A&E briefs — Aug 24, 2022
Published 1:30 am Wednesday, August 24, 2022
Sequim City Band moves rehearsals indoors
The Sequim City Band is moving indoors for its weekly rehearsals. Rehearsals begin at 7 p.m. each Wednesday at the Dungeness Valley Lutheran Church, 925 N. Sequim Ave. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
Sequim City Band is always welcoming new members into the ensemble. To participate or for more information, contact the band via email (scb@sequimcityband.org) or leave a message at 360-207-4722. Or, stop by during one of the band’s rehearsals.
The band’s final 2022 “Concerts at the James” summer series concert is 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 10, at the James Center for the Performing Arts, 350 N. Blake Ave. The band will be helping KSQM 91.5 FM celebrate their Pet Lovers’ Day with a concert featuring music all about pets and other animals.
Learn more about the band at sequimcityband.org.
OTA resets season unveiling
Olympic Theatre Arts, 414 N. Sequim Ave., has postponed its Season Unveiling event set for 7 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 15.
A previous news release had the event scheduled for Aug. 26-27.
ART Friends set faire
Peninsula ART Friends, a group of local artists who live and create water media art in Sequim, are hosting their first ART FAIRE, set for 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Sept. 2-3, at the Sequim Museum and Arts Center. In addition to the creations of Peninsula ART Friends, the ART FAIRE will also include handcrafted works of local artisans. A donation from exhibition receipts will go to support the Olympic Peninsula Art Association (OPAA) Youth Scholarship Fund.
Peninsula ART Friends have invited local businesses to sponsor the ART FAIRE through cash and in-kind donations. In exchange donors will receive recognition at the exhibition and in promotional materials.
Major sponsorship has been received from the City of Sequim which awarded a tourism enhancement grant to the group.
Get more information at PeninsulaArtFriends.com or by calling 559-439-8562.
Square dancing to restart in September
The Rhody O’s Square Dance Club is offering beginning square dance lessons starting at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 8, at the Gardiner Community Center, 980 Old Gardiner Road.
All are invited to a free ice cream social and an introductory dance lesson.
Lessons are held each Thursday evening through the autumn and winter, with graduation in the spring.
Organizers note there is no experience necessary; the program is designed for those who have never square danced in their lives (or maybe years ago), but wished they had.
Big skirts and bolo ties are not part of the dress code; the Rhody O’s are an informal group who dance in shorts and jeans and sometimes their gardening clothes.
For more information, call Trish Gaine at 360-683-2409.
‘Time Out!’ comes to OTA stage
“Time Out!,” a group that features songs from the Great American Songbook, Broadway shows, blues and easy listening, plays for the community at 5 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 28, at Olympic Theatre Arts’ Gathering Hall, 414 N. Sequim Ave.
Tickets are $15 and available online at olympictheatrearts.org, or by calling the box office (360-683-7326) between 1-4 p.m., Tuesday-Friday.
The hall will be arranged to allow an open dance floor.
Members of “Time Out!” are: Ann Brittain, vocals; Ed Donahue, trumpet and flugelhorn; Andy Geiger, tenor saxophone; Antonius Mulia, keyboards; Elaine Gardner-Morales, bass, and drummer Pete Harris.
