Music lovers have a great resource right here on the Olympic Peninsula: The Mason County Concert Association. Established in Shelton in 1949, the Mason County Concert Association is part of the national community concert organization whose purpose is to bring quality music and performers to small towns. This non-profit organization finances 4-6 concerts a year and operates on a membership system. You pay a small fee ($60 for adults, $15 for students, $125 for families) for access to all the concerts in that season, and since they have reciprocity agreements with neighboring communities (like Bremerton and Centralia), you can enjoy other performances in those communities as well for no extra charge.

The concerts feature a wide variety of high caliber music, dance, theater, musicals, acrobatics, all performed by musicians touring the US and abroad. If you’re interested in becoming a subscriber to the Mason County Concert Association, you can see the concerts scheduled for the 2008-2009 year on their website. If you subscribe right away, you can enjoy a bonus concert as well: the last concert of their 2007-2008 season, which takes place this Saturday, April 26th at 7:30 p.m. and features Misty River, an all-female band with tight vocals and a folksy style. You can see a promotional video of Misty River on YouTube.

Oliver Wendell Holmes (a US author and physician) once said, “Take a music bath once or twice a week for a few seasons, and you will find that it is to the soul what the water bath is to the body.” The Mason County Concert Association sounds like a good way to start testing Holmes’ theory.

If you’ve attended any of the Mason County Concert Association’s past concerts, we’d love to hear from you. Leave your comments below …

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