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NOTC will be part of Quileute Days, with our band playing in the parade on Saturday, July 16 at noon, followed by some NOTC workshops. Should be great fun!

6:30pm

A three-day weekend weekend of action, adventure, fun, history, and civic engagement with epic performances by world-renowned Chautauquans, an outdoor movie, an everybody wins PT Lottery, the Chautauqua Congress, and more! We aim to delight, educate, amaze, and provoke the imagination of adults and children alike.

Food and beverage service will be made available by Fort Worden Hospitality for all evening programing.

More info at

Chautauquaweek.org

NEW OLD TIME CHAUTAUQUA presents a VIRTUAL VAUDEVILLE CELEBRATION
on Sunday, June 14th at 6pm PDT to the communities of Bellingham, Port Townsend, Port
Angeles, Forks, and the rest of the World!
The New Old Time Chautauqua’s magic traveling troupe presents a live Virtual Vaudeville Celebration (VVC) each
from their own homes, that will combine Circus, Music, Magic, Vaudeville, and the Arts to the communities of
Bellingham, Forks, Port Townsend and all over the world. The VVC celebrates Humanity on Sunday, June 14th,
2020 at 6pm Pacific Daylight Time, just one week before the Summer Solstice and the longest day of 2020. All
proceeds will go to help NOTC fulfill its continuing mission of encouraging community through entertainment,
education, and laughter.
New Old Time Chautauqua had to cancel its benefit shows slated for April 17-19, 2020, and also had to cancel its
plans for this summer’s tour to Wisconsin to register voters for the November general elections. Now, NOTC is
going to bring that big show to the little screen!
DETAILS:
New Old Time Chautauqua Virtual Vaudeville Celebration
Ticket per screen: $20 - Brown Paper Tickets
notcvirtual.brownpapertickets.com
ZOOM ID and Password will be emailed 1 hour before the Show
Sunday, June 14th at 6:00 PM PDT
CAST:
The shows feature Everyone’s Favorite 8 Foot Clown, Godfrey Daniels; Broadway Stars, The Flying Karamazov
Brothers; International Eccentric Performer, Poki; The World’s Best and Most Famous Bubble Guy, Tom Noddy;
Performance Artist, Nonny; Funny Man and Physical Maniac, Frank Olivier; Artis the Spoonman (yes, of
Soundgarden “Spoonman” fame); Award-Winning Magician, Joey Pipia; Multi-Instrumentalist with Hands and
Feet, Fiona Rose; Social Clown, Kristin Crowley; Band Composer and Tune Savant, Thaddeus Spae, as the
Incorrigible "Uncle Pappy"; Tuba Toting Thespian Supreme, Phina Pipia; Swinging Singing Troubadour, Harry
“Boom Boom” Levine; Barnum and Bailey Clown, Chris Bricker; Aerialista, Tayna Gagne; Professional Whistler
Extraordinaire, Jason Serinus; Physical Comedienne, Sayde Osterloh; Beltin’ Balladeer, Kym Trippsmith — Plus
the Most Amazing Horn Band, now Virtual, and now celebrating its 45th year together (though socially distanced),
The Virtual Fighting Instruments of Karma Marching Chamber Band/Orchestra,
ABOUT CHAUTAUQUA:
Since 1981, NOTC has brought its exuberant Chautauqua magic to rural and underprivileged communities, tribal
groups, boys and girls clubs, incarcerated citizens, and juvenile detention centers throughout the Greater Northwest,
including Washington, Oregon, Northern California, Idaho, Montana, Alaska, British Columbia, Alberta, and even
New Orleans, after Hurricane Katrina. NOTC travels for a month each summer to collaborate with diverse
communities to share educational workshops. NOTC is a not-for-profit intergenerational all=volunteer organization
of educators and entertainers.
ABOUT NOTC AND VIRTUAL ENTERTAINMENT:
NOTC is looking forward to making the most of the live virtual platform. It is the intention of the show’s
Director, Flying Karamazov Brother and NOTC Co-Founder, Paul Magid, to make this Virtual Vaudeville
Celebration a memorable and entertaining experience for the whole family.
NOTC is excited to explore Live Virtual Entertainment and Education for the coming year and to continue to share
and spread the love of community even in these times of social distancing.

All donations are tax deductible, as NOTC is a 501 (c) 3 not-for-profit organization.

To Donate by PayPal go to chautauqua.org or send checks payable to “NOTC” to New Old Time Chautauqua

PO Box 70173, Seattle, WA 981

EVENTS IN HOMER, ALASKA [Facebook event]

Sunday, June 30th

MARCHING BAND SHOW - 8:30PM - Alice’s Champagne Palace - $10 [Facebook event]

The Fighting Instruments of Karma Marching Chamber Band / Orchestra!
and our singer-songwriters, including Tyler Langham of Animal Eyes and Fiona Rose!

Tuesday, July 2nd

Honoring and Remembering Mary Langham at Pier One Theatre

PARADE - 2:30pm - Join us in a parade!
from The Seafarer’s Memorial to Pier One Theatre

FREE WORKSHOPS - 3:30pm - 5:30pm

See descriptions below (Wednesday’s workshops).

COMMUNITY POTLUCK - 6:00pm

Bring a dish to share before the big show!

LOCAL SHOW featuring Mary’s Works - 7:30pm

Wednesday, July 3rd

FREE WORKSHOPS - 2:30pm-4:30pm - Karen Hornaday Park

Lessons in Juggling, Hula Hoop, First Aid, Ukulele, Clowning, and More!
At the Pratt Museum: Learn about Alaskan Healing Oils, and The Doctrine of Discovery.

Thursday, July 4th

THE BIG PARADE! - 6:00PM - Pioneer Avenue

THE BIG SHOW at the SPARC at 8:00pm!
-Advance tickets: $15 adults/$10 kids/$45 families of 4

at www.homerart.org or the Homer Bookstore -Tickets at door: $20 adults/$12 kids/$50 families of 4

This tour was made possible with funding by Rasmuson Foundation through the Harper Arts Touring Fund, which is administered by the Alaska State Council on the Arts.

Be Mary! Join Chautauquans from July 2 - July 4 for volunteer service projects. 6am - 2pm; dates/projects dependant on weather. Nurture peony gardens! Paint Pier One! Organize HCOA!
Contact: adele@bunnellarts.org / jennfier@pieronetheatre.org

[Facebook event]

Thursday, June 27th

FREE WORKSHOPS - 3:30pm-5:30pm - Seward High School

Lessons in Juggling, Hula Hoop, Alaskan Healing Oils, Ukulele and More! Sing along at Song Swap, learn about Alaskan Healing Oils, The Doctrine of Discovery, how to fold a fitted sheet, and other topics!

MINI-SHOW / PARADE - 6:00-7:00pm

Join our Marching Band in a parade from Harbor Pavillion to Temple Studios!

COMMUNITY POTLUCK - 7:00pm - Temple Studios,

Bring a dish to share! Local Musicians are invited to perform in our singer-songwriter showcase! Located at 419 5th Ave Seward, AK.

Friday, July 28th

THE BIG SHOW! - 7:00pm - Seward High School

Juggling, Hula Hoop, Aerials, Magic, Belly Laughs, Cheap Trick and Theatric, and a Marching Band!

-Advance tickets:
$15 adults /$13 SAC members / $10 kids

Buy online at sewardcircus.brownpapertickets.org -Tickets at door: $18 adults/$15 SAC/ $10 kids

MARCHING BAND SHOW - 10:00pm - The Yukon Bar [Facebook event]

The Fighting Instruments of Karma Marching Chamber Band / Orchestra! And a collection of our singer-songwriters, including Tyler Langham of Animal Eyes, Fiona Rose, and French Jessica.

This tour was made possible with funding by Rasmuson Foundation through the Harper Arts Touring Fund, which is administered by the Alaska State Council on the Arts.

Seward PTA

Thank you also to our local Seward Partners!

Join us for 3 days of festivities in Anchorage, June 21-23! [Facebook event]

Friday, June 21st

FREE LIBRARY SHOW - 10:30am - Loussac Library

A short circus show for the kids! In the Wilda Marston Theatre or outside, weather dependent!

MARCHING BAND SHOW - 8:00pm - Charlou - $10 at door [Facebook event]

The Fighting Instruments of Karma Marching Chamber Band / Orchestra!
And a collection of our singer-songwriters, including Tyler Langham of Animal Eyes! Located at 3300 Spenard Road (the “Old Taproot” location). All ages welcome!

Saturday June 22nd

FREE DOWNTOWN SUMMER SOLSTICE FESTIVAL EVENTS

All events located on 4th Avenue, between C and L Streets.

-PARADE - 1:30 pm / MINI-SHOW - 2:00pm

Join our Marching Band in a parade around the event. Check out our teaser show featuring jugglers, musicians, and more!

-FREE WORKSHOPS- 3:00pm - 6:00pm

Lessons in Juggling, Hula Hoop, Alaskan Healing Oils, Ukulele and More!
Sing along at Song Swap, learn about Alaskan Healing Oils, The Doctrine of Discovery, how to fold a fitted sheet, and other topics!

Sunday, June 23^rd
A VAUDEVILLE VARIETY SHOW
4:00pm at the Anchorage Performing Arts Center Atwood Concert Hall

A knock-your-socks off, two-hour extravaganza that will include Juggling, Hula Hooping, Aerials, Magic, Mime, a Full Marching Band, Belly Laughs, and all-live music!

Atwood Concert Hall | Tickets

[Facebook event]

Saturday, June 15

MARCHING BAND SHOW - 8:00PM - The Fairview Inn [Facebook event]

Experience the surround sound of the Fighting Instruments of Karma Marching Chamber Band / Orchestra! The show will also feature our singer-songwriters, including Tyler Langham of Animal Eyes and Fiona Rose of Anchorage!

Monday June 17th / Tuesday June 18th

Come to Monday, Tuesday, or both, but don’t miss our two-hour vaudeville extravaganza in Honor of Mary Langham!

PARADE - 6:30PM June 17 & 18

Join us in Talkeetna Park for a pre-show parade! Bring a costume and a friend or come as you are! We are happy to see you.

THE BIG SHOW - 7:00PM June 17 & 18

A two-hour vaudeville extravaganza in Honor of Mary Langham!
The Langham Family Clowns from the heart, Hula Hoopers spin up a storm, World-Class Juggling guaranteed, Aerialists swing from the rafters, Poki interacts with Invisible Worlds, Fiona Rose charms with her twinkle toes, and Cheap Theatrics run wild, backed up by all-live music from the Fighting Instruments of Karma Marching Chamber Band / Orchestra.

$15 adults / $10 kids & DAC members.

Tuesday June 18th only!

FREE WORKSHOPS - 2:00pm-4:00pm - Talkeetna Park

Lessons in Juggling, Hula Hoop, First Aid, Ukulele, Clowning, and More! Talks on The Doctrine of Discovery and lessons in Alaskan Oils from Tlingit/Haida Elder Donna McCay.

This tour was made possible with funding by Rasmuson Foundation through the Harper Arts Touring Fund, which is administered by the Alaska State Council on the Arts.

Join us to send the crew off to the north with one last show in WA.

Thursday, June 5th, 7:30pm

Bellingham Circus Guild's Cirque Lab.

Come to the New Old Time Chautauqua benefit show at the Bellingham Circus Guild on Thursday, June 6th, 2019, at 7:30pm.  Proceeds from this show will support a three-week-long tour of Southcentral Alaska. Leaving the morning after this benefit show.  This  knock-yer-socks off vaudeville extravaganza offers an evening of entertainment and delight for the whole family - juggling, acrobatics, aerial, dancing, magic, mime, live music, and more - and will feature locally and internationally-acclaimed talent.

Members of The Flying Karamazov Brothers, the Bunion Sisters and others will wow you with their hilarious juggling and cheap theatrics, aerial acts, and more. You will enjoy and love this show! Bring your friends and neighbors with you.

Tickets $10-$20 sliding scale at the door.

 [Facebook event]

Please join New Old Time Chautauqua for 2 days of fun in Port Townsend, WA!

Saturday, Feb. 16

WORKSHOPS! 3:00-5:00 pm
Juggling    Magic    Stilt-Walking   Hula Hooping   Ukulele   Art & More!
Cotton Building 607 Water St

POTLUCK! 5:00-6:00 pm
Bring a dish to share!
Cotton Building 607 Water St.

COMMUNITY DANCE! 6:00-9:00 pm
Music by the Fighting Instruments of Karma, the Unexpected Brass Band, & Brasscadia
Cotton Building 607 Water St.

Sunday, Feb. 17th

THE BIG SHOW!!!  Juggling! Magic! Music!
2:00 pm & 5:00 pm

Featuring…
Godfrey Daniels  *  The Pipia Sisters  *  Fiona Rose  *  Jason Serinus  *  Two of Clubs  *  Joey Pipia  *  Vanessa Vortex
Artis the Spoonman  *  Chris Bricker  *  Noodlini  *  The Flying Karamazov Brothers & More!!!
At The American Legion Hall 209 Monroe St.

Tickets
Adult $16/$20
Youth under 12: $10/$12
(advance/door)
Available at brownpapertickets.com (coming soon)
& The Food Co-op
414 Kearney St.

Join us once again at the Stillaguamish tribe's free Festival of the River! We'll be parading and leading workshops throughout the day and doing a show at 5:00! http://festivaloftheriver.com/

11:30am - Assemble for Parade in Blaine

Noon  - Parade to Blaine High School

12:30-3:30PM - Workshops @ Blaine High School

7:00pm - Show at Blaine High School Performing Arts Center

http://www.blaine.wednet.edu/pac

Noon—Parade from the Methow Valley Farmers Market (201 S Highway 20, Twisp) to TwispWorks (502 S Glover St, Twisp). This colorful parade features costumed jugglers, unicycle riders, dancers, little faeries and other merry-makers accompanied by NOTC’s lively marching band. Local residents and community groups are encouraged to participate in the parade.

1 to 4 p.m.—Three sessions of interactive workshops at TwispWorks, led by NOTC and community members on topics to include juggling, acrobatics, mask-making, trash fashion creation, samba dance and drumming, folk singing, magic and clowning. Community members will also facilitate discussions on alternative energy, health education, storytelling and more. Workshops last around 45 minutes each. Anyone can lead a workshop. Contact Makaela Kroin, (360) 902-8635.

7 p.m.— NOTC presents the Really Big Show including music, juggling, comedy, acrobats, and more. Methow Valley Community Center.

http://methowcommunity.org/

1:30 p.m.—Parade from Main Street in downtown Coulee City to Almira Coulee Hartline High School. This colorful parade features costumed jugglers, unicycle riders, dancers, little faeries and other merry-makers accompanied by NOTC’s lively marching band. Local residents and community groups are encouraged to participate in the parade.

2  to 5 p.m.—Three sessions of interactive workshops at Almira Coulee Hartline High School, led by NOTC on topics including juggling, acrobatics, mask-making, trash fashion creation, samba dance and drumming, folk singing, magic, clowning, discussions on alternative energy, health education, storytelling and more. Workshops last around 45 minutes each. Community members are invited to lead workshops as well.

7pm, Sunday, June 17th, 2018 - SHOW at Almira Coulee Hartline High School

http://www.achsd.org/hsmain.htm

Sunday, May 13th at 1:30pm

orcasjugglersball.brownpapertickets.com

The Biggest, Funnest, and Funniest, Family show ever, The New Old Time Chautauqua (NOTC), is set to return to Orcas Island on Sunday afternoon, May 13, 2018. This year's show will be an amazing variety show that has everything - Broadway Comedy Jugglers - The Flying Karamazov Brothers, acrobats, comedians, musicians, magicians, and a full magical marching band.

All proceeds from the show go to fund the 2018 NOTC Washington State Parks Tour. NOTC, in its 2nd collaboration with the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission will be traveling to North Central Washington. As part of its mission NOTC works with Native Nations and this year we are working with the Confederated Tribes of the Coleville Reservation and the Lummi Nation (Orcas Island is Lummi land). Part of our Chautauqua this summer is to bring back Native Voices and Stewardship to Washington State Parks. Our last stop June 28-30, 2018 is in this area. NOTC will be staying at Birch Bay SP. We'll be working at both Birch Bay & Peace Arch SPs plus doing a Chautauqua day at Blaine. We are also going to spend a day on Lummi Reservation.

So, here's the deal - You get to see a great show and all the money you pay to see it goes to supporting the New Old Time Chautauqua for their 2018 summer tour! Fun! Laughs! A great cause! Bridge building and community! Can't get better than that! Whatta ya waiting for! Those tickets are hot!

7pm at Lopez Center for Community and the Arts

Tickets: lopezjugglersball.brownpapertickets.com 

http://lopezcenter.org/

The Biggest, Funnest, and Funniest, Family show ever, The New Old Time Chautauqua (NOTC), is set to return to Lopez Island on Saturday evening, May 12, 2018.  This year's show will be an amazing variety show that has everything - Broadway Comedy Jugglers - The Flying Karamazov Brothers, aerialists, acrobats, comedians, musicians, magicians, and a full magical marching band!!!!

All proceeds from the show go to fund the 2018 NOTC Washington State Parks Tour. NOTC, in its 2nd collaboration with the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission will be traveling to North Central Washington. As part of its mission NOTC works with Native Nations and this year we are working with the Confederated Tribes of the Coleville Reservation and the Lummi Nation (Lopez Island is Lummi land). Part of our Chautauqua this summer is to bring back Native Voices and Stewardship to Washington State Parks. Our last stop June 28-30, 2018 is in this area. NOTC will be staying at Birch Bay SP. We'll be working at both Birch Bay & Peace Arch SPs plus doing a Chautauqua day at Blaine. We are also going to spend a day on Lummi Reservation.

So, here's the deal - You get to see a great show and all the money you pay to see it goes to supporting the New Old Time Chautauqua for their 2018 summer tour! Fun! Laughs! A great cause! Bridge building and community! Can't get better than that! Whatta ya waiting for! Those tickets are hot!

The New Old Time Chautauqua will be holding its 3rd Annual Holiday Benefit Show in Port Townsend Washington on December 9, 2017 at Port Townsend's American Legion Hall at 209 Monroe St, Port Townsend, WA 98368. The show will begin at 7:00pm. Tickets are be available at Brown Paper Tickets and at a few local outlets. Featured in the show are the Mud Bay Jugglers, Magician - Joey Pipia, The Flying Karamazov Brothers, Comedic Musician - Thaddeus Spae, the Fighting Instruments of Karma Marching Chamber Band/Orchestra, and many more performers and theatrical surprises! 

The show will benefit NOTC's 2018 summer tour, a 2nd collaboration with Washington State Parks, bringing NOTC's parades, workshops, community shows, service projects, big vaudeville shows, Native Voices to Washington State Parks and their nearby communities. This year's Chautauqua will be centered in North Central Washington parks and communities. It will also be a full collaboration with the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation.

So don't delay, mark that calendar, tell Siri and Alexa to hold that date for the New Old Time Chautauqua's 3rd Annual Holiday Benefit Show in Port Townsend Washington on December 9, 2017 at the American Legion Hall. See you there!!!

Tickets: https://jugglersball.brownpapertickets.com

New Old Time Chautauqua returns to the Stillaguamish Tribe's Festival of the River & Pow Pow!

Shows 4:00 Saturday and Sunday at the Trout Stage, along with workshops and parades.

The event is free! See the full schedule of music and entertainment at http://www.festivaloftheriver.com/

In July 2017, Chautauqua will be revisiting some of the small towns in which we built connections during our 2012 Eastern Oregon Tour. We will be teaming up with local community organizers to bring laughter, light and education to prisons, reading programs, and assisted living homes, as well as the general public. We will be presenting a program of free potlucks, parades, and workshops, as well as a Big Vaudeville show in each town.

In Enterprise, a celebratory parade downtown starts the day on Friday, July 28, followed by workshops from 12:30 to 2:30 on the lawn in front of the Wallowa County Courthouse. In the evening, Chautauqua returns to the OK Theatre for a rollicking night of juggling, music, and vaudeville at 7:00pm. Tickets are available at The Bookloft.

Event Schedule

Wednesday July 26th

Community Potluck! Join Chautauqua for a community potluck at the Wallowa County Courthouse Gazebo at 5:00. Everyone in town is invited! Bring food, instruments, the kids, and a good joke to tell!

Friday, July 28th

Parade! Kick off Friday’s events with a celebratory parade at 12:00 pm. Led by a 20-piece marching band, jugglers, stilt-walkers, and hula hoopers, the parade will start at the Enterprise High School parking lot and end at Wallowa County Courthouse. Members of the community are welcome to join the parade. Wear a costume or come as you are!

Workshops! Free workshops will take place from 12:30 to 2:30 pm at the gazebo at the Wallowa County Courthouse and at the Enterprise Library across the street. Workshops are open to all ages and skill levels; participants can attend for all or part. Workshops take place at the Wallowa County Courthouse unless otherwise specified.

Session One - 12:30-1:30 pm
Juggling, Magic, Partner Acro, Marimba, Earth Geography, and Ayurvedic Medicine (an ancient Indian practice)*.

Session Two - 1:30-2:30 pm
Juggling, Puzzle Making, Singing in Rounds, Feather Crafting, Qi Gong (a gentle form of Chinese exercise), and Clowning in Difficult Situations*.

*Workshops held at the Enterprise Library.

The Big Show! A knock-yer-socks off vaudeville extravaganza takes place at the OK Theatre (208 W. Main Street) for one night only at 7 pm on Friday, July 28^th.

This one of a kind vaudeville extravaganza features locally and internationally-acclaimed talent. The Flying Karamazov Brothers will wow you with their hilarious juggling and theatrics; magician Joey Pipia’s marvel-packed illusions will leave you astonished; hula hooper extraordinaire Vanessa Vortex astounds with coordination and grace; and the Pipia Sisters delight with whimsical songs on dueling tubas.

Acrobatics and dancing, hat tricks and mime, stilt-walkers and musicians and more - all backed up by the rousing live music and zany wisecracks by the Fighting Instruments of Karma Marching Chamber Band/Orchestra, playing music ranging from marches and sambas to New Orleans Jazz.

Tickets are $10 for adults and $8 for children under 12, and are available at the Bookloft, (107 E Main Street) or at the door. Chautauqua last performed in Enterprise in 2012 was sold out, so get your tickets early. Proceeds benefit the Wallowa Valley Music Alliance.

The New Old Time Chautauqua, a nonprofit arts organization, comes to La Grande on July 22nd, offering a live vaudeville show featuring circus arts, music, and magic, free workshops in everything from juggling to singing in rounds, a celebratory parade through town, and more!

The New Old Time Chautauqua tours every summer, bringing live performances, community events, and arts education to rural communities across America. This group of volunteer educators, performers, and supporters are committed to keeping the great American legacy of the circuit Chautauquas alive.

Event Schedule

Parade! Chautauqua kicks off the day with a celebratory parade at 11:30 am starting at the corner of Adams Street and Greenwood Avenue. Led by a 20-piece marching band, jugglers, stilt-walkers, and hula hoopers, the parade will end at the Farmer’s Market, where you can catch a glimpse of the big show to come in the evening. Members of the community are welcome to join the parade. Wear a costume or come as you are!

Workshops! Free workshops will take place from 12:00 to 2:00 pm at the Cook Memorial Library (2006 4th Street). Workshops are open to all ages and skill levels; participants can attend for all or part.

Session One - 12:00 - 1:00 pm
Make Your Own Tutu, Ayurvedic Medicine (an ancient Indian practice), Earth Geography, Marimba, Facepainting, Juggling.

Session Two - 1:00 - 2:00 pm
Feather Crafting, Puzzle Making, Singing in Rounds, Magic, Qi Gong (a gentle form of Chinese exercise), Juggling.

The Big Show! A knock-yer-socks off vaudeville extravaganza takes place at theL a Grande High School Auditorium at 7:00 pm. This event offers an evening of entertainment and delight for the whole family - juggling, acrobatics, dancing, magic, mime, live music, and more - and will feature locally and internationally-acclaimed talent.

This one of a kind vaudeville extravaganza features locally and internationally-acclaimed talent. The Flying Karamazov Brothers will wow you with their hilarious juggling and theatrics; magician Joey Pipia’s marvel-packed illusions will leave you astonished; hula hooper extraordinaire Vanessa Vortex astounds with coordination and grace; and the Pipia Sisters delight with whimsical songs on dueling tubas.

Acrobatics and dancing, hat tricks and mime, stilt-walkers and musicians and more - all backed up by the rousing live music and zany wisecracks by the Fighting Instruments of Karma Marching Chamber Band/Orchestra, playing music ranging from marches and sambas to New Orleans Jazz.

Tickets are $12 for adults, and $8 for children under 12 and are available at the door beginning on 6:30 pm.

July 20th at 7:00om at the Madras Performing Arts Center!

But explore our other FREE programming in Madras:

Sunday, July 16th:

    ●  Parade! ​Chautauqua kicks off the week with a celebratory ​parade​ at 1:00 pm on July 16. Led by a 20-piece marching band, jugglers, stilt-walkers, and hula hoopers, the parade will start at Madras Elementary (215 SE 10th Street). Members of the community are welcome to join the parade. Wear a costume or come as you are!

    ●  Workshops!​ Free workshops will take place from 1:30 to 4:30 pm at the Jefferson County Library, (241 SE 7th Street). Workshops are open to all ages and skill levels; participants can attend for all or part.

Session One - 1:30-2:30 pm
Juggling, Ukulele, Violin, Mime, Earth Geography.

Session Two - 2:30-3:30 pm
Juggling, Hula Hoop, Puzzle Making, Singing in Rounds, Ayurvedic Medicine (an ancient Indian practice)

Session Three - 3:30-4:30 pm
Magic, Marimba, Feather Crafting, Song Swap, Qi Gong (a gentle form of Chinese exercise).

    ●  Community Potluck! ​The day wraps up with a community potluck at the Jefferson County Library (241 SE 7th Street). Everyone in town is invited! Bring food, instruments, the kids, and a good joke to tell!

Thursday, July 20th

● The Big Show! ​A knock-yer-socks off vaudeville extravaganza will take place at the Madras Performing Arts Center at 7:00 pm on ​Thursday, July 20t​h​. This free event offers an evening of entertainment and delight for the whole family - juggling, acrobatics, dancing, magic, mime, live music, and more - and will feature locally and internationally-acclaimed talent.

The Flying Karamazov Brothers​ will wow you with their hilarious juggling and cheap theatrics; magician ​Joey Pipia​’s marvel-packed illusions will leave you astonished; hula hooper extraordinaire ​Vanessa Vortex​ will impress you with her coordination and grace; and Madras’ own ​Sophie Pipia​ (Buff Elementary’s music teacher) will be joined by her sister ​Phina Pipia​, to delight you with their whimsical songs on dueling tubas.

Throughout the show, enjoy the rousing live music and zany wisecracks by the Fighting Instruments of Karma Marching Chamber Band/Orchestra, playing music ranging from marches and sambas to New Orleans Jazz.

Circus, music, and comedy fill the Tower Theater on Saturday, July 15. The New Old Time Chautauqua, a nonprofit arts organization, is returning to Bend July 15th for one night only bringing a live vaudeville show featuring circus arts, music, and magic.

The show features show-stopping acts by world renowned juggling group, The Flying Karamazov Brothers; Ty Vennewitz, cyr wheel and hula hoop artist; Poki McCorkle, award winning mime and juggler; The Pipia Sisters, real life sister duo on dueling sousaphones; special guest, Kendall Knowles, Bend’s own aerialist extraordinaire.

Throughout the show, enjoy the rousing live music and zany wisecracks by the Fighting Instruments of Karma Marching Chamber Band/Orchestra, playing music ranging from marches and sambas to New Orleans Jazz.

The New Old Time Chautauqua is a non-profit organization dedicated to bringing laughter and inspiration to communities that need it most.

Following Chautauqua’s stop in the Bend, the troupe of 50 volunteer performers and educators will travel north to offer free performances and arts education in Madras and on the Warm Springs reservation, in addition to outreach performances at the Deer Ridge Correctional Facility, and the Eastern Oregon Correctional Institute.

The organization was founded in 1981 by the Flying Karamazov Brothers, Patch Adams, and Faith Petric. Inspired by the traveling Chautauquas of the early 20th century, Chautauqua aims to be a catalyst for strengthening communities and elevating lives through laughter, inspiration, and learning. For the past 36 years, the dedicated group of performers and educators have volunteered their summer months to bring high quality live entertainment and arts education to communities throughout the United States; visiting rural communities, Native American reservations, schools, prisons, youth correctional facilities, assisted living facilities, and hospitals.

The organization has brought joy and entertainment to communities throughout California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, South Dakota, Alaska and British Columbia, and post-Katrina New Orleans.

Proceeds from the performance at the Tower Theatre will help to offset costs of the New Old Time Chautauqua’s 2017 summer tour to rural communities in Central and Eastern Oregon.

Location: Tower Theatre, 835 NW Wall Street

Tickets: $20 for adult, $14 for children, available at www.towertheatre.org

Join us for fun and frivolity on the islands!

Friday, May 26th, 7:30pm - Lopez Center for Community and the Arts
http://chautauqualopez.brownpapertickets.com | Facebook event
Tickets also available at Paper Scissors on the Rock, Lopez Book Shop, Blossom Organic Grocery, Lopez Center

Saturday, May 27th, 7:30pm - San Juan Community Theater, Friday Harbor, San Juan Island
http://sjctheatre.org/ | Facebook event

Sunday, May 28th, 7:00 - Orcas Island Oddfellows Hall
Facebook event Tickets available at Davil's Books or at the door

Do you love to laugh? Do you love a parade? Do you think it's cool to listen to some of the best musicians ever? Do you want to run away for two hours and just be be amazed? Then the New Old Time Chautauqua's (NOTC) Memorial Day Orcas Island Benefit on Sunday, May 28 is just for you. This show will feature The Flying Karamazov Brothers who have been graced the stages of Broadway, were captured on the silver sceen, and shimmered on the tiny screen too. Other performer will include the Pipia Sisters - cute as bugs especially as they spin music, song, dance, and souzaphones into a madcap wonderful fusion of solid gold giddiness. Just in from Alpha Centauri will be Godfrey Daniels, 8 feet high and with a red bulbous nose, a red bulbous ball, and a red bulbous heart just for you! We'll be joined by the legendary Artis the Spoonman, Joey Pipia's magic, the hooping mastery of Harmony Lyrics, Noodlini, and many other performers demonstrating acrobatic skills, comedic verve, and a certain je ne sais quoi...

All proceeds go to NOTC's 2017 Eastern Oregon Tour and to the Hands Across the Border project with the Blackfoot Confederacy.

Thank in advance for supporting North America's only traveling Chautauqua in its mission to build community through music, skill, interaction, collaboration, and laughter!

The Flying Karamazov Brothers take the stage at Icicle Creek's Snowy Owl Theater in Leavenworth, WA

Joined by New Old Time Chautauqua!
Fighting Instruments of Karma Marching Chamber Band/Orchestra
Thaddeus Spae
Harmony Lyrics
Poki
Joey Pipia
Phina Pipia
and more!

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2nd Annual NOTC Holiday Benefit Shows at the Palindrome

Where: The Palindrome - 1893 South Jacob Miller Road, Port Townsend, WA, 98368
When: Saturday,  Dec. 10 at 7 pm & Sunday Dec. 11 at 2pm
Advance tickets are $15 for Adults and $10 for kids, 12 and under. Tickets are available at: notcholidayshow.brownpapertickets.com
On day of show tickets will be $20 at the door & $12 for kids, 12 and under

The Vaudeville style family-friendly show features the Flying Karamazov Brothers, masters of juggling and cheap theatrics
NANDA, Port Townsend’s Acrobaticalists;
Godfrey Daniels, our 8' tall silent clown;
NW Poet Kevin Murphy;
the Royale Famille DuCaniveaux, illustrious funny people;
Unexpected Brass Band;
Joey Pipia, Magician Extraordinaire;
Musican Val Synder and her group, "Violins is Never the Answer"; 
World Famous Whistler, Jason Serinus;
the tuba playing Pipia Sisters;
sizzling songstress Caela Baily;
and the amazing Fighting Instruments of Karma Marching Chamber Band/Orchestra.
There will be exciting surprise guests and, we hope, an excited audience! .

The show will serve up plenty of holiday cheer, comedy, magic, music and fun.

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These benefits help keep our all-volunteer, intergenerational troupe on the road. All proceeds from the benefit are going to support NOTC's Summer Tour and Projects.

The 2017 Summer Tour to Eastern Oregon will take place July 10 - August 3. Celebratory parades, workshops ranging from juggling and acrobatics to storytelling and history, and top-notch vaudeville extravaganzas will be presented in Central and Eastern Oregon. The tour will stop in Bend, Madras, Warm Springs, Culver, Enterprise, and Pendleton.  The tour organizer is Port Townsend’s own, Sophie Pipia.

This year the proceeds will also support NOTC's "Hands Across the Border Project”. The love for nature, strength, dignity, courage and determination of the Water Protectors and allies at Standing Rock inspire us. We stand in solidarity and friendship with the Greater Northwest Native Nations--sister tribes that have been divided by the international Canadian/US border. The project will be co-created and presented by Native and non-Native people.  The facilitators are Port Townsend’s Joanne Murayama and Paul Magid.

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The NOTC is a not-for-profit 501(c)3 organization.  If what we do appeals to you, we’d love to receive your end-of-the-year tax-deductible contributions.  These funds support our mission of entertainment, education and laughter.  This summer we will support and extend a hand of friendship to small towns, communities and Native Nations in Oregon, Washington, Montana, Alberta, British Columbia. 

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From the turn of the century thru the 1930’s, thousands of Chautauqua’s brought culture, education and entertainment to rural towns and cities across America.  In 1924 there were over 10,000 Chautauqua productions that played to 40 million Americans. Teddy Roosevelt called Chautauqua, "The most American thing about America"”. However, radio, movies, television and automobiles made Chautauqua obsolete.  People could now listen, watch or travel to cultural events previously available only in urban areas, and the Chautauqua Movement lost popularity.

Today, the New Old Time Chautauqua is the only traveling Chautauqua in the USA.  Our first tour was in 1981.  We will celebrate our 36^th anniversary in 2017.

NOTC will once again be providing free parades, workshops, shows and ambient entertainment for this FREE festival in Arlington, WA. Join us for shows Saturday and Sunday at 11:30am and 5pm, with other events throughout the day. Also enjoy all the music, booths, food and the Pow Wow.

More info at: www.festivaloftheriver.com

August 5
4pm - Workshops Curlew Lake, 62 State Park Road, Republic, WA 99166
6pm - Potluck Curlew Lake

August 6
Noon - Parade from Klondike Road through S. Clarke Ave, through town to Republic High School, 30306 WA-20, Republic, WA 99166
12:30-3:30pm - Workshops at Republic High School
7pm - Show at Republic High School Gym

11am - Parade * 11:30am Workshops * 2pm Show

August 1
3:45pm - Parade through Conconully State Park, 119 Broadway St, Conconully, WA 98819
4pm - Workshops in Conconully SP
6pm - Potluck Conconully SP
8pm - Show Conconully SP

August 2
Noon - Parade from 1st St . to Whitcomb to 4thst to Tonasket High School 35 WA-20, Tonasket, WA 98855
12:30-3:30pm - Workshops at Tonasket High School
7pm - Show at Tonasket High School Auditorium

Parade:11:30 am Parade down Holly Street, from the Co-op’s downtown store parking lot to the park, with The Fighting Instruments of Karma Marching Band (and more)

Show:--1–2:30 pm The New Old Time Chautauqua featuring The Flying Karamazov Brothers

Everyone Welcome!

Join the pre-party festivities (at 11:30 am) in celebration of the Co-op’s completed downtown improvement projects. We'll celebrate and then parade down Holly Street in grand fashion from the Downtown store parking lot to Maritime Heritage Park.

This year we are especially pleased to welcome The New Old Time Chautauqua—a perennial crowd favorite and America’s only traveling Chautauqua—back to the party.

Chautauquas are based on the idea that learning continues throughout life. The Chautauqua Movement began in 1874, bringing a mix of education and entertainment to communities throughout the nation. When a Chautauqua came to town, all normal activity stopped while citizens dedicated a week of their lives to learn, be entertained and join with their community. 

The Flying Karamazov Brothers will headline the variety show, along with The New Old Time Chautauqua! After the show, members from the troupe will host circus arts workshops.

Local up-and-coming talent in the Bellingham Youth Jazz Summer Band opens the party at high noon, and powerhouse old-school rock-and-roller Jasmine Green will close it down from 3:30 to 5 p.m.! 

Community Party schedule of events
--11:30 am Parade down Holly Street, from the Co-op’s downtown store parking lot to the park, with The Fighting Instruments of Karma Marching Band (and more)
--noon–12:45 pm Bellingham Youth Jazz Summer Band
--1–2:30 pm The New Old Time Chautauqua featuring The Flying Karamazov Brothers
--3:30 pm Jasmine Green Band: free-range rockabilly, rock, soul, blues, pop and country

Free fun
--Chautauqua workshops: learn and practice circus arts 
--Face painting: a perennial favorite at the party
--Fun crafts: make a fun craft project to take home
--Nonprofit info fair: representation from our best community groups

Food and fun for purchase
--$3 Co-op Deli burrito: best deal in town—a vegetarian burrito with all the fixin’s (gluten-free option available)
--Mallard Ice Cream: super premium ice cream. “It’s darn good!”
--Arctic Fox: local ice cream sandwiches
--BHAM Bike N’ Blend: pedal-powered smoothies
--Henna Art by Amy Lee: embellish and adorn your body with this ancient art form

July 29
4pm - Park Workshops starting at the Band Shell at Larrabee State Park, 245 Chuckanut Dr, Bellingham, WA 98229
6pm - Potluck at Park at the Band Shell at Larrabee State Park, 245 Chuckanut Dr, Bellingham, WA 98229

July 30
Noon - Larrabee West Division to Park across the street from the Mt. Vernon City Library 315 Snoqualmie St, Mt Vernon, WA 98273
12:30-3:30pm Workshops at Park, Mt. Vernon Library, and Pine Square off of S 1st Street
7pm - Show at the Lincoln Theatre 712 S 1st St, Mt Vernon, WA 98273

July 25
4pm - Park Workshops at Bogachiel State Park, 185983 US-101, Forks, WA 98331
6pm - Potluck at Bogachiel State Park, 85983 US-101, Forks, WA 98331

July 26
Noon: Parade Starts at Pennisula College, Forks on Spartan Ave parallel to: 481 S Forks Ave, Forks, WA 98331 PArade ends at the Rainforest Arts Center: 35 N Forks Ave, Forks, WA 98331
12:30-3:30 - Workshops at Rainforest Arts Center
7pm - Show at Rainforest Arts Center

11:00 Parade 

11:30 Workshops

July 22
4-6pm - State Park Workshops at Ft. Simcoe State Park, 5150 Fort Simcoe Rd, White Swan, WA 98952
6-8pm - Community Potluck at Lewis & Clark State Park, 5150 Fort Simcoe Rd, White Swan, WA 98952

July 23
Noon - Parade (Start TBD) finish Yakama Nation Cultural Center 100 Spiel-yi Loop, Toppenish, WA 98948
12:30pm -3:30pm - Workshops at Yakama Nation Cultural Center
7pm - Show at Yakama Nation Cultural Center Theatre

July 18
4-6pm - State Park Workshops at Lewis & Clark State Park, 36149 U.S. 12, Dayton, WA 99328
6-8pm - Community Potluck at Lewis & Clark State Park, 36149 U.S. 12, Dayton, WA 99328

July 19 
Noon - Parade Through town to Pietrzycki City Park
12:30-3:30pm - Workshops at Pietzycki City Park and Dayton High School Gym located south of Main St. at the end of S 1st Street
7pm - Show at Dayton High School Auditorium - 614 S 3rd St

NEW OLD TIME CHAUTAUQUA WORKSHOPS

DAYTON  July 19 (Tuesday)
Pietrzycki City Park  and the High School Gym

THREE 45 MINUTE SESSIONS  12:30-3:30

SESSION 1

Kiddie Corral
Face Painting
Hula Hoop
Juggling 
DIY Cleaning Products
The Fitted Sheet--“Know when to Fold Em” 
Theater Techniques-Shakespeare Walla Walla
Old Time Dance- Fort Walla Walla Museum Living History Co.

Lecture: Life Behind Barbed Wire

SESSION 2

Acrobatics 
Stilt-walking
Mask Making
Ukulele 
Tap Dance
Make a Greeting Card
Puzzle Creation - Ideas, Logic, Words, Math, and Fun!
Spontaneous Story-telling
Medicinal Salves and Dreamcatchers
Loving Your Watershed

Lecture: Doctrine of Discovery

SESSION 3

Deep Clowning
Face Balancing
Flying Knots
Community Quilts
Qigong
Theater Games
Song Swap 
Heart & Lung Health (featuring a Pig Lung!)
How to Use Listening to End Oppression

Lecture: Clowning Between Drowning and Hope

DAYTON

2016 Workshop descriptions

Acrobatics

Learn how to tumble, stand on your hands, and make a human pyramid! In this acrobatics workshop we will play with the basics of forward rolls, cartwheels, handstands, group acrobatics, and more. Suitable for all ages and skill levels. Just bring yourself and a desire to learn, have fun, and see the world upside down. We've got the mats!

Community Quilts

Since 1991, New Old Time Chautauqua has created and donated over 400 Baby Quilts to at risk infants—medically, mentally or financially challenged. Come be a part of this on-going project and design a quilt top to be sewn into a “blankee” for a baby! For all ages. No sewing experience required. All materials provided.

Deep Clowning

Find your freedom in silliness and serious fun!  Called by some "the smallest mask" and "the mask that reveals," the red nose of the clown connects us to the understanding of the heart.  We find ourselves transformed when we put on the nose, and reconnect to our essential selves. Discover yourself and the way the world looks with a nose!

DIY Home cleaning solutions and stain removers

If you are looking for an alternative solution to buying expensive and toxic cleansers, come an learn how to make your own cleaners with simple and effective ingredients that you probably already have in your home now. I will also demonstrate some tricks on how to get certain stains out of clothing. If you have some clever tricks for cleaning of your own, please bring your ideas and share with us!

Face Balancing

Learn how to balance everyday objects on your finger and even your face!

The Fitted Sheet - Know When to Fold ‘Em

A workshop to musical accompaniment about learning the secrets of folding a t-shirt in two seconds, fitted sheets, pillow cases, pants, short and long sleeved shirts, napkins, and, dare I say it, non-conforming undergarments.

Flying knots

Description: Learn to tie knots with a flick of your wrist, seemingly by magic. Simple knots with a simple rope with far from simple results! This unique skill is sure to impress simply anyone!

Heart and Lung Health

Tom Anderson of the Cardiopulmonary Department at the Columbia County Health System will present on the health of the heart and the lungs using a pig lung as a visual aid!

How to Use Listening to End Oppression

In this workshop we will walk step-by-step through the basics of using deep listening to help move through a hurt, grief, or basic every day struggle; to access the inherent clarity, peace, and love we all need to be able to treat other people, and ourselves, in ways that help dismantle fear and hatred. We will engage in a discussion about oppression- what it is, how it functions, and how it affects us all everyday, And then learn some basic tools, specific theory and finally: practice!  Absolutely anyone is welcome.

Hula Hoop

Everyone gets a turn in this in this group hoop jam and skill-sharing workshop.  All ages and experience levels are encouraged.  A trained teacher will be available to guide you through a dizzying array of tricks or help you master the basics.  Don't be left out of the loop in the hooping revolution.

Juggling

One of the most classic, most impressive, and least dangerous circus feats of all! Come learn how to wow your friends, family and random party guests with your newfound skills at the New Old Time Chautauqua's juggling workshop.

Kiddy Corral

Come play! This is a safe space for the very young of all ages. A gentle introduction to an assortment of such wonders as bubble blowing, feather balancing, tumbling, clowning, mask making, and more. Pure joy! Here is a place to start if you are feeling a bit tender or sensitive.

Loving Your Watershed

Think of the lymphatic system as the body’s watershed, a fluid-transport system conveying lymph filled with hormones, nutrients, lymphocytes, white blood cells, proteins and enzymes as well as chemicals, cancer cells, bacteria, viruses, toxins and heavy metals through the body to be recycled and eliminated from the body. Clogged lymph nodes result in weight gain, fat and toxin storage, cellulite, exhaustion, cancer, and weakens the body making it vulnerable to disease. This workshop is designed to help participants understand the importance of a healthy lymphatic system, the potent effects of lymphatic drainage massage, and how to use daily self-care methods and tools that encourage healthy lymphatic flow.

Make a Greeting Card ~ by Yanna Hanson

Tired of buying expensive greeting cards for your friends? Learn how to make Collage Cards, a fun and easy technique of gluing pictures from magazines (and anywhere else you can find them!) onto a blank card to create a personal work of art. No art experience necessary ~ if you are of an age that can use scissors and glue, then this workshop is for you! All materials will be provided and you can take home your masterpiece!! Make your OWN mark, not a Hallmark!!

Mask-making

From earliest times, masks have had spiritual and ceremonial significance. How do you and the world feel different when you are wearing a mask? Play with color, line, form, and substance. Come explore the nature of masks and mask making. With simple materials you can create a mask for yourself. Surprise yourself, your friends, and family, and have fun discovering a new you!

Medicinal Salves and Dreamcatchers

This workshop will consist of using traditional Alaskan herbs, including the use of Melaluca healing oils.  Oils have healing properties that can help with skin disorders, arthritis, aches and pains.  There will also be a few oils for perfumes.  Dream catchers will be made from willow branches with various beads and buttons.

Old Time Dance

Daniel Clark of the Fort Walla Walla Museum Living History Company will put on an old-time dance workshop.

Puzzle Creation - Ideas, Logic, Words, Math, and Fun!

Join puzzle-maker Roderick Kimball for this hands-on workshop where we will discuss, work and create puzzles of all kinds. Well, almost all kinds.  This workshop isn’t about jigsaw puzzles.  It’s about words, math, logic, ideas, and fun.  Everyone will create several puzzles including a 3-dimensional puzzle to take home.  Bring yourself, a puzzling friend, your curious puzzling mind, and any ideas you think might be a good start to a new puzzle creation.  (They are!)  All materials will be provided. Appropriate for teens and adults with an interest in learning about how puzzles are created and how to make your own.

Qiqong

Together we’ll practice a gentle form of exercise that involves simple free-flowing movements that are evocative and fun!  Like painting a Chinese landscape with your whole body. Qiqong (pronounced chee-gung) means energy cultivation.  With roots in Chinese medicine and martial arts, regular practice reduces stress, supports health, and promotes awareness in activity.  No equipment or athletic aptitude required.

Song Swap

Local musicians and anyone who likes to sing are encouraged to bring instruments and their favorite songs to share.    All ages are welcome.

Spontaneous Storytelling

We are surrounded by stories.  It is our natural gift to find and create stories. They are everywhere. Come play with sharing and celebrating this joyful tradition.

Stilt-walking

Learn to stand tall and walk with your head in the clouds! The stilting workshop will help you get up and stay up and see the world from a different perspective!

Tap Dance

Tap Dance Workshop with the Fabulous Footlights: Toes Tiranoff and Megan Haungs  Learn some of the classic steps of this truly American art form. All levels (including beginners) welcome. If you don't have tap shoes, wear hard soled shoes or sneakers. Have fun and make some noise!

Theatre Games Workshop

A real live "Whose Line is it Anyway?" No experience necessary Just come ready to play. For folks14 years old and older and at least 5 people in a workshop. CAUTION: Side effects of this workshop may include increased confidence, creative problem-solving, new friends, thinking in out-of-the-box ways and… laughing. Theater Techniques

Shakespeare Walla Walla

Instructors and participants of the Musical Theater Summer Camp will instruct on theatrical performance techniques.

Ukulele– “Yes, Uke Can”

Come one, come all! This workshop invites musicians and aspiring musicians to discover or expand their musical talents. The ukulele is portable, versatile, and, with four strings, easy to learn. Learn a few chords and engage in a group play-along with our enthusiastic ukulele instructors! Bring your own uke or borrow one from us.

Lectures

Clowning Between Drowning and Hope

Hear speaker Clay Mazing's first hand account of performing for thousands of Syrian refugees through 18 countries including Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey, Greece with his foundation the Emergency Circus and other organizations. This talk focuses on the importance of joy in difficult situations and why laughter is the best medicine not only for our health and well being but for our communities and our society as a whole.

THE DOCTRINE OF DISCOVERY BY PAUL MAGID

Did you know that there is a law based on a unanimous United States’ Supreme Court decision that governs the Federal government’s right of sovereignty over all of what it considers formally Native American territory? Legally it is called, “Johnson vs. McIntosh 1823” This workshop will explore how this law came into being, how it remains the judicial bedrock of land ownership in the United States, and how it continues to control every aspect of Native American life even to this day.

Life Behind Barbed Wire

The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike conducted by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on December 7, 1941. On February 19, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, ordering all persons of Japanese ancestry to be removed from the west coast, creating the mass removal and confinement of over 110,000 men, women and children, the majority of whom were American citizens. This story is about my mother, Michi Murayama’s experience in a Japanese Internment camp in Jerome, Arkansas during World War II. Her words describe what it was like to be an American citizen swept up by the nation's fear, panic and wartime hysteria. Mom was an "ordinary" person living in extraordinary times.  Perhaps it's this "ordinariness" that makes her story compelling and reveals the resilience of the human spirit. Photographs from our family albums and the National and Smithsonian archives and Michi’s award-winning Memory Quilt will illustrate her narrative.

Workshops in the Park

LEWIS AND CLARK TRAIL STATE PARK

July 18 (Monday) 4-6 PM

Eagle Lady of Florida

Doris Mager, former Direct of Raptor Research and Education at the Florida Conservation Foundation and also know as the  “Eagle Lady of Florida” will share the skills of her Great Horned Owl while sharing information about hereducational and research group called S.O.A.R. Inc., Save Our American Raptors.  

For the Birds

Environmentally-friendly Bird Feeders & other children’s nature crafts – Make a tasty snack for your feathered friends by creating honey and birdseed covered pinecones to hang outside.  

Flora and Fauna

Gary Lentz, historian and former Park Manager of Lewis & Clark Trail State Park will tour and present while dressed in period costume. Learn about the flora, fauna and the history of Native Americans and the Lewis & Clark Corps of Discovery.  

Walk on the Wild Side

Learn about local wildlife from a representative the Department of Fish and Wildlife. Plus Juggling, Acrobatics and Clowning Workshops presented by the New Old Time Chautauqua.

Schedule of activities:

 The New Old Time Chautauqua hits the road, or in this case rides the ferry, again for a 3 day weekend of benefit shows Memorial Day Weekend, May 27-29, 2016!

The proceeds from these shows will go to help defray the costs of this year’s 2016 NOTC Washington State Tour.  NOTC is powered by its 60+ volunteers when on tour.  Though the labor is one of love, the costs for keeping 5 dozen folks on the road (gas) and well fed (no gas – we hope) are considerable.

Here’s the Schedule:

 May 27 – 7pm – Brodniak Hall, Anacortes High School, 1600 20^th St., Anacortes

 Ticket Prices $15 in advance, $20 at the door, $10 Kid 12 & under

May 28 -  7pm – San Juan Community Theatre, 102 2^nd St. S., Friday Harbor

Ticket Prices $15 in advance, $20 at the door, $10 Kid 12 & under

May 29 – 7pm – Odd Fellows Hall, 112 Haven Rd., Eastsound, Orcas Island

Ticket Prices $15 in advance, $20 at the door, $10 Kid 12 & under

These shows are sure to be a blast featuring some of the greatest performers in the Northwest and for sure the best band this side of Hood Canal, The Fighting Instruments of Karma Marching Chamber Band/Orchestra. This vaudeville style show, suited for all ages, is a combination of skill and craft including juggling, music, aerialists, magic, and lots and lots of comedy!

This announcement will be updated with latest news. So please come back to learn where to buy you tickets in advance and to see who will be on the Playbill.

The NOTC Island Tour 2016 – Shazam!!!!