
What we’re about
Active, mature, single, Seattle-area people gathering for widely diverse activities. Among events our group may schedule are: park walks, museum visits, cultural and music festivals, meals and beverages at locally-owned businesses, picnics, concerts, talks, movies/theater performances, live music in parks, trivia nights, short lessons/workshops taught by members or others, hikes, kayaking/canoeing, sports events, regional road trips, and more.
We strive to be inclusive, kind, and considerate to each other. Please ensure that you ask permission before taking photos of other members or posting them online. Please do not contact anyone you have not met and have not gotten to know first during group events for purposes other than brief communication for group activities.
All potential and current members: Please include a recent photo of your own face (minus others in the pic) that is close enough for people to recognize your face. It really helps in recognizing people gathering in public locations. If it's an old pic we may miss each other. If you wish to upload or change the pic you submit or submitted in the past, please see these instructions: https://help.meetup.com/hc/en-us/articles/360002878591-Changing-or-removing-a-profile-photo
If all potential members and members would please go to Settings and enable [check off] messaging from organizers and event hosts as well as about events for which you RSVP it would help greatly in communications around gatherings! Membership in this or any other group does not work unless you enable two-way communication from organizers and event planners. [Click on the down arrow beside your photo to begin, Settings, then Privacy.] Under the same category you can also choose to show your other Meetup groups or share your interests by checking "Show interests on profile."
Dues for yearly membership, to which you agree when you join, are a minimal $5.00, donated in person to the primary organizer via cash, or alternatively by Fundraising through the Pledge system, by choosing either $5.00 or "other" and overwriting with $5.45. The .45 is a fee the Pledge company charges for processing. Without both your dues and participation this group cannot exist. It now costs nearly $200 every six months to simply pay the Meetup site to host the group, along with time spent researching and planning events. If we have enough contributions we can plan a one-year membership for around $135 more than that figure. This was done for 2025/26.
Any person without good reason to do so who no-shows twice (fails to go to an event to which they said yes for an RSVP without prior notice or post-event communication with the event organizer) may be removed from the group. It takes considerable time and effort to plan some events and it's simply an inconsiderate thing to do.
Thank you. Your organizer and fellow group members look forward to meeting you soon!
As this song says...https://youtu.be/gQjFHxJ9IKs?t=34
Again, your organizer cannot admit anyone to the group nor allow anyone to stay long-term in the group who does not at least enable communication with the organizer and about events for which they have RSVPd. - Membership in any group simply is not viable without enabling communication.
Upcoming events
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Seattle Symphony--Handel's Messiah
Benaroya Hall, 200 University Street Seattle, Washington,, Seattle, WA, USThe Seattle Symphony Orchestra and Choir present Handel’s Messiah, a holiday staple for nearly 300 years. https://www.seattlesymphony.org/en/concerttickets/calendar/2025-2026/25messiah The performance starts at 2 PM and runs for about 2-1/2 hours.
Tickets for the Sunday, December 21, performance start at $63.50 (final fees included). I have pre-purchased a seat at that price in a section that had other seats available and nearby. https://cart.seattlesymphony.org/27697/27700 Choose Orchestra Front to pick seats. I am in row H, Seat 12, Orchestra Left. It is an "F" seat. Nearby "F" seats are in rows D through H. (Other seats are available, but at a higher price). Please buy your tickets first, then RSVP below.
PRE-EVENT GATHERING: Please join us at noon at The Fonte Cafe, 1321 First Ave (near Union) for refreshments. It's a short walk from there to Benaroya Hall. Both light rail [Symphony station] and buses stop near Benaroya Hall, as well. Parking in the Benaroya Hall garage is $22. You may also be able to find free Sunday parking nearby as well.
Tickets can sell fast, so I would recommend getting them soon.
I hope you can join me for this holiday event.7 attendees
Past events
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