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Sou’Wester Garden
Club holds plant sale
Annual sale set for
May 28 at Seaside
Convention Center
SEASIDE — The Sou’West-
er Garden Club’s annual
plant sale will be held from
9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday,
May 28 at the Seaside Civic
and Convention Center. The
public is invited, and admis-
sion is free.
The garden club’s plant
sale received rave reviews
last year for its spacious
location at the convention
center. Customers comment-
ed on the creative and attrac-
tive layout, the wide array
and supply of plants, and the
convenience of picking up
purchases.
The sale provides a
variety of plants that do
well in the Pacific North-
west marine climate area.
There will also be unique
planters and other popu-
lar items from the club’s
marketplace. Proceeds
from this fundraiser allows
the garden club to support
community initiatives such
as the Downtown Seaside
Flower Basket program;
the winter Festival of
Trees; and a Cup of Cheer,
floral arrangements for the
community assisted living
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The Sou’Wester Garden Club’s annual Plant Sale will be held
May 28 at the Seaside Civic and Convention Center.
facility residents. The club’s
most ambitious project is its
“down to earth — digging in
the dirt” gardening, which,
along with the plant sale pro-
ceeds, help fund additional
maintenance of the historic
Butterield Cottage Gardens,
home to the Seaside July 4th
Old Fashioned Social.
Also notable is the
Garden Club’s scholarship
program, which will provide
a $1,500 scholarship to each
of two Seaside High School
graduates. Jack Whittle will
be graduating in June and
plans to attend the Univer-
sity of Montana to major
in resource conservation.
Alanna Kieffer graduated
in 2014 and will be a junior
at Oregon State University
where she is majoring in ma-
rine biology.
The scholarships are
funded by a rafle and silent
auction. The rafle items
are a salad bowl on wheels,
a whimsical garden couple
and quails on parade. Rafle
tickets are $1 each or six
for $5. The silent auction
features unique and theme
planters entered by members
for competitive judging be-
fore being offered for sale.
For more information call
503-717-4221.
Sou’Wester Garden Club
is a member of the Oregon
State Federation of Garden
Clubs and the National Coun-
cil of State Garden Clubs, a
501(c)3 organization.
Tenor guitars strum
into town May 25 to 29
ASTORIA — The seventh
annual Tenor Guitar Gather-
ing will take place May 25
to 29, bringing acclaimed
musicians to perform on
four-stringed guitars, ukule-
les and mandolins.
This year, workshops cost
about $30 each. Bundles are
available; learn more and
ind the schedule at tenor
guitargathering.info
Wednesday kicked things
off for early attendees with an
orientation and jam session.
Thursday, May 26 offers
morning workshops with
Grant Flick and mandolin
player Tim May as well as
afternoon workshops with
Kingston Trio member Rick
Dougherty and electric
tenor guitar player Tom
Molyneaux. When not at
a workshop, attendees are
invited to jam all day at Pier
39’s Rogue Ale House.
The public is invited to
a concert at 6 p.m. Thurs-
day at First Presbyterian
Church’s Fellowship Hall,
located at 1103 Grand Ave.
The evening of learning and
sharing songs will focus
on family fun. Festivities
include local folksong en-
thusiast John Snyder singing
several folksongs and lead-
ing a sing-along with Astoria
Mayor Arline LaMear and
Tenor Guitar Foundation
board president Josh Reyn-
olds. Admission is $10 for
families, and youth ages 18
and under are free. Admis-
sion covers a sandwich,
water and cookies for all.
Bring canned food to donate
to the Clatsop Community
Action Food Bank.
Friday will see the annual
Astoria Trolley ride and
jam at 10 a.m. Howard
Blumenthal will lead the
tradition, where tenor guitar
players ride the trolley from
Bridgewater Bistro down the
Astoria waterfront and back.
The ride will be followed by
lunch at noon at Bridgewater
Bistro with performances
by Grant Flick and John
Lawlor. Friday workshops
will include Tin Pan Alley
Sounds with Douglas
Fraser and “Woody Guthrie
Songbook of the Columbia
River” with Carl Allen.
From 7 to 9 p.m. Friday,
RiverSea Gallery will once
again host Backstage Pass,
a fundraiser for the Gath-
ering that offers a chance
for patrons to mingle with
musicians during a series of
performances. In an intimate
setting, a full roster of tenor
guitarists will take turns per-
forming. Catered light bites
and beverages will round out
the evening, and attendees
will have many chances to
meet the performers and
chat with them about their
music and unusual instru-
ments.
Tickets for Backstage
Pass are $30 per person, and
space is limited to 30 fans.
All proceeds will be donated
to the Tenor Guitar Founda-
tion, an Oregon nonproit,
to help bring this exciting
annual festival to Astoria.
For more information or to
purchase tickets in advance,
visit tenorguitargathering.
info. Tickets will also be
sold at the door if there are
any seats remaining. Call
RiverSea Gallery at 503-
325-1270 for last minute
ticket updates.
Saturday workshops
include a beginner ukulele
workshop with Jean Mann,
soloing and improvisation
with Grant Flick, a tenor
dobro workshop with Tyler
Jackson, and a class with
John Lawlor. At noon, Mike
Kennedy of Indian Hill Gui-
tar will offer a free presenta-
tion, about building custom
tenor guitars.
Saturday evening, head
to the Astor Street Opry
Company Playhouse at
129 W. Bond St. for A
Night of Tenor Guitars, a
concert honoring founder
Mark Josephs, who died in
January. The show starts at 7
p.m. Admission is $15 with
seating limited to 150.
Sunday will see a 3 p.m.
mandolin workshop at Pier
39 with Brian Oberlin. Then,
at 6 p.m., attend an evening
concert with Brian Oberlin
and Evan Marshall at the
ASOC Playhouse. Admis-
sion is $15 at the door.
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The Tenor Guitar Gathering brings workshops and concerts —
and an annual Astoria Trolley ride and jam — to Astoria May
25 to 29.