Wednesday, April 3, 2013 • Whidbey News-Times
www.WhiDBEYNEWSTIMES.com Oak Harbor Library is displaying the photography of JOAN GERTEIS and paintings of artists CAROL DAWES and SHEILA MOHN in April. The library is located at 1000 S.E. Regatta Dr. Call 360-675-5115.
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Spring Fling before in recent years. This year, they expanded the programs with a focus on kid-friendly events, including an Easter Egg hunt, chalk art contest and other street games. Bottles of bubbles and hula hoops were provided to children. To make this possible, the merchants agreed to close Southeast Pioneer Way to motor vehicle traffic, from Ely Street to Ilwaco Alley, for four hours. Spring Fling started with a kids’ scramble for 2,000 colored Easter eggs at 11 a.m., which was the biggest draw. The event also featured a bridal show and a flash mob street dancing performance in the afternoon. Margaret Livermore, president of the Downtown Merchants Association, estimates 1,000 people attended Spring Fling with the bulk arriving early for the Easter Egg hunt. She said she heard positive comments all day. “They were so excited that something was happening in Oak Harbor for them to come to,” Livermore said. “It was a good turnout. It was way more than we’ve had before in the little event we called Spring Fling. We’re
The screen-to-stage production of THE FULL MONTY will start Friday, April 5 and be performed through April 20 at the Whidbey Island Center for the Arts in Langley. Show times are 7:30 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. on Sundays. Tickets range from $18-$24 and may be purchased at the box office, by phone at 360-221-8268 or 800-6387631, or online at wicaon line.com Ron Newberry/Whidbey News-Times
With most of Pioneer Way closed to traffic, kids colored the streets with chalk. trying to make it big. I think we had good success this year and we’re going to build on that for next year.” With historic downtown tucked away from Oak Harbor’s busiest traffic flow along State Highway 20, the downtown merchants try to hold special events such as Spring Fling to attract crowds to their businesses. “If they do more events like this, we’d always come,” said Blake Weldon, a Naval hospital optician who came to Spring Fling with his wife Tiffany, 6-year-old son
Plans under way for town music festival By RON NEWBERRY Staff reporter
Although it’s still months away, the second Oak Harbor Music Festival is constantly playing in Margaret Livermore’s mind. Livermore is busy preparing for the Aug. 30-Sept. 1 festival, which will take place in downtown Oak Harbor under a new name. It kicked off last year as the Oak Harbor Music and Jazz Festival, drawing more than 20 bands and a crowd estimated in the thousands. This year, the name was shortened. “We’ll have all sorts of music from rock to pop to Jazz to blues to country,” said Livermore, who is president of the festival. Sixteen bands are lined up so far, from the Beatniks to the Chris Eger Band. A complete lineup can be viewed at www.
oakharborfestival.com The Oak Harbor Music Festival has applied for 501(3)nonprofit status, Livermore said. A fundraiser concert will be held April 20 in Oak Harbor at the Roller Barn to help with costs for the festival. Johnny Bulldog will be performing beginning at 7 p.m. Tickets are $25 by calling 360-679-1881. The festival will provide a $1,000 music scholarship for an Oak Harbor High School student.
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Tristan and his friend Lizzy Degroat. Some merchants brought their business on to the street. Off The Hook, a restaurant and nightclub, held a pig barbecue and provided music and an aquarium full of lobsters that attracted gawkers. Livermore said that this was the first time they shut down Pioneer Way for Spring Fling with the kids’ activities being the main influence. This also was the first time an egg hunt was held.
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“I like it,” said Joseph Glasgow, who came with his wife Anjelica and their children Aedyn, 2, and Journey, 3. “I like not worrying about cars.” Reach Whidbey NewsTimes staff reporter Ron Newberry at 360-676-6611, ext. 5070, or at rnewberry@ whidbeynewsgroup.com
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RON WARD will present his encaustic work, “Waxed Paper,” Saturday, April 6 from 5-7 p.m. at the Whidbey Art Gallery, 220 Second St., in Langley. Ward’s work will be there through April 30. Abstract painter FRED G. DOVE also will be at the Saturday Art Walk. Check www.whidbeyartists.com WHIDBEY PLAYHOUSE presents a “Midsummer Night’s Dream” on April 26. The performance begins at 7:30 p.m.
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April 26 at the playhouse, 730 S.E. Midway Blvd., in Oak Harbor. For more information, call 360-6792237 or go online at whidbeyplayhouse.com
JOHNNY BULLDOG will perform in concert at the Oak Harbor Musical Festival Kickoff Party fundraiser at 7 p.m., April 20 at the Roller Barn, 98 N.E. Barron Dr., in Oak Harbor. Tickets are $25. For more information, call 360-6791881 or go online at www. oakharborfestival.com CHANTEUSE WOMEN’S CHOIR will be performing the concert “Take Me to Sea” twice on opposite ends of Whidbey Island. The first concert is Saturday, April 27 at 7 p.m. at Oak Harbor Lutheran Church, 1253 N.W. Second Ave. The Sunday, April 28 concert is at 4 p.m. at Island Church of Whidbey, on the corner of Fourth and Cascade in Langley. Suggested donation is $12 for adults, $10 for seniors and military and $8 for students.