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• Seeing is Believing

  • When
    17 Nov 2019
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    3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
  • Location
    512 Washington St SE Olympia, WA 98501

  The second concert in the Olympia Symphony’s 2019-2020 Season: “Vision: Through the Lens of Music”:
  
  Dvorak's beloved "Symphony from the New World" is the centerpiece of this "Seeing is Believing" concert, but this household favorite will be enhanced on the big screen above the Orchestra in a "pictorial choreography" by Adrian Wyard, Visual Artist -- an amazing sequence of pictures and video from all corners of the USA. Violin phenom Kaia Selden will dazzle you with "Winter" from Vivaldi's popular The Four Seasons, and to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Moon Landing the OSO will perform Starburst by the meteoric Jonathan Leshnoff.
  
  Program:
  SUPPE: Overture to The Beautiful Galatea
  LESHNOFF: Starburst
  VIVALDI: “Winter” from The Four Seasons (Kaia Selden, violin)
  DVORAK: Symphony No. 9 “New World” (featuring visuals by Adrian Wyard, Visual Artist)
  
  Huw Edwards, Music Director and Conducto
  

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• Shelter Shower

  • When
    02 Dec 2019
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    5:30 PM - 8:00 PM
  • Location
    Olympia Golf & Country Club 3636 Country Club Rd NW Olympia, Washington 98502

  

  On Monday, December 2, 2019 at 5:30 p.m. at the Olympia Country and Golf Club, Women United of United Way of Thurston County will throw a ‘Shelter Shower’ for twins! This year, they will shower SafePlace and Family Support Center of South Sound with household items detailed on their ‘registry’ lists here.
  
  SafePlace works for societal change to prevent sexual and domestic violence while offering crisis intervention, education, and long-term advocacy services.
  
  Family Support Center seeks to build strong, healthy, safe, and hopeful families through six collaborative programs and multiple services, utilizing a "one-stop-shop" model. The Family Support Center diligently works to end family homelessness, poverty, and family violence through programs and services.
  
  United Way invites the community to join Women United at Shelter Shower to support these organizations with gifts and to enjoy appetizers and drinks!
  
  Bring friends and learn more about how these two programs benefit the women of Thurston County.
  
  To purchase tickets — $55 — to Shelter Shower, click here. If you cannot attend but would like to make a donation, please see the wish lists here or contact Randi at RNandyal@unitedway-thurston.org.

  
  

  
  

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• Women United Shelter Shower

  • When
    02 Dec 2019
  •  
    5:30 PM - 8:00 PM
  • Location
    Olympia Country & Golf Club 3636 Country Club Rd NW Olympia, WA 98502 United States

  Join Women United of United Way of Thurston County for a ‘Shelter Shower’ for twins! This year, they will shower SafePlace and Family Support Center of South Sound with household items detailed on their ‘registry’ lists.
  
  SafePlace works for societal change to prevent sexual and domestic violence while offering crisis intervention, education, and long-term advocacy services.
  
  Family Support Center seeks to build strong, healthy, safe, and hopeful families through six collaborative programs and multiple services, utilizing a "one-stop-shop" model. The Family Support Center diligently works to end family homelessness, poverty, and family violence through programs and services.
  
  United Way invites the community to join Women United at Shelter Shower to support these organizations with gifts and to enjoy appetizers and drinks!
  
  Bring friends and learn more about how these two programs benefit the women of Thurston County.
  
  To purchase tickets — $55 — to Shelter Shower, follow this link https://www.unitedway-thurston.org/Node/304
  
  If you cannot attend but would like to make a donation, please see the wish lists here or contact Randi at RNandyal@unitedway-thurston.org.
  
  WHO: United Way of Thurston County’s Women United
  WHAT: Shelter Shower 2019
  WHEN: Monday, December 2, 2019, at 5:30 p.m.
  WHERE: Olympia Country and Golf Club, 3636 Country Club Rd NW, Olympia, WA 98502
  

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• SSP Member Holiday Party

  • When
    04 Dec 2019
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    4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
  • Location
    Washington Center for the Performing Arts

  2019 South Sound Partners Holiday Party

  December 4, 2019  |  4-6 pm  | Washington Center for the Performing Arts

  Join us for the annual Partners Holiday Party! We'll be at the Washington Center for the Performing Arts from 4-6 p.m. Drop in for food and drinks while networking with your fellow nonprofit leaders. This is a great opportunity to bring prospective members from the nonprofit community to learn more about Partners.

  
  

  

  
  

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• Christmas Forest

  • When
    06 Dec 2019
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    5:00 PM - 10:30 PM
  • Location
    Hotel RL 2300 Evergreen Park DR SW Olympia, WA 98502

  We are excited to be celebrating the event's 32nd anniversary this year! Over the past 31 years, Providence Christmas In The Forest has raised funds to support life-saving medical equipment, compassionate care, and Mission-driven programs. Providence Christmas In the Forest is Providence St. Peter Foundation’s largest fund-raising event, generating more than $11.2 million throughout its history.

  
  

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• Home for the Holidays

  • When
    23 Dec 2019
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    7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
  • Location
    512 Washington St SE Olympia, WA 98501

  Celebrate the holidays with the Olympia Symphony! This new concert will feature traditional favorites, seasonal classics, and audience carols. Join us for a heartwarming evening of music and cheer, perfect for sharing with family and friends!
  
  Free admission, and donations gratefully accepted.

  
  

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• Jazz-Colored Glasses

  • When
    09 Feb 2020
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    3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
  • Location
    512 Washington St SE Olympia, WA 98501

  The third concert in the Olympia Symphony’s 2019-2020 Season: “Vision: Through the Lens of Music”:
  
  For the first OSO concert in the 2020s we return to the "Roaring 20’s" with jazz-inspired, Broadway-blockbuster works by George Gershwin: An American in Paris (complete with honking taxi horns!) and the beloved Rhapsody in Blue -- with the energetic Seattle pianist Sophie Lippert as soloist. "The Chairman Dances" is a Foxtrot for Orchestra, taken from John Adams' sensational opera Nixon in China. In honor of Black History Month the OSO will present the rarely-performed Ballade by English composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, who found his biggest fame in the USA.
  
  Program:
  COLERIDGE-TAYLOR: Ballade in A minor

  BEETHOVEN: “Turkish March” from The Ruins of Athens
  GERSHWIN: Rhapsody in Blue (Sophie Lippert, piano)

  ADAMS: The Chairman Dances

  GERSHWIN: An American in Paris
  

  
  Huw Edwards, Music Director and Conductor
  

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• TOGETHER! For Kids! Gala

  • When
    29 Feb 2020
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    5:00 PM - 9:00 PM
  • Location
    South Puget Sound Community College, Lacey Event Center 4220 6th Ave SE Lacey, WA 98503 United States

  TOGETHER!

  Join us on Saturday, February 29, 2020 at 5 pm for a night of food, fun, friends and fundraising! We will be gathering at the Lacey Event Center at the Lacey Campus of the South Puget Sound Community College. We will have both a live and silent auction and a raffle. Cocktail attire. See you there!

  
  

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• From Teacher to Pupil

  • When
    15 Mar 2020
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    3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
  • Location
    512 Washington St SE Olympia, Wa 98501

  The fourth concert in the Olympia Symphony’s 2019-2020 Season: “Vision: Through the Lens of Music”:
  
  Two Classical-period masterpieces are featured on the OSO's March concert, titled "From Teacher to Pupil" -- Haydn's final symphony and Beethoven's last concerto. Beethoven traveled from his native Bonn to Vienna in the hope of studying with Mozart; alas, Mozart died while en route and Beethoven then learned so much about form and theme from "Old Papa Haydn". Olympia-audience favorite Angie Zhang returns to the WCPA stage to perform Beethoven's majestic Emperor Concerto with her “orchestra away from home.” Haydn's London Symphony shows this most important composer at the height of his mastery and is why he was dubbed "The Father of the Symphony"!
  
  Program:
  HAYDN: Symphony No. 104 “London”
  BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 5 “Emperor” (Angie Zhang, piano)
  
  Huw Edwards, Music Director and Conductor
  

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• Da-Da-Da-Daaaah!

  • When
    19 Apr 2020
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    3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
  • Location
    512 Washington St SE Olympia, WA 98501

  The final concert in the Olympia Symphony’s 2019-2020 Season: “Vision: Through the Lens of Music," and Maestro Huw Edwards' final concert at the Washington Center in Olympia.
  
  2020 marks the 250th anniversary of Beethoven's birth so the OSO will be playing a piece by Beethoven on every concert during the year. Arguably his most recognizable and most-quoted work is the revolutionary Fifth Symphony -- its catchy motto woven into the fabric of all four movements of this combustive Symphony. The OSO is thrilled to have Kristin Lee, violinist, as soloist for this program and, like Beethoven’s Fifth, the shadows of war can be felt in Samuel Barber's lyrical and passionate Violin Concerto. The rich and melodic Tragic Overture by Brahms opens this "season finale" concert.
  
  Program:
  BRAHMS: Tragic Overture
  BARBER: Violin Concerto (Kristin Lee, violin)
  BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 5
  
  Huw Edwards, Music Director and Conductor
  

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• Taste of Olympia

  • When
    25 Apr 2020
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    6:00 PM - 10:00 PM
  • Location
    South Puget Sound Community College, Commons 2011 Mottman Road S.W. Olympia, WA 98512

  The Olympia School District Education Foundation presents "Taste of Olympia," featuring locally sourced and produced food and area bands. The event benefits the OSDEF's new Mental Health Initiative, part of a larger effort to ensure that schools – and the community at large – have more tools and resources to navigate the increasing pressures of today’s complex world. The OSDEF's Teaching & Learning Grants Program will also benefit.

  
  

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• Olympia Symphony Gala

  • When
    26 Jun 2020
  •  
    5:30 PM - 11:00 PM
  • Location
    Indian Summer Golf & Country Club

  
  

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• Beat Beethoven 5K Run & Concert

  • When
    26 Jul 2020

  
  

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• TOGETHER! "Fore" Kids! Golf Tournament

  • When
    22 Aug 2020
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    8:00 AM - 2:00 PM
  • Location
    4611 Tumwater Valley Dr SE Tumwater Valley Golf Club Tumwater, WA 98501 United States

  
  

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