If you have been practicing Celtic music in group class, you know who you are!  

If you haven’t been coming to group classes and getting ready for this performance, please come support your fellow violinists on Saturday!  

The nitty gritty:

• there will be no group class this Wednesday 6/10
• wear your String Beans T-Shirt
  • I’m picking them up tomorrow and will hand them out during lessons this week, and will bring them to the Market if I haven’t given you yours before then!
• arrive early and account for parking being potentially challenging
  • I will be there around 11:15
• bring a sturdy stand if you have one

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This is the info from the Farmer’s Market:

We’re looking forward to having The String Beans play at the Port Orchard Farmers Market this Saturday (June 13)! You will have set up, performance, and breakdown use of the Gazebo area from 12PM to 2PM. The market is open 9AM-2PM. We’ve got a full day of entertainment planned with Two Fiddles Plus playing throughout the market footprint (wandering performers) from 9AM to 12PM.

PARKING

Attached is the Vendor Parking Lots map that shows parking lots (marked in green) available for you to use in the downtown Port Orchard area. Please be aware that many other parking areas in Port Orchard have 2 and 4-Hour parking limits, and there is a small area of paid parking closest to the market. The parking lots in the attached document are available to us on a first come first served basis from 6AM to 4PM. Print the map or have it handy on your phone.

• Kitsap County Family Support lot, 730 Prospect Street
• Gravel lot across the street from PO City Hall main entrance, 216 Prospect Street
• Kitsap Bank overflow lot across Bay Street from the Bank and next to to Western WA Center for the Arts

LOAD-IN

If you arrive before we become pedestrian only (8:30AM), you can drive right over to the Gazebo to unload and then move your car to one of the parking lots. The attached Base Map shows in red arrows the one way traffic of the market for loading/unloading.

Our market is pedestrian only from 8:30AM to 2:15PM, so you will need to carry/cart items to the Gazebo if you arrive after 8:30AM. After 8:30AM, I recommend that you pull your vehicle up to the sandwich board signs that block off the market area to unload. We have a cart at the Market Info Booth you can borrow if needed. The Gazebo is marked on the map and there is power available. 

LOAD-OUT

At 2:15PM we open the parking lot up to vendor traffic for loading out. If you load out prior to 2:15PM, you can pull your vehicle up to the sandwich board signs that block off the market area to load.

Please note that while we do allow sound amplification, musicians performances must not interfere with market operations or vendors ability to conduct business. Please keep your sound amplification to a low/medium level. At any time, market staff may request that you turn down the volume. Market operations and vendor rights take priority and we ask musicians to respond to staff requests as quickly as possible.

I will be announcing your performance with us on social media and in our newsletter this Thursday.

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