Topic: Live Music
Organ Recital at St. David’s
Written on January 24, 2019 at 9:16 am, by Tim Dustrude
Richard Lind will perform a recital of French, German, Canadian, and American organ music at 3 pm on Sunday, January 27, 2019 at St. David’s Episcopal Church. The recital is called THE MYSTICAL ORGAN, and includes organ music composed by Jean Langlais, Charles Tournemire, César Franck, Charles-Marie Widor, Johann Sebastian Bach, Denis Bédard, Olivier Messiaen, Continue Reading
An Evening with Micaiah Sawyer
Written on January 22, 2019 at 5:46 am, by Tim Dustrude
Micaiah Sawyer is coming to SJCT on Saturday, February 9th at 7:30 pm. She hummed her first notes to the melody of Ode to Joy at sixteen months old, wrote her first song at 10, and hasn’t stopped making music since. She has been recognized by and has worked with many prestigious musicians such as Continue Reading
Third Saturday Contra Dance
Written on January 14, 2019 at 5:47 am, by Tim Dustrude
This month’s caller is Marlin Prowell from Bellingham. He runs the very successful dances in Bellingham and is a skilled and very well liked caller in the area. The band this month is The Spuds, our local contra group, all of whom live here on San Juan Island. The band includes Val White on fiddle, Continue Reading
San Juan Pickathon
Written on January 7, 2019 at 5:45 am, by Tim Dustrude
Celebrate an evening of collaboration, community & charity at the San Juan Acoustic Music Festival! Join Stephen Dyer, of The Rocky Bay Band, along with other local musicians on Saturday, January 26th from 6:30-9:30pm in the Fairgrounds Marie Boe Building. Enjoy performances by the Rocky Bay Band, Scott Spadafora, Teddy Deane, Kirk Fuhrmeister, Bruce Harvie, Continue Reading
Cillian Vallely And Kevin Crawford
Written on January 5, 2019 at 5:42 am, by Tim Dustrude
Organizers Ruth Fleming and Dan Paulson invite you to this event… Sunday January 20th at the Grange at 7:00 Cillian, uilleann piper and low whistle player, and Kevin, flute and whistle player, are part of the hottest Celtic band on the planet, Lunasa who have performed at our theatre to a sold out performance in Continue Reading
Desolation Sound at the Brewery
Written on January 4, 2019 at 11:20 am, by Tim Dustrude
Here’s an invitation to you from local band Desolation Sound… Happy New Year! 2019 is going to be a fun year! Let’s try and make it better than 2018, ok? The band will do our part by playing a lot of shows and having an even more eventful year than we did last year. 2019 Continue Reading
An American Village Christmas
Written on December 11, 2018 at 5:49 am, by Tim Dustrude
The time is near for this year’s December 15th benefit Christmas concert at St. David’s Episcopal Church: An American Village Christmas. The 3:00 pm concert will feature Advent and Christmas hymns and anthems by American composers found in The Sacred Harp, The Southern Harmony, The Mennonite Singing Book, and The Christian Harmony, along with Appalachian melodies Continue Reading
The Holly and the Ivy
Written on December 10, 2018 at 5:44 am, by Tim Dustrude
Island Haven Animal Sanctuary Benefit Join award winning Celtic harpist Kathie Hardy & local violinist Hannake Klein Robbenhauer for an evening that will warm your hearts this holiday season! Kathie will perform an elegant mix of ancient and traditional Scottish & Irish tunes. She has won several Pacific Northwest Scottish harp competitions, including first place Continue Reading
The Holly & The Ivy
Written on November 30, 2018 at 5:51 am, by Tim Dustrude
Island Haven Animal Sanctuary Benefit Join award winning Celtic harpist Kathie Hardy & local violinist Hannake Klein Robbenhauer for an evening that will warm your hearts this holiday season! Kathie will perform an elegant mix of ancient and traditional Scottish & Irish tunes. She has won several Pacific Northwest Scottish harp competitions, including first place Continue Reading
Third Saturday Contra Dance
Written on November 12, 2018 at 5:46 am, by Tim Dustrude
Come and enjoy some dancing, and have a good time with your friends and neighbors and our excellent caller and band! As always, all dances will be taught, no partner or experience needed WHEN: Saturday November 17th WHERE: Grange Hall in Friday HarborTIME: 7 till 9 MORE DETAILS: Caller this month-Gwen Rousseau; Band-Not for Sissies Continue Reading
Childsplay with Karan Casey
Written on November 6, 2018 at 5:52 am, by Tim Dustrude
Known to its audiences as a celebration of spirited, innovative, and exuberant music, a concert by Childsplay offers a rare glimpse into the intricate weavings of Karan Casey’s beautiful voice, with the sound of all the violins from a single violinmaker, Bob Childs. Childsplay will be coming to the Pacific Northwest in November 2018 starting Continue Reading
3rd Saturday Contra Dance
Written on October 13, 2018 at 6:31 am, by Tim Dustrude
It’s coming next weekend: Amy Carroll, well known caller from Seattle, will be our caller, with music provided by “Forrest Carroll and Friends” – Forrest Carroll on fiddle, Frank Blade on guitar, and Jerry Gallagher on banjo, all popular musicians from Seattle. What: 3rd. Saturday contra dance in Friday Harbor Where: San Juan Grange Hall Continue Reading
Fiddle Supergroup “Childsplay” to Kick Off Farewell Tour in Friday Harbor
Written on October 10, 2018 at 5:46 am, by Tim Dustrude
Childsplay: Fiddlers, Fiddles and Fiddlemaker is pleased to announce the release of their seventh album, “The Bloom of Youth.” The album is the first step in a final farewell tour for the band, many of whom have been in the band for 30 years. Led by violin maker Robert Childs, Childsplay is made up of Continue Reading
FHHS Band Performs at 66th Annual UW Band Day
Written on September 29, 2018 at 6:03 am, by Peggy Sue McRae
Last Spring, the Friday Harbor High School Band was selected to participate in the University of Washington’s 66thannual Band Day event. Nine FHHS band members, seniors Julian Brown and Lucy Urbach, juniors Jack Knapik, Jonah Strasbourger, and Sander Van Hamersfeld, and sophomores Emily Atwell, Blaze Borgquist, Olivia Brown, and Lizzie Lee, joined other Washington high school bands to Continue Reading
Gospel Jazz Reprise
Written on September 13, 2018 at 5:46 am, by Tim Dustrude
Nine years ago, gospel and jazz lovers attended a pair of concerts at Saint David’s Episcopal Church which both sold out. Apparently they didn’t get enough, because it is going to be done again on Saturday, Sept. 15th, and Sunday, Sept. 16th, starting at 4 pm each day. The reason for the concerts is to Continue Reading
Coming THIS Saturday : Birds of Chicago!
Written on August 31, 2018 at 5:48 am, by Tim Dustrude
Americana Darlings! Birds of Chicago Saturday, September 1st at 7:30 pm at San Juan Community Theatre Recorded against a backdrop of political division and dread, Love in Wartime, the 2018 release from Americana darlings Birds of Chicago, is a rock’n’soul suite under the influence of the epic music generated by artists of the ’60’s and Continue Reading
Organ Recital at St. David’s
Written on January 24, 2019 at 9:16 am, by Tim Dustrude
Richard Lind will perform a recital of French, German, Canadian, and American organ music at 3 pm on Sunday, January 27, 2019 at St. David’s Episcopal Church. The recital is called THE MYSTICAL ORGAN, and includes organ music composed by Jean Langlais, Charles Tournemire, César Franck, Charles-Marie Widor, Johann Sebastian Bach, Denis Bédard, Olivier Messiaen, Continue Reading
An Evening with Micaiah Sawyer
Written on January 22, 2019 at 5:46 am, by Tim Dustrude
Micaiah Sawyer is coming to SJCT on Saturday, February 9th at 7:30 pm. She hummed her first notes to the melody of Ode to Joy at sixteen months old, wrote her first song at 10, and hasn’t stopped making music since. She has been recognized by and has worked with many prestigious musicians such as Continue Reading
Third Saturday Contra Dance
Written on January 14, 2019 at 5:47 am, by Tim Dustrude
This month’s caller is Marlin Prowell from Bellingham. He runs the very successful dances in Bellingham and is a skilled and very well liked caller in the area. The band this month is The Spuds, our local contra group, all of whom live here on San Juan Island. The band includes Val White on fiddle, Continue Reading
San Juan Pickathon
Written on January 7, 2019 at 5:45 am, by Tim Dustrude
Celebrate an evening of collaboration, community & charity at the San Juan Acoustic Music Festival! Join Stephen Dyer, of The Rocky Bay Band, along with other local musicians on Saturday, January 26th from 6:30-9:30pm in the Fairgrounds Marie Boe Building. Enjoy performances by the Rocky Bay Band, Scott Spadafora, Teddy Deane, Kirk Fuhrmeister, Bruce Harvie, Continue Reading
Cillian Vallely And Kevin Crawford
Written on January 5, 2019 at 5:42 am, by Tim Dustrude
Organizers Ruth Fleming and Dan Paulson invite you to this event… Sunday January 20th at the Grange at 7:00 Cillian, uilleann piper and low whistle player, and Kevin, flute and whistle player, are part of the hottest Celtic band on the planet, Lunasa who have performed at our theatre to a sold out performance in Continue Reading
Desolation Sound at the Brewery
Written on January 4, 2019 at 11:20 am, by Tim Dustrude
Here’s an invitation to you from local band Desolation Sound… Happy New Year! 2019 is going to be a fun year! Let’s try and make it better than 2018, ok? The band will do our part by playing a lot of shows and having an even more eventful year than we did last year. 2019 Continue Reading
An American Village Christmas
Written on December 11, 2018 at 5:49 am, by Tim Dustrude
The time is near for this year’s December 15th benefit Christmas concert at St. David’s Episcopal Church: An American Village Christmas. The 3:00 pm concert will feature Advent and Christmas hymns and anthems by American composers found in The Sacred Harp, The Southern Harmony, The Mennonite Singing Book, and The Christian Harmony, along with Appalachian melodies Continue Reading
The Holly and the Ivy
Written on December 10, 2018 at 5:44 am, by Tim Dustrude
Island Haven Animal Sanctuary Benefit Join award winning Celtic harpist Kathie Hardy & local violinist Hannake Klein Robbenhauer for an evening that will warm your hearts this holiday season! Kathie will perform an elegant mix of ancient and traditional Scottish & Irish tunes. She has won several Pacific Northwest Scottish harp competitions, including first place Continue Reading
The Holly & The Ivy
Written on November 30, 2018 at 5:51 am, by Tim Dustrude
Island Haven Animal Sanctuary Benefit Join award winning Celtic harpist Kathie Hardy & local violinist Hannake Klein Robbenhauer for an evening that will warm your hearts this holiday season! Kathie will perform an elegant mix of ancient and traditional Scottish & Irish tunes. She has won several Pacific Northwest Scottish harp competitions, including first place Continue Reading
Third Saturday Contra Dance
Written on November 12, 2018 at 5:46 am, by Tim Dustrude
Come and enjoy some dancing, and have a good time with your friends and neighbors and our excellent caller and band! As always, all dances will be taught, no partner or experience needed WHEN: Saturday November 17th WHERE: Grange Hall in Friday HarborTIME: 7 till 9 MORE DETAILS: Caller this month-Gwen Rousseau; Band-Not for Sissies Continue Reading
Childsplay with Karan Casey
Written on November 6, 2018 at 5:52 am, by Tim Dustrude
Known to its audiences as a celebration of spirited, innovative, and exuberant music, a concert by Childsplay offers a rare glimpse into the intricate weavings of Karan Casey’s beautiful voice, with the sound of all the violins from a single violinmaker, Bob Childs. Childsplay will be coming to the Pacific Northwest in November 2018 starting Continue Reading
3rd Saturday Contra Dance
Written on October 13, 2018 at 6:31 am, by Tim Dustrude
It’s coming next weekend: Amy Carroll, well known caller from Seattle, will be our caller, with music provided by “Forrest Carroll and Friends” – Forrest Carroll on fiddle, Frank Blade on guitar, and Jerry Gallagher on banjo, all popular musicians from Seattle. What: 3rd. Saturday contra dance in Friday Harbor Where: San Juan Grange Hall Continue Reading
Fiddle Supergroup “Childsplay” to Kick Off Farewell Tour in Friday Harbor
Written on October 10, 2018 at 5:46 am, by Tim Dustrude
Childsplay: Fiddlers, Fiddles and Fiddlemaker is pleased to announce the release of their seventh album, “The Bloom of Youth.” The album is the first step in a final farewell tour for the band, many of whom have been in the band for 30 years. Led by violin maker Robert Childs, Childsplay is made up of Continue Reading
FHHS Band Performs at 66th Annual UW Band Day
Written on September 29, 2018 at 6:03 am, by Peggy Sue McRae
Last Spring, the Friday Harbor High School Band was selected to participate in the University of Washington’s 66thannual Band Day event. Nine FHHS band members, seniors Julian Brown and Lucy Urbach, juniors Jack Knapik, Jonah Strasbourger, and Sander Van Hamersfeld, and sophomores Emily Atwell, Blaze Borgquist, Olivia Brown, and Lizzie Lee, joined other Washington high school bands to Continue Reading
Gospel Jazz Reprise
Written on September 13, 2018 at 5:46 am, by Tim Dustrude
Nine years ago, gospel and jazz lovers attended a pair of concerts at Saint David’s Episcopal Church which both sold out. Apparently they didn’t get enough, because it is going to be done again on Saturday, Sept. 15th, and Sunday, Sept. 16th, starting at 4 pm each day. The reason for the concerts is to Continue Reading
Coming THIS Saturday : Birds of Chicago!
Written on August 31, 2018 at 5:48 am, by Tim Dustrude
Americana Darlings! Birds of Chicago Saturday, September 1st at 7:30 pm at San Juan Community Theatre Recorded against a backdrop of political division and dread, Love in Wartime, the 2018 release from Americana darlings Birds of Chicago, is a rock’n’soul suite under the influence of the epic music generated by artists of the ’60’s and Continue Reading