PORT ANGELES — The 60-piece Northwinds Homeschool Band is ready to present its Spring Pops Concert, an evening of music from “Star Wars,” “The Mask of Zorro,” “The Sound of Music” and then some, Thursday evening.
Admission is free to the 7 p.m. performance at the Independent Bible Church Worship Center, 116 E. Ahlvers Road.
The band of home-schooled musicians age 9 to 18 has had a good year, noted parent volunteer Meghan Maggard.
Seventeen-year-old trombonist Jacob Kennedy of Port Angeles won one of only five solo awards at January’s Clark College Jazz Festival, she said, and the whole ensemble received the three highest scores at the Western Washington Homeschool Band Festival this past March in Seattle.
Dan Tutton directs the nonprofit Northwinds band and in recent years has taken the young musicians to Anaheim, Calif., for the Heritage Festival competition, two Disney Studios recording workshops and a performance at Disneyland.
June artist on display at Ludlow gallery
PORT LUDLOW — Port Ludlow Artists’ League member printmaker Sallie Radock of Sequim is displaying her hand-made prints at Sound Community Bank this month.
The league will honor Radock at the Second Wednesday Reception from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. today in the lobby of Sound Community Bank on Oak Bay Road.
The art gallery, adjacent to the bank, will continue the reception from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. with wine and hors d’oeuvres.
Regular gallery hours are from noon to 4 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays.
Radock carves her blocks and prints them for one-of-a-kind art pieces, according to a news release.
She finds her travels, both local and foreign, give her not only a source of adventure and education but often become the subject of her prints.
For more information, phone Sharon Zablotney at 360-437-9417 or email slz2002@q.com.
Sea chanteys sung
PORT TOWNSEND — A Sea Shanty Song Circle will be held at the Northwest Maritime Center, 431 Water St., from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. today.
The shanty event is free, family-friendly and open to the public.
The Lazy Jacks, an all-female chantey crew from Vancouver, B.C., will lead the evening of singing.
Visit www.singshanties.com for more information.
Mac user group
PORT TOWNSEND — A Macintosh computer users group will meet at the Tri-Area Community Center, 10 West Valley Road, at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, June 11.
There will be a basic Mac how-to session, and the regular business meeting begins at 7 p.m.
The event is free and the public is welcomed.
For more information and newsletters, visit www.ptslug.org.
‘Myths About Hospice’
PORT ANGELES — Community members are invited to attend a “Myths About Hospice” presentation by Candace Chaney of Assured Hospice of Clallam & Jefferson Counties at Park View Villas, 1430 Park View Lane, at 1:30 p.m. Thursday.
Chaney will share information about hospice, who qualifies and the services covered by Medicare and/or private insurance.
Refreshments will be served.
For more information, phone 360-452-7222.
