Singer-comedian to perform Saturday

PORT ANGELES — Free tickets are available for Port Angeles elementary school-age children and their parents for the concert by singer-comedian Norman Foote at 2 p.m. Saturday.

The tickets to the event at the Elks Naval Lodge, 131 E. First St., are sponsored by the concert presenter, the Juan de Fuca Festival of the Arts, and they can be picked up at Port Angeles’ five public elementaries: Dry Creek, Hamilton, Franklin, Roose­velt and Jefferson.

Those who cannot obtain their free passes at those schools are encouraged to phone Tina Smith-O’Hara at the Port Angeles School District at 360-565-3703 by 5 p.m. Friday.

“We want to max out the space,” as in fill up the Elks Lodge, Smith-O’Hara said.

Foote, whose album “Love My New Shirt” won him the Canadian Juno Award in 2010, also will give an adult-oriented concert at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Elks Lodge.

Tickets to that event, which also includes a live auction of gifts and getaways to benefit the Juan de Fuca Festival, are $20.

Outlets include Port Book and News, 114 E. First St., Port Angeles; Pacific Mist Books, 121 W. Washington St., Sequim; and www.JFFA.org.

More information also can be found on the Juan de Fuca Festival Facebook page or by phoning 360-457-5411.

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