2008 Fort Worden Calendar

May 8-11 workshop performance	Swing Intensive In this music intensive the focus will be on “vintage swing”: classics from the nineteen-thirties and -forties, with vocals as well as instrumentals. Morning sessions will be devoted to technique; afternoons will include a faculty-led band lab that will demonstrate how to put it all together. The emphasis will be on band interaction and communication. With Mike Dowling, Paul Anastasio, Rene Worst, and Jennifer Scott. Public performance: May 10 (7:30pm) JFK Building Centrum; www.centrum.org/fiddle; 360.385.3102, x127.
May 11 brunch	Mother's Day Brunch Join us at Fort Worden for our annual Mothers’ Day Brunch and Open House.  There will be activities and events for the whole family, starting as early as 8:30AM through till 4PM Sunday May 11th. Between bites, and available to be enjoyed by all park visitors, a fort full of information and opportunities will be featured. Fort Worden State Park; www.fortworden.net;
May 11 workshop	Free Mother's Day Yoga & More Free Classes for Moms! 8:30am – 9:45am Yoga 10am-11:30am SoulFull Sunday Madrona MindBody Institute; www.madronamindbody.com; 360.344-4475.
June 22-28 workshop	Young Artists Project: High School Summer Arts Intensives A week-long workshop opportunity for high school artists to study with visual artists Amy Johnson and Jeffry Mitchell, videographer Juniper Shuey, dancer Zoe Scofield, theater artist Amber Wolfe, and writer Jeanine Gailey. The Summer Intensives are appropriate for young artists at any level. Centrum; www.centrum.org/youth; 360.385.3102, x120.
June 22-29 workshop performances	Port Townsend Chamber Music Festival The Port Townsend Chamber Music Festival, with Artistic Director Helen Callus, offers instrumentalists and composers unparalleled access to chamber music faculty that includes the Tokyo String Quartet. Master classes, reading sessions, special classes, and private instruction are also included. The festival serves emerging professionals, college students, talented adult amateurs, and high school students. Other faculty members include Robert Koenig, Desmond Hoebig, Andrew Dawes, and the Attacca String Quartet. Centrum; www.centrum.org/classical; 360.385.3102, x109.
June 29–July 6 workshop performances	The Festival of American Fiddle Tunes A total-immersion workshop presenting regional styles of fiddle music. With Artistic Director Dirk Powell, the program’s spectrum includes workshop classes, band lab classes, tutorials, dances, concerts, open jams, parties, and informal and spontaneous gatherings. The emphasis at the workshop is on the oral tradition of close observation and listening followed by personal experimentation. Public performances: July 4 (1: 30pm, 7:30pm) McCurdy Pavilion July 5 (1:30pm) McCurdy Pavilion Centrum: www.centrum.org/fiddle; 360.385.3102, x127.
July 7-11 workshop	Bones, Bugs, and Bluffs Exploration workshop for students exploring the varied natural environments from beach and glacial bluff to forest, pond, and meadow. Students investigate lagoon life, make connections between fossilized animals and their descendants, and enjoy fun, experiential learning. Port Townsend Marine Science Center; www.ptmsc.org; 360.385.5582.
July 11-July 19 workshop readings	Goddard College MFA in Creative Writing This low-residency Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing program is a forty-eight credit program. The four-semester program combines a low-residency model in which students can immerse themselves in craft, literature, critique, and practicalities, experiment with different genres and commune with visiting writers, professionals, and faculty for eight days at the start of each residency, with one-on-one mentoring during the rest of the semester. Goddard College; www.goddard.edu; 360.344.4100.
July 10-July 13 workshop performance	Dobro Intensive A total-immersion workshop with three master stylists (Mike Neer, Don Rooke, Michael Witcher), showcasing bluegrass, Hawaiian, old jazz, and eclectic dobro music. Participants will meet each morning with the same instructor, as those classes will be incremental, designed to build on the previous day’s work. In the afternoon, participants will have an opportunity to take classes from all teachers, which will include one-on-one instruction. Public performance: July 12 (7:30pm) Wheeler Theater Centrum; www.centrum.org/slide; 360.385.3012, x127.
July 14-July 18 workshop	Marine Biology Day Camp Full-day immersion workshop in scientific study. Activities include looking through sediments fro brittle stars, pulling a seine net through eelgrass beds to find young fish, and observing microscopic life. Port Townsend Marine Science Center; www.ptmsc.org; 360.385.5582.
July 13-July 20 workshop readings	The Port Townsend Writers' Conference The Port Townsend Writers’ Conference, with Artistic Director Rebecca Brown, is one of the Pacific Northwest’s most acclaimed literary gatherings, offering week-long workshops for poets, essayists, fiction writers, and cross-genre writers, punctuated by daily readings, craft lectures, workshops in special topics, and special events. With Chris Abani, Kim Addonizio, Kathleen Alcalá, Brian Evenson, Lesley Hazleton, Gary Lilley, and Selah Saterstrom. Public readings: daily (7:30pm) Wheeler Theater Centrum;  www.centrum.org/writing; 360.385.3102, x131.
July 20-July 27 workshop performances	Jazz Port Townsend The Pacific Northwest’s premier jazz experience, with Artistic Director John Clayton. The week-long workshop gives ardent jazz students the chance to live, learn, and jam with such jazz artists as Wycliffe Gordon, Monty Alexander, Paquito D’Rivera, Eric Alexander, Ingrid Jensen, and dozens more. The workshop is for playing professionals, aspiring professionals, and committed avocational players, as well as talented high school and college students. Public performances: Clubs: July 24 (8pm) downtown/uptown July 25 (10pm) downtown/uptown July 26 (10pm) downtown/uptown July 27 (9:30am) downtown Mainstage concerts July 25 (7:30pm) McCurdy Pavilion July 26 (1:30pm, 7:30pm) McCurdy Pavilion Centrum; www.centrum.org/jazz; 360.385.3102, x106 or x109
July 27-August 3 workshop performances	Port Townsend Country Blues Festival The largest gathering of country blues musicians west of the Mississippi. With Artistic Director Phil Wiggins, the gathering features John Cephas, Phil Wiggins, Warner Williams, Daryl Davis, Louisiana Red, Terry “Harmonica” Bean, and Shirley Smith, among dozens more. The festival is a week-long, total-immersion experience that passes down the skills, sounds, stories, laughter, and pain of the authentic bearers of the blues tradition. The workshop culminates in public performances. Public performances: Clubs: August 1 (9pm) downtown/uptown August 2 (9pm) downtown/uptown Mainstage concerts August 1 (7:30pm) McCurdy Pavilion August 2 (1:30pm) McCurdy Pavilion Centrum; www.centrum.org/blues; 360.385.3102, x127.
August 3-August 6 workshop performance	The Roots of Rock Rock and roll was the first form of American music that broke down racial barriers. It crossed cultures and caused America’s youth to rise up out of their segregated sections at concerts and dance in the aisle together—at a time when when integration was actually illegal. At Centrum’s Roots of Rock you’ll learn about the genesis of rock, how it grew out of the social context of the late nineteen-fifties, and, most of all, how to play it. With Wanda Jackson—the “Queen of Rock and Roll”—and Keith Grimes, Daryl Davis, Eduardo “Cha Cha” Garcia-Maynez, and Scott Porter. Centrum; www.centrum.org/blues; 360.385.3102, x127.
August 15-August 24	Goddard College MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts Goddard College; www.goddard.edu; 360.344.4100

Events subject to change.