SEQUIM — Pet lovers and fans of the Sequim City Band have a chance to join voices today with the annual Music Where You Bark event.
A free Sequim City Band concert is slated for 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. today at The James Center for the Performing Arts. This final concert of the band’s summer “Concerts at the James” series will reflect the Music Where You Bark event, which begins at 11 a.m. at Carrie Blake Park.
The band’s concert will include “That Old Hound Dog Rag” and “A Whistler and His Dog.”
Also on tap are “Selections from Disney/Pixar’s ‘UP’” and a salute to felines with “The Waltzing Cat” by Leroy Anderson and “Memory” from Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Cats.”
Music honoring horses and fish are also featured: contemporary composer Julie Giroux, who has herself rescued animals, penned “Our Cast Aways,” a piece dedicated to the thousands of caring people who work hard to rescue suffering pets.
Both the concert and on-site parking are free. Companion animals are invited as audience members. Attendees are encouraged to bring a lawn chair or blanket and a hat or umbrella.
Sequim City Band’s 2022-23 indoor concert series kicks off with a concert at 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 29, at the Sequim High School auditorium, 533 N. Sequim Ave.
For more information about the Sequim City Band, concert news and the status of plans to build an expanded rehearsal hall, visit sequimcityband.org.
Music Where You Bark
Music Where You Bark, which continues to 4 p.m., spotlights KSQM’s Pet Lover’s Day and features pet-themed activities, booths, food, drawings, exhibitions and an animal rink for demonstrations.
Also on the agenda is the Walk ‘N’ Woof 1k-5k, a benefit for the Sequim Dog Park Pals group and the dog park at Carrie Blake set for 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
“It’s not like a big race; it’s more like a nice stroll along the beautiful park,” said Olga Mosher, who helped organize the event.
“Sequim is such a pet-loving paradise,” she said. “One reason I wanted to go with [a fundraiser] that had to do with dogs and pets was because how much people love pets out here.”
Carrie Blake’s dog park needs some TLC, Mosher said, from benches, amenities and all the dog exercise equipment. While the city staff takes care of the mowing, weeding and ongoing park maintenance, she said, volunteers do the rest of dog park upkeep.
Mosher, who owns and operates Ideal Health Weightloss and Wellness Center, connected with Tama Bankston for a fundraiser possibility and was recommended the dog park. Hence, the Walk ‘N’ Woof.
“It’s a little different, this walk,” Mosher said. “It will be staggered, because so many people are bringing their dogs [and] some dogs can’t get close together.
Cost is $15 for the 1k and $30 for the 5k; there are enough swag bags for 175 people, Mosher said.
“[All the money] is going towards the park,” she said.
For more about the Walk ‘N’ Woof, email to Ideal HealthSequim@att.net.
For more about Music Where You Bark, call 360-681-0000 or email office@KSQM.com.
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Reporter Emily Matthiessen and Editor Michael Dashiell are with the Olympic Peninsula News Group, which is composed of Sound Publishing newspapers Peninsula Daily News, Sequim Gazette and Forks Forum. Reach her at emily.matthiessen@sequimgazette.com. Reach him at editor@sequim gazette.com.
