Juan Defuca Festival Circa 2016

For a number of years this was the Juan de Fuca Festival of the Arts website.
Content is from the site's 2005 archived pages.

The current website for the Juan de Fuca Foundation is found at http://jffa.org/ where you will find the most up-to-date information on concerts and the annual Juan de Fuca Festival.

 

Circa 2015

The four day Juan de Fuca Festival of the Arts JFFA) festival, celebrated every Memorial Day weekend, features over 125 performances of music, dance and theater from around the world, including musical workshops, a street fair, public art, and special activities for children. 

 Plan to enjoy the 13th Annual 2006 JFFA Festival in Port Angeles, Washington May 26th-29th!

The information online is for the past 2005 festival.
New performers for 2006 will be published on the website by April 1, 2006.

 

The Juan de Fuca Festival of the Arts (JFFA) also brings you wonderful seasonal concerts throughout the year.  Enjoy and bring the family! 

The Juan de Fuca Festival of the Arts (JFFA) is a non-profit organization whose mission is to develop, promote, and present performing and visual arts for the cultural, educational and economic benefit of the communities of the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State.

In addition to our annual Memorial Day weekend music, dance, arts and film festival we also bring the community seasonal concerts.  Prior to the concert performances we bring the musicians and artists into the schools to perform at Port Angeles High School assemblies.  Some of our school programs include the opportunity for students to join the artists on stage during the actual concert performances.

JFFA has brought many national and international acts to perform for the high school student body. Some of these include: Battlefield Band, Portland Taiko Drummers, TangoHeart, Gaelic Storm and The California Guitar Trio.

The Festival also brings exceptional musicians to Peninsula College to perform and do workshops with the students: Past workshops and performances include: Master sitarist Kartik Seshadri and the Canadian musicians, Le Vent du Nord.

 

Educational opportunities:

• For Performers:  We appreciate and encourage performers to teach in the schools during the day prior to their evening performances.

• For Teachers and Students:  We are open to your recommendations about performers for your school programs.

• For Community and Business Sponsors:  Some school programs are only possible with the support of fundraising efforts or community and business sponsorships.  We appreciate your financial assistance to make these wonderful school programs happen in our community.

 

 

The four day festival, celebrated every Memorial Day weekend, features over 125 performances of music, dance and theater from around the world, including musical workshops, a street fair, public art, and special activities for children.  Plan to enjoy the 13th Annual 2006 JFFA Festival May 26th-29th!

 

2005 JFFA Festival Information

 

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I first discovered the Juan de Fuca Festival when I was in Washington visiting my uncle who was in rehab for his excessive drinking. This was back when most of the medical profession as well as the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) defined Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) as a “chronic relapsing brain disease”. Unfortunately even in the present day many people adhere to the thinking that when a drinking problem or substance abuse has gotten out of hand the solution is clear: stop drinking.” There’s no denying it, the only explanation is “addiction,” and the only “cure” is abstinence. The visit was pretty heavy emotionally so the festival was a welcomed break. My uncle eventually died from cirrhosis. If he were still living today he would have had more options available for alcohol substance abuse. The most encouraging programs utilize pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy. The medication prescribed is Baclofen whichcremoves or strongly suppresses cravings for alcohol in 92% of people. Initial clinical trials show that Baclofen has a 65% success rate for treatment-resistant alcoholics , allowing them to return to low- or medium-risk drinking. That’s right, this treatment doesn’t require abstinence although many people do stop all drinking. Baclofen doesn’t affect the taste of alcohol or the pleasure of drinking. It simply removes the addictive components that lead to overindulgence and allows a person to drink in moderation, if they so choose to. Doctors in Europe prescribe baclofen as the primary treatment for people who drink excessively. Well it doesn't really matter now. However, I have returned over the years with my family to the Juan de Fuca Festival. We even rent a house for two weeks to coincide with it.

 

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The Juan de Fuca Festival of the Arts (JFFA) also brings you wonderful seasonal concerts throughout the year.  Enjoy and bring the family! 

For the complete 2005 schedule

George Winston
to open JFFA's 14th Season,
7:30pm Friday, September 30, 2005

The Juan de Fuca Festival is excited to announce that piano legend George Winston will open our Fall season with a solo concert, Friday, September 30, at the Port Angeles High School Auditorium.

Inspired by blues, rock, R& B and jazz, George began playing organ and electric Piano in 1967, and inspired by “Fats” Waller, he switched to acoustic piano in 1971. The rest is history. Thirty two years after the release of his first album, and 24 years after he began to record what is now recognized as his signature style of melodic folk piano, George Winston has arguably dug deep and wide into the hearts and minds of audiences from Klamath Falls, Oregon to Osaka, Japan and beyond.

With the release of his tenth solo piano album, Montana – A Love Story, George has come full circle with the rich themes of the childhood years he spent in Montana. This memorable CD continues the thread begun with his 1994 Grammy-winning album, Forest, evoking the distinct landscapes and pronounced seasonal changes of his home state.

George Winston is one of the most important voices in piano of the past 20 years, selling over 12 million albums. His self-proclaimed musical style encompasses swing, R & B based rhythms, mixed with what he calls “rural Folk music.”

Tickets: $15 - $20. For more information or to order tickets, contact the Festival office at 360-457-5411.
 

   

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JFFA Fall Ball Gala Event
6pm Saturday, October 22, 2005

Enjoy a night of ballroom dancing, great food and support JFFA at this swanky fundraiser.  Music provided by 16-piece band Stardust and hearty hors d'oeuvres by Bella Italia.  Fall Ball ticket holders will also receive a 25% discount off a series of ballroom dance classes offered by Walter Dill.   Dust off your sequin dresses and tuxedos and join us for an evening of fun! 

Ticket Prices: 

• $40 (JFFA Members)

• $45 (Non-members)

• $296 for a table of 8

For more information about this event, to become a sponsor or to order your tickets, call the JFFA office at 360-457-5411.

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Battlefield Band
returns to Port Angeles,
7:30pm Friday, November 18, 2005

Battlefield Band, a Scottish band of rare passion and joy, returns to the Port Angeles High School Auditorium, Friday, November 18th for an exciting performance of lively Celtic music.

Inspired by their rich heritage of Celtic music and fired by the strength of today’s Scottish cultural scene – which they themselves have done much to create and fuel – Battlefield Band mix the old songs with the new self-penned material and perform them on a unique fusion of ancient and modern instruments – bagpipe, fiddle, synthesizer, guitar, cittern, flute, bodhran and accordion.

They are the gold standard, the band against which all others are measured. After thirty years, they still lead the way for Scottish music, as they travel the world.

On September 13, 2003, Battlefield Band won “Best Live Act Award” at the first “Scots Traditional Music Awards” during a ceremony at the Queen’s Hall in Edinburgh. The Edinburgh Evening News had this to say:

“The Battlefield Band is turning into a national treasure, and exemplifies the ongoing nature of Scottish musical tradition. Not seen them yet? Shame on you.”

See them live on November 18th at the Port Angeles High School Auditorium!

Tickets: $15 – 20. For more information to order tickets, call the Festival office at 360-457-5411.
 

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JFFA Holiday Concert with Tingstad & Rumbel
Thursday, December 15, 2005

Grammy award winning recording artists Tingstad & Rumbel will perform acoustic offerings for the holiday season, Thursday, December 15, at the Peninsula College Little Theater, starting at 7:00 p.m.

Guitarist Eric Tingstad & woodwind player Nancy Rumbel are no strangers to Port Angeles as they have performed at previous JFFA events. They refer to their music as a kind of chamber music for the '90's. "We're trying to get people to calm down a little bit," Tingstad said in a 1994 interview in L.A. Jazz Scene. "Everyone's just moving too fast."

This holiday concert celebrates Tingstad & Rumbel's newest CD, "Peace on Earth," and is presented by the Juan de Fuca Festival of the Arts.

Tickets: $15 – 17. For more information or to order tickets, call the Festival office at 360-457-5411.

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Cappella Romana to Perform
At Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
Friday, March 10 at 7:30 pm

Cappella Romana is a vocal ensemble of 9 – 12 professional singers dedicated to combining passion with scholarship in its exploration of early and contemporary music of traditional Christian cultures in East and West. Audiences are taken on a Roman Holiday with stunning music related to at least one of the three Romes: Old Rome (the Latin tradition), New Rome (Constantinople and the Byzantine inheritance), and Third Rome (Moscow and the Slavic commonwealth).

Portland, Oregon’s only professional chamber vocal ensemble, Cappella Romana consists of some of the finest professional singers in the Pacific Northwest. The ensemble has a special commitment to mastering the Slavic and Byzantine repertories in their original languages. Their repertoire reaches wide, featuring works ranging from medieval chant and polyphony to twentieth-century choral and chamber music. Lovers of choral music will not want to miss beauty and richness of Cappella Romana’s harmonies.

The ensemble tours regularly with recent engagements in the British Isles, the Metropolitan Museum in New York, Yale, Princeton, and the J. Paul Getter Museum in Los Angeles, and several spring and summer festivals in the US. Cappella Romana has released six compact discs with four more in preparation.

The concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, located at 301 Lopez Ave., Port Angeles. Cappella Romana will hold a pre-conference lecture, starting at 7:00 p.m. The lecture is free to all ticket holders.

Tickets are $8 for students, seniors, and JFFA members and $10 for all others. Children 12 and under are free. Tickets will be available at Port Book and News, Pacific Mist Books, or by calling the JFFA office at 360-457-5411.

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Enjoy the 2005 JFFA Festival and plan your Memorial Day vacation in Port Angeles!  Dance and groove to the music, explore the mountains and beaches of the beautiful Olympic Peninsula and take a ferry to Victoria,B.C.!

Port Angeles Travel information:

70 miles west of Seattle

1hr passenger ferry ride to Victoria

1.5hr car ferry ride to Victoria

17 miles from Hurricane Ridge, Olympic National Park

Major Sponsor of the Juan de Fuca Festival of the  Arts