Park service centennial includes 'Music in the American Wild'

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The National Park Service celebrates its 100th birthday on Thursday, Aug. 25, and parks across the country are hosting a full schedule of celebratory events leading up to the big day, and waving entrance fees Aug. 25-28.

At Olympic National Park, events are hosted at various locations, including the Hoh Rain Forest, Lake Crescent, the Kalaloch Ranger Station and Hurricane Ridge.

In addition to the following special events, park staff offers regularly scheduled talks, evening programs and guided walks throughout the summer.

A full listing of these events can be found online at go.nps.gov/ONPcalendar or in the park’s summer newspaper, the Bugler, available free of charge at all park visitor centers and entrance stations.

The Hoh Rain Forest, in Jefferson County, hosted the final performance in the 2016 Music in the American Wild program. The program is composed of performers and composers affiliated with the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York. Music in the American Wild is supported by a $20,000 National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Art Works/Imagine Your Parks grant and by private donors.

Emlyn Johnson, director of the Music in the American Wild program and a flutist, was joined by six musicians performing on clarinet, horn, violin, viola, cello and percussion.