Winterfest is back for 2014 event

Live music, a steak dinner, a live and silent auction and a series of short films featuring local skiers and snowboarders are on tap for this year’s Winterfest fundraiser, set for 5-10 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 22, at the Vern Burton Community Center in Port Angeles.

Live music, a steak dinner, a live and silent auction and a series of short films featuring local skiers and snowboarders are on tap for this year’s Winterfest fundraiser, set for 5-10 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 22, at the Vern Burton Community Center in Port Angeles.

The event supports winter sports education at Hurricane Ridge. All contributions are tax deductible. Proceeds go to snow school and ski team operations as well as scholarships to underprivileged children in the community to help them learn to ski, snowboard or participate on ski team.

Doors open at 5 p.m. and the event begins at 6 p.m. Following auctions, Winterfest puts on top films from the VideOlympics, a film festival/contest held in the spring featuring local talent carving up Hurricane Ridge.

Tickets are $50 in advance and $55 at the door; tickets for children 12 and younger are $25. Community tables are $360 (eight spots). Dinner is by Next Door Gastropub and the event features a no host bar. Music is by Bill and Rudy.

Individual tickets can be purchased at Brian’s Sporting Goods in Sequim and several Port Angeles locations: Brown’s Outdoor, Swain’s General Store, Next Door Gastropub and Necessities & Temptations.

For more information, call Eric Flodstrom at 452-2327 ext. 304