Fort Worden State Park

Fort Worden Seeking Volunteers

The Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission invites volunteers to celebrate the spirit of Earth Day in April by participating in Community Partnership Month activities.

April is a great month to help prepare state parks for the summer season. This is a perfect opportunity for individuals, groups and families to roll up their sleeves and help their state parks

Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, WA is always seeking volunteers! Our retail sales, visitor center, and museum sites all desire help from dedicated resident hosts and daily volunteers.

RV sites with full hookups are offered in exchange for minimum 28 hours weekly volunteering, and a 30 day minimum agreement. Volunteer hosts ideally begin the first of a month. Year-round openings are available. “Happy Campers” abound, with our exceptional Olympic Peninsula location and the satisfaction of helping a distinctive National Historic Landmark site. Application and background check required.

Call 360.344.4442 or e-mail for full details.

Whole Person Drumming with Zorina Wolf

Madrona MindBody Institute invites you to join Zorina Wolf of Village HeartBeat in a 4-week "Whole Person Rhythm" series each Saturday in March, and rediscover your innate rhythmic self.

Zorina Wolf is considered to be America's preeminent TaKeTiNa Teacher. She trained for 14-years under the tutelage of Babatunde Olatunji and leads African rhythm and drumming workshops of all sizes. She also founded the drumming/dance/educational group Village Heartbeat.

When you join the rhythm circle, you are gently guided into using your body as the first instrument that “plays” with 3 different rhythmic layers:  stepping, clapping or playing drums, and vocalization/chanting. Each person develops a deep understanding of rhythm in his or her own timing. As you relax into learning at your own pace, the group can create space for deeper intuitive understanding, self-discovery, and quiet calm.

Sessions will be held Saturdays 4-6pm,  March 6th - March 27th, 2010. Each week will focus on a different aspect of rhythm: beat, offbeat, simple and complex cycles. Neither musical training nor drums are required, but curiosity is a welcome ally.

Visit Madrona MindBody Institute's website to register, or to learn how to 'drop-in' to each session.

Map to the Dan Harpole Cistern

Join us on Wednesday, August 8, at 7 pm on the upper hill at Fort Worden State Park as multi- instrumentalist Stuart Dempster performs improvisatory compositions for didgeridoo, conch shell, and trombone as part of the dedication of the naming of the Dan Harpole Cistern.

The concert will also celebrate the Cistern’s centennial (it was built in 1907). Listen to a recording of Dempster playing in the Cistern.

This Cistern is underground, but we'll be piping the music up in surround sound to speakers on the meadow above.

We'll have volunteers on hand to guide you to the Cistern, but you can also download a map to help you get to this special concert.