Sousa On The Bus, Norwegian Constitution Day, Ballard
Welcome to 2020 and the Age of Coronavirus.
When life resumes, here’s where we plan to be.
Ya Sousa, You Betcha! 35 years of bringing the party with us.
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Northwest Folklife Festival
Saturday, May 23. 11:00-11:30-starting the day off right.
Seattle Center at the Mural Amphitheater
https://www.nwfolklife.org/festival/
Hiram Chittenden Locks aka the Ballard Locks
Sunday, July 5. 2:00-3:00
3015 NW 54th St, Seattle 98107
http://www.ballardlocks.org
Women’s Suffrage Centennial Celebration
Saturday, August 22. Time TBD.
Washington State Capitol, Olympia
https://www.suffrage100wa.com/
Festa Italiana
Saturday, September 26. Noon-ish
Seattle Center inside the Fisher Pavilion
https://www.festaseattle.com/
Umpteenth Annual John Philip Sousa Birthday Bash
Probably Friday, November 6. 7:00pm.
Kenyon Hall, 7904 35th Ave SW, West Seattle 98126
Reservations are recommended. Email kenyonhall@earthlink.net. You’ll receive an email confirming your reservation.
Front reserved table seats are $14. Row seating is $12 general and $10 seniors. With a reservation, row seating is only $10 general and $8 seniors. Elementary, middle, and high school students are $5.
We accept cash and checks at the door, and doors open thirty minutes before each show.
Phinney Neighborhood Winter Festival and Crafts Fair
Sunday, December 8, 4:15pm
6532 Phinney Ave N, Seattle 98103. Blue Building.
We’re playing all your favorite holiday marches. https://www.phinneycenter.org/calendar/winter-festival-19/
Highlights from our Glorious Past
Seattle Centennials
Klondike Gold Rush – 1997
Pike Place Market – 2007
Good Shepherd Center – 2007
Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition – 2009
Volunteer Park Conservatory – 2012
Celebrating Historic Buildings, Parks, Trains and Airplanes
Admiralty Head Lighthouse Centennial – 2003
The Empire Builder Train 75th year – 2004
Leschi Park Centennial – 2009
Grand Reopening of King Street Station – 2013
Kinnear Park Re-Dedication – 2014. Seattle’s third oldest park established 1887.
90th Anniversary of the First Flight Around the World – 2013. Accomplished in 1924 with open cockpit airplanes.
Peace Arch State Park in Blaine, WA – 2015, 2017. Terrific setting for playing O Canada AND Stars & Stripes Forever.
Deception Pass State Park – 2016, 2018. Another gorgeous spot in Washington.
Thrilling Performance Experiences
Ballard 17th of May Parade, Norwegian Constitution Day. “Appearing on a flat bed truck near you!”
ALL IN ONE DAY! Playing for King Harald and Queen Sofia of Norway AND then being the first band to play in Key Arena. – 1995
Seattle Scottish Highland Games – 2000, 2002, 2016. Military tattoo, playing with world champion Simon Fraser University Pipe Band.
Playing for the Ambassador of Canada at the Northwest Folklife Festival – 2007
Stanwood, WA Community Fair – 1996, our friend Reverend Chumleigh shot himself out of a cannon during The Stars & Stripes.
The Sousa Band in King Street Station
Photo by John Lok – Seattle Times