Coast Calendar: Busy weekend from Seabrook to Stage West

The event season continues in full swing through May, with several diverse highlights this weekend. You can enjoy dramatic comedy in the new production by Stage West Community Theatre, check out million-dollar homes and developments amid entertainment at Seabrook, watch and listen to the rumble of hot rods rolling through Ocean Shores, or delight in the spring-like voices of the North Beach Singers.

Stage West Theatre

The new production is The Savannah Sipping Society,directed by Lori Hardin with assistant director Karin Noble, and features performances by Stacy Steele, Anna Frazier, Julie Opel, and Pamela Nygaard. Performances are Friday, May 19, Saturday, May 20, Sunday, May 21, Friday, May 26, Saturday, May 27, and Sunday, May 28 on the Ocean Shores Lions Club stage. Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for students and are available at Dolores & Faye’s, Mocha Madness, Ocean Shores Animal Hospital, Ocean Shores Convention Visitor’s Center, and at the door.

Clam Digger Rod Run

The annual eclectic car show returns to the Ocean Shores/North Beach Elks Lodge on Saturday May 20, starting at 8 a.m. The public is welcome and the show features dash plaques to the first 100 registered. Registration for participants is $15, with the awards ceremony at 2 p.m. The Elks Lodge is located at 199 Ocean Lake Way.

Seabrook Showcase

Seabrook is welcoming visitors to tour newly constructed and resale homes at the Seabrook Spring Home Showcase this Saturday, May 20 ,at Seabrook Cottage Rentals. Guests should check in at the Seabrook real estate sales office to receive a map of homes that are open for the event.

Along with access to Seabrook’s oceanfront and most of Seabrook’s actively listed resale residences, visitors will be treated to a tour with Seabrook’s town founder, Casey Roloff, a seminar about cottage rentals and a walking tour of the community’s newest neighborhood South of Market (SOMA).

“Seabrook is excited to announce one of the community’s most anticipated neighborhoods, SOMA. Located just south of Market Street and Seabrook’s expanding Town Center, this perfectly-situated neighborhood is the most connected to the beach and town,” a news release said..

Showcase activities include a town walking tour led by founder Casey Roloff at 11 a.m. Seabrook Cottage Rentals General Manager Christophe Chabaud will give a seminar on “Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Cottage Rentals” at 2 p.m., offering an opportunity to learn about the Cottage Rentals Program and the typical homeowner experience within the program. At 3:30 p.m., join town founder Casey Roloff and director of town development Stephen Poulakos for a hard hat tour of Seabrook’s brand-new neighborhood SOMA.

At the event, visitors will have opportunities to learn about for-sale SOMA homes and tour various Seabrook homes, including oceanfront homes in Elk Creek, a mix of available resales, and the model home in the Farm District. There will be live music and refreshments.

Special sales incentives specific to each home will be offered at the Spring Showcase of Homes, with values ranging from $10,000 to $40,000. Valid for new home sales only, these incentives are only available to buyers who will be under contract by June 1. Homes that are open during Showcase range in price from the $400,000s to more than $1.5 million.

Guests are encouraged to RSVP for Seabrook’s Spring Showcase at www.seabrookwa.com/spring. To learn more about Seabrook, visit www.seabrookwa.com. To make a cottage rentals reservation, call (360) 276-0265.

North Beach Singers

North Beach Singers presents “A Rainbow of Color” for the spring concert series, starting Friday, May 19 at 7 p.m. and Saturday, May 20 at 3 p.m. (new time.) These performances will be held at Faith Community Church, 240 Canal Dr SE in Ocean Shores. Another performance will be held in Moclips Saturday afternoon, June 3 at 3 p.m. at Chapel By the Sea, 4612 State Route 109. Each song includes a color, i.e., Purple People Eater, Yellow Submarine, Blue Moon, Red River Valley, Over the Rainbow.

Admission is a donation of food or money to the North Beach Food Banks.

May Calendar

26-28: Grays Harbor Expo at the Ocean Shores Convention Center, including trade show, car show, ice sculpture, Memorial Day ceremony on Friday to honor local Purple Heart recipients, along with flag presentation from VFW Post 8956. Online at www.graysharborexpo.com.

June

3: Wearable Art Show at the Ocean Shores Convention Center, www.oswearableart.com.

3-4: Festival of Colors kite flying weekend on the beach at Ocean Shores. Call (360) 289-4103 for more information.

3: 2017 Hood To Coast Washington (new event). Seabrook will be hosting this inaugural event that sold out the first day of registration. Hood to Coast Washington will span 77 miles through the Evergreen State, beginning from Hood Canal and ending at the Pacific Ocean.

10: Flag Day Parade, through downtown Ocean Shores, starting at the city gates and ending at the Convention Center. Biggest Flag Day parade in Western Washington, (360) 289-2314 to participate.

16-18: Seabrook will be the site of the second annual l Beach Volleyball Tournament hosted by the Alki Volleyball Association on June 16-18. Watch juniors, amateurs, and pros play for prize money. Also a beginner’s fours tournament for charity. http://www.seabrookwa.com/events

23-25: Sand & Sawdust Festival, at the Ocean Shores Convention Center and on the main Ocean Shores Beach south of Chance a la Mer beach approach. Sand sculpting competition and chainsaw artist auctions daily. (360)289-2451.

July

7-9: Ocean Shores Beach Blast, with beach volleyball tournament planned at the beach south of Chance a la Mer beach approach, www.oceanshoresbeachblast.com.

28-30: Bikers at the Beach, www.bikersatthebeach.com, motorcycle event at the Ocean Shores Convention Center, with Hog Wild Weekend also ongoing simultaneously at Quinault Beach Resort and Casino.

August

12: Ocean Shores Woof-a-Thon. Annual event honoring our pets and raising funds and awareness for animal welfare. At North Bay Park, with dog walk through the neighborhood. Online at www.oceanshoreswoofathon.org.

18-20: 12’s Fan Fest and Beach Party in Ocean Shores, with events at the Convention Center, around town and at Quinault Beach Resort & Casino. Largest preseason gathering of Seahawks fans, www.12sfanfest.com.

26-27: Find Your Treasure Gift Fair (new event). At the Ocean Shores Convention Center, gpsdirectsellersnetwork@gmail.com.

September

1-3: AAOS Arts & Crafts Festival at the Ocean Shores Convention Center, www.associatedarts.org.

1-3: Annual Kelpers Festival and Shake Rat Rendezvous, featuring tug of war competition between Moclips and Pacific Beach, kid’s parade, full parade in Pacific Beach on Sunday, and various logging competitions.

15-17: Whale of Quilt Show at the Ocean Shores Convention Center, (509) 715-9082 for information.

October

25-29: Irish Music Festival, centered at Galway Bay and the Ocean Shores Convention Center, www.galwaybacyirishpub.com.

November

24-26: Winter Fanta-Sea pre-Christmas festival of holiday gifts and vendors, Ocean Shores Convention Center, (360) 289-9586.

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