17 & 18
Saturday April 19, 2:00 PM
OLD-TIME FIDDLE WORKSHOP
Every other Saturday at 2:00 pm Peninsula Violin holds a Fiddle
Workshop featuring legendary fiddlers from the Washington Old-Time Fiddlers
Association. This week's guest instructor is Jim Ketterman.
Beginners/Intermediates of all ages and are welcomed. $5 per session.
We break down two tunes each session. And then join
the jam following at 3:00 PM. Bring a chair if you can! Peninsula Violin,
18846 Front Street NE, Poulsbo WA 98370 | Phone:
360.394.0013
Come join us this
Sunday!
"The Community Singers" www.communitysingers.org is a group of regular people who sing at local nursing homes,
hospitals, shelters, and community gatherings in our neighborhood. And we invite
you to join us! There are no auditions and no singing experience is
necessary, just a willing heart! For more information or to get on our
reminder-email list, contact: info@communitysingers.org. Our next sing-along is this Sunday, April 20 from
12:30 - 1:15 PM in the dining room at Island Health & Rehab
Center, 835 Madison Ave. N., Bainbridge Island Please come and sing
with us!
The Community Singers
The 2nd Annual North Coast Folk
Festival in Ocean Shores Friday April 18 (1:00 - 8:00 PM) - Saturday April 19 (11:30 AM
- 8:00 PM)
Two Stages, plus Open Mics and Workshops
There will also be lots of spontaneous music breaking out, after each
nights closing sets, at the Galway Bay Pub, and hotel rooms all over Ocean
Shores!
All performances will take place at the beautiful Ocean Shores Convention
Center or at the intimate Galway Bay Restaurant and Pub. Proceeds from the
event will benefit the North Beach Music for Kids program that provides musical
instruments to children of low-income families.
Tickets for
the two-day event $35. One day Saturday passes will be $25, and
there are also special children rates. Tickets can be purchased online
using credit cards and PAYPAL at
www.oceanshores.org or by calling
the Ocean Shores Chamber 360-289-2451 or (888) 48-BEACH.
HOUSE CONCERT
Saturday May 17, 8:00 - 10:30 PM
There will be a 30 minute intermission.
Folks can
arrive about 7:00 PM to mingle, munch on munchies, and get situated.
RESERVATIONS REQUIRED
To reserve seats send an email to: Bill Lippe
wlippe@comcast.netBe sure to say
how many people will be attending.
Seating is limited to 35 and always fills
quickly, so don't wait!!
A donation of $15 per person will be requested at
show time.
Feel free to bring children if they can sit for two hours and
listen.
Munchies, home-baked cookies, coffee, and tea will be served - bring
an alcoholic beverage if you wish.
It's possible we may make this a
potluck.
Directions to Bill's home and details will be sent no later than
Saturday, May 10th
Should you need to cancel a reservation, please do so by
May 7th - as usual, we expect a long wait list.
NORTHWEST FOLKLIFE FESTIVAL
2008
Memorial Day Weekend 4 Days!
Friday, Saturday, Sunday, &
Monday
May 23 - 26, 11:00 am - 11:00 pm
Seattle Center
An ethnic extravaganza embracing music and dance performances, visual arts
and folklore exhibits, hands-on ethnic children's activities, symposia, dance
and music workshops, crafts, food, imported goods, demonstrations of traditional
arts, and more!
Folklife brings together an estimated 250,000 visitors, 1,000 volunteers
and more than 7,000 musicians, dancers, tradition bearers and visual artists who
contribute their time, talent, and energy.
The Juan de Fuca Festival of the
Arts
Memorial Day Weekend 4 Days!
Friday, Saturday,
Sunday, & Monday
May 23 - 26
The Vern Burton Center at E. 4th and Peabody, plus
other locations
Port Angeles
The 13th Annual Kate Wolf Memorial Music
Festival
Friday - Sunday, June 27 - 29, 2008
Laytonville, CA (Mendocino County)
The 13th
Annual Kate Wolf Memorial Music Festival, will feature a massive line up
of artists over the June 27 - 29, 2008 weekend at beautiful Black
Oak Ranch in Laytonville, California. With live music on three stages, camping,
kids activities, and great food in the concession area throughout the
weekend, this is the destination of choice for music aficionados.
Bold Horizon and Halibut Stew in
Concert
Northwest Seaport Maritime Concert Series
Saturday April 19th 8:00 -10:30 pm at the Center for Wooden
Boats.
Bold Horizon features eclectic, slightly irreverent
nautical and old timey music; sea chanteys, ballads, British, Irish, American
tunes, with three of the Northwest's best: Dan Roberts, Steve Akerman, Tom
Rawson. For more information:
http://boldhorizon.homestead.com/
Halibut Stew is Alan Hirsch and Stan James, two veterans
of the Northwest folk scene whose repertoire includes Ivar Haglund's humorous
songs about sea life.
Admission: $15 General, $10 Seniors, Youths and Members of Northwest
Seaport and the Center for Wooden Boats. The Boat House at the Center for Wooden
Boats is located at 1010 Valley St. in Seattle's Lake Union Park. Coffee, tea,
baked goods, and more, are available. Maritime music CDs for sale. For more
information visit
www.nwseaport.org
Ellis Paul at Youngstown Cultural Arts Center
Boston troubadour Ellis Paul www.ellispaul.com is
on the road celebrating his latest release, "The Dragonfly Races," a
family album. The album introduces Paul's modern pop-rock style and Woody
Guthrie sensibility to Little One—but remains grown-up-friendly. The
1 p.m. show is a great chance for kiddos to catch the show, especially wiggly
ones who
will appreciate the 45-minute length. The evening performance will be a full-length
concert and will welcome special guest Antje Duvekot. Tickets for both shows
are on sale at www.thistimeconcerts.org
When:
Sat., April 19,
at 1 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Where:
Youngstown Cultural Arts Center,
4408 Delridge Way SW
(West Seattle)
Cost:
$10/afternoon show;
$15/evening show
This week in "The Alley Upstairs" room
above Cafe Allegro (206)
633-3030
