Tammy Rutgers is a 1978 graduate of Dordt University with a BA in Communications. She has been teaching piano and organ locally for 23 years, and is an active member of the Lynden Music Teachers Association. Tammy also serves as organist and choir accompanist for First Presbyterian Church of Bellingham, plays lead piano for pit orchestra for high school musicals (eight so far and counting!), and sings annually in the Lynden Choral Society and the Bellingham Festival Chorus.