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Festival Entertainment HELENE BLUM & HARALD HAUGAARD ENSEMBLE Singer Helene Blum and fiddler Harald Haugaard come together in an outstanding ensemble that performs traditional and contemporary Danish music with great passion. Blum and Haugaard tour regularly and have captured the hearts of audi- ences in Europe, North America and Japan. They will perform in Astoria as a quintet with cellist Elise Pedersen and guitarists Mattias Pérez and Mikkel Grue. Hear these featured entertainers from Den- mark on Friday at 6 p.m. in the Arena; on Saturday at noon, 2 and 4 p.m. in the Exhibit Happ; and on Sunday at noon and 2 p.m. in the Exhibit Hall. SINDRE FOTLAND & KRISTOFFER KLEIVELAND Sindre Fotland, 25, and Kristoffer Kleiveland, 24, are featured entertainers from Norway, performing on Diatonic two row accordions. Borth grew up in an environment where folk music had a high standing. Fotland studied traditional music at the Ole Bull Academy, one of Norway’s few folk music acade- mies, and Kleiveland is currently studying at the school. Hear them at 5 p.m. Friday in the Arena; on Saturday at 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. in the Exhibit Hall; and at 1 p.m. Sunday in the Exhibit Hall. ASTOR STREET OPRY COMPANY – “SHANGHAIED IN ASTORIA” In its 31st season, local musical “Shanghaied in Astoria” is part-vaudeville, part-soap opera, and Submitted photo With Philip Ages on mandolin and recorder and Birgit Ages on ac- cordion, Folkvoice returns from the Seattle area to entertain with Scandinavian tunes. part 1950s-style Hollywood musical, all combined into a fun and entertaining look at local folklore. Catch cast members performing their Olio acts in the Beer Garden at 1, 3 and 5 p.m. Saturday at the festival. DOUBLE J AND THE BOYS “Lively and fun” gives a hint about this Long Beach Peninsula band and the variety of its music. With Charlie Watkins on accordion, Judy Eron on guitar and oboe, Janet Clark on fiddle and mandolin, and Bill Clark on tenor guitar, their music spans the world: Sweden, Norway, Ireland, Venezuela and Texas. Catch the band in the Beer Garden from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday. FOLK VOICE DON MEYER & KATHI PLOEGER From an energetic rollicking Finnish humppa to an elegant Swedish hambo, Seattle-based Folk Voice performs them all. On Friday, Folk Voice will perform at 3 p.m. in the Arena and at 5 p.m. Friday in the Beer Garden. On Saturday, catch the band at 10 a.m. in the Exhibit Hall, at 4 p.m. in the Beer Garden, and at 5:30 p.m. in the Arena. Don Meyers and Kathi Ploeger are experienced teachers of Scandinavian dance and teach regu- larly for the Skandia Folkdance Society in Seattle. The two will demonstrate, teach and call at 4:30 p.m. Saturday in the Arena; at 6:30 p.m. Saturday in the Exhibit Hall; and at 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday during the ball. LEIKARRINGEN OF PORTLAND DANCERS NORDIC VIKING DANCERS “Leikarringen” means circle or round dance. Leikar- ringen of Portland is open to youths ages 4 and up. This dance tradition is rich with tunes and dance steps from Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Estonia. The group is led by Christie Stilson and sponsored by the Daughters of Norway and Norske Runddansere. See them perform at 12:30 p.m. and 2 p.m. Saturday in the Arena. Astoria’s own dance group includes dancers from second grade to adults. The Nordic Dancers are the youngest group, experienced teenagers make up the THE LIBERTY THEATER PLAYERS The Liberty Theater Players will present a readers theater version of “Dora” — a Swedish one-act comedy. The script was written by Pauline Phelps and dates from 1932. It was recently discovered in the attic at Suomi Hall and is assumed to have been performed on stage there. Dora is a Swedish immigrant maid who has saved her hard earned money for seven years. Suddenly her hiding place has been sold to a junk man. The fun begins with everyone trying to find the money. See the perfor- mance at 5:30 p.m. Friday, 5 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday in the Exhibit Hall. Submitted photo by Sigrid Nygaard Helene Blum and Harald Haugaard perform Danish music with great passion. They will perform in Astoria as a quintet with cellist Elise Pedersen and guitarists Mattias P‡©rez and Mikkel Grue. W elc ome to the 210 W . Gra n d Ave., As to ria • $474,9 00 F estival COUPON $ 12 Coupon expires 6/30/15 Ju n e 19, 20 & 21, 2015 www.GimresShoesAstoria.com ASTORIA: 239 14th St. • 325-3972 Gea rha rt Ho u s e Co n d o #4-6 9 0, Gea rha rt • $259 ,000 SO L D OFF An y regu la r-priced pu rch a se o ver $60 16 | June 18, 2015 | coastweekend.com 39 09 Fra n k lin Ave., As to ria • $39 9 ,9 00 214 L exin gto n Ave., As to ria • $26 5,000 The L a n a i Un it #38 , S ea s id e • $152,500 CAROL JOH ANS E N 12 0 N Ro o sevel t D ri ve Sea si d e • 5 0 3 -440 -1186 caro ljo h.1@ gm ail.co m
