Year in Review: Pacific Arts Association

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The Pacific Arts Association (PAA) kicked off 2019 with a Valentine Concert at Semiahmoo Resort. In spite of a crazy dose of snow, Nick Biello and Charlie Porter brought a ballroom full of Blaine music lovers sliding through the roads to enjoy a fabulous jazz quintet.

In July, our camp and festival week began with a blue-themed concert by our faculty. Jovino Santos Neto extended our festival to Lynden with a piano concert at Jansen Art Center. Our Big Band dance was back out at Semiahmoo on a beautiful summer evening. Throughout the week, faculty and students gifted us with concerts and we ended camp on a Saturday with a full day of student performances on Blaine’s downtown plazas.

Each year we have world class concerts, but our excitement comes from watching our faculty bring their energy and enthusiasm to help kids love music and improve their skills.

This fall, Nick Biello and Charlie Porter returned to Puget Sound with another quintet to play in Bellingham, Seattle and Blaine. While they were here, they inspired Whatcom and Skagit County students by leading nine classroom workshops.

In 2019, we increased our networking with the Healthy Youth Coalition in Blaine, the Whatcom Jazz Music Arts Center in Bellingham, Bellingham Trad Jazz and Jansen Art Center in Lynden. These partnerships help us impact more kids’ lives and make music performances more readily available to the public in Whatcom County.

This coming summer, our 19th Blaine Harbor Music Festival will happen from July 5 to 11.

The PAA board thanks the Blaine and Birch Bay communities for supporting the arts and making healthy endeavors available for kids!  Your donations and event participation are appreciated!

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