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Super Typhoon is a powerhouse cover band from Gig Harbor, Washington, delivering an electrifying mix of blues, funk, dance, and rock hits from the ’60s through the ’90s. Known for their high-energy performances and crowd-pleasing setlists, they bring classic tunes to life with a fresh, dynamic edge. Catch the storm at super-typhoon-band.com.

This is a free community concert thanks to the Chapel Preservation Society members and donations collected throughout 2024. 

We gladly accept online donations to help offset the cost of these concerts. Just click RSVP and you will see a donation option.

Open seating - seating is limited for this free concert.

* We provide chairs. No need to bring your own.  

Adult beverages will be available for purchase. No outside food or drinks permitted.

https://buytickets.at/bandsonthebay/1740584

Brief Synopsis: The year is 1843 when six-year-old Monette, the pampered and beloved daughter of a French Creole sugar planter, is taken to New Orleans and sold into slavery. Sold along with her is Cyrus, a boy big for his age, torn from his mother without a chance to say goodbye.

Together they go to Fox Creek Plantation in “English” Louisiana, home to the Jensey family. While Cyrus is sent to the fields, Monette becomes the childhood playmate of Kate, the planter’s daughter, and catches the eye of Breck, the planter’s son. It’s easier and safer for Monette to pretend life is normal. That she belongs. To forget her past, even to forget Cyrus, whom she’d loved. But as the years pass, it becomes clear that children of color do not belong in the world of the white elite—at least, not as equals. So even as the planter’s children leave their childhood behind, the brutality and powerlessness of slavery begin to take their toll upon Monette. Who is she now? Who will protect her? And who is that big boy from the fields who keeps pestering her?

Author Bio: M. E. Torrey is the author of twelve books for children under the name, Michele Torrey. She is a two-time Thurber House Residency in Children's Literature nominee, plus a two-time winner of the Pacific Northwest Writers Association's (PNWA) literary awards in the mainstream novel and young adult categories. Among other honors, her books have received starred reviews from “Publisher’s Weekly” and “Kirkus,” been chosen by the Junior Library Guild and been nominated for numerous state medals.

“Fox Creek” won the Pacific Northwest Writers Association's (PNWA) award in the mainstream novel category. It was also a finalist for the International Page Turner Awards. It is her first novel for adults.

Torrey holds a degree in Microbiology and Immunology from the University of Washington (’88), and a Master of Arts in Religion from Graceland University (’06). She resides in Fox Island, Washington, and has lived and traveled extensively throughout the world. In addition to her writing and traveling, she is a co-founder of Orphans Africa, a 501(c)3 nonprofit charity (www.orphansafrica.org). Orphans Africa works in Tanzania, building boarding schools for children orphaned by disease and poverty. Her organization now educates over 650 children, ages 3-19.

For more information, visit www.metorrey.com

*This is a free community event but your RSVP will help us with planning refreshments.

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