Join Oregon State Parks and go birding
Cannon Beach Chorus starts fall rehearsals
CANNON BEACH — The Can-
non Beach Chorus, under the
direction of John Buehler,
will begin the fall 2015 per-
formance season from 6:30
to 8:30 p.m. Monday, Sept.
14, at the Cannon Beach
Community Church, located
at 132 E. Washington St.
Entering its 27th year, the
chorus will begin rehears-
ing choral literature that
represents music from the
1800s to the present and in-
cludes Mass in G by Franz
Schubert with organ and
string quartet; a collection
of carols by British com-
poser John Rutter that will
include “Mary’s Lullaby,”
“The Holly and the Ivy,”
“What Sweeter Music?”;
and a collection of seasonal
favorites, all of which will
be presented at the Decem-
ber concerts.
The 55-voice Cannon
Beach Chorus is open to
singers age 16 and older
and includes members from
the coastal communities
of Ocean Park, Washing-
ton, Astoria, Warrenton,
Gearhart, Seaside, Cannon
Beach, Manzanita, Nehalem
and Wheeler.
As advocates of choral
music education, the cho-
rus supports area-wide high
school choral music pro-
grams and has shared con-
certs with choral ensembles
from Astoria High School,
Warrenton High School and
Seaside High School.
The chorus is planning
a 2016 spring concert with
Warrenton High School
singers under the direction
of Michael McClure.
Additionally, the Can-
non Beach Chorus awards
the Carol Homme Memorial
Scholarship to a graduating
senior vocalist who plans
to continue singing at the
collegiate level. The 2015
recipients of that award are
Alyssa Hanson, of Warren-
ton, who plans to attend the
Weekly bird surveys will be held at Sunset Beach
University of Oregon, and
Ellie Whitlock, of Cannon
Beach, who will major in
music at Pacific Universi-
ty this fall. Proceeds from
the summer Cabaret perfor-
mances are dedicated to the
scholarship fund.
The leadership of the Can-
non Beach Chorus is com-
prised of board members:
president Terri Michelsen,
of Wheeler; vice-president
Sara Drage, of Astoria; sec-
retary Sherrie Chojnacki,
of Gearhart; treasurer Ron
Crandall, of Seaside; music
librarian Anne Coopersmith,
of Nehalem; members-at-
large Denny Hennessy, of
Manzanita; Margaret Page,
of Nehalem; and Judy
Holmes, of Manzanita. The
chorus is led by music di-
rector and conductor John
Buehler and pianist/organist
Susan Buehler.
For more information
about the Cannon Beach
Chorus, visit www.cannon-
beachchorus.org or call 503-
436-0378.
WARRENTON — Do you
have an appreciation for
birds and want some expe-
rience on how best to see
them? Or are you an ex-
perienced birder wanting
to help with bird surveys?
Here’s your chance to join
Oregon State Parks’ Let’s
Go Birding program.
Birding activities are free,
and birders 8 years old and
older are welcome; children
are 8 to 14 must be accompa-
nied by a parent or guardian.
Loaner binoculars are
available for up to 10 birders.
If available, bring your own
binoculars.
This year, Sunset Beach
State Recreation Site and the
Fort to Sea Trail are the sites
of weekly bird surveys. The
surveys monitor the bird spe-
cies that use the area from sea-
son to season.
Each survey will take
around two hours and will
cover several diverse habitats
along the trail. For questions,
contact Park Ranger Dane
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dane.osis@oregon.gov
Sunset Beach surveys will
meet at the Fort to Sea Trail-
head at Sunset Beach State
Recreation Area. The dates
are:
• 8 to 10 a.m., Tuesday
Sept. 1;
• 8 to 10 a.m., Monday
Sept. 7;
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30 writers and artists respond to each other’s work
MANZANITA — The Hoff-
man Center for the Arts will
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age” project — a collabora-
tion of writers and artists —
at 7 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 29.
The event will be open to the
public.
The show will remain on
display from 11 a.m. to 3
p.m. Sunday, Aug. 30.
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lenged artists and writers to
create original pieces, each
in response to the other’s
work. It was conceived by
local writer Emily Ransdell
and local artist Deborah De-
Wit to answer the question,
“Can artists and writers see
through each other’s eyes?”
The 30 participants, rang-
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ing in age from 15 to mid-
80s, each submitted three
original pieces. They were
then randomly paired and
tasked to each pick one of
the other’s works and write
or create something entirely
new from it.
The resulting combined
works will be printed as a
frame-able art piece and of-
fered for sale.
Ransdell is a poet with
an Master of Fine Arts in
creative writing, and she is
currently a member of The
Poet’s Studio at The Attic
Institute in Portland. DeWit
is a full-time painter and
photographer whose work is
included in many collections
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west.
“Writers have been writ-
ing in response to art for cen-
turies,” said Ransdell. “We
• 8 to 10 a.m., Sunday Sept. 13;
• 8 to 10 a.m., Saturday
Sept. 26;
• 8 to 10 a.m., Tuesday
Sept. 29.
Fort Stevens State Park
also holds a monthly survey,
which will be held from 8 to
10 a.m. Monday, Sept. 21.
Meet at Battery Russell in the
park for the survey.
thought it would be interest-
ing to try a modern take on
the tradition by letting artists
have their turn as well.”
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spin-off of the Hoffman
Center’s weekly Writing
Lounge,” she added. “Where
local writers create short
pieces in response to various
prompts, often resulting in
works that surprise the au-
thors themselves.”
The writer/artist pair-
ings are Aina Tonjes/Cathi
Howell, Bob Balmer/Peg-
gy Biskar, Dave Dillon/
Scott Wilson, Debra Sim-
mons/Karen Gale, Elizabeth
Johnson/Steve Jones, Gail
Balden/Renee Delight, Joan
Masat/Lynn Thomas, Kay
Stoltz/Lori Dillon, Laurie
Hoff Schaad/Ryan Pederson,
Lynnette
Scribner/Glenna
Gray, Phyllis Mannan/Vera
Wildauer, Sher Ireland/Gary
Seelig, Tela Skinner/Doreen
Linstedt, and Tricia Gates
Brown/Juleen Johnson.