Sing-along of gospel slated in Sequim
SEQUIM — Singers Michael Rivers and Dan Cobb are taking their “Love Songs” program, debuted in February, to Sequim this Sunday.
The free concert, open to all ages, will get going at 3 p.m. at Dungeness Valley Lutheran Church, 925 N. Sequim Ave.
It’ll be an afternoon of gospel, original and sing-along songs, Rivers said, adding that he’ll offer two brand-new pieces.
One chronicles his experience singing in retirement homes, incorporating three well-known hymns. The other is “just hand-clapping fun,” he says.
Rivers and Cobb will sing together on “Burden Road,” another Rivers original, and Cobb will offer a wedding song he wrote about his mother finding a second chance at love in her 70s.
“All kinds of love in all kinds of songs,” is how Rivers sums it up.
For directions, phone the church at 360-681-0946.
Brancato’s back
SEQUIM — Nationally known jazz pianist Ted Brancato and singer Sarah Partridge are coming to Wind Rose Cellars, the wine bar at 143 W. Washington St., for an intimate concert on Mother’s Day — that’s May 10 — and tickets are going quickly.
The cover charge for the 4 p.m. performance is $25, and reservations can be made by phoning Wind Rose at 360-681-0690.
Brancato, who has played with fellow jazz luminaries including Ernestine Anderson, Paquito D’Rivera and Christian McBride, will appear with Partridge at a couple of Seattle venues before coming to the North Olympic Peninsula, where his sister lives.
For more about the artist, see www.TedBrancato.com.
‘V-E Day’ play
PORT ANGELES — For one performance only, Readers Theatre Plus will present a staged reading of “V-E Day” next Friday, May 8.
That’s the 70th anniversary of World War II’s Victory in Europe Day, when the Allied Forces accepted Nazi Germany’s unconditional surrender.
The curtain will rise at 7 p.m. for “V-E Day,” the story of an elderly widow who opens her door to a visitor from the past.
He brings a box of newsletters that she once edited for local servicemen and servicewomen.
The visit stirs a pot of old memories, sending the widow and visitor back to the heady days of World War II,
Directed by Pat Owens, “V-E Day” will take the stage at the Mount Pleasant Grange Hall, 2432 Mount Pleasant Road.
Admission will be by donation, with proceeds to go to the American Legion Riders, Post 29 of Port Angeles.
For details, see www.ReadersTheatrePlus.com or phone 360-797-3337.
