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Welcome to the third and final day of West Seattle Summer Fest 2010! The iconic Easy Street Records sign is just a few yards from our spot back in the Information Booth, where we’ll be covering the festival live again today. Booths are open till 5. First music of the day should be getting under way right now – Capping Day at the California (north end) stage. (video added post-show)
Tip of the day: Some of the merchants offer extra discounts on Summer Fest’s final day – one of them, WSB sponsor Bin 41, “your Junction wine shop,” also just feet away from where you’ll find us – we’ve got cards for a 10 percent discount off your purchase, good till 5 pm. You’ll find other WSB sponsors with booths at Summer Fest – including Mural Apartments, which is on the north side of the Walk All Ways intersection, also promoting the businesses in Mural (Fresh Bistro, Wallflower Custom Framing, Season’s Hair Salon) and the under-construction-in-The-Triangle Link Apartments:
Next to Cupcake Royale, there’s Fitness Together (disclosure, it’s a photo from yesterday, but not previously used), where proprietor Bonnie Katz offers a chance for you to test your strength:
By the way, if you’re looking for the official Summer Fest T-shirts, they’re on sale at the Seattle Logo Pro booth, which is right in front of Cupcake Royale’s west side – next to the aforementioned Mural etc. booth.
12:21 PM UPDATE: Under way right now – Ropeworks is back at the Alaska stage, with jump-rope champ Rene Bibaud. We had iPhone video of their performance yesterday – we’re rolling our slightly bigger camera on this one! (video added – spectators joining in!)
You’ll find performances most of the day at both stages.
12:58 PM UPDATE: Youth performers from Youngstown Arts Center are getting ready to take the stage here now; Dusty 45s are playing up at the California stage. (video added after the show)
We also just checked in with Southwest Precinct Lt. Ron Smith, who’s been leading the Summer Fest force the past three days – he says things are still quiet, no major problems. (Couple of kids skateboarding by into near-collisions got a stern warning, though.) If you’re down here and need to check in on the World Cup game – it’s on the big screen outside Elliott Bay Brewery. And now (1:03 pm) the big news – the sun’s back!
1:54 PM: This may be the most perfect festival weather yet – some clouds, some sun, warming up but nothing like the day 1 heat. Variety show on the Alaska stage – Youngstown’s had hip-hop and rock (the latter, a band of teen boys currently onstage with a line of teen girls screaming in admiration every chance they get). Speaking of youth, West Seattle Hi-Yu royalty and candidates are on the move again today – buttons and pins, just a few bucks to help support the festival and its award-winning float:
The Junior Court Coronation is coming up Friday – you’ve got till Tuesday to apply – and the Senior Court Coronation is two weeks away. Here at Summer Fest, somebody’s got bubbles – they’re blowing right past the keyboard here – and the Minute to Win It $10,000 drawing is scheduled at 2:15 pm. Another special we should mention – ArtsWest has a big ticket deal under way right now. (You can also buy tickets there for the West Seattle Garden Tour, one week from today.) Here’s what ArtsWest’s Alan Harrison wrote about the deal in a WSB comment thread in earlier coverage:
Buy a set of season tickets for only $159/6 plays (which is already like getting one play free), and you’ll also get:
a $10 gift certificate good for anything at ArtsWest (concessions, another ticket, artwork, etc.)
a free ticket to the Apprentice Production of “SIDE SHOW,” which opens on July 21 for a 2-week run.
That’s a $25 value…free during SummerFest only! Just stop by ArtsWest and ask about it.
2:54 PM UPDATE: Minute to Win It (again – no, that’s not the TV host, but a lookalike) ended with the three finalists winning trips to Vegas – nobody made it all the way to the $10K. Meantime, an onstage announcement shortly afterward reminds us – Starbucks sponsored the recycling for the festival, which we’re told is a notable chunk of the costs. So that’s helped keep the festival zone clean.
3:53 PM UPDATE: Day 3 always zooms by. In the last hour – go drop by the Community Zone over by Junction Plaza Park (on SW Alaska east of Walk All Ways) – the Southwest Seattle Historical Society‘s among the groups there now:
That’s executive director Andrea Mercado at right. Nearby, Karen and Deanie are at the West Seattle Blockwatch Captains’ Network table. Earlier in the weekend, the North Delridge Neighborhood Council took their turn (Nancy Folsom’s in the photo) – their next meeting is tomorrow night, Delridge Library, 6:30 pm:
NDNC also will help celebrate the Delridge Playground’s first anniversary next Friday night. Even some impromptu fun in that end of the street … as we walked back toward the Information Booth a little while ago, an impromptu water battle broke out:
Same spot saw the Pathfinder K-8 unicyclists a little earlier in the afternoon:
Back along the row of booths on the south stretch of California, we said hi to the 34th District Democrats‘ crew:
Their next regular meeting is coming up this Wednesday night, 7 pm, The Hall at Fauntleroy. More Summer Fest till the breakdown begins … Kris Orlowski’s onstage by us (Alaska Stage) now – last scheduled act of the day, along with the Polyrhythmics playing right now up at the California Stage. (video of Kris O, added post-show)
And before it all wraps up, another look at the kid activities’ zone – where Clowns Unlimited brought the bouncers, and Pathfinder K-8 presented the free crafts activities:
5:08 PM: Officially over. We’re still here a few more minutes – still have flyers at the Information Booth for upcoming Junction events: West Seattle Outdoor Movies by Hotwire Coffee (WSB sponsor) start next Saturday night with “Mamma Mia!” (free and fun, bring your own blanket/chair, and some money for concessions), and then on September 19th the streets close again for the West Seattle Junction Car Show.
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