We can’t thank the Blaine community enough for their support over the 20-plus years of our music camp. This last year, your donations made camp possible for over 90 kids, brought world class music to our town, and you enthusiastically showed up in July for a week of concerts.
On May 5, you might have come to our intergenerational Cinco de Jazz night, featuring traditional jazz and swing dancing, and sharing the stage with the choral and band kids from Blaine. A number of us participated in the Fourth of July parade, including our traditional jazz friends who bring a float every year.
Many of you made it to our Blaine Harbor Music Festival concerts: Greta Matassa in the Black Box Theater, our faculty showcase at the Performing Arts Center, a dynamic sunset concert on the G street plaza (with food trucks and a beer garden), and a magical night of big band swing dancing at the Semiahmoo Country Club. Of course, our student showcase on Friday night is our capstone concert, and the student performances continued all day Saturday downtown as we all got to enjoy what the students accomplished with their hard work.
We express hearty and well deserved thanks to Bryan Johnson and Kitty King, retired Pacific Arts Association presidents, who carried us past the Covid-19 years and launched a new, invigorated festival. Currently we are endeavoring to keep the festival financially sustainable, so watch for a fundraising event. We hope that you will join us for a night of fun and community connection as we raise some donations for 2024.
Learn more at blaineharbormusicfestival.org.
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