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SAC Kicks off the 2013 Season
by Tania Spurkland
The Seldovia Arts Council (SAC) is kicking off its busy 2013 summer/fall season with a free “Members Reception” at the Stranik’s residence on the Boardwalk on Saturday June 1st at 7:00 pm. Come and renew your membership or join SAC this evening and enjoy the relaxing string music of the Areté Trio featuring Emily Grossman on the violin, Kate McVey on the viola and Kevin Charlestream on the cello.
A native Tulsan, violinist Emily Grossman has been energetically involved with the Alaskan musical community since 2004. When she’s not teaching in her private studio in Soldotna or performing with the Anchorage Symphony, she prefers focusing primarily on chamber music.
Leaving behind a busy childhood of soloing as a concert cellist, Kevin Charlestream moved to Anchorage from Gloucester MA to accept a job as an aircraft technician and now teaches privately while enjoying as much chamber music as possible.
A born-and-raised Alaskan, Kate McVey studied viola performance under the direction of Dr. Juliet White-Smith at the University of Northern Colorado at Greeley. Since graduating in 2006, she returned to her hometown and plays in both the Anchorage Symphony and Anchorage Opera Orchestras, in addition to recently recording her debut album as a solo artist.
5th Annual Human Powered Fishing Derby
by Tim Dillon
Seldovia Chamber of commerce is holding its 5th annual Human Powered Fishing Derby on Memorial Day weekend; 8:00 a.m. Friday May 24 – 4:00 p.m. Sunday May 26th. All kayaks, rowboats, and other human powered craft are welcome. No motors and no fishing from the shore.
Entry is $35 per fishing rod. Prizes will be awarded for the biggest halibut, salmon, cod and black rockfish. Anglers who weigh in any of these species will become eligible for the grand prize; a 17′ EasyRider single kayak outfitted with all accessories. All entrants must depart from and return to the Seldovia harbor. Weigh-ins occur each day at 4:00 p.m. in the Seldovia harbor. To register call Tim Dillon @ 299-3710 or register at the Seldovia harbor office during the three days of the event.
The derby will culminate with a community fish fry potluck on Sunday May 26th @ 4:00 p.m.; everyone is welcome to attend the fish fry. Last year we had 39 boats enter the derby and hosted over 120 people at the fish fry.
Street Sweeper Arrives Early Sunday Morning
by Jenny Chissus
This is a sign that summer is almost here! (I know it did snow in Homer today!) The City of Seldovia has partnered with the Department of Transportation for a street sweeper to come to Seldovia to clean up our main streets to welcome our summer season. Thanks to George Oliveira, Carl High and the Homer DOT office for coordinating this effort for Seldovia! Thanks so much!
The sweeper will be on the early morning ferry Sunday Morning the 19th, and will be working all day Sunday and all day Monday until the job is done! The sweeper has to head back to Homer on Tuesday, so time is of the essence! Please keep the streets clear from 8:00am to 5:00pm on both days. Please make sure all vehicles, trailers, etc. are removed from the paved streets of Seldovia so that the sweeper can do the job in the most expeditious manner possible, as we only have those two days! (We don’t want to have to go around your vehicle like this picture above!!)
This is also notice to those who have issues with dust to prepare for two days of activity cleaning the downtown streets of Seldovia.
Principal Interviews CANCELLED today, RESCHEDULED for Wednesday
by Jenny Chissus
I just received word that the principal interviews that were originally scheduled for today, have been rescheduled to Wednesday at 5:15pm after the 8th grade and Head Start Graduation ceremony. Please mark your calendar to join us for the Graduation ceremony at Susan B English School at 4:00pm and then participate in the interview process with the three candidates afterwards! Mark says – bring cookies!
New Interview Time:
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
5:15pm at SBE
Hello, Halo! There’s A New Cab in Town – 399-4229
by Jenny Chissus
Two of our local citizens, Perley Morrison and Bobby Gese saw a need in our little community, and just this last week have started a cab service in Seldovia! They already have two station wagons for getting folks around town and hope to add a van to their fleet in the near future. The new business is Halo Cab, though Halo is the name of one of Bobby’s dogs, it was Perley’s granddaughter, Neveah who thought that would be a great name for the cab service! Hello, Halo!
Perley mentioned that there has been a strong demand for speedy, reliable and year-long service in Seldovia – and he and Bobby plan to make that a reality! Both Perley and Bobby are year-round residents and are excited about this new venture. Cab service will be available for service between 8:00am and midnight, seven days a week, all year long – even on holidays! This won’t be just a summer Continue Reading
#yoloswaG to Perform on the Last Day of School
by Ruth Sensenig
Aidan, the alert drummer, leads the group with his reliable rhythms. No song is too tough for him; he studies it and works it out, then plays so confidently he makes it look easy.
The community is invited to come to the school to hear this year’s band class, performing as #yoloswaG, play on the last day of school, Wednesday, May 22.
For the most part, #yoloswaG performs covers of popular songs. Last semester they got the idea to play Bon Jovi’s “Wanted: Dead or Alive.” When they approached me with the idea in class, I enthusiastically broke into a bit of the chorus. They said, “You know this song, Ms. Sensenig?!” I responded with, “Sure, I’ve known this song since before you were born! Where did YOU learn it?” The answer was, of course, Guitar Hero.
Darrel is a versatile member of the team. He plays keyboards for the band, but he has recently taken up guitar and is teaching himself all kinds of riffs. It’s not unusual to hear echoes of Nirvana coming from his guitar.
When they’re learning a new song, the band typically spends some time listening to the song on Youtube and looking up tabs or chord sheets. The kids get out their phones and put on headphones to listen to tutorials of their part of the song. As they work, little by little the strains of the melody or the rhythm start echoing around the room. Eventually they get to the point where they are ready to start playing the song together; the first few times through, they play along with the original version. The first time through on their own is usually pretty rough, but a few more times through and the song starts to sound like the real thing! Continue Reading
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