2009 Community Events
Click on the links below to be directed to the events that interest you:
Meet the Farmers
Dinner and Concert with Harpist Bronn Journey at Cedarbrook Garden Cafe'
The Second Annual Celebrate Lavender Dinner
Totem Tour & Salmon and Stories on the Bay
Un-wine'd by the River
Puffin Sunset Marine Cruise
Sunbonnet Sue Quilt Show and Display
The Greater Tuna (Olympic Theater Arts)
Bird Walk in Rail Road Bridge Park
Gilbert & Sullivan a la Carte
Tour of Wineries in Olympic Wine Counrty
Sequim Studio Arts Tour
Olympic Driftwood Sculptors Art Show
4th Annual Lavender Festival Golf Tournament
Meet the Farmers
Friday, thru Sunday
Seven Farms on Tour
11:00 AM
This is your opportunity to meet the farmers of the seven farms on tour. The farmers will be available at the "Meet the Farmers Here" sign to answer your questions about lavender and living the life of a lavender farmer. Come meet these special folks.
Dinner and Concert with Harpist Bronn Journey
Friday, July 17 - 7 pm to 9 pm
Cedarbrook Garden Cafe’
Please phone the cafe 360-683-4541 for more details and to make reservations.
Seating is limited.
The Second annual celebrate lavender festival dinner
Sunday July 19th
7:00pm to 9:30pm
Celebrate the lavender season with a lavish six course dinner featuring the lavender of the Sequim Lavender Growers Association and locally sourced foods of the Olympic Peninsula, prepared by top local chef Tom Heintz.
The menu:
Appetizer
Trio, including tapenade on
lavender handmade Focaccia
A Guave
Fresca lavender gazpacho
Exotic
Greens Salad with candied pecans, strawberries and cheese, drizzled with a
lavender vinaigrette
Baked Wild
Salmon served in a Lavender Dill Sauce.
Wild Rice
pilaf with Lavender Balsamic, cheese and mushrooms.
Mixed
vegetable sauté served with rolls and butter.
Three
cheese and fruit course with roasted garlic and sundried tomato and Lavender.
Heintz
Berry Farm blackberry crisp with lavender cream & lavender sugar cookie
Menu
subject to change
Vegetarian and children's options are available. Cost: $60 per person
The dinner will be held at the beautiful John Wayne Marina on the water overlooking Sequim Bay . Reservations required as seating is limited. Deadline for reservation is July 14th.
For tickets call: 877-681-3035 or click here to go to the Lavender Store to purchase tickets online.
Interesting Note about the John Wayne Marina: John Wayne Marina, featured in the June 2003 issue of SEA Magazine as “Best of the West” for small marinas, was constructed in 1985 on 22 acres of land donated by the John Wayne family. John Wayne frequented Sequim Bay waters aboard the family yacht – the “Wild Goose” – and prior to his death envisioned a marina in the scenic bay. Eventually, this vision became reality under the ownership and auspices of the Port of Port Angeles.
Totem Tour & Salmon and Stories on the Bay
Friday July 17th
Totem Tour starts at 4:00 pm. (additional cost)
Dinner at 6:00 pm.
Experience some of the best of Northwest Tribal culture and food hosted by the Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe at the Tribe's Community Center on Sequim Bay. The Tribe's carving shed, where the totem poles for the Tribal campus and Seven Cedars Casino are created, will be open between 4:00 pm and 6:00 pm. Tribal carvers will be on hand to answer questions and demonstrate carving techniques. Dale Faulstich, Master Carver and co-author of “Totem Poles of the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe” will be available to sign copies of his book which will be on sale Friday evening for $15.00 per copy. The tribe's gift shop, Northwest Native Expressions, will also be open for your shopping pleasure. Take some time to shop for souvenirs and original Native American art. Visit the Tribal library with its impressive collection of books on Native American history, culture and literature.
Learn about the Tribe's salmon and shellfish programs and projects with a display prepared by the Tribal Natural Resources staff.
At 6:00 pm a traditional salmon dinner will be served; the salmon will be cooked on stakes over an open fire and served with local vegetables, wild rice, traditional fry bread, a berry dessert and non-alcoholic beverages. At 6:45 pm, renowned Jamestown S'Klallam story teller, Elaine Grinnell, will tell stories and display and describe native crafts and tools.
Profits from the dinner will be donated to the operations budget of the Dungeness River Audubon Center. This center is a partnership with Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe, the Olympic Peninsula Audubon Society, and the River Center Foundation. Learn more about the Dungeness River Audubon Center at www.dungenessrivercenter.org/.
Ticket Cost: $45.00 adult $25.00 child – ($2.00 off with the purchase of a Lavender Festival Button.) To order tickets please call the Tribal office at (360)681-4661, or email, asargent@jamestowntribe.org,or you can mail a check to Jamestown Tribe Attn: Ann Sargent, 1033 Old Blyn Highway, Sequim, WA 98362 (please include your phone number for confirmation).
Totem Tour: receive a guided tour of their renowned totem poles. Get an “up-close” view of the poles while learning about the historical figures and legends that inspired their designs. Not only will you learn about the “Founding Fathers” of the Jamestown Tribe, you’ll also discover why the S’Klallam are called the “Strong People,” and why the wolf is so well respected. In addition, the numerous stories and folk tales illustrated on these carved columns will be revealed to you.
Advance reservations are required, 25 participants per tour.
Ticket Cost: Tour with Dinner is $60. Tour without Dinner is $20 per person. ($2.00 off with the purchase of a Lavender Festival Button)
Un-wine'd by the River
Saturday, July 18
7-9 p.m.
Enjoy the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe’s ancestral Dungeness River at the 28-acre Railroad Bridge Park, with its 2000-feet of river frontage, floodplain and side channel habitat, as well as the fully refurbished Railroad Trestle Bridge, built by the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St Paul Railway in 1914.
Meat, seafood or vegetable kebobs will be served with a choice of Olympic Cellars locally produced wines or non-alcoholic beverages, and dessert – all designed to enable you to grab a glass and a plate, and wander the grounds; view displays set up on the bridge about natural history, the river and the bridge; enjoy the music of the Black Diamond Fiddlers in the RiverStage amphitheater; sit a spell in the RiverShed picnic area; and visit the displays and gift shop at the Audubon Center.
Ticket Cost: $25 per person, for the first 75 people on site that evening. ($2.00 discount with a Lavender Festival Button.)
Railroad Bridge Park is located at the west end of Hendrickson Road. Take Washington Street west to Priest Road. Turn right (north) on Priest, and then left (west) on Hendrickson. Follow the road directly to the parking areas at the park.
Profits from the event will be donated to the operations budget of the Dungeness River Audubon Center. This center is a partnership with Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe, the Olympic Peninsula Audubon Society, and the River Center Foundation. Learn more about the Dungeness River Audubon Center at www.dungenessrivercenter.org/.
Puffin Sunset Marine Cruise
Friday & Saturday 7pm to 9pm
Cruise on the 55 passenger, 65-foot Glacier Spirit around Protection Island for a narrated program on marine bird life and marine mammals found between John Wayne Marina in Sequim (off Highway 101) and Protection Island National Wildlife Refuge. Expect to see Tufted Puffins, Rhinoceros Auklets, and other sea birds. This is a two hour tour. Included is a dinner. Wine can be purchased on board.
The menu: Fresh Baked Pan D’Amore Bread
Dill and Garlic Salmon
Capt. Pete’s Party Potatoes
Northwest Caeser Salad
Chocolate Drizzled Fresh Raspberry Brownie
Tickets are $65.00. $2.00 off with the purchase of your Lavender Festival Ticket.
For reservations call 360-681-4076. There is a limit of 50 people per cruise. Both tours sold out last year. 
Sunbonnet Sue Quilt Show and Display
This year's theme is "A Patch Work Garden "
Celebrate the 23rd anniversary
of the Sunbonnet Sue Quilt Club
of Sequim with over 250 quilts
on display, demonstrations,
activities and a Country Store.
Learn more about the Sunbonnet Sue Quilt Show
Olympic Theater Arts
7:30 on July 17th and 18th at the Sequim High School Performing Arts Center (near the street fair).
Greater Tuna is the hilarious comedy about Texas' third smallest town, where the Lion's Club is too liberal and Patsy Cline never dies.
The eclectic band of citizens that make up this town are portrayed by only two performers, making this satire on life in rural America even more delightful as they depict all of the inhabitants of Tuna -- men, women, children and animals.
The early tour dates found an instant audience coast to coast as the show played to packed houses in San Francisco, Atlanta, Houston and Hartford before original stars Joe Sears and Jaston Williams found themselves performing Greater Tuna for over a year Off-Broadway at Circle in the Square Theatre.
This successful New York run lead to an HBO Special produced by Norman Lear which took the "Tuna" phenomenon to every city in America.
For more information go to www.olympictheatrearts.org
Bird Walk in Rail Road Bridge Park
Offered by the Dungeness River Audubon Center
Saturday 8:30 to 10:30 am
Dungeness River Audubon Center
Railroad Bridge Park
2151 W. Hendrickson Road , Sequim , WA .
Join Dungeness River Center birding class instructor, Dave Jackson, to see and hear the birds of the riparian forest by the beautiful Dungeness River . The flashy birds of summer are the goal: warblers, vireos, tanagers, grosbeaks, flycatchers, and others that are only here for a few brief months before they return to their Central and South American wintering haunts. Bring binoculars, bird books, and shoes suitable for walking on the Olympic Discovery trial.
Gilbert & Sullivan a la Carte: A Merry Musical Revue
At the HISTORIC DUNGENESS SCHOOLHOUSE
2781 Towne Road and Sequim-Dungeness Road
July 17, 18, 24, 25 - 7:30 pm
July 19 & 26 - 2 pm
The Peninsula Singers & Readers Theatre-Plus "Gilbert & Sullivan a la Carte: A Merry Musical Revue" for July 17, 18, 24, 25 at 7:30 pm and July 19 & 26 at 2 pm at the Historic Dungeness Schoolhouse 2781 Towne Rd. and Sequim-Dungeness Way
The tickets will be for sale at the Museum and Arts Center 175 West Cedar Street (close to the street fair during festival) The tickets are $12. People with Lavender Festival buttons are $11.
Tickets $12.00 at the Door/$11 to people with Lavender Buttons, Museum Members $10 (in advance) Tickets at the Exhibit Building 175 W Cedar Street
Lavender celebration Tour of Wineries In the Olympic Wine Country
Saturday, July 11 – Sunday, July 19, 11-5 p.m.
Enjoy the Sequim lavender fields in bloom and enhance your visit as you discover new hidden gems - six award winning artisan wineries on the scenic North Olympic Peninsula. Explore more hidden back roads and lush valleys as you discover some of the finest small family run wineries in Washington State. Since most produce less than 2,000 cases of wine a year, many of the wines are in very limited production and are challenging to find outside of the communities where they are made. Indulge in the pleasure of sharing these rare wines of Washington State with your friends and family.
It is easy to add this self guided wine tour to your Lavender Festival experience. You can visit the wineries in any order, over a ten-day period. Visit as many or as few as you wish or purchase an optional Lavender Celebration Tour of Wineries ticket and the commemorative wine glass and receive complimentary wine tasting at each winery.
Visit all six wineries and enter the drawing for a beautiful gift basket of local lavender products. Each winery is unique from location to ambiance of tasting room and style of wines. Winemakers will offer special pricing on featured wines.
You can also taste our local wines at the Wine & Beer Garden at the Street Fair in Sequim during the Lavender Festival, which can be found at the end of the food court, close to the performance stage. A selection of two wines from each winery will be available for tasting, by the glass or to purchase by the bottle.
We look forward to sharing our wines… Olympic Peninsula Wineries
Purchase your ticket on-line or at any winery. http://www.olympicpeninsulawineries.org/lavendertour.php
Harbinger Winery - Port Angeles 360.452.4262
Camaraderie Cellars - Port Angeles 360.417.3564
Black Diamond Winery - Port Angeles 360.457.0748
Olympic Cellars - Port Angeles 360.452.0160
Sorensen Winery – Port Townsend 360.379.6416
FairWinds Winery - Port Townsend 360.385.6899
Sequim Arts Studio Tour
Friday thru Sunday, 10:00pm - 5:00pm Daily
FREE ADMISSION
Sixteen (16) local artists will open their private, working studios to the public, answer questions, provide demonstrations, and offer their original, creative artwork for sale. This is a chance to meet the artists in person and view a wide array of original paintings, ceramics, woodcarving, metal sculpture, handcrafted jewelry and print making. A colorful brochure and map will be available at the Sequim Arts booth at the street fair or in the Lavender Festival Program or online at www.sequimarts.org. The brochure also lists items the will be raffled at the Street Fair booth. Directional signs and a map will help visitors find each studio.
This free, self-guided tour is sponsored by Sequim Arts, a nonprofit organization of visual artists and supporters encouraging and promoting the arts in the community with: art demonstrations, workshops, student art show and scholarship program, annual juried and member only art exhibits.
Learn more about Sequim Arts and the tour.
The Olympic Driftwood Sculptors ART Show
The Olympic Driftwood Sculptors will hold a driftwood art show & sale from Friday, July 17 thru Sunday July 19 at the Carlsborg Conference Center,
865 Carlsborg Rd. (across from the Carlsborg Post Office).
Show hours will be 10am to 6pm Friday & Saturday & 10am to 4pm on Sunday. Free admission.
In addition to the display of sculptures, there will be unfinished wood & items made from driftwood for sale. There will also be demonstrations showing the technique involved in finishing thewood. Cameras are welcome. For information about the show & the club, call 360-681-2535.
Come join the fun & see what can be made from that piece of found wood!
4th Annual Lavender Festival Golf Tournament
SkyRidge Golf Course
7015 Old Olympic Highway Port Angeles
July 18th
9:00 am Shotgun start. Two person scramble format. Play for fun and help support the Disabled American Vertrans of Foreign Wars. Enjoy Captain Henry's gourmet blackened salmon with all the fixins. Prizes! Cost: $45.00 per player, Carts: $15.00 per seat. ($2.00 off seat discount with 2009 Lavender Festival Button) Contact Steve Nichols at 360-477-7047 or Skyridge at 360-683-3673 to register.