Seattle Symphony offers day of free cultural performances to celebrate 25 years at Benaroya Hall

Benaroya Hall is celebrating its 25th anniversary with a free "Day of Music" and sharing of culture on Saturday.

One of the performers is Suquamish Tribe of Indians elder, Barbara Lawrence. This will be Lawrence’s first time gracing the stage at the Raisbeck Music Center, one of the smaller venues in Benaroya Hall, with her storytelling. Lawrence, 66, got involved in the art of storytelling as a child.

“I was 12 years old — I had been listening to my elders tell stories and then I had a job in the tribal summer school,” she said. “And I lost control of the kids, so I just started telling stories and they started paying attention and being good kids… It just came to me.”