This weekend, the Ocean Shores Convention Center becomes one big music hall. The Country Music Jam & North Coast Folk Music brings not only country and folk music, but also a Sunday morning Gospel show. 

On top of the music (by artists such as Chris Kokesh, pictured) 

there will be a chili cook-off, vendors and a country dinner.

Admission to Saturday night’s country dinner is $10. It starts at 6 p.m., and will be followed by a country dance featuring the music of Western Strings.

Admission is free to all the other music and other events.

Highlights:

Things to do around the North Beach:

April 28-30

Spring Clean Up: April 28-30, 8:30 AM -4:00 pm, Ocean Shores Public Works Yard, 165 Ocean Lake Way SE
One truck load per house hold. Proof of residency (drivers license, water bill).
Pick ups for disabled people 289-2824 or 289-2754 (call before 12:00PM on Thursday April 30).

April 30

The Tennis Association has its annual Spring meeting, a Pot Luck,  Thursday night April 30 at the Community Club, 5:30 – 7:30.  The summer program and dates will be set then. 

May 5

There will be a meeting of the NORTH BEACH COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION  on Tuesday, May 5.  It will be at the Fire District #7 Hall in Ocean City and will start at 6 PM.  The community needs your support to grow.  Questions?  Call Phyllis Shaughnessy at 276-4503 or 289-2971.

Why do they insist on calling it the antiquated “Copalis Beach” and “Mocrocks,” rather than what-everyone-knows as “Ocean Shores” and “North Beach”? It’s just the way the Dept. of Fish and Wildlife does it . . . anyway, here are the dates and evening low tides for this weekend’s clam dig:

So much going on, often not all of the submitted Events (especially in the “ongoing” section) make it into the paper. Probably a good idea to list them on the Web site, where space is not an issue:

Please submit free/low-cost community events one week prior to publication. Email tscanlon@northcoastnews.com.

Feb. 4

“God Squad,” a program for  children kindergarten through 6th grade, starts Wed. Feb. 4 after school at the Pacific Beach Community Church. The program will run every Wed. through March 25. The kids will have a snack followed by singing, Bible Stories, games, memory work and prizes. Dismissal time is 5:10 p.m. The Church is located at 19 S. 4th St. in Pacific Beach. Any questions, call Hetty Bouma 276-8302 or Dick Potter 276-4549.

Feb. 14

Valentine’s Dinner Dance - Saturday, Feb. 14, Elks Lodge, 199 Ocean Lake Way.