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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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Recent
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 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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P.S. Have
we mentioned our Schedule
Page
yet?
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Earlier
2008 Projects:
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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:
| July,
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,
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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 |
| Early
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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