LIVE SHOWS
Saturday, May 17
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Friday, June 27
Thursday, July 10
Saturday, June 7
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Tulalip Casino, Canoes Cabaret
Marysville, WA 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm
Thursday, July 3
Thursday, July 10
Thursday, July 10
Thursday, July 10
Thursday, July 10
Thursday, July 10
Friday, July 25
Port of Anacortes Summer Concert Series
Seafarers Park, Anacortes, WA 6-8 pm
https://www.portofanacortes.com/
Tuesday, August 5
Issaquah on the Green
Issaquah, WA 7 pm to 8:30 pm
Saturday, August 9
Beaver Lake Float Festival
Sammamish, WA 6-730pm
Saturday, August 23
Saturday, August 23
Meet Mara and The Charm
Mara Baker
Rick Thomas
Mara Baker
Mara is lead singer for the Charm. Her influences include Annie Lennox, Tina Turner, and (of course) The Spice Girls. In her formative years, Mara was a classically trained singer. She has spent time in the recording studio, lending her voice to a recent album and the new video game No Rest for the Wicked. You may also recognize her nam
Mara is lead singer for the Charm. Her influences include Annie Lennox, Tina Turner, and (of course) The Spice Girls. In her formative years, Mara was a classically trained singer. She has spent time in the recording studio, lending her voice to a recent album and the new video game No Rest for the Wicked. You may also recognize her name in the credits from a long list of Los Angeles produced reality shows.
Andrew
Rick Thomas
Mara Baker
Andrew sings and is the lead-guitarist for Mara & the Charm. He got his first guitar in third grade and says he spent the first couple years jumping around his Texas living room to KISS and Beatles’ records. Andrew is known for nailing complex lead solos with perfect tone. He is also the tallest member of the band at 6 foot 3 inches.
Rick Thomas
Rick Thomas
Rick Thomas
Rick is multi-instrument specialist, playing keyboards, synth, alto sax, bass guitar, and singing as well. He hails from Missouri—where in his formative years, was a recipient of multiple awards & honors for his outstanding sax playing. Before moving to the Seattle-area, Rick played 10 years with the show/dance band Kokomo, in venues acr
Rick is multi-instrument specialist, playing keyboards, synth, alto sax, bass guitar, and singing as well. He hails from Missouri—where in his formative years, was a recipient of multiple awards & honors for his outstanding sax playing. Before moving to the Seattle-area, Rick played 10 years with the show/dance band Kokomo, in venues across the Midwest. His musical influences include Paul McCartney, Rush, Prince, and the Police. A little known fact: Rick practiced law in Springfield, Missouri.
John King
Mark Stendal
Mark Stendal
John plays bass guitar and sings in the band. He’s played some 10-thousand-seat stadium shows, including opening for rocker Rick Springfield. He also had the chance to play bass with the iconic R&B band, the Drifters. John refined his craft playing nearly 12 years, six nights a week in the Hawaiian Islands—not a bad gig! John has other t
John plays bass guitar and sings in the band. He’s played some 10-thousand-seat stadium shows, including opening for rocker Rick Springfield. He also had the chance to play bass with the iconic R&B band, the Drifters. John refined his craft playing nearly 12 years, six nights a week in the Hawaiian Islands—not a bad gig! John has other talents, including being a published poet, and having played Division I volley ball.
Mark Stendal
Mark Stendal
Mark Stendal
Mark has been playing in bands since his teenage years growing up in the small town of Sedro-Woolley, Washington. He’s played rhythm or bass guitar in more than 20 groups over the years. In his early years, he was on the road with a Seattle-based-group, playing six nights a week across Washington, Alaska, Oregon and Idaho. Stendal is responsible for Mara & the Charm bookings.
Jeremy
Mark Stendal
Jeremy
Jeremy plays bass drum, snare drum, toms and cymbals. He has been playing drums on random objects since he was six and honed his skills in Minneapolis playing any gig he could get. However, he needed to find a day job and now works as a sports medicine physician in Seattle. Jeremy is known for always smiling while drumming as he is havin
Jeremy plays bass drum, snare drum, toms and cymbals. He has been playing drums on random objects since he was six and honed his skills in Minneapolis playing any gig he could get. However, he needed to find a day job and now works as a sports medicine physician in Seattle. Jeremy is known for always smiling while drumming as he is having the time of his life and brings the audience along. He is also the newest member of the band.
Mara & the Charm are made up for five well-traveled veteran musicians and the big voice of singer Mara Baker.
Mara & the Charm has a large repertoire—from Hits of 90’s to the popular Yacht Rock, from One Hit Wonders to a high energy dance set.
Mara & the Charm can be booked for private events--
from weddings to living room shows.
Behind the scenes
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LIVE SHOWS
Vino Bella
Friday, May 9 @ 730 PM
Issaquah, WA
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Remlinger Farms
Saturday, May 17 @ 6PM
Carnation, WA
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