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Wednesday, November 08, 2006

MH $$ Decisions Pending; Musical Celebration of Sea Cultures

I've received no word yet on Seattle City Council decisions on the $150,000 Maritime Heritage Initiative contribution or the budget proviso on the $400,000 Wawona line item. I did receive a note from Councilmember David Della saying there was still time to contact councilmembers with your views. Tomorrow (Thursday) is the deadline. You'll find contact info at http://www.seattle.gov/council/.

Town Hall Seattle is hosting “Sea Songs,” a free celebration in song and music of cultures living and working on and near the oceans, scheduled for Saturday, December 2 at 1:00 p.m. The program opens with Moe Bowstern’s “Life Cycle of the Salmon,” a puppet show based on the tradition of Indonesian shadow plays. Other items on the program:
  • The Samish Singers from the Samish Nation of Washington
  • Ruze Dalmatinke/Vela Luka Ensemble with songs and music from the Dalmatian Coast of Croatia
  • The Samoan Men Singers - Ben Leiataua, conductor
  • Dangerous Dave Densmore, an Alaskan fishing boat captain and fisher poet performing his epic saga of being lost at sea after his boat burns and sinks
  • A performance of traditional naval bosun’s whistles.
Admission is free.

1 Comments:

Blogger Joe Follansbee said...

Thanks for the comment, Alice. What's your preference?

1:47 PM

 

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