2010 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 Third Annual Celebrate Lavender Dinner - sold out
Totem Tour & Salmon and Stories on the Bay
A Tribute to the Beatles
Puffin Sunset Marine Cruise
Sunbonnet Sue Quilt Show and Display
Shirley Valentine (Olympic Theater Arts)
Bird Walk in Rail Road Bridge Park
Tour of Wineries in Olympic Wine Counrty
Sequim Studio Arts Tour
Olympic Driftwood Sculptors Art Show
4th Annual Lavender Festival Golf Tournament
Ride, Bike, Hike on the Olympic Discovery Trail
Free Concert, Sunday 3pm at James Performing Arts Center by the Sequim City Band
Meet the Farmers
Friday, thru Sunday
Six Farms on Tour
11:00 AM
This is your opportunity to meet the farmers of the six 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 16 - 7 pm to 9 pm
Cedarbrook Garden Cafe’
Please phone the cafe 360-683-4541 for more details and to make reservations.
Dinner: Menu to be announced
Bronn Journey: Over thirty years ago, a volunteer with the Seattle Public Schools placed a harp in Bronn’s hands for the first time and began teaching the 11 year old boy how to play. By the time he was 16, he was performing professionally in fine hotels and restaurants in the Seattle area. Today, Bronn’s musical accomplishments are known and appreciated throughout Washington State and the Northwest. His amazing versatility and humorous approach to a seriously classical instrument have made him a favorite with concert goers. “Because of the experience of playing in a variety of settings, I am very comfortable playing in many different styles,” comments Bronn, and his concert selections range from classical to Broadway to hymns. Bronn has even played the National Anthem at Seattle Seahawk and Sonics games!
Cost is $60.00 per person. This event is intended for adults. Seating is limited.
The tHIRD annual celebrate lavender festival dinner
Sponsored by Olympic Cellars, Sequim Gazette
Sunday July 18th
7:00pm to 9:30pm
SOLD OUT
John Wayne Marina
2577 West Sequim Bay Road
Sequim, WA 98382
Google Map
Celebrate the lavender season with a lavish seven course dinner featuring the lavender of the Sequim Lavender Growers Association and locally sourced foods of the Olympic Peninsula, prepared by top local chefs David Long and Steve McNabb of Oven Spoonful.
MENU
Enjoy a glass of Olympic Cellars Mélange Nouveau– local lavender wine
First course:
Cucumber mint soup, with lavender "pearls"
Seared scallop citrus & shallot with Qualicum Beach scallops from Vancouver Island, BC
Second course:
A salad of avocado & grapefruit with pickled chilies, olives, and baby lettuce with lavender dressing
Third course:
Lavender cured salmon, summer succotash using Quillayute River salmon"
Fourth course:
Orange & basil gelato
Fifth course:
Lavender duck breast from “Nicky Farms USA-Portland - wild and sustainable meats “
Green beans, hazelnut dressing, new potatoes, tart cherry gastrique
Sixth Course:
Northwest cheese plate with lavender "honey comb"
Seventh Course:
"Cake & ice cream" lavender ice cream, lavender scented sponge cake with Italian buttercream frosting, fresh Northwest berries, candied lavender
Coffee and tea
Other sources will include a variety of growers from the Olympic Peninsula and around the Northwest: Lazy Jay Tree Farm- produce, Nash’s Farm- produce, Johnston Farms-produce, Holmquist hazelnuts, Brown’s Dairy- milk, Mt. Townsend Creamery- cheese, Elwha Apiary- honey, Purple Haze Lavender Farm- lavender!
Music for dinner with harpist 'Ingrid Larson-Alexander'
Cost: $80 per person including tax and gratuity
Local wine will beavailable for purchase
Space is limited, advance reservations required by July 12th
This event is intended for adults.
Purchase tickets online at click here , by phone at 877-681-3035 and at
Oven Spoonful Bakery 110 East First St., Port Angeles
Chef Dave Long
Dave Long took an interest in food at an early age. As an avid eater, it became apparent that being able to cook would be an asset. Helping his mother & grandmothers prepare food for the family table was a sure way to get a taste of everything, and learn a little about food. This inspired Dave to enter South Seattle Community College, and upon graduating, he cut his chops in some of Seattle's finest restaurants and hotels, alongside several noted chefs, such as Caprial Pence, at Fullers, Jerry Traunfeld, at the Alexis Hotel, and Rip Ripley, at the Greenlake Grill. Then he traveled north to Bellingham where he worked as executive chef for Rhododendron Cafe, Chuckanut Bay Catering and Semiahmoo Golf & Country Club. The beauty of the Olympic Peninsula called Dave back to open and manage the Port Angeles Brewing Company. When the business sold, Dave started teaching culinary arts for the North Olympic Peninsula Skills Center, where he inspired several students to choose a career in culinary arts, and founded Oven Spoonful with catering, chef services, and cooking classes
Steve McNabb
Steve McNabb is a former student of the Port Angeles Skills Center. Steve grew up working with many local chefs, worked in Seattle restaurants, and last season was Executive Chef at the Saltery Lodge, one of Southeast Alaska's newest and most exclusive fishing lodges.
Interesting Note about the John Wayne Marina:
John Wayne Marina (Google Map), 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.
For more information about other culinary happenings in the area click here.
a tRIBUTE TO THE bEATLES free concert!
Saturday, July 17, 2010
James Center Outdoor Amphitheatre
6:30 PM to
9:00 PM
Bring the entire family to an evening of the music of the Beatles, featuring Creme Tangerine, the Northwest’s top tribute band. We will have a great local opening act at 6:30pm, with Creme Tangerine from 7:30-9:00pm.
There is open seating on the lawn, please bring blankets or chairs, and your favorite picnic goodies. Food will also be available for purchase from Jeremiah’s BBQ, with great BBQ sandwiches including wild salmon! This is a public facility, no alcoholic beverages are allowed.
Parking and Transportation:
The free Festival shuttle busses will continue to run from the Street Fair bus stop starting at 5:30pm, to QFC, and the Blake property parking lot to the concert throughout the evening. A direct bus and both shuttles will be available. After the concert busses will return people to JC Penney, QFC, and the Street Fair. So people can park all day and experience the festival and the concert.
Information: 877-681-3035 or info@lavenderfestival.com
Totem Tour & Salmon and Stories on the Bay
Friday July 16th
Totem Tour starts at 4:00 pm. (additional cost)
Dinner at 6:00 pm.
Ticket Cost:
Dinner/Story Telling – 6:00 pm - $45.00 adult, $25.00 child*
Dinner/Story Telling & Totem Tour – 4:00 pm - $60.00 adult, $30.00 child
Totem Tour only – 4:00 pm - $20.00 adult, $10.00 child
($2.00 off ticket prices with the purchase of a Lavender Festival Button.)
* child = ages 10 and under
Please call the Tribal office at (360)681-4661, or email, asargent@jamestowntribe.org, to order tickets.
Dinner and Story Telling
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 art gallery and gift shop, Northwest Native Expressions, which carries souvenirs as well as Native American artwork will also be open for your shopping pleasure. Take some time to shop for souvenirs and original Native American art.
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/.
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.
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 the last two years.
Sunbonnet
Sue Quilt Show and Display
July 16, 17 & 18
10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.daily
Sequim Middle School Gym, 301 W. Hendrickson
$5.00 donation requested
This year's theme is
" Not all quilting is tame……………..
Join us for our 24th annual Quilt Show,
Call of the Wild
This year’s show is going to be wild
Featuring:
- Over 200 quilts on display
- Display of quilts from this year’s featured artist ---Jeri Hight
- 2010 Member Challenge --- Reflect on Red
- Art Quilt Exhibit & Demonstrations
- Bed Turning of Heirloom Quilts
- Country Store & Vendor Mall
- Door Prizes
- Raffle Quilt Tickets with the drawing on Sunday ,July 18, @ 4:00 pm
Learn more about the Sunbonnet Sue Quilt Show
Olympic Theater Arts
7:30 on July 15th, 16th, and 17th
2:00 p.m on the 18th
Olympic Theatre Arts Center, 414 N Sequim Ave (just east of the Street Fair)
By Willy Russell
The heroine in this actor's tour de force is an ordinary middle class English housewife. As she prepares chips and egg for dinner, she ruminates on her life and tells the wall about her husband, her children, her past, and an invitation from a girlfriend to join her on holiday in Greece to search for romance and adventure. Ultimately, Shirley does escape to Greece, has an "adventure" with a local fisherman and decides to stay. This hilariously engaging play was a hit in London and New York.
"Absolutely smashing."-New York Post
"A joyful, captivating piece of theatre."-New York Daily News
"A thrilling, cheer raising piece of theatre."-Financial Times
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's renowed naturalist, Bob Boekelheide,, 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.
Lavender celebration Tour of Wineries In the Olympic Wine Country
Saturday, July 10– Sunday, July 18, 11-5 p.m.
Enjoy the Sequim lavender fields in bloom and enhance your visit as you discover new hidden gems - seven 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 seven 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. Purchase your ticket on-line or at any winery. Cost is $25.00 (discount with the purchase of a farm tour button) http://www.olympicpeninsulawineries.org/lavendertour.php
Olympic Peninsula Wineries:
#1 Harbinger Winery - Port Angeles 360.452.4262
#2 Camaraderie Cellars - Port Angeles 360.417.3564
#3 Black Diamond Winery - Port Angeles 360.457.0748
#4 Olympic Cellars - Port Angeles 360.452.0160
#5 Sorensen Winery - Port Townsend 360.379.6416
#6 FairWinds Winery - Port Townsend 360.385.6899
#7 Finnriver Farm and Cidery – Chimacum 360.732.6822
Sequim Arts Studio Tour
Friday thru Sunday, 10:00pm - 8:00pm Fri. & Sat. 5:00pm Sun.
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 16 thru Sunday July 18 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 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. www.olympicdriftwoodsculptors.org
Come join the fun & see what can be made from that piece of found wood!
Annual Lavender Festival Golf Tournament
SkyRidge Golf Course
7015 Old Olympic Highway Port Angeles
July 17th
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. Click here for entry form