Island news….

Let’s see what’s up:

Due to a 'Snow Day' on Feb. 26th - IMA will be holding another Open House / Auction Preview this Saturday, March 19th from noon - till 5pm at the IMA's new spot next to the Little Store. The auction ends this weekend, so be sure & swing by! (Check the calendar to the left for details!)

• Annette & Mallory are having a garage sale today (that’s Saturday!) all day at 291 Fairway Drive off of Golf Course Road

• Tyler Pruitt turned 18 yesterday!

• Spring Street International School’s Maddy Hance won a multi-school spelling bee – wahoo! The sixth-grader nailed “karma” to win – here’s the rest of the story, sent to me by SSIS’ Louis O’Prussack, the head of school (thanks, Louis!)

• Sam Ford is having a great time with his band as they tour the US and Canada for the next month …the band is called Wizard Rifle, and here’s an interview with them, and a review which includes a vid of one of their songs.

Here’s more from proud mom Carol:

Islander & ace drummer Sam Ford (right) and Max Dameron make up Wizard Rifle as they begin their tour this month......

Hi Ian;
Thought you might be interested in hearing that Sam and his band, Wizard Rifle, are on a month-long tour which began in Portland, down to Austin where they’ll play at the South by Southwest festival, across the south, up the east coast, into Canada, then Chicago, and back to Portland. For most of the trip they’ll be opening for a band from Norway called Arabrot. I’m attaching an interview with Sam and his bandmate Max, featured in the Oregonian last week.  I’ll also send you a review written by “Seattle Rock Guy” where you can see/hear a Wizard Rifle original, “the Organ Donor Song.”

• When you clean up this weekend, keep this in mind – here’s more from Mo:

Support Project Grad Night: Donate to Friday Harbor High School PTSA Rummage Sale!

Are you ready to do some early spring-cleaning, or looking for some good quality used items? You can do both! Help us raise funds for the Friday Harbor Class of 2011 Project Grad Night by donating toys, furniture, tools, and more. A community tradition since 2007, your donations support a healthy and safe grad night for our high school seniors.

Donations will be accepted at the Friday Harbor High School Commons on Friday 3/25 from 12-6:00. If you want us to pick up your stuff, please call Mo at 298-0489.

Nice used furniture, antiques, collectibles, tools, toys, jewelry, household and kitchen items, fabric, linens, sporting equipment, books, and quality miscellaneous goods will be happily accepted.

Sorry, we are unable to take office machines, computers, base board heaters, console TVs, electric blankets, encyclopedias, fluorescent lights or fixtures, garment or golf bags, homemade VHS movies, kerosene heaters, large appliances or exercise equipment, old paint, sinks, toilets, sofa beds, or venetian blinds.

You can attend this HUGE rummage sale, on Saturday, March 26 at the Friday Harbor High School Commons from 9 am to 1 pm.

• If you leave it up to Bill & Rita Ament, there will be more dancing – here’s the scoop:

Bill and Rita Ament are excited to announce the expansion of their Dance Happy and Zumba business.

Bill will be presenting Zumba for children called Zumbatomic, a fun, Latin inspired fitness program for children ages 4-7 (L’il Starz) and 8-12 (Big Starz).

The goal of Zumbatomic is to develop a healthy lifestyle and to incorporate fitness as a natural part of children’s lives. While dancing and moving to the Latin beat and music from all over the world, children participate in classes that are designed to teach confidence, pride, memory, creativity, balance, leadership, team work and respect in a very fun-filled environment.

Bill and Rita have been teaching dance for children ages 2-12 and teens for the past 25 years with their annual Dance Happy production in June at the San Juan Community Theatre.  They have taught and continue to teach Creative, Pre-Ballet, Jazz, Hip Hop, Tap, Clogging, Line Dance, Swing, Salsa and Fox Trot in their studio and schools in Friday Harbor, Orcas, Lopez and Shaw.

Zumbatomic is a perfect addition to the loving and outrageous work they do with children, a perfect match.

Classes for Big Starz, ages 8-12, start on Thursday, April 14 at 3-4pm.  Classes for L’il Starz, ages 4-7, start on Monday, April 11th, at 4-4:50pm.  All classes are held at Dance Workshop II.  To pre-register, call Bill and Rita, 378-9628.

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