NEWS BRIEFS: Celtic Concert set Friday at Port Angeles playhouse . . . and other items

PORT ANGELES — The Story People of Clallam County’s annual Celtic Concert of stories, songs and bagpiping arrives at the Port Angeles Community Playhouse, 1235 E. Lauridsen Blvd., this Friday night.

Performers include singer-guitarists Michael Rivers and Dan Cobb, piper Tom McCurdy and tale-tellers Ingrid Nixon, Allison Cox and James the Obscure, alongside mistress of ceremonies Pat Peterson.

Admission will be $10 at the door for the 7 p.m. concert, and more details are at www.ClallamStoryPeople.org.

Thea Foss meeting

CHIMACUM — The Daughters of Norway Thea Foss No. 45 will meet at the Tri-Area Community Center, 10 West Valley Road, at 1 p.m. Sunday.

Edmonds resident Roberta Murrow will speak on “Bunads and Their Regions of Norway.”

Murrow has researched, lived, experienced and produced all things Norwegian, according to a news release. She is a member of the Western Norwegian Rosemalers’ Association.

She participates in her local dancing group, a Liekkaring, which has traveled to Norway and Sweden.

Murrow will show the designs of costumes unique to their regions.

This meeting is open to the public at no charge.

For more information, phone 360-379-1802.

Pickleball tourney seeks teams

SEQUIM — The fourth annual Sequim Picklers Mixed Doubles Tournament will take place at the Boys & Girls Club, 400 Fir St., from 9 a.m. to noon Sunday.

The cost is $10 per team, to be paid at the gym on tournament day.

Age groups are 55 and older (Group 1) and 54 and younger (Group 2).

The format of the tournament is as follows: double elimination, single game played to 15, USA Pickleball rules to govern play.

If one or more of a team is not there for an appointed match, the team forfeits.

In Group 1, both players have to be 55 or older. In Group 2, older players can move down.

Only people with permanent Clallam County residence can participate.

To register, email tbuchanan@wavecable.com or phone 360-477-4179.

The registration deadline is 7 p.m. March 13.

When registering, provide an email address and phone number from each team member.

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