Vashon Community Choir in the Seattle Times

Free Range Folk Choir had the pleasure of singing at the grand opening for the new Vashon Center for the Arts last month, and was pictured in the Seattle Times by award winning photographer Alan Berner. 

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1. Arm raised, Shane Jewell leads the Free Range Folk Choir of Vashon Island, 65 members strong, as they finish the first song performed on the stage of the new Vashon Center for the Arts’ Katherine L. White Hall at its grand opening Saturday. The project — realized after $20 million was raised — houses a 300-seat auditorium, plus conference room and gallery space, with sculptures out front. Reflections in the foreground are on the stage’s grand piano. (Alan Berner/The Seattle Times)

2. Shane Jewell, leader of the Free Range Folk Choir, acknowledges applause from the audience at Saturday’s grand opening of the Vashon Center for the Arts. (Alan Berner/The Seattle Times)



3. Julie Celleri hugs cousin Dylan Morgan as people gather for the grand opening. (Alan Berner/The Seattle Times) 










And below is the event filmed by the Voice of Vashon.  The beginning is silent, then the choir begins.  Also, catch the tail end of our island community choir singing on the main stage about 50 minutes into the video after a tour of the space: