PORT ANGELES — Whatever your age, if you’ve got a voice, you’re invited to the second annual Community Sing-Along in the Port Angeles Library courtyard at 6:30 p.m. tonight (Thursday evening).
Admission is free to the hour-long gathering, which will travel from Woody Guthrie’s “This Land Is Your Land” to Harry Belafonte’s “Day-O,” complete with song sheets handed out to everybody.
To add even more interest, the Port Angeles Fire Department will bring a fire truck and some firefighters eager to visit with people, said Youth Services Librarian Jennifer Knight.
To partake in the sing-along, “there’s no experience necessary. Singing is good for your brain and your health, and the library is all about those things,” Knight added.
Singers should bring lawn chairs and blankets to sit on while they belt out numbers such as “Oh, Susannah,” “Country Roads” and “You Are My Sunshine.”
The volunteer song leaders are Bonnie Schmidt and Carrie Sanford, while Clark Driese, John DeFrancisco, Jonathan Schenefeld and Dan Lieberman will bring their guitars.
The sing-along is part of the North Olympic Library System’s Summer Reading Program, which is presenting various activities through Aug. 1. Details are at www.NOLS.org and 360-417-8500.
At the inaugural Community Sing-Along last summer, about 50 people joined in, Knight recalled. There were seniors, parents with little kids and others without kids.
“It’s for all ages. That’s one of the beauties of it,” she said.
“It’s really a community sing-along.”
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Features Editor Diane Urbani de la Paz can be reached at 360-452-2345, ext. 5062, or at diane.urbani@peninsuladailynews.com
