Sure, it's good news for Dino Rossi that he came out on top in one recent survey, but the sample size was quite small. The real message from polling so far is about the tightness of the race.
Ott, from Puyallup, will be featured along with Beethoven by the young American quartet, the Chiara, which will also play a date the next night at Chop Suey.
The program for the festival, which runs Jan. 27-30, is an interesting mix, and there's special interest in the short concerts that precede three of the main events.