The second Beacon Rocks! music event happened yesterday at the Lander Festival Street. Here are some of the images of the day:
Last but not least, here’s a brief video clip Jason made of the Screaming Starts. It’s a bit rough, but it gives you a taste of the event. (The video quality improves about halfway through.) If anyone recorded any of the other acts, please let us know so we can link to them too..
This week’s performers include The Students of Skin Deep Dance, Seattle Fandango Project, Autumn Electric, JJ DelSerra, Beaconettes, Jack Lenoir and friends, and the Screaming Starts.
Volunteers are still needed for the event, including help with organizing, fundraising, publicity, managing T-shirts, talking with neighbors and businesses, event set-up, and clean-up. Email beaconrocks@gmail.com if you would like to volunteer.
More photos from the Beacon Hill Blog photo pool on Flickr.
The first Beacon Rocks! concert took place yesterday at Lander Festival Street. Lots of folks showed up to cheer on the performers, all of whom are your Beacon Hill neighbors. This was the first of four Beacon Rocks! events scheduled this summer. The next one is on July 11, from 1:00 – 5:00 pm, and will include the Beaconettes, Autumn Electric, the Screaming Starts, and tribal belly dance by Skin Deep Studios.
All photos by Melissa Jonas in the Beacon Hill Blog photo pool on Flickr. Thanks, Melissa! (Did you take photos at this event, or any other Beacon Hill event? Your photos are welcome in the pool too!)
Here’s the full schedule of the first Beacon Rocks! concert, which will take place this Sunday, June 13, from 1:00 – 5:00 pm at the Lander Festival Street just north of Beacon Hill Station.
While the performances are the focus of the day, there will be a lot more going on, too. Local restaurants will be vending food near The Station coffee shop on 16th Avenue South, and El Centro’s playground will be open for the kids to enjoy. People can also make rubbings of the ethnic patterns on Beacon Hill Station’s plaza, and enjoy the plaza’s art by artist Carl Smool.
Kajsa Soderlund wrote to tell us that A Touch of Sweden will be one of the vendors at the event. She says, “If you want to get your taste buds rocked, come and see us at The Chop House parking lot on Sunday from 1:00 pm right next to the main Beacon Rocks event on South Lander Street.” Items for sale will include Swedish meatball sandwiches, almond and chocolate beskvi, cinnamon rolls, apricot custard pie, decadent chocolate praline cake, carrot cake, banana bread and more.
The first free Beacon Rocks! show featuring Beacon Hill musicians is coming up on next Sunday, June 13, from 1:00 – 5:00 pm, with scheduled performances from Lion Dance, Unite One/Traq Essentials, Robert Hinrix and Angela Castaneda, Octothorpe, Beacon Rockits, Better World, and Zumba. There are three more shows to follow on July 11, August 8, and August 29, all held at the new Lander Festival Street at Beacon and Lander, next to Beacon Hill Station.
Beacon Rocks! t-shirts to help support the event will be available at the Beacon Bazaar at Beacon Hill International School on June 12, as well as on the day of the event.
Volunteers needed
Volunteers are needed to help set up and run the first day of Beacon Rocks! on June 13. Setup will start around 9:00 am and cleanup will run to 6:00 or 7:00 pm. If you can’t help on June 13, volunteers are also needed for the other events in July and August. If you can help out on June 13, please respond by today, June 7.
Jobs include but are not limited to:
All volunteers will be provided with water, snacks, and sunblock, and the opportunity to buy shirts at cost (about $7 vs. $15 regularly).
If you are interested in helping out, please email beaconrocks@gmail.com with what dates and times you are available, and any preferred jobs or jobs you have experience with.
The Beacon Hill Music folks want you to know: “We would appreciate it so much if you could spare just a few hours in the morning or afternoon on any of the event days to come help out. Thanks!”
The Beacon Rocks! music series project planned for this summer is moving full-speed ahead. Beacon Hill Music, the community group that is putting the event together, has been awarded a Small Sparks Fund grant. The Small Sparks Fund of the Department of Neighborhoods provides awards of up to $1,000 to support community efforts such as events and neighborhood organizing. They have awarded Beacon Hill Music $860 for the “Beacon Rocks!” series, which will pay for the permits for all four events this summer.
There are two fundraisers for Beacon Hill Music: a Backyard Party scheduled for Sunday, May 16 from 3:00 to 7:00 pm, and a Dance Party on Saturday, May 22 from 7:00 pm “till we drop”. To RSVP for either event and get addresses and other information, email beaconrocks@gmail.com.
The final Beacon Idol event of 2010 is Saturday May 29 at 7:00 pm. If you live, work, or go to school in Beacon Hill, you can audition for Beacon Rocks! at the Beacon Idol event. If you’re not a performer, come and cheer the contestants on. The event will be at ROCKiT Space, 3315 Beacon Avenue South.
The Beacon Rocks! shows are a free, outdoor, family-friendly Beacon-centric music series, including all styles of music, and will be held on June 13, July 11, August 8, and August 29 at the new Festival Street next to Beacon Hill Station at Beacon Avenue South and South Lander Street.
For more information about Beacon Music and Beacon Rocks, see the website.
There are a lot of events and meetings coming up soon that we want you to know about. Updated with late-arriving reminders of ROCKiTspace events and El Centro’s Cinco de Mayo celebration. Here goes:
Sunday, April 18:
Monday, April 19:
Saturday, April 24:
Wednesday, April 28:
Sunday, May 2:
Thursday, May 6:
Saturday, May 8:
Thursday, May 13:
Friday, May 14:
Sunday, May 16:
Monday, May 17:
Saturday, May 22:
Wednesday, May 26:
Saturday, May 29:
Thursday, June 3:
Saturday, June 5:
Sunday, June 13:
Thursday, June 17:
Monday, June 21:
Saturday, July 17:
Big thanks to Frederica Merrell for assembling many of these meeting times and locations in a handout from the April NBHC meeting.
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The Columbian Way paving project meeting is tomorrow, April 7, at the Mercer Middle School Library (1600 South Columbian Way) from 5:30 to 7:30 pm. Here’s a flyer about the project.
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Beacon Hill International School was the subject of a feature in the Seattle Times (BHB news partners) this week, including a great video about the language immersion program at the school.
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If you like to dance and you’d also like to help raise some funds for Beacon Rocks!, swing by their website, scroll down to the bottom of the page, and sign up for their mailing list.
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Beacon Hill is quite the hot spot for gardening activity this spring. Seattle Good Food Network‘s April meeting is next Thursday, April 15, from 4:30 to 6:00 pm at the Beacon Hill Library. Learn a bit more about SGFN.
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Wondering about the cabinet and fence business on 15th Avenue South near Cleveland High School? It’s for sale on Craigslist. Currently, however, the site has an open complaint filed against it with DPD for violations of the Seattle Land Use and Zoning Code.
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Several of our local establishments have been visited by health inspectors recently. Congratulations to Golden Daisy and Victrola for achieving perfect scores of zero violations. Here are links to all the inspection reports:
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The Friends of Cheasty Greenspace at Mountain View invite you to their upcoming planning meetings, where you’re invited to share your ideas for a trail plan and entry with “safe trails, way-finding, environmental learning, gathering spaces, welcoming trail heads.” The first meeting was April 1 and hosted a discussion of current conditions, ideas, and priorities.
Upcoming meetings: 7:00 to 8:30 pm, May 13—Review ideas, priorities, and options at the home of Amit Ranade and Jennifer Faubion-Ranade, 2615 South Edmunds Street.
7:00 to 8:30 pm, June 17—Open House to present trail plan; guided walks through Cheasty Greenspace/Mountain View at the end of South Alaska Place.
If you want to know more about the Friends of Cheasty Greenspace at Mountain View and get involved, email mdejong@spu.edu or adostrovsky@gmail.com or contact Pamela Kliment of Seattle Parks and Recreation, at Pamela.Kliment@seattle.gov or 206-684-7356.
