With character names like Stella Armpit, Festering Postule and Beauty, (as in “sleeping”…duh!), the Friday Harbor Middle School Players’ 2009 play is sure to get the giggles going.

“I like it because it’s total tongue-in-cheek,” said director Fred Yockers.

The hilarity begins when Mother Goose discovers there are real werewolves acting in her show, so she makes a break for it.  Luckily, some adventurous cast members—like a Fairy Godmother, a Witch, a Prince and a Wolf—save the day by acting out their own versions of Sleeping Beauty.  Yockers is casting more than two dozen 6th, 7th and 8th graders in this hilarious farce.  The event’s Business Partners are Downriggers and Boardwalk Books.

At the San Juan Community Theatre

Cost:
$10 for all ages; $5 RUSH at door.

JesseSingers like Patti Page, Elvis Costello, Bonnie Raitt and Reba McIntyre have recorded his songs. People magazine compared his voice and style to James Taylor.

Now Friday Harbor has the chance to see one of the most prolific songwriters of the ‘70s when Jesse Winchester brings his voice, his guitar and his songwriting talents to the Whittier stage on Saturday, March 21.

Born in Louisiana, Jesse grew up playing guitar and brought his music to Canada in 1967 to avoid the Vietnam War draft. During that exile, Canadian Robbie Robertson took an interest in Jesse’s career, helping him land a record deal to produce Jesse’s self – titled debut album. Aided by the drum and mandolin work of Levon Helm and the engineering of Todd Rundgren, the album signaled the emergence of a sensitive and literate tunesmith that invoked the tone of the ‘70s.
Jesse’s songs like ‘Yankee Lady,’ ‘The Brand New Tennessee Waltz,’ ‘Mississippi, You’re on My Mind,’ and ‘Biloxi’ have been recorded by numerous artists. He has recorded almost a dozen of his own albums-his most recent in 2001: Live at Mountain Stage. The concert’s Business Partner is Earthbox Motel & Spa.

At the San Juan Community Theatre

Cost:
$22 Adults; $11 Student Reserved; $5 RUSH

ICFor the eighth year in a row, the Theatre gets a ‘luck of the Irish’ treat: so many great musicians at the same place at the same time.

On Saturday, March 14, some of the best Irish musicians in the world will share their talents once again with us when the teaching faculty of the renowned Friday Harbor Irish Music Camp perform on the Whittier stage, playing both solo and in improvised ensembles.

The 2009 teaching staff includes fiddlers Liz Kane, Yvonne Kane and Randal Bays, Roger Landes playing bouzouki and mandolin, Catherine McEvoy playing the flute, sean-nos singer (an old-style, traditional form of Irish singing) Aine Meenaghan, Tom Creegan playing the uilleann pipes, tinwhistler Andrea Cooper, guitar accompanist and song arranger Daithi Sproule and pianist D. Marshall.

The concert’s Business Partner is Paulson Custom Homes.

At the San Juan Community Theatre

Cost:
All tickets $25

Randal Bays and Dan Paulson founded the Friday Harbor Irish Music Camp
in 2002 as a place where people who love Irish traditional music can
come together to learn and share good times.

It’s six days of intensive
classes, concerts, discussions and above all, session! In a beautiful
wooded setting adjacent to the lovely town of Friday Harbor on San Juan
Island, Washington.

Friday Harbor Marine Labs
at University of Washington/Friday Harbor
Friday Harbor, WA 98250

Phone:
378-2165

Put on your dancing shoes and join the fun at Dance Workshop II (next to Vic’s).

Beginners’ class from 4:30 to 5:30; intermediates from 5 to 7. Learn how to dance the reels, jigs and Strathspeys of Scotland, and have fun doing it!

Partners and experience are not required. First night is free; $5/week thereafter.

Friday Harbor, WA 98250

Call Bill Paterson at 378.4992 for more information.