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In
this time of worry and confusion, we're glad we can offer some
mirth, humor and fellowship. Often laughter is a good (and welcome)
medicine...
Download
our 2008 Newsletter pdf
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"Chautauqua
- a gathering that is typically American in that it is typical
of America at its best."
- President Theodore Roosevelt
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Chautauquans
and Boats at Waldron Island - Aqua Chautauqua
Tour, 2008
Photo by: Joshua Sage
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Upcoming
Project:
June
& July, 2010 - Northern California Summer
Tour Details
to be announced.
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2009
Projects:
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September,
2009 - McMinnville, OR Our
Chautauqua provided entertainment
for City Faire, in Discovery
Meadows Park.
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In memory of our beloved
family member, Tony Duggleby:
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Aqua
Chautauqua II
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A
flotilla of boats, and
a bus chock-full of
entertainers, educators,
boat captains, crew
and support staff traveled
from maritime community
to maritime community
on 2009's summer Aqua
Chautauqua II Tour.
We visited Gabriola
Island and Salt Spring
Island, in BC, as well
as Orcas Island and
Port Gamble, in WA.
Chautauqua partnered
with local nonprofit
organizations, and helped
raise funds for their
worthwhile projects.
Aqua Chautauqua focused
on youth education,
sustainability, and
land & ocean stewardship.
Our Parades, Workshops
and Shows brought folks
together to celebrate
Community!
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July
21, 2009 - Gabriola
Island, BC, Canada
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July
23 & 25, 2009 -
Salt Spring Island,
BC, Canada
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July
28, 2009 - Orcas Island,
WA
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August
1 & 2, 2009 - Port
Gamble, WA The
2nd annual
Great Peninsula Future
Festival. As part
of Aqua Chautauqua II,
we were delighted to
return to present our
shows, workshops and
parades at this wonderful
sustainability festival.
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Aqua
Chautauqua II
July
21st to August 2nd , 2009
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June,
2009 - Port Townsend Nanda
hosts an evening of music, juggling,
magic, and aerial acts in a benefit
for the Port Townsend Community
Boat Building Project and Aqua
Chautauqua II, this upcoming summer's
tour.
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May,
2009 - Portland, OR Nanda
once again led a lot of loons
at this show supporting The Lotus
Seed and New Old Time Chautauqua.
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May,
2009 (Mother's Day) - Magnuson
Park, Seattle Festival of
Trees - a celebration of Seattle's
trees, shrubs and gardens, featuring
displays, demonstrations, food and
entertainment.
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March,
2009 - Seattle Once
again we were pleased as Punch and
Judy to be a part of the annual
Moisture Festival, at Hale's
Ales.
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2008
Projects:
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Our
Summer Sojourn:
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New
Old Time Chautauqua Sailed the Salish
Sea
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A
flotilla of nine boats
chock-full of entertainers,
educators, boat captains,
crew and support staff sailed
from maritime community
to maritime community on
this summer's Aqua Chautauqua
Tour. Chautauqua partnered
with local nonprofit organizations,
and helped raise $10,000
for their worthwhile projects.
Aqua Chautauqua focused
on youth education, sustainability,
and land and ocean stewardship.
Our Parades, Workshops and
Shows brought together over
5,000 people to celebrate
Community!
Vaudeville
Extravaganza
The Flying Karamazov Brothers
hosted a family-friendly,
all the bells and whistles,
madcap evening of music,
juggling, magic, acrobatics,
clowning, aerial acts and
comedy.
In
addition to the Flying
Karamazov Brothers, even
the most casual observer
may have noted that
Faith Petric (the legendary
folksinger) and Hacki
(winner of the European
"Golden Nose" award for
clowning) and Duo Madrona
(lyrical aerialists) and
Kazüm! (Portland's
premiere acrobalance troupe)
and The
Fighting Instruments of
Karma Marching Chamber Band/Orchestra
(captains of choice cuts)
were just a few of the Special
Guests amongst our multi-generational
troupe.
Before
the Vaudeville Extravaganza,
were these FREE events:
The
colorful Everybody's Welcome
Parade, complete with
marching band, jugglers,
stilt walkers, dancers and
little fairies, which promenaded
down the main streets of
towns, announcing our arrival.
The
Free Educational Circus,
at which one could learn
to juggle, hula-hoop, perform
acrobatics, play samba rhythms,
clown, or mystify friends
with a magic trick. Other
activities included mask-making,
trash fashions made from
recycled materials, quilting
(making "blankees" for local,
at-risk infants), and a
song swap (at which one
was invited to bring one's
musical instruments and
songs.) Nautical workshops
included knot-tying, sea
chanteys, nautical storytelling,
a Salish Sea historical
lecture and how to use GPS.
Check
our 2008
Schedule Page for specific
daily details
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Saturday,
July 19, 2008
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Port
Townsend , WA
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Tuesday,
July 22, 2008
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Waldron
Island, WA
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Friday,
July 25 , 2008
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Lummi
Island, WA
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Sunday,
July 27 , 2008
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Bellingham
, WA
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Thursday,
July
31 , 2008
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Langley
, WA
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Saturday,
August 2, 2008
&
Sunday, August
3, 2008
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Port
Gamble , WA
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Port
Townsend Poster
Click to see larger version
Poster Image by: Mike Biskup
Design
by: Counsel Langley
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March,
2008, our
Chautauqua was, as ever, delighted to
be part of the 5th Annual Moisture
Festival! Same location, same
vaudeville goodness.
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February,
2008, our
Chautauqua, featuring such luminaries
as The Flying Karamazov Brothers,
Jim Page and Tom Noddy, performed
to the benefit of Hospitality House
and ourselves
in:
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Grass
Vally Shows
Click
poster to see large version
Art
by: Alex Anagnostopoulos
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| Summer,
2007, the New Old
Time Chautauqua hit the road with a trip known
as the Big Sky Tour: |
Summer Tour
July, 2007
| March,
2007, the New Old Time
Chautauqua yet again lent our skills and skillets
to a wonderful, annual Seattle event: |
Moisture
Festival
March 25th, 2007
| February,
2007, The Flying Karamazov
Brothers, along with a largely local legion of
lovely New Old Time Chautauquans, presented a
show in: |
Chimacum,
WA
Feb. 18th, 2007
2006
Projects:
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2006, shortly following
a selection of lovely shows with loads of our
long-time friends at the Oregon Country Fair,
the New Old Time Chautauqua presented a show
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Eugene,
OR
July 11th, 2006
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April, 2006,
the New Old Time Chautauqua rolled into
the Gulf Coast Region with a Vaudeville
Show of Music, Juggling, Magic and Comedy
- a gift for our friends in the South.
We called this project: |
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Jambalaya
Tour Group, April, 2006
Photo by: Michelle Bates |
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April, 2006, the New
Old Time Chautauqua once again took part in
a wonderful, annual Seattle event: |
| March,
2006, the
New Old Time Chautauqua presented some shows
in one of our home towns, done with an eye towards
earning money to finance The
Jambalaya Tour described above: |
Port
Townsend, WA
March 23rd & 24th, 2006
Bus Project:
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September
of 2005,
our Chautauqua's biodiesel
& veggie-oil-fueled bus traveled to the Gulf Coast
Region. We partnered with the Peace Movement, from Port
Townsend, Washington, to aid evacuees and others.
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Volunteers
rolled up their sleeves and did whatever needed
to be done - helped folks get to safe havens,
delivered supplies, worked in relief kitchens,
mucked-out homes, etc.
For
more information on that work, visit our Katrina
Bus Project page. For
additional stories and photos, visit www.sistercitysupport.net
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Semicircular Logo Artwork
by : Joan
Matey |
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Keep checking our Performance
Schedule page for all of our upcoming shows.
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"What
shall you do with your leisure? I understand that Chautauqua
is trying to answer that question, and to open out fields
of thought, to open out energies, a largeness of mind and
a culture in the better sense."
- President James Garfield, August 1880
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By
the way:
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"Chautauqua"
is pronounced "shuh-TAWK-wuh"
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