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WEEKEND: Dance troupe part of benefit for Juan de Fuca Foundation

Published 12:01 am Friday, December 6, 2013

Shula Azhar will dance this Saturday night during Barhop Brewing's benefit for the Juan de Fuca Foundation. The performers are
Shula Azhar will dance this Saturday night during Barhop Brewing's benefit for the Juan de Fuca Foundation. The performers are

PORT ANGELES — A mix of original Americana and rock music plus bellydancing: That’s the plan for Saturday night at Barhop Brewing, 124 W. Railroad Ave.

In a benefit for the Juan de Fuca Foundation for the Arts, Barhop will host Dan Maguire and the Juan de Fuca Band plus the Shula Azhar dance troupe, beginning at 8 p.m. Saturday.

There’s no cover charge, though donation jars will be out for those who want to support the foundation, which presents concerts year round plus a May festival in Port Angeles.

Juan de Fuca Band

Singer-songwriter Maguire and his band — guitarist Clark Driese, bassist Eric Neurath and drummer Declan Westcott — will play for the first hour; then at 9 p.m. Shula Azhar will take the stage with their veils, swords and cymbals.

The Juan de Fuca Band will return around 9:30 and keep on till at least 11 p.m., Maguire said.

To find out more about the Juan de Fuca Foundation for the Arts, visit www.JFFA.org, phone 360-457-5411 or see the foundation’s page on Facebook.