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& Out about weekend coast June 25, 2015 arts & entertainment 4 8 10 12 COASTAL LIFE A night at the ‘silent’ movies Stalking darkness There’s great pleasure to be found on an evening walk ARTS A life full of art Scott Ashley is a doctor in a family of artists FEATURE The season of salmon Columbia-Pacifc sport fishers say hello to summer DINING Mouth of the Columbia Now is the best time of year for Bowpick fish and chips STEPPING OUT....... .............................................................. .5, 6, 7 CROSSWORD......... ......................................................................14 CW MARKETPLACE....... ....................................................... .15, 16 GRAB BAG ..... .......................................................................... .. 19 Find it all online and more! COASTWEEKEND.COM www.coastweekend.com features full calendar listings, keyword searches and easy sharing on Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest. coastweekend.com | facebook.com/coastweekend | twitter.com/coastweekend on the cover Kenndra Lispie, age 10, proudly displays her very first catch þÄî a 15-pound Chinook salmon caught aboard the Katie Marie, a charter boat operated by Pacific Salmon Charters out of the Port of Ilwaco, Washing- ton. Photo by Lynette Rae McAdams CONTRIBUTORS: LYNETTE RAE MCADAMS COAST WEEKEND PHOTOS: JOSHUA BESSEX ADVERTISING MANAGER: BETTY SMITH DAVID CAMPICHE DWIGHT CASWELL RYAN HUME To advertise in Coast Weekend, call 503-325-3211 or contact your local sales representative. © 2015 COAST WEEKEND ¿OP FRPSRVHU *D\ORUG &DUWHU wrote a score, which became the accepted music. Salisbury per- formed Carter’s score Thursday and improvised during the air battle scenes ,QWKHVHFRQGKDOIRIWKH¿OP the horror of war was on full dis- play. The different technologies and modes were side by side: in- fantry, cavalry, trenches, barbed wire, bayonets, machine guns, open-cockpit biplanes, tanks. The sheer number of extras — thousands — was impressive during the shots of long march- es and the climactic Battle of Saint-Mihiel. The U.S. Army Air Corps even provided 300 pilots DQGSODQHVIRUWKH¿OP Without dialogue or sound, without color or enhanced cam- era work, the war’s horror was vivid, and Salisbury’s organ mu- sic was relentless and emotive, hitting you right in the gut. Coast Weekend welcomes comments and contributions from readers. New items for publication consideration must be submit- ted by 10 a.m. Tuesday, one week and two days before publication. To submit an item, contact Rebecca Sedlak See story on Page 10 COAST WEEKEND EDITOR: REBECCA SEDLAK the screen, the music changing dramatically: The dark, ominous WRQHVRI6DOLVEXU\¶VRUJDQ¿OOHG the theater, signaling alarm. The soundtrack was front and center, music communicat- ing emotions and drama that the NOTES FROM THE EDITOR DFWRUVDQG¿OPFDQ¶WTXLWHWUDQV- late without sound. The musical themes — 21 in all — heralded By REBECCA SEDLAK boo the bad guys and scream and different characters and moods, cheer the good guys — don’t just including a merry melody for When I told people I was sit there; be a part of it,” he said. Clara Bow, patriotic tunes, and attending the Astoria Music With that, Salisbury began to a military beat for marching sol- Festival’s Night at the Movies: play, his concentration moving diers. Classic Film with Organ between the magic his hands Foreboding horns and deep concert last Thursday, I got the created on the keyboard and bass accompanied the Gotha, a same response from everyone: the action on screen. Light and massive German plane sent to “Did you go last year?” bouncy music cued the idyllic, bomb a French village. As torpe- , KDGQ¶W VHHQ WKH VLOHQW ¿OP getting-to-know the main char- does hit the buildings, drums and with live organ music last sum- acters beginning scenes. The symbols from Salisbury’s organ mer — 1926’s “The General” audience cheered at Clara Bow’s marked each explosion. — but it got rave reviews. So on appearance. ,Q ZKHQ WKH ¿OP ZDV Thursday, I eagerly entered the But we were reminded the released in New York City, a Liberty Theater and waited for ¿OPZDVQ¶WMXVWDERXWURPDQFH full orchestra accompanied it, the show to begin. The word “WAR!” leapt across Salisbury said. In Los Angeles, And what a show it was. In a concert sponsored by Rodgers Instruments, LLC., world-re- nowned theater organist Bob Salisbury played the score for WKH¿OP³:LQJV´6WDUULQJ Clara Bow, Charles “Buddy” Rodgers and Richard Arlen, “Wings” tells the story of two young men from a small town who are in a love triangle (well, really, a love rectangle) and serve DV¿JKWHUSLORWVLQ:RUOG:DU, “Wings” won Best Picture at WKH¿UVW$FDGHP\$ZDUGVFHUH- mony in 1929 — the only silent ¿OP WR ZLQ %HVW 3LFWXUH XQWLO 2011’s “The Artist.” Before the show began, Salis- bury encouraged the audience to add their own sounds. “You can Phone: 503.325.3211 Ext. 217 or 800.781.3211 Fax: 503.325.6573 E-mail: rsedlak@dailyastorian.com Address: P.O.Box 210 • 949 Exchange St. Astoria, OR 97103 Coast Weekend is published every Thursday by the EO Media Group, all rights reserved. No part of this publication can be reproduced with- out consent of the publisher. Coast Weekend appears weekly in The Daily Astorian and the Chinook Observer. 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