House concert - Poulsbo WA (USA) and ONLINE

[TANIA OPLAND]

Hello friends.

We made it down the highway; we’ve practically re-built our poor abandoned home in Washington, and now it’s time to have a go at another new technological accomplishment. There’s going to be - one way or another - a hybrid house concert! We don’t really know how to do this yet, but we have three weeks to figure it out. That’s our kind of challenge!

The in-house part will be easy. The internet part will be the same as what we were doing over YouTube for two years, so… sure, why not? We’ll start with a (mostly) solo concert, so one of us can be monitoring the stream.

Here’s the info:

🏠   TANIA OPLAND   📺

Sunday August 28,1pm 

Sunday, August 28, at 1:00 pm in Poulsbo Washington (9:00 pm UTC), Tania Opland will take the stage — actually the porch or possibly the hearth depending on the day’s weather — to play a hybrid live/streamed house concert for a small in-person audience and for as many as care to join online. $25 suggested donation.

You can count on a diverse range of acoustic selections lovingly collected or composed over Tania’s 35 years and more as a touring performer, plus new compositions and arrangements simmered in recent pandemic isolation. These are mostly in English but sometimes wander into other languages and cultures. Tania supplements her singing with hammered dulcimer, hurdy gurdy, clarseach (wire-strung harp), guitar and violin/viola. If all’s going well with the live streaming technology, Tania’s partner and side-man Mike Freeman will join in on guitar, djembe or cittern. High hopes, though no promises, technology being what it is!

Seating for the live show will be limited to 12; contact Hank or Claire at 360-434-1818 or hankn...@gmail.com for reservations and address. Tickets will not be required, but a $25 donation is suggested in person or online. If you reserve a seat and can’t make it, please let them know in case someone else is waiting for a cancellation. Vaccinations/boosters required. Be prepared to mask if the weather is not good enough for outdoors.

The live stream should show up here (https://youtu.be/OxsaxAN4Ucs) about 5 minutes before show time. You can click this link now to see what time it will be in your time zone and to request a notification from YouTube.

More about Tania (and Mike) at https://opland-freeman.com/

🍁Coming up in September:

Sat, Sept 3, 4:15 pm - Tania Opland & Mike Freeman on the Community Center Stage at TUMBLEWEED MUSIC FESTIVAL, Richland WA (Eastern Washington). FREE festival, all day Saturday and Sunday. (Check for schedule updates at http://www.tumbleweedfest.com)

Sun, Sept 4, 2:00 pm - Songs of Alice Winship workshop at TUMBLEWEED MUSIC FESTIVAL includes 1 song from yours truly.

Sat, Sept 10, 1 pm - Tania Opland on The Point Stage (live on KPTZ Radio) at PORT TOWNSEND WOODEN BOAT FESTIVAL, Port Townsend WA. KPTZ Radio streams live at https://kptz.org/listen/  Admission to PTWBF $20-25 per day or $40-50 for 3 days.  https://woodenboat.org/