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COASTAL LIFE
‘The trip of a lifetime’
Three Astoria Boy Scouts will ride their bikes cross-country
ARTS
Artistic beach mysteries
Delight a stranger, and leave behind a message in the sand
FEATURE
Scandinavian Festival
Celebrating tradition, pageantry and food June 19, 20 & 21
DINING
Mouth of the Columbia
Left Coast Siesta’s clipped Mexican menu lacks distinction
STEPPING OUT....... .............................................................. .5, 6, 7
CROSSWORD........... ....................................................................19
CW MARKETPLACE....... ....................................................... .20, 21
GRAB BAG ....... .......................................................................... 27
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2015 Crown Bearer Stian Matthews, 2014 Miss Scan-
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Delaney Patterson are excited and ready for the Asto-
ria Scandinavian Midsummer Festival June 19, 20 and
21 at the Clatsop County Fairgrounds.
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CANNON BEACH — Show
your support for the Coaster
Theatre Playhouse and get
ready for an evening of food,
fun — including a wine toss
— silent auction and raffle
with special musical guest
Pink Martini. Start time is
6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 12.
Tickets are now available
— $75 each, limit four per
person — by calling 503-
436-1242.
Featuring a dozen musi-
cians, Pink Martini performs
its multilingual repertoire on
concert stages and with sym-
phony orchestras through-
out Europe, Asia, Greece,
Turkey, the Middle East,
Northern Africa, Australia,
New Zealand, South Amer-
ica and North America. The
group was founded in 1994
in Portland and made its Eu-
ropean debut at the Cannes
Film Festival in 1997 and
their orchestral debut with
the Oregon Symphony in
1998 under the direction of
Norman Leyden.
Since then, the band has
gone on to play with more
than 50 orchestras around
the world, including mul-
tiple engagements with the
Los Angeles Philharmonic
at the Hollywood Bowl, the
Boston Pops, the National
Symphony at the Kennedy
Center, the San Francisco
Symphony, the Cleveland
Orchestra and the BBC Con-
cert Orchestra at Royal Al-
bert Hall in London.
The Coaster Theatre
Playhouse has entertained
thousands of visitors and
locals of Cannon Beach and
Oregon’s North Coast.
Maurie Clark opened the
Coaster Theatre in 1972. He
supported it with his time,
talent and financial resourc-
es. Upon his death in 2001,
the Coaster Theatre became
a not-for-profit theater.
Each year the Coaster
Theatre produces five plays
and two musicals as well as
inspiring young actors with
its Coaster Kidz spring,
summer and winter camps.
Submitted photo
Pink Martini will perform Sept. 12 at the Coaster Theatre; tickets are on sale now.
With the support of volun-
teers, sponsors, donors and
patrons, the Coaster Theatre
will continue to offer quali-
ty community theater in the
heart of Cannon Beach.
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