The Week Ahead: Kids' Tryouts, Chamber Music Festival & the County Fair!

Tuesday August 17

VOTE! August Primary Election Ballots due! — Turn in to Post Office by closing time today, or to the Ballot Box outside the Senior Center!

Whale of a Show Tryouts — a great opportunity for kids to get on stage and perform their own unique act in front of a supportive audience. Performances can include song, dance, musical instruments, spoken word, or something of a unique nature that you choose! It is always a fun and entertaining show for all. Tryout dates: either August 17 OR 19 (3 pm – 5 pm). We will provide a CD player and piano, please bring all other props or musical instruments that you need. Where: Sr Center in the Lundeen room. Ages: 5-18. The final show is September 11 (7 pm) at the Orcas Center. 376-5339

Chamber Music Tickets available for the “Clara and Robert” concerts on Tuesday, August 17 and Wednesday, August 18, featuring the beautiful music of the Schumanns. And you won’t want to miss this rare opportunity when Aloysia Friedmann takes the spotlight in a solo violin sonata performance with her husband, pianist Jon Kimura Parker. Tickets are $30. Order online at www.oicmf.org or call OICMF office 376-6636.

Wednesday, August 18

San Juan County Fair begins today and continues through Saturday on San Juan Island. See www.sanjuancountyfair.org

MORE (Member Owned Renewable Energy) Steering Committee meets on Wednesday, at 10:30 a.m. at Russell’s Store, Orcas Landing. The public is invited. The MORE Steering Committee is leading a public process to develop a new green power program for OPALCO; they meet the first and third Wednesdays of each month. For more information, go to www.opalco.com.

Brown Bag Concert – Ron Myers & John Liger: “Music From The Heart” at noon at Emmanuel Episcopal Church in Eastsound. 376-2352

Chamber Music Tickets available for the “Clara and Robert” concerts on Tuesday, August 17 and Wednesday, August 18, featuring the beautiful music of the Schumanns. And you won’t want to miss this rare opportunity when Aloysia Friedmann takes the spotlight in a solo violin sonata performance with her husband, pianist Jon Kimura Parker. Tickets are $30. Order online at www.oicmf.org or call OICMF office 376-6636.

Thursday, August 19

Music Lovers Seminars: Masterworks Unlimited by Adam Stern 10 a.m. to noon at St. Francis Catholic Church. Tickets $30 for both days.

Open Chamber Music Rehearsal for Seniors World-class musicians will perform an open rehearsal for Orcas Island seniors at 1 p.m. at the Orcas Island Senior Center. Free. For more information, call 376-6636.

Friday, August 20

Music Lovers Seminars: Masterworks Unlimited by Adam Stern 10 a.m. to noon at St. Francis Catholic Church.

Masterworks Unlimited concerts with the Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival. Works by Schubert, Chopin, Ravel, Beethoven and Mendelssohn, 7:30 p.m. at the Orcas Center, followed by a Nightcap Reception. Order online at www.oicmf.org or call OICMF office 376-6636.

Saturday, August 21

Orcas Island Farmers Market, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Eastsound Village Green.

Writer’s Roundtable – Turning Memories into Memoir from 1 to 3 in the Orcas Island Library. Free, open to all.

Masterworks Unlimited concerts with the Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival. Works by Schubert, Chopin, Ravel, Beethoven and Mendelssohn, 5 p.m. at the Orcas Center, followed by a Nightcap Reception. Order online at www.oicmf.org or call OICMF

Tom Welch, local historian, will give a talk on the Wilkes’ 1841 Exploring Expedition at 7 p.m. at the Grange. Part of the Smithsonian “Journey Stories” exhibit at the Orcas Island Historical Museum.