May 2023

Daimh (pronounced "dive")

Forging the sound of the New Tradition, Daimh are West Highland Music’s proudest exponents. Daimh, the Gaelic word for Connection, perfectly describes the electrifying musical interplay between the individual band members and portrays the interaction with audiences attending their breath-taking live shows around the world. It also translates as the connection to the deep musical well from which they draw their inspiration. 

On the Scottish music scene the name Daimh has come to represent a sound of a time and place a musical integrity that many strive to emulate. Formed over 20 years ago the band have embodied the current wave of resurgence in Gaelic culture; the current line up includes younger musicians that have progressed through the thriving Feisean movement and Gaelic medium education system and joined the 3 remaining founding members to continue the cycle of the tradition. Recent achievements include receiving the MG ALBA Folk Band of the Year Award in 2015 and 2018 and passing the halfway mark on their career ambition of performing on every populated Scottish Island.

Concert starts at 7:00pm in the Meeting House

Ticket price: Donations accepted at the door

There are still rooms available!

We are offering our readers the chance to come and spend the night.

We will offer dinner, breakfast, and a room for $100.

Just contact us for a reservation.

As everyone knows by now, on January 2, 2022 the two large big leaf maples on either side of my house tried to kill me. As the debris was being removed, eagle eyed Board member Arnie Marcus saw pieces of the tree that she thought should be saved. She took a couple of the burls to a local artist named Stelian. He produced these three beautiful bowls for us. They are so cool. He added bits of different minerals to really make them pop. They will on display somewhere on the campus very soon. Thank you Arnie and Stelian! To see more of his work, go to www.artbystelian.com.

It's nice to see the old wood go somewhere other than the fire circle. Both trees are being evaluated next week in hopes of coming up with a plan to safely keep them. That may not be possible, but we will try.

This is a post from Karissa, a camper who joined this group last summer.

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Last year was our first summer camp in Seabeck! Actually, it was my first summer camp ever and I always dreamed of Camp as a kid.

Geno was deployed so when the kids and I were invited to come, my first thought was HECK YES! And then… oh wait. I’m going to need to keep track of all 4 of my kids, all week at camp… ALONE?! And then I mildly panicked.

Alone was the last thing I felt from the moment the kids and I checked into the Seabeck Conference Center. We arrived knowing no one and left with full hearts and friendships that have grown and flourished this year in ways I couldn’t have imagined.

From campfire songs to carnivals, cotton candy and tie-dye — 7am polar bear plunges in the lagoon, karaoke nights, chicken football and the biggest slip-n-slide I’ve ever seen… Seabeck Family Christian camp was a dream.

The kids and I stayed in a cabin built in the 1800s which was amazing. The kids had group activities for a few hours in the mornings and I was free to explore or rest and have a little time to myself (or with my spouse if he’d been there, too). We enjoyed days filled with fun that had been thoughtfully planned for us, including swimming and boating, hikes and walks in the woods, journaling and learning about Jesus, hot coffee on cool summer mornings, dinner in the great hall in the evenings, youth group for my pre-teen at night. Every day was something new and something beautiful.

My kids haven’t stopped talking about camp for the last 8 months and we are so very excited to return again this year.

Wanna join us?!!

More info at:

www.seabeckchristianfamilycamp.com

Missy Peterson, Registrar

Missygpeterson@comcast.net

360-388-6583



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