American Legion band
to perform in Raymond
Lewis in 2005, and my hubby
retired from the 77th Army band
at Fort Sill in 2000.
“We are the only American
Legion Band in Washington,
RAYMOND, Wash. — Patriotic 360-875-5207 to release those and there are very few Legion
Bands in the U.S.,” Appler con-
tunes as well as a variety of oth- seats for others.
The American Legion tinued.
er music will be performed by
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pears at the Raymond Theatre The current group of about 40 trombone. The youngest mem-
for the concert “Red, White & is composed entirely of volun- bers are three players from St.
Blue” at 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 31. teers. They include two active Martin’s.
The group keeps busy. “Sev-
The concert is made possible duty members from Joint Base
by American Legion Post 150 of Lewis McChord who cannot al- eral of our performances are re-
Raymond in conjunction with ways make band performances quested by other Legion Posts,”
Appler said. “We do annual
Sunday Afternoon Live. The due to Army commitments.
Seven members are past mil- concerts for Centralia, for ex-
performance is free; however,
complimentary tickets must be itary band members and another ample. Last year we even went
obtained in advance at Sagen’s seven or eight are prior service to Long Beach at the request of
in Raymond, South Bend Phar- from all branches of the mili- the Legion Post, the VFW Post
macy, the Raymond Theatre tary. One member of the band and the City.”
Appler is the band manager
or American Legion Post 150, is a Raymond resident, Connie
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ets also are available through
The band performs a wide
the mail at SAL, P.O. Box 925, ertson is a retired Army bands-
South Bend, WA 98586, or at man having retired from the variety of music.
“Anyone can request us, but
Fort Lewis band a few years
www.sundayafternoonlive.org
SAL season ticket holders ago,” said associate conductor we are limited in how far we
may present their season tickets Diana Appler. “Both my hus- can travel as we have no group
for entry; those who do not plan band and I are retired military transportation and everyone has
to attend are encouraged to call bandsmen. I retired from Fort to drive. We have some work-
ing members, so after work-
day hours is usually necessary
unless time off of work can be
Thank you for making Finn Ware
arranged.”
The band plays all types
one of your favorite establishments!
of music. “We do play a lot of
patriotic but are not limited to
that,” Appler said. “We also
do Broadway music, marches,
music from TV shows, original
music for wind band and just
about anything except music
with guitars.”
Author to speak at Pacific County libraries
Matt Love will present latest work, talk writing this February
PACIFIC COUNTY, WASH. — Five
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ies will host Astoria author Matt
Love in February. Love will talk
about his latest work, his inde-
pendent publishing career, and his
advice for aspiring writers.
Love’s published books in-
clude “Sometimes a Great Mov-
ie,” “A Nice Piece of Astoria”
and “Of Walking in the Rain.” A
discussion and book signing will
follow each of the presentations.
All Timberland Regional Li-
brary programs are free and open
to the public.
The schedule of talks is:
• 11 a.m. to noon Thursday,
Feb. 4 at the Ilwaco Timberland
Library, located at 158 First Ave.
N.; call 360-642-3908 for more
information.
• 2 to 3:30 p.m. Thursday,
Feb. 4 at the Ocean Park Tim-
berland Library, located at 1308
Photo by Erick Bengel
Astoria author Matt Love will speak at the
five libraries in Pacific County, Washing-
ton, in February.
Submitted photo
“Of Walking in Rain” by Matt Love.
256th Place; call 360-665-4184
for more information.
• 6 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb.
9 at the Naselle Timberland Li-
brary, located at 4 Parpala Road;
call 360-484-3877 for more in-
formation.
• 2 to 3:30 p.m. Saturday,
Feb. 20 at the Raymond Tim-
berland Library, located at 507
Duryea St.; call 360-942-2408
for more information.
• 2 to 3:30 p.m. Saturday,
Feb. 27 at the South Bend Tim-
berland Library, located at 1st
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5532 for more information.
Enjoy Reader’s Theater comedy in Astoria
Theater presents ‘Coupla White Chicks Sitting Around Talking’
ASTORIA — A new Reader’s
Theater production — the
two-character comedy “Cou-
pla White Chicks Sitting
Around Talking” — hits the
Liberty Theater’s McTavish
Room.
Written by John Ford
Noonan, performances of this
play take place at 7 p.m. Jan.
28, Feb. 3 and 4.
Tickets are $15, and there
is open seating.
The comedy takes place
in the suburban Westchester
County, New York, kitchen of
Maude Mix, who is having a
tough day: Her husband is off
on a weekend spree with his
secretary, and she can’t get rid
of the pesky neighbor who has
just moved up from Texas.
Hannah Mae Bindler bad-
gers Maude into friendship,
and the two eventually join
forces against their errant
and erring husbands. This
long-running off-Broadway
hit starred Susan Sarandon and
Eileen Brennan.
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