Weekend events feature dance, food, benefits and music

Friday, May 8

Dragonfly Dance Party at the Odd Fellows Hall.  Heart and Soul Activation through Music, Art and Dance 8:30 p.m to midnight .  Resident DJ’s Bruce Pavitt and Jyoti.  Featuring World Beat, Vintage Soul, Hip Hop, and Electronica.  Cost is $10 for admittance. $5 entry for those who arrive before 9:30 pm.  Proceeds go the Oddfellows Scholarship Fund. 376-5640

Saturday, May 9

Enjoy a scrumptious Waffle Breakfast from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.  All proceeds go to offset cancer treatment for Louise Sasan.  Tickets can be pre-purchased at Teezer’s, Poppies and Smith and Speed Mercantile.  Suggested donation $10. Also donations may be made out to: Orcas Island Community Church “OICC” (please designate on check: For Louise Sasan). Call Kathleen @ Smith & Speed 376-1006 or Carolyn @ 376-2913

Yard Sale for Children’s House, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The children will be hosting a lemonade stand with cookies as well.  All monies benefit the Children’s House.  Location:  36 Pea Patch Lane.   Call 376-4744.

Whale of a Show auditions — Elementary, middle and high school students are asked to share their talents – song, dance, comedy, acrobatics, magic, juggling, flame-throwing – whatever! – at try-outs for the  May 21 show. Auditions at the Center at 11 a.m.

Writer’s Roundtable 1 to 3 p.m. at the Library. Conversation about the writing process as it relates to all kinds of writing – fiction, poetry, memoir, creative non-fiction, journaling. All are welcome. Free.

Rumi and The Return of the Mother: Sacred Activism for a New World with Author, Scholar, Mystic Andrew Harvey from 1 to 6 p.m. at  The Living Room, in Eastsound.  $65 (Includes Afternoon Tea) Scholarships available. His workshops are funny and serious as well as informative and inspiring.  There will be limited space available so pre-registration is recommended. Call 378-3854 or email: jthomas@rockisland.com.

Music Lovers Seminar with George Shangrow ” Be Ready for Festival ’09″ will take place at St. Francis Catholic Church from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuition is $20. Call 376-6636 or e-mail Victoria@oicmf.org or send tuition to PO Box 646, Eastsound. Participants may also register at the door the day of the seminar if space is available. Youth may attend free and are welcome. Bring brown bag lunch for mid-day break. Coffee, tea, water, special snacks prepared.

Orcas Island Writers Festival cooking class and dinner: Coming to Our Senses, with Bill Patterson. The all-day event will begin with a guided tour of the Eastsound Farmers’ Market from noon to 12:30 p.m., followed by a three-hour cooking class with Chef Patterson. From 4:30 to 5:30 Rhonda Barbieri of La Campesina Project will lead the discussion, “From Farm to Table.” Dinner will be served at 6:30 p.m.
The class, discussion and dinner will be held at the Emmanuel Church Parish Hall in Eastsound.  All-day events cost $100, and the dinner alone costs $50. Reservations are requested  to 360-317-4383 or festivalgurus@orcasislandwriterfestival.com, PO Box 1726, Eastsound WA 98245.

Family Dance Party, 5:30 to 7:30 pm at the Odd Fellow’s Hall. Suggested donation: $4 per person; $6 for two people; $10 for a family of 3 or more. All families are welcome, regardless of ability to pay. Light refreshments will be available for purchase. All children must be accompanied by an adult.
All proceeds benefit Orcas Island Preschools. Call 376-5868.

Susan Osborn and Larry Murante in Concert 7:30 p.m. at the Living Room. Sliding Scale $5 to $10 at the door. Larry will be celebrating the release of his new CD, Point of Entry, https://www.larrymurante.com.

“Twirl” with Wayne Horvitz and Robin Holcomb 7:30 p.m. at the Orcas Center. The sister-brother duo will offer original and soulful songs. Sharing the evening are composers/pianists, Wayne Horvitz and Robin Holcomb, influential fixtures of the Northwest contemporary jazz scene.  Tickets: $16, $12 (Orcas Center members), $8 (students). Call Orcas Center @ 376-2281.

Sunday, May 10

The Island Sinfonia presents its Mother’s Day spring concert at 3 p.m. at the Orcas Center.  The program will feature Symphony No. 8 by Franz Schubert and Symphony No. 9 (first movement) by Franz Schubert, and The Quiet City by Aaron Copland.  Admission is $10 through the Orcas Center box office.  A wine and cheese reception follows the concert.  Call Karen Blinn at 376-6579.