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North Coast Big Band presents ‘Jazz and the American Songbook’ concert Saturday ASTORIA — North Coast Big Band presents “Jazz and the American Songbook” at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 25 at the Clatsop Community College’s Performing Arts Center locat- ed at 588 16th St. Admission is $10, and all proceeds go to supporting the PAC. Lee Stromquist will lead this popular band presenting Submitted photo the familiar music of Glenn Pamela Goldsmith, left. and Rhonda Rizzo, right, will perform Spanish guitar and American piano at the Coaster Theatre on April 25. Miller, Jerome Kern, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Doc Severinsen, Jimmy Van Heu- sen, Irving Berlin, Wingy Malone, Cootie Williams and Don Menza. Featured performers in- CANNON BEACH — Spanish Rizzo perform a mixture of 3DFL¿F 1RUWKZHVW DV ERWK D clude Bob Joiner on “All The guitar meets modern American classical and new music. Hear solo classical guitarist and Things You Are,” Dee Wooley piano. New meets old. Classi- their American keys and Span- collaborative performer. As on “Polka Dots and Moon- cal meets jazz. From Claude ish strings in concert at 7:30 an educator, she is adjunct beams,” lead trumpet Terry Bolling to Antonio Lauro, p.m. Saturday, April 25 at the JXLWDU SURIHVVRU IRU /LQ¿HOG Dahlgren on “What’s New,” College and maintains a pri- Mike Evans on “’Round Mid- Gershwin to Manuel de Falla, Coaster Theatre. the eclectic Goldsmith/Rizzo The two musicians have vate studio in Portland. night,” Dave Drury on “Here’s Rizzo has crafted a ca- That Rainy Day,” drummer guitar and piano duo continues appeared together at the its two-woman mission to cre- Umpqua Community College reer as a pianist and a writ- Ken Kirby on “Zoot Suit Riot” ate unforgettable encounters &RQFHUW6HULHV/LQ¿HOG&RO- er. Their joint recording of and Peter Hinsbeeck on a Bud- with genre-transcending mu- lege, The Old Church, Water “Suite for Piano and Guitar” dy Rich tune called “Groovin’ sic for fun-loving listeners. Music Festival, Montinore by Oregon composer Jason Hard.” Heald appears on two CDs: Guitarist Pamela Gold- Estate Vineyards, and more. Other great familiar tunes Goldsmith is active in the “A Spin on It” and “Collage.” smith and pianist Rhonda The Goldsmith/Rizzo Duo is dedicated to bringing great music to everyone and to ³XQVWXI¿QJ´FODVVLFDOPXVLF Continued from page 3 The concert is sponsored by the Cannon Beach Tour- LFKGLVFXVVHGRQO\EULHÀ\DU- ism and Arts Commission. en’t native to North America. Tickets cost $15 to $20. For Brought over from Europe, more information, call 503- they differ in many ways 436-1242 or visit coaster- from native bees: They live theatre.com. The Coaster in large colonies of 30,000 to Theatre is located at 108 N 60,000, store food and stay active in the winter months Hemlock St. — which is attractive to hu- man agriculture. “None of the native bees Frida y thru do this,” Freilich said. Col- M onda y ony numbers are drastically smaller: 10, 20 or 40 bees make up a colony. Most native bees are 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 25 BR EAK F AS T small, don’t sting and gener- & L UN C H Coaster Theatre ally go about their business S P EC IAL S pollinating plants without in- 108 N Hemlock St., Cannon Beach teracting with humans. There 934 Dua ne S t. 503-436-1242 • coastertheatre.com are 4,000 species native to A s toria , O R $15 to $20 North America, and sever- 503-325-0801 al hundred live in the North Guitar and piano duo play in Cannon Beach include “Moonlight Sere- nade,” “C Jam Blues,” “Tux- edo Junction,” “Satin Doll,” “Smoke Gets In Your Eyes,” “New York, New York,” “Girl Talk” and many more. Two selections are original compositions by members of North Coast Big Band. Com- poser and arranger Dave Rob- ertson wrote a straight ahead jazz selection called “Fughet- tabout It” and saxophonist Pe- ter Hinsbeek wrote “Miro’ On The Wall.” The North Coast Big Band LV PDGH XS RI WKH ¿QHVW MD]] musicians on the North Coast and has been in existence for more than 30 years. Members travel from Portland, Rocka- way Beach, Manzanita, Clats- kanie, Ocean Park, Seaside and Astoria to rehearse togeth- er and perform music from the past and present. The NCBB delights audiences wherever it performs. Enjoy classical, new music with Pamela Goldsmith, Rhonda Rizzo BIODIVERSITY BR EAK F AS T AL L D AY EVERY D AY K AR AO K E D AIL Y 10 | April 23, 2015 | coastweekend.com American Keys and Spanish Strings Submitted photo The sax section of the North Coast Big Band practices. Coast area. In many spe- cies, the male worker bees die each season and only the queen overwinters. Some na- tive bees are miners and nest in the ground, like bumble- bees. Some are carpenters and nest in wood, like mason bees. There are even cuckoo bees that lay eggs in other bee species’ nests. Freilich ended his talk with awesome black and white 3D images of bees, close-up under the micro- scope. Wearing their clas- sic red-and-blue-lensed 3D glasses, audience members appreciatively oohed and ah- hed. “It’s not in the cards to learn all these bees. It’s not going to happen,” Freilich said. The point of his talk wasn’t to turn audience members into Ph.D. students overnight — rather, the point was to simply expand aware- ness of the vast amount of bugs on the planet. “Bees are only the intro to this world right under your nose, right in front of you,” he said. “You can have the VDPH WDON DERXW PD\ÀLHV RU EXWWHUÀLHV “The whole world is out there, but it may be below your radar. These insects make the living fabric that supports our lives — the eco- system.” Hosted by Lewis and Clark National Historical Park in partnership with the North Coast Watershed As- sociation at the Fort Georg Brewery, Nature Matters is a monthly winter lecture se- ries that examines the inter- section of nature and culture. 0D\¶V WDON ZLOO EH WKH ¿QDO one of this season.
