Tag Archives: Linda Melsted

Grassroots Thank you

Thank you! Our Groupon Grassroots campaign raised $1,900! Olga, Fred, and I (Linda) are so grateful to all who have supported our Salish Sea Players project. The Grassroots campaign was a one-time experience and I want to thank the Groupon … Continue reading

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Final Day Baroque Memories-Past & Present

http://www.groupon.com/deals/salish-sea-players Today is the final day for our Groupon Grassroots campaign. This has been an amazing experience for us. When I checked our total vouchers sold this morning it was at 181—My fingers are crossed that we can make it … Continue reading

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Ceramics at Prestige; Grassroots

http://www.groupon.com/deals/salish-sea-players Yesterday Olga and I (Linda) performed a duo concert at Prestige Care of Edmonds. This was our third and, sad to say, last performance in this warm and friendly rehabilitation facility. They are closing in June because of some … Continue reading

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Groupon Grassroots; Playing at the Foss Home

http://www.groupon.com/deals/salish-sea-players Wow! Groupon has just informed us that our campaign, “Baroque Memories-Past & Present”,  has been extended for another week!!  Amazing!  120 vouchers sold now.  A lot of wonderful people-YOU-are helping Salish Sea Players bring Baroque music to a wonderful … Continue reading

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Redeem your Grassroots Vouchers!!

Hello and a Big THANK YOU to all our new supporters from the Groupon Grassroots “Baroque Memories-Past & Present” campaign!! Because Groupon uses the language of buying vouchers/coupons even though you may have just made a donation, it might be … Continue reading

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Valentine’s Day 2013

The Salish Sea Players performed a concert of violin duets last night as part of the Valentine’s Day celebrations at the University House in Wallingford. We were told that our audience would be smaller than normal because many residents were … Continue reading

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A Celebration at Merrill Gardens-Northgate

On January 17th Olga and I performed for the Merrill Gardens-Northgate crowd (the very first Merrill Gardens facility) as part of their 20th anniversary celebrations. All the Merrill Gardens facilities took part at the same time around the country and … Continue reading

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Holiday Cheer!

We put together a Holiday program that includes the Corelli Christmas Concerto, a few charming Nöels set by Charpentier, and ending with some Christmas Carols: O Tannenbaum, Deck the Halls, and Silent Night. We like the whole program—it’s all beautiful, … Continue reading

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What Keeps Us Going–

On Halloween we performed at the University House, Wallingford and we had a ball!! I believe our audience did too. For this Halloween show, Olga arranged a couple of “scary” pieces to add to our program (the theme from Alfred … Continue reading

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Doodle

I just received a Doodle of the Salish Sea Players drawn by Ward Vaughn. Mr. Vaughn is a resident of the Ida Culver House-Broadview and he is a young 97 years old. He was at our concert in July 2012 … Continue reading

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