Few locales on Bainbridge boast a stronger sense of timeless tradition than Seabold School.

Now known as Seabold Hall, the 80-person historical venue has borne witness to more than a century of island life since its construction in 1893, perhaps the rocking-est of which, the Seabold Second Saturday concert series, is now in danger of going the way of horse drawn carriages and crinoline.

Second Saturdays, now in its 25th year, is an almost all-acoustic open stage affair, with performers utilizing minimal or no amplification to share their sound with fellow tunesmiths and eager audiences alike. Every month, an open mic session, open to all, precedes a performance by a featured guest, the style and specialty of which changes each month. Typical sonic fare includes folk, blues, Celtic, jazz and original material of the singer/songwriter persuasion, though all harmonious, “non-deafening musical types” are welcome.

Longtime primary directors Dave and Jennifer Hager are at last stepping down, and the concert series is in need of a new director to keep the tradition alive.

“[I’ve] been the ‘point person’ for keeping the Seabold show on the road for about 10 years now,” Dave Hager said. “I will carry the job through the end of December, and then the torch must go to someone else.”

Those interested in keeping the series going should contact Hager at 206-409-3437 or via david@davidhager.com.

The Hagers first found the Second Saturday show back in 2003, when Jennifer began to attend as a performer.

“I had played guitar as a teenager and then years went by and I didn’t play anything,” she said. “I went back in my early 50s, when I was trying to learn to play again, and I thought, ‘Gee, could I possibly do something?’ And the next time I came I put my name in the hat to play a couple songs.”

Both Jennifer and David are musicians first. Through the slow departure or eventual disengagement by many of the original primary organizers, they sort of inherited the role and did their best to maintain and grow the event.

“We really got, in a sense, energized to develop our own music by having this monthly,” David said. “Once a month you’re going to have an opportunity, if you want to, to play for somebody and they’ll appreciate it.”

Expansion was the order of the day for the Hagers, especially David, who has sought out featured performers from farther afield than ever before.

“Basically, I became a magnet for musicians,” he said. “I see a guy with a guitar on the boat, I talk to him. I used to fly a lot. There was a Music at the Airports program. I think I snagged two or three featured acts, good people who came all the way over from Seattle for a pittance — and then asked to come back.”

It’s not unusual Hager said, for audience members to come back as performers, and also for featured performers to fall in love with Bainbridge though the Second Saturday show.

“It’s an audience that’s so appreciative,” he said. “There was a blues duo in there one time who said, ‘Man, I used to play in places where I had to play behind chicken wire so we didn’t get hit with beer cans. I can’t stand all this kind, loving attention.’”

Attention is one of the reasons the Hagers are looking to be less involved in the show’s organizing — it’s begun to demand too much of theirs.

“With the drop off of two or three other people, basically, too much of it’s fallen to us,” David said. “Everything should have a stale date.

“If it doesn’t want to happen because there’s no other support, maybe it’s time to end it.”

David and Jennifer will share the job, they said, with any potential new directors at first, kind of walk them through what it takes to put on the Second Saturday Show.

Aspiring performers can sign up for a slot during the open stage time, eight minutes or two songs, no later than 7:25 p.m. the night of the show. The music starts at 7:30, and the night is typically limited to about 10 opening acts. The featured performer takes the stage at approximately 8:45 p.m. A good sized crowd is about 40 attendees, the Hagers said.

Visit sites.google.com/site/seaboldmusic to learn more.

“There isn’t that much to it,” David said of the director’s position. “It’s not a huge job, it’s just one that requires persistent attention.”