Quimper Grange #720
1219 Corona St
Port Townsend WA 98368
360-531-0326
quimpergrange.org
Connect ~ Learn ~ Benefit
Grange motto: "In essentials, unity; in non-essentials, liberty; in all things, charity."
March 2026
Regular Grange Events
check Calendar for updates
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Sundays, 1pm & Mondays, 6 pm - Line Dance Classes
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1st Tuesday, 5 pm - Ukuleles Unite
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Wed, Mar 11, 18, 25 - 6 pm - Dance Balkan
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Thurs, Mar , 5 pm - Death Cafe
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Sat, Mar , 7:15 pm - PT Community Dance
Special Events
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Sunday, March 1, 3:30-4:30 pm: Food for Thought presents A Look Into the Kah Tai Preserve
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Thurs, March 12, 7 pm: Kristian Bugge & Ruthie Dornfeld Traditional Nordic music, American Old Time & More
Save The Dates!
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Sunday, April, 3:30-4:30 pm: Food for Thought presents
Line Dance Classes
Beginning Line Dance Class
No Experience Necessary, Drop-ins Welcome
Every Sunday at 1:00 pm
90 minute class
$10 Suggested Donation
Intermediate Line Dance Class
One should have some line dance experience before attending.
Every Monday at 6:00 pm
90 minute class
$10 Suggested Donation
For more info: 360-302-0188
Ukuleles Unite!
Happy Hour:
Open Mic & Singalong
First Tuesday
Happy Hour is open to the public on the first Tuesday of the month starting at 5:00 pm. Enjoy listening and singing along with us. The relaxed atmosphere encourages beginners to advanced groups and individuals to perform. Bring your musical instruments and play along with us. We suggest a small donation to help pay the rent.
Guidelines: Sign up upon arrival if you wish to perform. Solo performers are allowed one song and one singalong song. Groups can perform up to three songs, with one designated as a singalong. Bring singalong music for projection.
For more info visit: ukulelesunite.com or George Yount at 360-477-5788 • gyount@olypen.com
Dance Balkan
Wednesdays
(except the 1st Wednesday of each month)
March 11, 18, 25
6:00 - 8:00 pm
No partner needed
Evenings start with mellow dances & progress to intermediate. Dances from Greece, Macedonia, Serbia, Bulgaria and more.
Fast paced & fun!
Richard & Susi Watson host • by donation
Traditional Nordic music, American Old Time & More with
Kristian Bugge & Ruthie Dornfeld
Thursday, March 12
7 pm
Death Cafe
Thursday, March
5:15-6:30 pm (doors open at 5)
A Death Cafe is a group-directed discussion of death with no agenda, objectives, or themes. It is not a grief support or counseling session, but rather a safe place to bring your curiosity about death.
All are welcome!
In keeping with Death Cafe tradition, tea and cake will be served.
PT Community Dance
Saturday, March
Dancing from 7:30 to 10:00 pm
Doors open at 7:15 pm
Morna Leonard will be calling and music is by The Celerators. Joe Fulton, (formerly The Tallboys) will be fiddling out rollicking dance tunes, joined by banjoist Charles Espey and guitarist Eleanor Hall. We are so lucky to have these four for February.
The Port Townsend Community Dance is inspired by traditional kitchen and barn dances and features a mixture of traditional sets, always danced to live music along with a dance caller. All experience levels are welcome; all dances are taught! Come alone, with a friend, with a partner, with the family – or with the whole village!
Admission is $10 per person/$20 per family; however, no one will be turned away at the door. Please bring your own personal water bottle and consider arriving on foot or by bicycle if possible!
Garden Notes
March 2026
We gathered on this fabulous January day to send a note of thanks to Jefferson Community Foundation who has generously funded Food Bank Growers once again, of which Quimper Grange Food Bank Garden is a member.
This was also Derek's last day at the garden (he's the tall guy in the back). We all gathered to sing him a silly song and give him well-wishes for his new job at OWL 360, a place for youth to 'hang out' and receive important services. Derek will be amazing at his new job! www.owl360.org.
After installing more LED grow lights, our greenhouse operations are really picking up! Jan & Feb are the time to start alliums (onions, leeks, etc), now we're about to start many more plants in February. See our Garden tab to learn about GroVeg, our new program, and what our growing scheme will look like.
The harvest has been great this month. After harvest tomorrow, we'll have donated over 60 pounds of produce to the food bank for January - over half of that greens including pea shoots, salad mix, braising mix, microgreens, and pac choi. The other half is our carrot donation, from which we should be able to donate for three more weeks.
"If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant."
Anne Bradstreet