Carl Burger and David Roseberry invite the community to celebrate their “0-70 at the Speed of Life” birthday party at the Orcas Island Grange fundraiser on Saturday, Sept. 24. Tickets are $10 per person at Kay’s, Celtic Beauty or at the door. Festivities begin at 6 p.m. with food and beverage and music is at 6:30 p.m.

As a boy, Burger started learning chords on his dad’s ukulele, continuing on in high school at Carmel, California, playing guitar and banjo in a folk duo with his best friend. Music accompanied Burger through college, U.S. Army days and 20 years as a California State Park Ranger. This provided ample opportunities for musical humor as a badged bureaucrat. In 1992, Burger and wife Sandy moved to Olga to become owner/innkeepers at Spring Bay Inn B & B.

“Once again, justice, equality and fairness in music come to Orcas Island, as my efforts today should dilute the impressive musicianship to be found anywhere else locally! Set the bar low, relax and enjoy and Dave you are a man of great patience,” Burger said.

Roseberry piloted a plane to Orcas Island with his cousins in 1971 and camped on the beach for the weekend. Two years later he moved to Orcas and four years later had a job at Island Hardware and Supply. Already comfortable on stage, playing guitar and singing, he was asked to be Charlie Brown in the 1983 production of “Snoopy” at the Grange and his theatrical career began. Roseberry is now retired after 30 years with the San Juan County Road Department and continues to play guitar and sing at various venues on Orcas.