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A pre-show performance beginning at 1:30 p.m. will
feature the Dungeness All Stars Folk Dance Band.
Performing during intermission will be Angel Band, a
vocal and acoustic gospel group.
Suggested donations are $5 per person, $10 per family
or the purchase of a WOTFA membership. Proceeds help
fund scholarship students. Everyone is invited for an afternoon
of foot-stompin’ family entertainment! Go to http://
d15.wotfa.org/ for more information. The Performing
Arts Center, also known as the Sequim High School
Auditorium, is located at 601 North Sequim Avenue.
Mirinesse Women’s Choir Concert
The Mirinesse Women’s Choir.
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Since 2006 Mirinesse Women’s Choir has thrilled audiences
in Seattle and around northwest Washington with
the beautiful sound of classically trained adult women’s
voices singing challenging and diverse repertoire from
sources around the world. The singers are an auditioned
group, ages 21 to 70, who joyfully share their love of
music. Under the leadership of Rebecca Rottsolk and
Beth Ann Bonnecroy, each singer is empowered to
contribute her ability to the collective creation of a rich
musical experience.
Port Townsend and Jefferson County will have the rare
opportunity to enjoy this acclaimed choir Sunday, March
11, 3:30 p.m. at Quimper Unitarian Universalist Church.
The program, “Witness to Majesty” will include classical to
folk, Baroque to contemporary music. Many of the songs
focus on the majesty and beauty of nature. Additionally
the audience will enjoy high-spirited international songs, a
Buddhist chant of compassion and sacred selections.
Rebecca Rottsolk served as artistic director for the
Northwest Girlchoir for almost 20 years, building it
into one of the most respected youth choral groups in
America. Now retired, she enjoys a national reputation as
guest conductor and clinician, having conducted all-state
and regional festival choruses in more than 25 states.
Rottsolk currently conducts two adult community choirs
on the Olympic Peninsula. She received her Bachelor
of Music degree from St. Olaf College in Northfield,
Minnesota and her Master of Arts degree from Pacific
Lutheran University (PLU) in Tacoma.
Beth Ann Bonnecroy’s foundation as a singer and extensive
experience as a voice teacher shape her priorities
in conducting. An accomplished soprano, Bonnecroy is
a frequent recitalist in the Seattle area and is in demand
as a conductor and clinician. She is a member of the
artistic staff of the Northwest Girlchoir, where she
conducts Vivace, a choir of 35 middle school singers,
and is currently a member of the music staff of Phinney
Ridge Lutheran Church in Seattle. She holds a Bachelor
of Music degree from St. Olaf College and a Masters of
Music from Arizona State University.
For a suggested donation of $16, advance tickets are
available by contacting Bev Schaaf at 379-3458 or
bevschaaf@gmail.com.
Hooray, The Bills Are Returning!
by Barbara Wagner-Jauregg, Contributing Writer
It was October 2002 when a group of exceptional musicians
from British Columbia, all sharing a common
purpose to play timeless acoustic music with a passionate
flair, arrived in Port Ludlow and won the hearts of this
community. Founded in 1996 by successful Canadian
jazz and rock musicians and known then as The Bill Hilly
Band, they had decided to explore some new, actually
very old, musical territory. They took up new instruments
and used their musical prowess to embark on performing
the fiddle music of Canada and the Old World.
Now nearly ten years later and renamed The Bills, these
winners of two Western Canadian Music Awards and
nominees for two JUNO Awards return here for an earlyevening
Cabaret concert at the Bay Club, Saturday,
April 14 beginning at 5:00 p.m. Since this is a cabaret
event, seating will be at tables of eight or nine. The best
way to be assured of a seat to your liking is to arrive at
4:00 p.m. when the auditorium doors open. There will be
a bar in the auditorium and snacks on the tables. Come
resort casual, this is an end-of-season party. Immediately
following at 7:00 p.m., The Bills will join us for a
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