Around the island…..

Nailed it! Ted Kruth of Friday Harbor shot a hole-in-one on the eighth hole in the Island Busters Golf Tournament at the San Juan Golf & Country Club Saturday. (Thanks, Patti & John, for sharing!)

Let’s see what’s going on.…

• Hey, you’ve seen those plastic tubes from the road (see ’em in the picture, behind the guys?) You can be part of helping restore wetlands -here’s a note from Diane at the Land Bank:

Tubular, dude...

Here’s an opportunity to help the San Juan County Land Bank with ongoing wetland restoration at the Beaverton Marsh Preserve.

When: Tuesday, April 5, 6 – 8 pm – pizza will be provided!
Where: The Land Bank office at 328 Caines Street, Friday Harbor.
What: Cut mulch sheets and assemble protective tubes for newly planted native shrubs at Beaverton Marsh.

Call 378-4402 for more information, or just stop by to help!

Acoustic magic with Elephant Revival this weekend....

• Just outside of Boulder, Colorado is a place called Nederland, which is a great place for great music…have you been there? Do it the easy way – a great band from Nederland is playing this weekend at the Community Theatre….save your ticket to Denver & come to the show on the island. Here’s more from Jan at the SJCT:

Like Scottish/Celtic fiddle tunes? Folk? How about reggae? Maybe even 40s/50s jazz standards?

Elephant Revival of Colorado brings all of that and more to the Whittier stage THIS Saturday, April 2 at 7:30 p.m.

Young in age and conception, the group carries a fresh sense of creativity and inspiration for folks of every generation as they perform on the cutting edge of an emerging genre: Transcendental Folk. The band consists of Bonnie Paine (vocals, washboard, djembe, musical saw), Sage Cook (electric banjo/guitar, acoustic guitar, mandolin, viola, vocals), Dango Rose (double-bass, mandolin, banjo, vocals), Daniel Rodriguez (acoustic guitar, electric banjo/guitar, vocals) and Bridget Law (fiddle and vocals).

Their most recent studio album, Break in the Clouds, was released November 2010. It expands the group’s multi-genre musical approach with dynamic instrumentation and the gift of all five members’ songwriting skills.

Check them out at www.ElephantRevival.com! Here’s them on YouTube…singing Currach:

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