“All Mixed Up,” a Cars Tribute Band, will be playing at BTB Advertiser Bison Creek Pizza & Pub this Saturday, March 20th, starting at 10pm.

They will play a variety of hits by The Cars, Tom Petty, The Cure and many other 80’s classics.

Here is a link to their Myspace page, which includes demo tracks:

www.allmixeduprocks.com.

Here are the show details:

• 21+ Only
• NO COVER!
• Call to reserve seats: 206.244.8825

Bison Creek Pizza & Pub
630 SW 153rd St.
Burien, WA 98166
206.244.8825

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Local singers in KidSounds, YouthSounds and TeenSounds will be taking the stage at the Highline Performing Arts Center on Friday, March 19th at 7pm for “A 20th Century Celebration” concert.

These area youth are a part of Northwest Associated Arts’ commitment to providing musical education and performance opportunity for young people from grades 3 through 12 in South King County. The three choruses perform together for two mainstage concerts at the Highline Performing Arts Center in Burien.

The goal of KidSounds, YouthSounds & TeenSounds Northwest is to foster a love of singing by engaging a wide variety of music repertoire. Proper vocal technique, theory and artistry are emphasized with an eye towards developing well-rounded young musicians.

WHAT: KidSounds, YouthSounds & TeenSounds Spring Concert

WHEN:  Friday March 19 at 7:00 pm

WHERE: Burien’s Highline Performing Arts Center, located at 401 South 152nd Street, next to Highline High School.

TICKETS: $10-$15 (17 & under free with a paid adult ticket) are available for purchase online: www.nwassociatedarts.org or via phone: 206-246-6040

INFO: From a poster:

Overture…light the lights! An entire century of music represented in one work! This fabulous 55-minute revue, complete with an original opener by Greg Gilpin, takes us on a decade-by-decade celebration of popular music. Under the direction of Paula Hawkins, KidSounds, YouthSounds and TeenSounds Northwest will join forces with a fun-filled program designed just for families.

You’re A Grand Old Flag, Give My Regards to Broadway, Rock Around the Clock, Fame, Good Vibrations, plus many other favorites combine to make this fast-paced show a must-see for anyone who loves popular music. Narration, dancing, and solos blend together seamlessly with wonderful choral singing in this showcase of the budding talents of our youth choruses.

Families hunting for affordable entertainment will delight and parents looking for a risk-free way to introduce their children to the joys of choral music can rest easy because Northwest Associated Arts youth ticket program lets young people 17 and under in free with a paid adult ticket.

YouthSounds & TeenSounds Northwest demonstrate Northwest Associated Arts’ commitment to providing musical education and performance opportunity for young people from grades 3 through 12 in South King County. Each year the three choruses perform together for two mainstage concerts at the Highline Performing Arts Center in Burien. In a time of radical funding cuts to music programs in the schools, these ensembles provide an important and life-changing opportunity for students to learn through the discipline of music. Along the way, audiences are delighted with the entertaining performances of these dedicated young singers. The goal of KidSounds, YouthSounds & TeenSounds Northwest is to foster a love of singing by engaging a wide variety of music repertoire. Proper vocal technique, theory and artistry are emphasized with an eye towards developing well-rounded young musicians.

The NWAA young people’s music education program is funded, in part, by the generous support of: 4 Culture, Lucky 7 Foundation, Glaser Foundation, Norcliffe Foundation, City of Burien, JR Mailing Services, Inc, and many individuals & families throughout our community.

The Tyee Triumph Car Club will be displaying their classic Triumph cars at this year’s Poverty Bay Wine Festival on Saturday, March 6th.

“At last count it appears we will have 17 or 18 cars at the Landmark for display,” said club president John Gebert, who himself owns five Triumphs. “We plan to park them in the spaces at the front entrance of the building, leaving ample room for two lanes of traffic for the buses, handicapped, etc. Our plans are to have a club meeting 10am at my home in Des Moines, and then parade down Marine View to the Landmark Event Center so we can be ready for display by Noon.”

The LBC’s (aka Little British Cars) should stay in the parking lot until around 3pm.

Geber adds: “The majority of our members are buying tickets to participate in your Festival and looking forward to a great time. They are excited about the opportunity to display their cars as well as the drive to get there. Thanks for helping get the word out…the best way you could help us would be to provide a clear and sunny day…but, we’ll be there no matter!”

John tells us that the club currently has over 50 active members who all have at least one Triumph car in various states of repair and renovation.

“Of note, we pride ourselves on being a ‘driving’ club in which the majority of our cars are on the road and used regularly,” he said. “You won’t meet many members with ‘trailer queens’,” said John.

More info on the Tyee Triumph Club is available at their website.

To buy tickets for the Poverty Bay Wine Festival, click here, or visit CorkyCellars (206-824-9462), Des Moines Drug, and/or purchase directly from any Des Moines Rotary Club member. All proceeds go to the service projects of the Rotary Club of Des Moines.

(Photos courtesy the Tyee Triumph Club)

The Northwest Symphony Orchestra’s annual Valentine’s Concert is this Friday, Feb. 12th at the Highline Performing Arts Center right here in romantic Burien.

This concert will feature numerous concertos, symphonies and other thoughtful masterpieces, and will include guest artist, cellist John Friesen.

Here are the details:

WHAT: Northwest Symphony Orchestra’s Valentine’s Concert

WHEN: Friday, February 12th beginning at 7:30pm

WHERE: Highline Performing Arts Center, located next to Highline High School.

FEATURING: Scheduled performances include:

• Tango Again, Dell Wade (Northwest Composer)
• Concerto in E Minor for
• Violoncello and Orchestra, Edward Elgar with guest artist John Friesen
• Symphony No. 5, Alexander Glazunov

GUEST ARTIST: Cellist John Friesen is known for his exciting and passionate performances.

He has performed in New York, Washington, D.C., Moscow, Montreal, Tokyo and elsewhere and has released three solo recordings, “Sotto Voce”, “Soul” and Suites 1, 2 & 3 by J.S. Bach.

For more info on John, check out his website.

More info on NWSO is available at their website.

Burien Arts is holding its second annual all-day Highline Vintage Jazz Festival with two sessions on Saturday, Feb. 20 at the Highline Performing Arts Center, located at 401 South 152nd Street in Burien.

The all-day music fest will feature two unique three-hour performances, the first from 2pm – 5pm and the second from 7pm – 10pm, with some of the region’s most well-known jazz musicians playing Dixieland, swing, solo stride piano, gypsy jazz and more.

Tickets to the event cost just $20 per show or $35 for a full-day pass, and are available through Brown Paper Tickets here.

Identical twin banjo pickers The Canote Brothers will MC.

Matinee performance musicians will include:

MATINEE (2:00 – 5:00 pm):

• Holotradband: Traditional / Dixieland
• Tony Marcus and Patrice Haan (Leftover Dreams): Swing Standards
• Pearl Django: Gypsy Jazz
• Rouge: French Cabaret

EVENING SHOW (7:00 to 10:00 pm):

• Harley’s Horns A’Plenty: Swing Standards
• Ray Skjelbred: Stride piano
• Uptown Lowdown Jazz Band: Traditional / Dixieland
• Del Rey & Craig Flory: Blues /Jazz/Traditional

The Festival will also feature:

• Outdoor musical entertainment
• Dancers
• Great food
• Raffle prizes
• Free transportation to and from local restaurants and bars (which will likely be having specials for festival-goers)
• And more!

The Highline Vintage Jazz Festival is the brainchild of Burien Arts’ board member and fixture in the local music scene, Lance Haslund. Lance is a part-time musician and lifetime lover of all music, particularly jazz. He has been promoter of small concerts in the Burien area for several years and says:

“The Highline Vintage Jazz Festival will fill a void in the local festival scene.

To my knowledge, until now the Puget Sound area has not provided a showcase for multiple styles of early jazz in one event.

As Burien emerges as one of the new vital places for the arts in the region, we pay tribute to the people who moved here and grew the community during the Big Band era, and offer a faithful rendering of the music of their youth.”

Burien Arts is a local non-profit dedicated to enriching the community by providing engaging and innovative arts programming to the Highline region and beyond. Vitally active since 1965, Burien Arts maintains a crucial role in the artistic fabric of the community.

Tickets to the event are available online through Brown Paper Tickets (www.brownpapertickets.com) or by calling: 1-800-838-3006. Tickets will also be available at the door on the day of the festival.

Buy your tickets now by clicking here!

For more information, please check www.burienarts.org, call 206-244-7808 or email info@burienarts.org.

Here are some videos shot at last year’s fest featuring the Bulldog Brass Band:

The Rotary Club of Des Moines has announced that their Sixth Annual Poverty Bay Wine Festival will be held on Saturday, March 6th, from Noon– 7pm, and Sunday, March 7th from Noon – 5pm at the historic Landmark Event Center (formerly Landmark on the Sound) just down the road in Des Moines.

The opening night gala will be held Friday night, Mar. 5th, beginning at 7:30pm.

This festival is a must for anyone who loves wine, as well as for anyone who wants to support the work of Rotary, which supports schools and families in our community and around the world or anyone who enjoys an afternoon of good food, good wine and great music.

“The wine festival is an opportunity for wine-lovers to come taste samples from 25 Northwest wineries,” said Rotary spokesperson Catherine Carbone-Rogers. “All of the wineries typically offer two, three, or four different wines. Each winery will have wine by the bottle for sale. The festival is also a great opportunity to see the newly-restored Landmark Event Center, a unique architectural gem of the Des Moines community. Many people have driven by for years but have never had the opportunity to see the interior.”

What can participants expect while at the event? Besides the wine tasting from 25 Northwest wineries, there will also be a sampling of food from local restaurants, along with numerous musical guests throughout the festival. Here’s the preliminary lineup:

Friday, March 5 (Gala):

• Steve Ryals Trio
• Ed Taylor and TaylorMade

Saturday, March 6:

• Darren Motamedy Duo
• 4th Degree

Sunday, March 7:

• Rouge
• Billet-Deux

For just $20, participants receive a souvenir wine glass and 10 tokens, a sampling of delicious foods, and live music. What if you run out? Don’t worry, there’ll be tokens for sale at the event.

And for all you non-wine drinkers, Pikes Brewing will also have a booth.

Major sponsors are Anthony’s HomePort, 98.9 KWJZ, Landmark Event Center, Fred Meyers, Powell Brothers Custom Homes, Highline Times/Des Moines News, Kent Reporter and The Waterland Blog and its sister sites.

The opening night Gala will be Friday, March 5th at 7:30pm at the Landmark Event Center. The theme is A Night in the Vineyard. A lavish buffet will be provided by Anthony’s HomePort. Tickets for the gala are $75 in advance, $85 at the door. The ticket price includes food, entertainment, and wine.

Wine Fesival tickets are priced at $20 in advance and $25 at the door. Tickets for the Wine Festival and Gala are available at Corky Cellars, located at 22511 Marine View Drive in Des Moines (206-824-9462); or online at www.dmrotary.org.

Poverty Bay Wine Festival is the major annual fundraiser for the Rotary Club of Des Moines. Lisa Meineke is the club President and Brian Snure is chair of the wine festival.

The main purpose is to raise funds for the charitable projects of the Rotary Club of Des Moines that include:

• Financial and volunteer support of Des Moines Food Bank
• Financial and volunteer support for Fireworks Over Des Moines on the Fourth of July annually
• “Dictionaries by the Dozens”: Rotary provides a new children’s dictionary to every third grade student in Des Moines
• Mini-grants of up to $1000 to schools or teachers in Des Moines for special projects
• College scholarship of $2,500 to a Highline Community College student
• Pacific Middle School essay contest
• Funding for after school program at Pacific Middle school
• Financial support to Highline Schools Foundation for Excellence, a non-profit benefiting Highline Public Schools
• Financial support for a women’s shelter in South Africa
• Purchase of sewing machines for women in Peru so they can generate income

“We hope to have more attendees than ever this year,” Carbone-Rogers added. “Each year, we have taken the wine festival up a notch with the number of wineries, the entertainment, and the food. The gala is classier every year, and the Landmark Event Center is an amazing venue. We also hope that people coming to the event will get interested in Rotary and join us in our work to support community causes and families,” she added.

For more information on the Des Moines Rotary, please click here: http://dmrotary.org/aboutrotary.php.

Local favorite Pianist-Singer Sandra Locklear will be performing tonight (Sat., Jan. 9th) at the new Archery Bistro in Normandy Park, and there’s no cover charge!

Here are the details:

WHAT: Sandra Locklear sings at Archery Bistro (check out her website here for music samples)

WHEN: Saturday, January 9th form 8:30pm – 11:30pm

WHERE: Archery Bistro, located at the Normandy Park Town Centre at 19803 1st Ave. So, Suite 104; phone: 206.429.3145. Read our review of this restaurant here.

COST: NO COVER CHARGE!

“Come check out the late night menu and wine list!”

The American Night, The Doors Tribute band, is back to play the last show of the winter at Bison Creek this Saturday night (Jan. 9th) at 10pm.

Here’s some promo wordage courtesy the band’s MySpace page:

“The American Night, from Seattle Washington, takes the audience on an entertaining journey with the sound, theatrics, myth, and experience that were The Doors!

The music is performed by musicians who are passionate about The Doors legacy, with an authentic live feel, using original vintage instruments to recreate the unmistakable energy and rock theatre that was a live Doors performance!

As any true Doors fan will attest, the jazz inspired rhythms of John Densmore are a crucial piece to the The Doors sound — percussionist Brett Rudy delivers!

Last, and certainly not least, the part of Jim Morrison, the ‘Lizard King’, is recreated on the stage by Nate Christian, tugging and tormenting the audience into frenzy.

From classic songs Light My Fire and Break On Through to The End, The American Night presents a complete Doors tribute experience and wraps it in a bow of joy, horror, confusion, puzzlement, ecstasy, and rock theatre that was…THE DOORS!”

A must see performance at Bison Creek!”

Here are the show details:

• Band starts at 10pm
• 21+ only please

Bison Creek Pizza & Pub
630 SW 153rd St.
Burien, WA 98166
206.244.8825

Here’s a video of ‘em in action:

More info on the band available here.

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It’s both a fundraiser for the 2010 Highline Vintage Jazz Festival, and a jazz cruise, and it’s going to happen on the historic Virginia V on Saturday, Dec. 19th with an evening of jazz featuring the Dave Holo Quintet.

The evening cruise will include hors d’oeuvres, wine, beer and dancing as well as a rendezvous with other lighted ships.

Costumes from the 1920s and ’30s are encouraged but not required.

And while we’re talking about it, be sure to mark your calendars for the 2nd annual Highline Vintage Jazz Festival, which will happen on Saturday, Feb. 20, 2010.

Here are the full cruise details:

WHAT: Jazz Cruise Fundraiser for the 2010 Highline Vintage Jazz Festival on the historic Virginia V

WHEN: Saturday, Dec. 19th, boarding begins at 8pm, cruise at 8:30pm.

WHERE: On board the Virginia V, which is docked at the Center for Wooden Boats at the foot of Terry Avenue, on the south end of Lake Union.

COST: $49 per person; tickets are available online here, or via phone at 206-624-9119.

INFO: From a press release:

Make your plans now to join your friends Saturday, December 19th aboard the classic 1922 Steam-powered SS Virginia V, the only remaining vessel from the famous “Mosquito Fleet”, as hot jazz enthusiasts mingle with vintage ship lovers for a nostalgic evening of dance music, lots of scrumptious hors d’oeuvres and fine wine.

Burien Arts and the Virginia V Foundation have combined to present this two-hour cruise as a preview of the 2nd annual Highline Vintage Jazz Festival coming up in Burien on February 20th, 2010.   The preview jazz cruise features the Dave Holo Quintet (Dave on cornet, Dave Loomis – trombone, Peter Kok – piano, Jeff Norwood – bass, Lance Haslund – guitar).

Board the beautifully decorated Virginia V at her moorage at the Center for Wooden Boats at the foot of Terry Avenue, south end of Lake Union.  Then enjoy the music, dancing, food, wine and other holiday-lighted ships as we sail Lake Union and Lake Washington, all for only $49.00.  Boarding begins at 8:00 pm, departure at 8:30 pm.

For tickets (only 100 tickets available) and additional information about the Virginia V Foundation, contact www.virginiav.org. or phone 206-624-9119.

Launching a fundraising effort for the S.S. Virginia V and Burien’s Highline Vintage Jazz Festival, the vintage ship will leave the dock for a two and ½ hour cruise amidst holiday decorated boats on Lake Union and Lake Washington. The ship will be fully heated! This is the first time the two notable non-profits have joined forces to present an event.

“Steamship Virginia V has been hit hard by the economic downturn,” says Steamer Virginia V Foundation General Manager Kim DuBois. “Partnering with another non-profit organization facing the same financial challenges we do just makes sense. Particularly in these tough economic times, we all need to support each other. That’s what building a quality community is all about.”

S.S. Virginia V provides a unique living history experience to the general public, to over 40 groups in education, health and wellness, parks, education, law enforcement, and over 300 Puget Sound school-aged children.

Marine training programs also introduce inner-city youth to careers in the maritime trades.

In addition to public access of the vessel, Virginia V Foundation has contributed over $50,000 in in-kind access to the vessel in the form of cruises, dockside events and educational programs. S.S. Virginia V offers educational history experiences unlike any other in the Puget Sound.

The 88-year-old Steamship Virginia V is the Puget Sound’s own National Historic Landmark treasure. At one time, she made 13 stops between Tacoma and Seattle carrying freight, fruit, wood, mail and people. During WW II, she even carried supplies and workers between Poulsbo and Keyport Naval Torpedo Station.

Mosquito Fleet routes in the Puget Sound from 1880 until about 1930 were brimming with ferryboats, freighters, schooners, sidewheelers and sternwheelers. They were named Mosquito Fleet because in their bustle, they resembled a swarm of mosquitoes. Now S.S. Virginia V is the last remaining operational steam vessel from this Fleet.

To pay tribute to S.S. Virginia V history, Highline Vintage Jazz Festival Preview, presented by Burien Arts, will feature jazz music from the heyday of the Mosquito Fleet.

In addition to managing a vibrant art gallery, Burien Arts also supports a summer performing arts series, manages an education annex which showcases the talent of local high school students, partners with other arts groups, civic organizations and the City of Burien to host innovative outdoor installations and community festivals, and much more.

So, come help support Seattle’s very own national treasure, the arts, education and culture while you dance, snack on scrumptious hors d’oeuvres and taste fine wine. What better way to spend the holidays than by giving support to your local community while you enjoy a cruise aboard the decks of this beautiful vintage ship?

More information on the Virginia V is at www.virginiav.org.

More information on the Highline Vintage Jazz Festival is available at: www.burienarts.org.

It’s Rockabilly meets the Wild West as The Shivering Denizens and special guests Big Valley Rangers play BTB Advertiser Bison Creek Pizza & Pub this Saturday night, starting at 10pm.

This will be a great honky-tonk show that will surely warm you up.

Van Ramsey of KSER in Everett says:

The Shivering Denizens' Ronnie Banner

“The Shivering Denizens play with the kind of intensity that other honky-tonk bands aspire to be.

Lead Singer Ron Banner’s lyrics are brilliant, without a hint of ever taking himself too seriously, and every song cooks from start to finish.

No blow-dried Nashville stuff here.

Crank up The Shivering Denizens and start dancin!”

Here’s a musical taste of The Shivering Denizens:

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And if you like Marty Robbins and Johnny Cash, you won’t want to miss the Big Valley Rangers.

Here are the show details:

• NO COVER
  
• Band starts at 10pm
• 21+ only please

Bison Creek Pizza & Pub
630 SW 153rd St.
Burien, WA 98166
206.244.8825

More info, including MP3s, bios, pics and more available at their websites:

• The Shivering Denizens
• Big Valley Rangers

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ChoralSounds Northwest is presenting “A Merry Olde Christmas” this weekend, on Saturday, Dec. 12th at 8pm, and Sunday, Dec. 13th at 2pm at the Highline Performing Arts Center.

The concert will include a wide variety of classic carols, choreography and staging, rounding out a show for all ages.

And get this – here’s how you can get FREE tickets for Teens 17 and under:

We believe that music is a vital element in a well-rounded life, and are pleased to offer a FREE ticket to all of our mainstage concerts to young people 17 & under, when accompanied by a paid adult.

Simply click here and order Youth Tickets using the online Box Office at the same time you order your Adult Tickets.

Free tickets are subject to the standard $1.50 per ticket service fee.

Here are the details:

WHAT: ChoralSounds Northwest’s “A Merry Olde Christmas” show, Conducted by David Spring

WHEN: Saturday, Dec. 12th at 8pm and Sunday, Dec. 13th at 2pm

WHERE: Highline Performing Arts Center

COST: $20 General Admission, $18 for Seniors and FREE for Youth under 17; Tickets can be ordered online here.

Here’s info on the FREE youth tickets, from their website:

We believe that music is a vital element in a well-rounded life, and are pleased to offer a FREE ticket to all of our mainstage concerts to young people 17 & under, when accompanied by a paid adult.

Each person attending our shows will need a ticket; order your Youth Tickets using the online Box Office at the same time you order your adult tickets. For Reserved Seating events, free youth tickets will be seated with the adult ticket(s) ordered.

Free tickets are subject to our standard $1.50 per ticket service fee.

INFO: From their website:

Why travel all the way to downtown Seattle for your dose of Holiday Cheer?

ChoralSounds Northwest brings the musical magic of an old-fashioned Christmas to the Highline Performing Arts Center in Burien’s favorite Holiday tradition.

From Benjamin Britten’s classic Ceremony of Carols to a fun-filled revue of the season entitled What the Dickens?, this is sure to be a Christmas concert that will fill you with the spirit of the season.

Many of your favorites are included in A Merry Olde Christmas, including Ding Dong, Merrily on High, I’ll Be Home for Christmas, Deck the Hall, Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree and many others. Clever choreography and staging add to the festivities, rounding out a show that is sure to delight young and old alike.

With our FREE youth ticket program, CSN concerts are an affordable and fun night out for the entire family, right here at home in Burien.

We invite your family to join us to celebrate the season in style!

For more information, visit the ChoralSounds Northwest website here.

Burien’s recent rockin’ faves “Chrome Molly” will once again be rockin’ BTB Advertiser Bison Creek Pizza & Pub this Saturday night, starting at 10pm.

According to Bison Creek’s Shauna:

“We can’t get enough of these guys!

Chrome Molly is back to play another rockin’ show at Bison Creek.

They will start with their AC/DC tribute and end with other classic rock hits.”

Here are the show details:

• NO COVER
  
• Band starts at 10pm
• 21+ only please

Bison Creek Pizza & Pub
630 SW 153rd St.
Burien, WA 98166
206.244.8825

Here’s info on the band:

“CHROME MOLLY” formed from the ashes of several great bands that you never heard of but wish you had!

• *DEBBY G. – Vocals*
• *DAVE A.- Bass
• *CHRIS X. – Guitar and Vocals
• *DAVE C. – Guitars and Harp
• *DAVE on Drums
• *RON G. – Sound Engineer

IT’S ONLY ROCK & ROLL BUT WE LIKE IT!!!!! Enjoy your favorite songs from: The Stones – AC/DC – The Beatles – Led Zeppelin.

THE WAY MUSIC IS MEANT TO BE…RAW AND RAUNCHY!

Here’s a video of ‘em doing AC/DC’s “A Whole Lot of Rosie”:

More info, including MP3s of their music at their MySpace page: http://www.myspace.com/231128029

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The Burien/White Center Rotary Club is holding a Food Bank Benefit concert featuring the Boeing Employees Choir on Friday, Dec. 4th at 7:30pm at the Highline Performing Arts Center.

All proceeds from this show will benefit both the Highline and White Center Food Banks.

Here are the details:

WHAT: Burien/White Center Rotary fundraiser concert featuring the Boeing Employees Choir

WHEN: Friday, Dec. 4th beginning at 7:30pm

WHERE: Highline Performing Arts Center, located next to Highline High School at 401 S. 152nd St., Burien.

COST: Please bring non-perishable food donations to help feed your hungry neighbors during the holidays!

INFO: From the Boeing Employees Choir website:

A good cause, and a great venue, the Burien/White Center Rotary Club has asked us to put on a concert for the Burien community in order to collect non-perishable food items for the local Food Banks.

Bring a food donation and bring a friend!

And forward this invite so we can pack the house and the food bank!

The Boeing Employees Choir is a concert choral group serving as The Boeing Company’s ambassador in song, sharing the gift of music with audiences in the Puget Sound Region of Washington State – as well as throughout the world. The choir has existed since the early 1940s. Today, we make about 25 appearances each year.

Composed primarily of Boeing employees, retirees and their families, our choir is a 501c(3) tax-exempt non-profit organization.

The Burien/White Center Rotary Club, founded in 1955, has a long and rich history of service to the community.

Over this 50+ year duration, club members have volunteered countless hours of service and generated hundreds of thousands of dollars which have been distributed back into the community.

For more information, visit their website here.

Burien’s KidSounds, YouthSounds & TeenSounds are joining forces to present “The Night Before Christmas” holiday concert on Friday, Dec. 11th at 7pm at the Highline Performing Arts Center.

Here are the details:

WHAT: KidSounds, YouthSounds & TeenSounds join forces to present “The Night Before Christmas” holiday concert.

WHEN: Friday Dec. 11th beginning at 7pm

WHERE: Highline Performing Arts Center, next door to Highline High School in Burien

COST:  $10-$15 (17 & under free with a paid adult ticket). Tickets can be purchased online here or via phone: 206-246-6040.

INFO: From their press release:

Under the direction of Paula Hawkins, KidSounds, YouthSounds and TeenSounds Northwest will join forces with a fun-filled program designed just for families.

“The Night Before Christmas” combines colorful costumes and creative sets with traditional holiday favorites like “Silent Night” and “O Come, All Ye Faithful.” Popular newer gems such as “We Need a Little Christmas” and “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas” are included to showcase the budding musical talents of even the youngest 8-, 9- and 10-year old singers.

Families hunting for affordable entertainment will delight and parents looking for a risk-free way to introduce their children to the joys of choral music can rest easy because Northwest Associated Arts youth ticket program lets young people 17 and under in free with a paid adult ticket.

YouthSounds & TeenSounds Northwest demonstrate Northwest Associated Arts’ commitment to providing musical education and performance opportunity for young people from grades 3 through 12 in South King County. Each year the three choruses perform together for two mainstage concerts at the Highline Performing Arts Center in Burien. In a time of radical funding cuts to music programs in the schools, these ensembles provide an important and life-changing opportunity for students to learn through the discipline of music. Along the way, audiences are delighted with the entertaining performances of these dedicated young singers. The goal of KidSounds, YouthSounds & TeenSounds Northwest is to foster a love of singing by engaging a wide variety of music repertoire. Proper vocal technique, theory and artistry are emphasized with an eye towards developing well-rounded young musicians.

The NWAA young people’s music education program is funded, in part, by the generous support of:

• Lucky 7 Foundation
• Glaser Foundation
• Norcliffe Foundation
• City of Burien
• JR Mailing Services, Inc.
• Many individuals & families throughout our community

For more information, visit their website here.

ChoralSounds Northwest is presenting its annual holiday show, this year called “A Merry Olde Christmas” on Saturday, Dec. 12th at 8pm, and Sunday, Dec. 13th at 2pm at the Highline Performing Arts Center.

The concert will include a wide variety of classic carols, choreography and staging, rounding out a show for all ages.

Here are the details:

WHAT: ChoralSounds Northwest’s “A Merry Olde Christmas” show, Conducted by David Spring

WHEN: Saturday, Dec. 12th at 8pm and Sunday, Dec. 13th at 2pm

WHERE: Highline Performing Arts Center

COST: $20 General Admission, $18 for Seniors and FREE for Youth under 17; Tickets can be ordered online here.

Here’s info on the FREE youth tickets, from their website:

We believe that music is a vital element in a well-rounded life, and are pleased to offer a FREE ticket to all of our mainstage concerts to young people 17 & under, when accompanied by a paid adult.

Each person attending our shows will need a ticket; order your Youth Tickets using the online Box Office at the same time you order your adult tickets. For Reserved Seating events, free youth tickets will be seated with the adult ticket(s) ordered.

Free tickets are subject to our standard $1.50 per ticket service fee.

INFO: From their website:

Why travel all the way to downtown Seattle for your dose of Holiday Cheer?

ChoralSounds Northwest brings the musical magic of an old-fashioned Christmas to the Highline Performing Arts Center in Burien’s favorite Holiday tradition.

From Benjamin Britten’s classic Ceremony of Carols to a fun-filled revue of the season entitled What the Dickens?, this is sure to be a Christmas concert that will fill you with the spirit of the season.

Many of your favorites are included in A Merry Olde Christmas, including Ding Dong, Merrily on High, I’ll Be Home for Christmas, Deck the Hall, Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree and many others. Clever choreography and staging add to the festivities, rounding out a show that is sure to delight young and old alike.

With our FREE youth ticket program, CSN concerts are an affordable and fun night out for the entire family, right here at home in Burien.

We invite your family to join us to celebrate the season in style!

For more information, visit the ChoralSounds Northwest website here.

Advertiser E.B. Foote Winery is having a party! And not just any party, they’ve invited Wayne Miller and Friends over to the winery to entertain you and your friends with some jazz and wine tasting on Sunday, Nov. 22nd from 6pm – 8pm (doors open at 5:30) at this area’s only winery.

Wayne is the brother of E.B. Foote Winery’s owner/winemaker Sherrill Miller. A Des Moines native, Wayne plays guitar and keyboard and does the computer backup; Mike Conner plays sax and a drummer, Peter Boardway join him as his Friends.

Tickets are just $10 each and will include music, wine sampling and snacks. Advance purchase is recommended. Tickets are available by visiting or calling the winery or by clicking here. As this is a working winery, you may find it a little chilly, so dress warmly.

You can find E.B. Foote at 127-B SW 153rd St in the cellar of a retail strip mall in Burien. Call for reservations at 206-242-3852.

The winery is open for free wine tasting on Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 5pm to 8pm, and on Fridays and Saturdays from 10am to 4pm. Both white and red wines may be available for tasting and purchase in the winery gift shop.

Owner Sherrill Miller has a whole line up of events planned for the holiday season and beyond, so stay tuned to the BTB for further updates.

Here’s a taste of music from Wayne and Friends (website here; MySpace page here)

Now playing: The Wayne Show with Friends

Here’s a Photo Slideshow of Wayne and Friends by Michael Brunk when they played at E.B. Foote back in June:

Click to View Michael Brunk’s Photo Slideshow

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Did you rock out with “Chrome Molly” when they last played BTB Advertiser Bison Creek Pizza & Pub? Well get your rockin’ fingers warmed up because they’re coming back on Halloween night, Saturday, Oct. 31st starting at 10pm!

According to Bison Creek’s Shauna:

“We shall celebrate Hallow-e’en and hope that you will come and participate in the mysteries and rites of All Hallow’s Eve, so come prepared to learn your fate…

We are very pleased to bring back Chrome Molly (an AC/DC Tribute band) on such a short notice for Halloween.

Chrome Molly packed the house during their last show at Bison Creek, so be sure to get here early!”

Here are the show details:

• $3 cover
• Band starts at 10pm
• 21+ only please
• Get there early, ‘cuz once they hit capacity, they will have to turn people away at the door
• There will be a costume contest for great prizes; winner will be announced at midnight
• 100% of the proceeds will go to the Susan G. Komen foundation in honor of breast cancer awareness month

Bison Creek Pizza & Pub
630 SW 153rd St.
Burien, WA 98166
206.244.8825

Here’s info on the band:

“CHROME MOLLY” formed from the ashes of several great bands that you never heard of but wish you had!

• *DEBBY G. – Vocals*
• *DAVE A.- Bass
• *CHRIS X. – Guitar and Vocals
• *DAVE C. – Guitars and Harp
• *DAVE on Drums
• *RON G. – Sound Engineer

IT’S ONLY ROCK & ROLL BUT WE LIKE IT!!!!! Enjoy your favorite songs from: The Stones – AC/DC – The Beatles – Led Zeppelin.

THE WAY MUSIC IS MEANT TO BE…RAW AND RAUNCHY!

Here’s a video of ‘em doing AC/DC’s “A Whole Lot of Rosie”:

More info, including MP3s of their music at their MySpace page: http://www.myspace.com/231128029

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Burien-based Northwest Symphony Orchestra is presenting their Family & Halloween Concert at 7:30pm on Friday, Oct. 30th at the Highline Performing Arts Center.

Children are welcomed to wear family-friendly costumes.

Here are the details:

WHAT: Northwest Symphony Orchestra’s Family & Halloween Concert

WHEN: Friday, Oct. 30th starting at 7:30pm

WHERE: Highline Performing Arts Center, located at 401 South 152nd Street (next to Highline High School)

INFO: The musical lineup will include:

• Carmen Fantasy, Pablo Sarasate with student soloist Maya Cohon
• The Accursed Huntsman, Cesar Franck
• Ruler of the Spirits, Carl Maria von Weber
• Zampa Overture, Ferdinand Herold
• Overture for Home, Kimberley Blanchard
• Prince Igor Overture, Alexander Borodin

TICKETS: Tickets are $10.00 – $14.00 each, and to purchase them online, click here.

INFO: For more information, visit the Northwest Symphony Orchestra website here.

BTB Advertiser Bison Creek Pizza & Pub is presenting The Shivering Denizens again, for a night of FREE (as in No Cover) Honky Tonk & Blues starting at 10pm this Saturday night, Oct. 17th.

If you missed their first show (on Sept. 5th), now is your chance to see them perform, this time with Vanessa Page! The Shivering Denizens put on a great honky tonk/blues show, and from the bass to the banjo, have an original sound of their own.

Check them out on Myspace: www.myspace.com/theshiveringdenizens, then call to reserve seats: 206.244.8825.

This is a 21+ over show only, so leave the kids at home, but put your dancin’ shoes on, and bring your appetite and thirst (might as well include your pep too, since they’re open until 2am).

Bison Creek is located at:

630 SW 153rd St.
Burien, WA 98166
206.244.8825

For more info on The Shivering Denizens:

• www.myspace.com/theshiveringdenizens

For more info on Bison Creek Pizza & Pub:

• www.bisoncreekpizza.com

Note from Shauna, Bison Creek owner:

This is one of my personal favorite bands.

The banjo player and stand up bass player is amazing.

The crowd for the last show was diverse. Both the young (mid 20’s) and the old (50+) were enjoying the sounds of The Shivering Denizens.

Very unique!

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Dig AC/DC? Love Led Zep? The Beatles? Then you’ll have a great time with “Chrome Molly” for NO COVER at BTB Advertiser Bison Creek Pizza & Pub this Saturday night (Oct. 3rd) beginning at 10pm.

Bison Creek will also be participating in the Brat Trot Pub Crawl fundraiser, and will feature the following specials:

• $2 Bud Lights
• $2 Breadsticks & Garlic Bread
  

Here are the show details:

• Bison Creek & Odyssey Present: Chrome Molly
• Saturday October 3rd
• Show starts at 10pm.
• 21+ only.
• NO COVER!!!

Bison Creek Pizza & Pub
630 SW 153rd St.
Burien, WA 98166
206.244.8825

Here’s info on the band:

“CHROME MOLLY” formed from the ashes of several great bands that you never heard of but wish you had!

• *DEBBY G. – Vocals*
• *DAVE A.- Bass
• *CHRIS X. – Guitar and Vocals
• *DAVE C. – Guitars and Harp
• *DAVE on Drums
• *RON G. – Sound Engineer

IT’S ONLY ROCK & ROLL BUT WE LIKE IT!!!!! Enjoy your favorite songs from: The Stones – AC/DC – The Beatles – Led Zeppelin.

THE WAY MUSIC IS MEANT TO BE…RAW AND RAUNCHY!

Here’s a video of ‘em doing AC/DC’s “A Whole Lot of Rosie”:

More info, including MP3s of their music at their MySpace page: http://www.myspace.com/231128029

Parokya ni Edgar is considered the “Best Rock Band” in The Philippines, and they’re bringing their unique blend of hard rock, grunge and humor, along with “Kamikazee,” Seattle’s “Best Singer/Dancers” to Burien’s Performing Arts Center on Sunday, Oct. 3rd, starting at 7pm.

This will be a “Band Fiesta,” featuring Parokya ni Edgar & Kamikazee, and ticket prices range from $35, $50 and $75 (VIP).

And, according to their press, these guys were heavily influenced by Seattle bands Nirvana, Pearl Jam and Soundgarden, so a lot of their music will sound familiar to all you ex-grungers who call Burien your home.

Here are the details:

WHAT: Band Fiesta featuring Parokya ni Edgar & Kamikazee

WHEN: Sunday, Oct. 3rd, starting at 7pm

WHERE: Highline Performing Arts Center, located at 401 South 152nd, next to Highline High School

TICKETS: $35, $50 and $75 (VIP), available at www.brownpapertickets.com or by phone at 1-800-838 3006.

INFO: “The most awaited and requested concert, Filipino Band Parokya ni Edgar & Kamikazee with extraordinary talent will keep U upbeat with OPM music. 1 night only LIVE in Seattle Burien!!!”

For more information call Ray or Elsa at 425-647-8471

From their MySpace page:

Ang Pambansang Banda ng Pilipinas Parokya ni Edgar is a bunch of guys, six to be exact, who unexpectedly find themselves in a proper band, with a proper recording contract with a proper record company (Universal Records), which gives them a proper”recording career”. Parokya ni Edgar is Chito Miranda and Vinci Montaner on vocals, Darius Semaña and Gabriel CheeKee on guitars, Buhawi Meneses on bass and Dindin Moreno on drums. But beneath the silly gags and the punchlines, the Parokya Band has matured musically. Chief lyricist and frontman Chito Miranda once declared: “Nagti-trip lang talaga kami, eh.” But by jokester/slacker standards, this band is already an overachievers: six albums with an endless string of hit singles (including one that inspired a movie), loads of music awards, and a fan base that extends all the way from Aparri to Tawi-Tawi. What could be a greater feat than have the whole country chanting: “Hoy-hoy-hoy-hoy-hoy-hoy!”? Countless Gold and Platinum Record Sales Awards, MTV Awards and Awit Awards trophies later, PnE is showing no signs of slowing down with their latest release Halina Sa Parokya . Like any other Parokya album; comic skits, spoofs and heaps of classic Parokya humor abound in Halina Sa Parokya. The idea for their album artwork was inspired partly by the Department of Tourism thrust to promote various tourist destinations and local festivities via their Wow Philippines campaign (if you can recall the TV advertisement which featured Regine Velasquez). The album was also inspired by both the popular children’s TV show Sesame Street and its local counterpart Batibot . Taking aloook at the album cover alone, you will laugh at the colorful characters Chito, Buwi, Vinci, Gab, Darious and Dindin portray! And surely, too, it will be more obvious to tell why Parokya ni Edgar has been dubbed as “Pambansang Banda ng Pilipinas.”

Other blurbs:

The band is best known for its novel rock songs which are often satirically twisted covers of popular songs. The music band has since experimented with musical styles of one song with another substituting alternative rock for pop rock, rapcore for funk and so on, much to the comic relief of their audience. They called themselves “Skembergs” at first, when their band consisted of three local vocalists- Gabrielle”Gab” Ignatius Chee-Kee, Alfonso Miranda “Chito” aka, Jr, Francis Vincent Montaner “Vinci”, and two guitarists, Jerick and Miko. They would practice after-school to perfect their talents in music before playing at the Eraserheads concert. The Eraserheads concert success propelled them to add a bassist and a drummer – Buhawi Meneses and Dindin Moreno and also rename the band as Parokya ni Edgar. The guitarists Jerick and Miko left the band after high school to take up other career interests. This paved the way for guitarist Darius Semaña to join the band.

Parokya ni Edgar (English translation: Parish of Edgar) is a Filipino band that was formed in 1993 by a group of Ateneo de Manila High School students. The band is famous and most lauded for its original rock novelty songs and often satirical covers of famous songs. The band has since transcended musical genres, varying styles from one song to another – alternative rock to pop rock, funk to rapcore, and so on – while providing comic relief to their listeners.

The band soon started playing at the legendary local band hub, Club Dredd. Coming out during the height of the Pinoy rock explosion, with the Filipino rock community giving in to the influence of especially grunge acts such as Nirvana, Pearl Jam and Soundgarden, Parokya ni Edgar played like no other. Their jokes, silly antics, and outrageous performances paved the way to the popularity that they currently enjoy.

Eventually, the late managing director of Universal Records, Bella Dy Tan, signed them as contract artists after witnessing one of their performances at Club Dredd. Soon their initial recordings such as Buloy, Trip and Lutong Bahay were heard across the nation. Their first album, Khangkhungkherrnitz became a triple platinum hit in the Philippines having sold 120,000 units. The other 3 albums include Buruguduystunstugudunstuy (triple platinum), Jingle Balls Silent Night Holy Cow (gold), and Gulong Itlog Gulong (platinum).

Here are some videos of the band showcasing their wide range of music styles:

Parokya Ni Edgar featuring Kamikazee “Ordertaker” (this song appears to be about ordering food in a restaurant, it ROCKS, has had 905,148 views on Youtube; and after viewing you’ll be chanting “Waiter! Order!” over and over):

“Buloy“:

“Halaga”

For more info, check out their MySpace page: http://www.myspace.com/parokyaniedgar

BTB Advertiser Bison Creek Pizza & Pub is holding a “Breakbeat Reunion Party” this Saturday night (Sept. 26th) at 10pm with three DJs battling it out on four turntables.

Here are the details:

• Redbeard Productions presents: Breakbeat Reunion 2009, featuring:
  • DJ Mota
  • DJ Switchy
  • DJ Redbeard
• DJ’s will be battling on 4 turntables
• Show starts at 10pm
• 21+ only

Bison Creek Pizza & Pub
630 SW 153rd St.
Burien, WA 98166
206.244.8825

BTB Advertiser Bison Creek Pizza & Pub is having another FREE show this Saturday night (Sept. 19th) in conjunction with 99.9 KISW, featuring heavy metal from “Zero Down” and the “Midnight Idols”!

• Show starts at 10pm.
• 21+ only.
• NO COVER!

Bison Creek Pizza & Pub
630 SW 153rd St.
Burien, WA 98166
206.244.8825

According to their MySpace page, Zero Down is:

..Formed in 2002, ZERO DOWN consists of five veteran musicians from the Seattle metal/punk rock scene that cast iron 70’s Arena Rock and NWOBM guitar riffs with hardcore punk intensity. ZERO DOWN has shared the stage with a variety of national acts including UFO, Motley Crue, Godsmack, The Accused, The Supersuckers, Faster Pussycat, L.A. Guns, Michael Schenker Group, George Lynch, Thor, Prong, Zeke and many more. Their new CD, “Good Times at the Gates of Hell” was recorded at Jupiter Studios with Martin Feveyear (QOTSA, Screaming Trees, Duff McKeagan’s Loaded, etc) and includes artwork by the master of metal art, Ed Repka (Megadeth, 3 Inches of Blood, Death, Misfits, etc)!

Check out what the rest of the world has to say:

Hands, er, down, Seattle’s Zero Down are America’s best unsigned band, and to be that, you gotta have more than one beer-bongin record of clanging rock God-ness, and well, Zero Down have two, 2005’s Old Time Revival and now this Ed Repka-painted ripper! – Martin Popoff (BWBK Magazine & Hard Radio.com)

…and Midnight Idols are:

“A true Head banging, fist pumping fury from start to finish.”
- metalwarrants.com

“…from the opening title track Midnight Idols scorch this gig, laying down a proud pounding metal assault that is sure to please fans of the old school of rock.”
- maximummetal.com

“I’ve not heard a riff cooler than the opening to “Satan’s Son” since 1985, believe it. If the NWOBHM and the Sunset Strip mated and created a bastard child of excessive proportions, it’d sound something like the Midnight Idols.”
- antidoterecords.com

BTB Advertiser Bison Creek Pizza & Pub are having another FREE show this Saturday night, Sept. 12th, featuring “Otherwise”!

• Come rock the night away!
• Show starts at 10pm.
• 21+ only.
• NO COVER!

Bison Creek Pizza & Pub
630 SW 153rd St.
Burien, WA 98166
206.244.8825

And even though there’s no cover, it appears you can still order tickets online here.

According to their MySpace page:

.. Otherwise is a Seattle based rock band who’s sound is characterized by strong vocals, melodies and straight-forward rock grooves. The music is very song oriented, “A lot of work goes in to making great music to share with our friends” says forry.

.. Otherwise officially began in the summer of 2008, when Forry and Steph who had been been working on new material by themselves joined up with Chris Kiger on drums and Justin Cormier on bass. “It all came together so quickly and naturally”. When the first self-produced demo was recorded the band had only been together a couple of weeks.

.. Now with numerous shows under their belts, Otherwise has began their new full length, self produced album, with songs that have been tested on some of coolest stages that Seattle has to offer. Otherwise is looking foward to continuing to do what they do best, writing great songs and playing the hell outta them live!

Burien’s legendary (and recently remodeled) Bison Creek Pizza & Pub (a new BTB Advertiser) is presenting: The Shivering Denizens with The Hollowbodies, for a night of FREE (as in No Cover) Honky Tonk & Blues starting at 10pm this Saturday night, Sept. 5th.

This is a 21+ over show only, so leave the kids at home, but bring your dancin’ shoes, your appetite and your thirst (might as well include your pep too, since they’re open until 2am).

Bison Creek is located at:

630 SW 153rd St.
Burien, WA 98166
206.244.8825

FREE tickets can be reserved online here: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/80917

Here’s a video of The Hollowbodies:

http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=14980634

For more info on The Shivering Denizens:

• www.myspace.com/theshiveringdenizens

For more info on Bison Creek Pizza & Pub:

• www.bisoncreekpizza.com

Lake Burien Presbyterian Church is bringing back multi-award winning Canadian Musician Steve Bell on Saturday, Sept. 19th at 7pm.

Here are the details:

WHAT: An Intimate Evening Of Story & Song with Steve Bell

WHEN: Saturday, Sept. 19th at 7pm

WHERE: Lake Burien Presbyterian Church, located at 15003 14th Avenue SW; 206.242.6023

COST: Tickets are $15, and are available at Lake Burien Presbyterian Church

INFO: Here are some testimonials for Steve:

“Steve Bell makes beautiful music. His is a talent that deserves extensive exposure. His worship music does what worship music should do – it lifts your soul to the heavens”.  – Tony Campolo, Eastern University

“Steve Bell’s music offers an astonishing combination of familiar and fresh, provocative and comforting, exuberant and reflective, salty and sweet. Immediately attractive, it rewards repeated listening: the genuine beauty on the surface gives way to treasures in the depths”. – John G. Stackhouse, Regent College

For more information, visit the church’s website here. For more on Steve Bell, visit his website here.

Here are some videos:

With only two sizzlin’ summer shows left, make sure you check out the hottest FREE ticket in the Waterland City Wednesday night (Aug. 12th) – Handful of Luvin, playin’ just down the road a bit at the Des Moines Beach Park beginning at 7pm.

Fresh off the largest concert turnout to date with last week’s performance by The Paperboys, Snohomish Artists Guild and the Des Moines Arts Commission will play host to this northwest band, who will play rain or shine! If the sky does open up, the Des Moines Parks Dept. has arranged for an alternate site indoors, so come to the park to support wonderful live music.

Be sure to bring a chair or blanket and dress for our NW summer weather, and don’t miss your chance to see great talent in our community free of charge. Des Moines Beach park is located at 22030 Cliff Avenue South (see map here).

Here’s more info about Handful of Luvin’:

The band ‘Handful of Luvin’ originally began in the spring of 2002 when front man David John & Andrew Joslyn (fiddler) met at Western Washington University in Bellingham, Washington. At the time David John was promoting his own second self-produced solo album ‘Blue Room,’ and had a considerable fan following in Seattle and Bellingham. Andrew on the other hand was a pretty prominent classical musician until he decided to pursue freer styles with fiddle playing such as Scots Irish, blues, and rock fiddle/violin. When the two met, and began playing with each other, Andrew’s fiddle complimented David’s unique guitar work and soulful vocals perfectly. In the fall of 2003 they began performing together & immediately realized the potential of their sound, and quickly set about forming a band.

Through various transformations & several musicians (much love and Thanks to Billy Hooper, David Stern, Becky, and Logger), the band eventually came across Patrick Files late in 2004 (bass guitar). Pat’s own background with funk, rock, and thrash metal brought a whole new dimension of musical variety into the band.

Within two months, in early 2005, Pat’s friend Mike Knight (drummer) was recruited as the final member into the band. Originally Mike was apart of the indie-jam rock band ‘Carraway’ and produced several recordings with them. Within HOL he is able to use his extensive expertise with the drums & percussion, and also has an uncanny attention to detail which keeps the band on point.

Every member of the band brings their own entirely unique background with music to the band whether its gypsy, folk, funk, reggae, or rock. When these guys come together, in any setting, it is never disappointing. Handful of Luvin’ has an energy that is unparalleled as well as contagious. ln the end Handful of Luvin’ is a number of things: it is what the fans and the audience are left with after a HOL show; and it is about five very diverse musicians who love music and try to communicate that to everyone.

Here’s a handful of videos of Handful of Luvin’::

Next Wednesday, Aug. 19th, will be the final show in the series with The Kim Archer Band.

Visit www.desmoineswa.gov/artscommission for information on upcoming arts opportunities like Comedy Night on Oct. 9th and the Michael Powers concert on Nov. 17th. Tickets and information for these events will be available to at the arts commission booth at the Beach Park Concerts.

See you at the park!

Just when you thought the hot part of summer was over comes news that the Burien Interim Art Space is hosting “Pieces of 8,” a FREE “urban concert presented in 8 channels over 2 days and a city block” on Saturday, Aug. 15th and Sunday, Aug. 16th.

That’s right – this is going to be a live performance of compositions written for 8 channels over 8 speaker stacks cranked up and placed throughout the B/ IAS site (see diagram below for details).

So basically, you’re going to enjoy a two-day cutting edge musical “Burien Man”-styled eargasm happening stretched over the one acre site.

This event will not only enable artists to create sound performances on a scale deeper, larger and in a truly unique environment…it will Rock. Burien. Out.

The schedule is:

• Pre-Recorded compositions Saturday and Sunday from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM
• Live 8 Channel performances from 6:30 pm to 11:00 PM both days

Pieces of Eight appears to have been inspired by “The Parking Lot Experiments,” a show that The Flaming Lips did in 1996-97 that was inspired by an incident in Wayne Coyne’s youth, where he noticed that car radios in the parking lot at a concert were playing the same songs at the same time. Coyne created 40 cassette tapes to be played in synchronization. The band invited people to bring their cars to parking lots, where they would be given one of the tapes and then instructed when to start them. The music was “a strange, fluid 20 minute sound composition”.

Pieces of Eight will be playing the Flaming Lips eight channel experiment called ZAIREEKA in its entirety. This is a wonderful opportunity for Flaming Lips fans and experimental music fans to hear this epic piece in its entirety the way it was envisioned.

Here’s a video of one “Parking Lot Experiment” to give you an idea of what to expect (it may look/sound like a buncha noise in this video, but trust us…once you’re there it’ll be an immersive happening…):

Artists will include:

• David Hahn Presents: Virus Cosmos (God as a Virus) With Ellen Mclain and John Patrick Lowrie.
• Nan Avant: World Music
• Scientific American aka C Andrew Rohrmann
• Jim Bartz and his StringStation:

http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=52875780

• Doug Zangar
• Peter Comley:Requiem for a Mannequin
• Matt Menovcik
• Jeff Aaron Bryant
• Dave Fridmann & Scott Booker “Flaming Lips” present:ZAIREEKA
• impacttestdummy
• Leslie McMichael:Eight Harps Live
• emrlabs
• David Stutz: Mascheroni Circles
• Marc Barreca: Bronze and Bamboo
• Sean Dunn:Little Jehovah Universe Kit
• Dick Valentine:Double Negative

Here’s a diagram of the speaker placement:

This Thursday night (Aug. 6th) will be the final FREE music concert of Burien Parks’ Music and Movies in the Park, this week featuring The Staxx Brothers

Here are the details:

WHAT: Music and Movies in the Park featuring The Staxx Brothers

WHEN: Thursday, Aug. 6th from 6pm-8pm

WHERE: Lake Burien Scool Memorial Park at SW 149th and 16th SW

INFO: From their website:

“Left to their own devices with Scott Colburn (Arcade Fire, Animal Collective) at his voodoo lair, an old Finnish church turned recording studio, The Staxx Brothers return with a vengence on We are The Blaxstonz. It’s an album that borders on black comedy with heavier social undercurrents; by now as much Chappelle & Carlin as Big Boi and Jagger. It’s a good time record that helps you dance through the tough ones. It’s HARD ASS SOUL. It’s ice cold. This is the way they used to make records. Step real close and you can detect that heavy scent of Howlin’ Wolf runnin’ wild through a Hip Hop landscape…I can still hear him laughin’.” – Dylan Van Keef

Some of their tunes to bother your co-workers with (crank it up!):

Here are some  Staxx Brothers. videos:

As mentioned, this is the finale in this music/concert series, and the next free entertainment in the Music and Movies in the Park series will be next Friday night, Aug. 14th around 8:30pm with the film Journey to the Center of the Earth in 3D (and yes, glasses will be provided)!

Thursday night (July 30th), dozens of Burien residents enjoyed another in the “Music and Movies In The Park” series at Lake Burien School Memorial Park, where “Deadwood Revival” played their “Hillbilly Jam Grass” music for free.

Here’s a photo slideshow of the show as shot by Photographer Michael Brunk:

Click to View Michael Brunk’s Photo Slideshow

The next free concert in the series will be Thursday night, Aug. 6th with The Staxx Brothers.

One way to cool off this Thursday night (July 30th) will be to head on over the Lake Burien School Memorial Park for another fine evening of FREE music courtesy Burien Parks’ Music and Movies in the Park, this week featuring “Hillbilly Jam Grass at its best” from Deadwood Revival.

Here are the details:

WHAT: Music and Movies in the Park featuring Deadwood Revival

WHEN: Thursday, July 30th from 6pm-8pm

WHERE: Lake Burien Scool Memorial Park at SW 149th and 16th SW

INFO: From their website:

If you put a Georgia theater chick, a California drummer-turned-banjo player, a Deadhead bass player and a bluegrass fiddler in the same room and say….”alright folks… make some music” …you’d think that the result would be…well… interesting to say the least. Well, it is far more than interesting. It’s Deadwood Revival. A most unlikely group of musicians join together to make some of the most unassuming, honest “feel good” music filled with the spirit of old-time Appalachia, soulful American roots and a hint of jam-band improvisation.

Deadwood Revival came onto the scene as a duo in early 2005 when Kim Trenerry and Jason Mogi, after years of co-fronting their own folk rock jam band found a new love…that of old time Appalachian music. Combining their rock background with old time gave Kim and Jason their reputation as “one of the hottest duos around”. Hundreds of concerts and festivals, four west coast tours, and two cd’s later…Kim and Jason reconnected with long time friend, bassist Ches Ferguson in June 2007 and the duo became a permanent trio. In late 2007, DwR met former “Looking Glass” fiddler, Julie Campbell, who brings her fierce fiddle playing to the DwR sound at select concerts and festivals.

Here are some videos to overheat your computer with:

“Good Day Sunshine”:

“Listen to the Music”:

“Charlie’s Dream”:

“When I’m Gone”:

“Cold Rain and Snow”:

At the Spotlight in Seattle:

Manooghi Hi, one of the hottest new bands in the Northwest, will be bringing their eclectic mix of western rock and eastern (mostly Indian) music to “Music & Movies in the Park” this Thursday night from 6:30pm to 8pm at Lake Burien Park, located at SW 149th and 16th SW.

Bring a blanket and a picnic dinner and enjoy some amazing (and free) music!

From their website, here’s a description of Manooghi Hi:

With visions of melding her classical Indian, Sufi, and mouth percussion (bols and solkattu) with a heavy rock sound, million-seller-pop-princess, Mehnaz, tripped all the way to Seattle on a whim to stay with friends of the family and work on a new sound–more rock, less schlock.

“There’s a lot of hybrid stuff in Bombay, but I was looking for something more heavy and real. To tell the truth: I wanted to play in a band.”

Fate tossed her a handful of Seattle’s theatrical rock avant guard: Composer/Arranger Keyboardist Mark Nichols (Little Boy Goes to Hell, “Awesome,” “How to Survive the Apocalypse”, Return of the Frog Queen, Nelson Sings Nilsson, Walkabouts), Producer/guitarist Todd Fogelsonger (Soul Pimps, Trillian Green), Bassist Jimmy Thomas (Squirrels, Type-A), Singer Ava Chakravarti (Prudence Dredge, Mass Hypnosis), Drummer John Hollis (Hedwig, Sissyfist, ButtrockSuites, Ian Moore etc..), and Percussionist Jarrod Kaplan (Trillian Green, Dan Bern, Cirque Du Soleil, Hanuman, Devachan..)

Over the course of a few Seattle visits, they created the band, Manooghi Hi (a dialectic word meaning roughly “stuff” as in “move your manooghi out of the hallway before I move it myself,” or “that was some serious manooghi.”)

They also created a handful of manic and oft cartoony–though ceremoniously rampant–hybrid-Hindi-heavy classics like “Kismet”, “Kali”, “Om Baba”, “Hum”, “Bubbles”, and their ultimate Bombaliscious deluge, “Manooghi Hi.” Both Mehnaz and the band may have staggered blindly into something that actually works.

As a friend said it (best): “Holy Sacred Cow!!!?” and another: “I feel like I’ve been baptized in another language by some people I’ve never met.”

Upon hearing the strains of “Om Baba” for the first time. Mouths agape, friends suggest Kurt Cobain has come back from the dead as a yoga instructor. Friendly love aside, If anything happened here on their debut record, titled simply, “HI”, it is the explosion of a joyous and irreverent head-banging soup.

Not the world music your mama used to meditate to.

Here are some videos that will probably make you want to pack a picnic basket immediately and reserve a good spot NOW:

For nore info, check out these websites:

• Manooghi Hi’s website
• Manooghi Hi on Myspace

Also, don’t miss these other great free concerts coming to Lake Burien Park:

• July 30th: Deadwood Revival – Hillbilly Jam Grass at its best!
• August 6th: The Staxx Brothers – Powerful R & B, Funk and Hip-Hop!

Story and Photos by Michael Brunk

On Friday, May 22nd the beautiful spring evening was filled with the sounds of rock and roll reverberating from the doors and windows of Normandy Christian Church at 908 South 200th Street.

The cause of all the ruckus?

A benefit concert for the youth group to raise funds for their annual summer trip to Mexico. There they will join with up to 300 other volunteer workers to build houses and a church, and run a vacation bible school and vision clinic.

Sixteen teens and adults are going this year. Their numbers are down from past years due to concerns about H1N1 and rising drug violence. The sponsoring organization – Amor Ministries – has taken precautions in both cases. Associate Minister Kyle Moffitt – who will be leading the trip – acknowledged the risks but said “as long as the border is open, we’ll keep going.”

The cost for each participant on the trip is $800, half of which they pay and half which is raised through various fund raising efforts such as the benefit concert. Those funds will cover the entire cost of their stay in Mexico from June 19th to June 27th.

The concert opened with the classic rock styling of Flip Side, slowed down a bit with a short acoustic guitar set by Andrew Bailey and a presentation on the purpose of the benefit concert, and then thundered to a grand finale with the hard-rocking Aaron Jones Band. Professional quality sound production was provided by RoyLSounds.

Here’s a slideshow of photos from the show:

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It will take more hard work from the youth group to raise the funds they’ll need for their trip. Though this concert surely helped them get closer to their financial goal. And they and their guests got to enjoy top notch music on the way.

Burien-based Northwest Symphony Orchestra will present its season finale “Reflections of the Northwest” concert featuring acclaimed cello soloist Joshua Roman, Saturday, April 25th at 8pm at the Highline Performing Arts Center.

Here are the details:

WHAT: Northwest Symphony Orchestra season finale “Reflections of the Northwest” concert with Joshua Roman

WHEN: Saturday, April 25th at 8pm

WHERE: Highline Performing Arts Center, located adjacent to Highline High School, at 401 South 152nd Street in Burien.

COST: $10 for students and senior citizens and $14 for adults. Tickets are available on the Web at www.brownpapertickets.com or by calling Brown Paper Tickets at (800) 838-3006. Tickets are available at the box office concert night. Northwest Symphony Orchestra makes complimentary student tickets available to school music programs. Teachers may call the orchestra office at (206) 242-6321.

INFO: Under the baton of Music Director Anthony Spain, the concert is set to include:

• Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra — Glenn Crytzer
• Guest soloist: Joshua Roman, cello
• In Prospect, from Janus — Samuel Jones
• Redwoods Symphony — Jonathan Middleton
• Anniversary Overture — Roger Treece

ABOUT NORTHWEST SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Now in its twenty-second season, Northwest Symphony Orchestra has performed to local, regional, and national acclaim. The orchestra has performed an unprecedented 100 compositions of Northwest composers and has garnered seven national awards for Programming of Contemporary Music from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, including a first place national award in 2007. The orchestra has been featured repeatedly on National Public Radio and has recorded three compact disks.

Dr. Anthony Spain is Music Director.

More information about Northwest Symphony Orchestra is available on the Web at www.northwestsymphonyorchestra.org or by calling (206) 242-6321.

ABOUT JOSHUA ROMAN
“Cellist Joshua Roman has taken this area by storm,” says Anthony Spain, music director, Northwest Symphony Orchestra. “Rarely has there been an outpouring ofenthusiasm of this magnitude about such a musician locally.”

The Seattle Times heralds Mr. Roman’s playing [with] “… heart-stopping beauty” and “… big, succulent tone and impassioned style” while the Seattle Post-Intelligencer declares “He is a musician of imagination and expressive breadth.”

Since winning the section principal chair at the Seattle Symphony in 2006 at the age of 22, Joshua Roman has become a favorite of Seattle music lovers. His pursuit of new challenges led him in 2008 to expand his horizons and embark full-time on his growing solo classical career. As a concerto soloist, he has performed with the Seattle Symphony, Spokane Symphony, Oklahoma City Philharmonic, Cleveland Institute of Music Orchestra, and the Wyoming Symphony. The 2008 – 09 season will include, among others, performances with the Edmonton Symphony, Quad City Symphony, Stamford Symphony, and Northwest Symphony Orchestra. He frequently performs on instruments from the collection of David Fulton.

Dubbed a “Classical Rock Star” by the press, cellist Joshua Roman has earned a reputation for performing a wide range of repertoire with an absolute commitment to communicating the essence of the music at its most organic level. Since winning the Principal chair in the cello section of the Seattle Symphony at the age of 22, he has become a favorite of Seattle music lovers, with sold out solo and chamber performances throughout the city. When not performing in or in front of a Symphony Orchestra, Joshua is likely to be found on the stage of a club, performing music as varied as jazz or rock, as well as chamber music or a solo sonata by Kodaly or Bach.

Homeschooled until the age of 16, when he left to pursue his musical studies at the Cleveland Institute of Music, Joshua received his Bachelor Degree in Cello Performance in 2004 studying with Richard Aaron. In 2005 he also received his Masters Degree from the CIM, studying with Desmond Hoebig, Principal Cellist of the Cleveland Orchestra. Joshua frequently performs on cellos from the collection of David Fulton.

Here are some videos featuring Joshua in action (our fave is the first, a rockin’ symphonic rendition of “Stairway to Heaven,” with Joshua on lead cello on the left):

And here are some websites for Joshua Roman:

• Joshua Roman website
• MySpace
• Facebook
• YouTube
  

Internationally-renowned Christian musician Steve Bell will be a featured guest artist on Sunday, April 26th at both the 9:30am worship as well as a 7pm concert at Lake Burien Presbyterian Church.

Here are the details:

WHAT: Christian musician Steve Bell will perform two shows

WHEN: Sunday, April 26th at 9:30am and 7pm

WHERE: Lake Burien Presbyterian Church, located at 15003 – 14th Avenue SW (map below)

COST: Suggested donation is $15.

INFO: To purchase tickets, please call (206) 242-6023.

Bell has recorded 15 albums, received multiple JUNO awards and other industry accolades, and criss-crossed the globe performing his songs of devotion, transcendence and praise.

Influenced by artists such as Bruce Cockburn, Leo Kottke, Joni Mitchell, James Taylor, Allison Kraus and John Michael Talbot, Steve Bell is sure to inspire the entire family.

Here are some video clips of Bell:

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Three Tree Community Church is holding a Benefit Community Concert and Art Show benefiting the Des Moines Food Bank this Saturday, April 11th, starting at 4pm.

Here are the details:

WHAT: Benefit Community Concert and Art Show

WHEN: Saturday, April 11th starting at 4pm

WHERE: Three Tree Community Church, located at 16261 First Ave South in Burien

INFO: There will be 6 bands, an Art Show, 6 acoustical sets, and the cover is $5.00 per person or Donations of non-perishable food items, all of which goes directly to the food bank.

• All bands are donating their time and will be playing in the auditorium.
• There will also be 11 artists donating their time and showing their wares in the Student Center.
• Where the art show is being held – there will be 6 acoustical sets being played. It will start at 4pm.
• Admission is just $5.00 per person OR Donations of non-perishable food items. All proceeds from the admission will go directly to the Des Moines Food Bank.
• You can also check out their website at: www.threetreechurch.com.

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(THIS IS FROM 2009):

Burien Arts is holding its first annual Highline Vintage Jazz Festival on Saturday, May 2nd at the Highline Performing Arts Center, located at 401 South 152nd Street (map below).

The all-day music fest will feature two unique three-hour performances, the first from 2pm-5pm and the second from 7pm-10pm, with some of the region’s most well-known jazz musicians playing Dixieland, swing, solo stride piano, gypsy jazz and more!

Tickets to the event cost $20 per show or $35 for a full day pass, and are available through Brown Paper Tickets (<–click to order safely online).

Matinee performance musicians will include:

• The Canote Brothers as MCs
• Bulldog Brass Band (Garfield High School New Orleans style band)
• Pearl Django (Gypsy Jazz)
• The Jangles (Western Swing)
• Dina Blade (“A Tribute to Dorothy Fields”)

Evening performances boasts a seperate line-up of impressive jazz musicians including:

• Holotradband (Dixieland)


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• Paul Asaro (Solo stride piano)
• Hot Club Sandwich (Gypsy Jazz)
• Casey MacGill & Blue 4 Trio (Jump Swing & vocals)

The Festival will also feature:

• Outdoor musical entertainment
• Dancers
• Great food
• Raffle prizes
• Free transportation to and from local restaurants and bars (which will likely be having specials for festival-goers)
• And more!

The Highline Vintage Jazz Festival is the brainchild of Burien Arts’ board member and fixture in the local music scene, Lance Haslund. Lance is a part-time musician and lifetime lover of all music, particularly jazz. He has been promoter of small concerts in the Burien area for several years and says:

“The Highline Vintage Jazz Festival will fill a void in the local festival scene.  To my knowledge, until now the Puget Sound area has not provided a showcase for multiple styles of early jazz in one event.  As Burien emerges as one of the new vital places for the arts in the region, we pay tribute to the people who moved here and grew the community during the Big Band era, and offer a faithful rendering of the music of their youth.”

Burien Arts is a local non-profit dedicated to enriching the community by providing engaging and innovative arts programming to the Highline region and beyond. Vitally active since 1965, Burien Arts maintains a crucial role in the artistic fabric of the community. In addition to hosting the Highline Vintage Jazz Festival, Burien Arts also: runs a vibrant art gallery, manages the South King County High School Arts Program and Education Annex, supports a summer performing arts series, and partners with other arts groups, civic organizations and the City of Burien to bring exciting art installations and community festivals to the region.

Tickets to the event are available online through Brown Paper Tickets or by calling: 1-800-838-3006.

Walk-up sales can be made at Allusia in downtown Burien, located at 921 S.W. 152nd Street in Olde Burien.

For more information, please check www.burienarts.org, call 206-244-7808 or email info@burienarts.org.

To give you a taste of what kind of music you can expect, here are some audio and video clips of artists scheduled to appear:

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Just got off the phone with Erin Collins of Collins Chiropractic, who wanted to remind BTB Readers that tonight’s 7pm Rotary Club Holiday Concert will go on as planned at the Highline Performing Arts Center!

And remember, this is a fundraiser for a great cause, so get some food donations, put your gloves on, keep your car in low gear and just get there.

Admission is FREE with a non-perishable food donation, with all proceeds going to both the Highline and White Center Food Banks:

12/19/08 UPDATE: THIS CONCERT HAS BEEN POSTPONED TO SATURDAY, JAN. 3rd; David sent us this email:

This year’s Christmas Concert has been postponed to Saturday night, January 3rd.  Same place, same time.  For more info, go to www.davidtempleton.com and click on “Calendar”.

Burien resident David Templeton, an amazingly-talented classical/jazz pianist who’s released five albums, will be performing an evening of Christmas music at the Landmark on the Sound on Saturday, Dec. 20th starting at 7pm Saturday, Jan. 3rd!

This venue is a chateau-like castle built in the 1920s overlooking Puget Sound. Located in Des Moines, this theater harkens back to the romantic days of the Grand Hotel featured in the movie “Somewhere In Time.”

We met with Mr. Templeton recently, and found him to be a charming, engaging, intelligent artist who knows the Burien area quite well. In fact, he’s lived in the Three Tree Point neighborhood since 1987, where he has his own music studio.

He even loaned us a CD called “The Crossing,” with permission to include some tracks – so if you haven’t yet heard his music, click on the “Play” buttons below:

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Here’s his website bio:

I began playing the piano at the age of three, before I could even reach the pedals. I have never been able to read or write music, I just hear it in my head and then play it. People often ask me how I come up with the ideas for my songs. The source of my inspiration varies from people I’ve known to places I’ve been, to those that I dream of knowing. Sometimes I get inspired by walks along the beach around Seattle and spending time in Washington State’s beautiful San Juan Islands.

I always hear music in my head, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. I listen for the best ideas and work them into songs, refining them until I say only what I need to say in the most elegant way possible. Then I record them at home in my studio. The piano I play and record on is called a Bosendorfer, a hand made instrument, which some say is the finest in the world. Take a look at some photos of the Bosendorfer in the image gallery. It takes seven years from start to finish to build and the one I play has 92 keys instead of the usual 88. Having such a wonderful piano to practice and record on inspires and motivates me to create better and higher caliber music.

WHAT: David Templeton’s Christmas Concert

WHEN: Saturday, Dec. 20th at 7pm. SATURDAY, JAN, 3rd. Refreshments will be served.

WHERE: Landmark on the Sound is located at 23660 Marine View Drive South, Des Moines (map below)

COST: Advance ticket price is $25. Night of event, $30. To order tickets, click here.

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