Sousa On The Bus, Norwegian Constitution Day, Ballard
Hey it’s 2025! That makes the band 40 years old! How did that happen? We’re still in it for the great old tunes. And some not so great that we won’t play.
Ya Sousa, You Betcha!
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Skyline Olympic Tower
Saturday, May 24. 2:00pm
715 8th Ave, Seattle WA 98104
Surprise! We didn’t get into the Northwest Folklife Festival.
We won’t be there, but you can go to it anyway.
Seattle Center at the Mural Amphitheater
https://www.nwfolklife.org/festival/
Hiram Chittenden Locks aka the Ballard Locks
Sunday, August 10. 2:00-3:00
3015 NW 54th St, Seattle 98107
http://www.ballardlocks.org
Festa Italiana-food, bocce, grape stomping, cool cars and The Band!!!
Saturday or Sunday, September 27 or 28. Stay tuned.
Seattle Center inside the Fisher Pavilion
https://www.festaseattle.com/
The Umpteenth Annual John Philip Sousa Birthday Bash
Probably Sunday, November 9. (The actual holy birthday is November 6.)
Kenyon Hall, 7904 35th Ave SW, West Seattle 98126
Tickets are $15 General, $10 Seniors and Students.
To reserve, email kenyon@kenyonhall.org. Say how many tickets you want.
http://kenyonhall.org/
Highlights from our Glorious Past
Celebrating Seattle Centennials
Klondike Gold Rush – 1997
Pike Place Market – 2007
Good Shepherd Center – 2007
Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition – 2009
Volunteer Park Conservatory – 2012
First Around-The-World Flight at Sandpoint Naval Air Station – 2024
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, 2013
Photo by John Lok – Seattle Times