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Attend the Naselle Community Picnic
Maddox dancers to perform
NASELLE, Wash. — Library,
picnic, music — it must be
summer in Naselle. Don’t
miss the Naselle Timberland
Library’s annual Community
Picnic. It’s one of the high-
lights of summer.
This year, the festivities
are scheduled from 5 to 7 p.m.
Tuesday, June 21.
Burgers, hot dogs and
chips will be provided.
Guests are asked to bring
a dish to share and chairs or
blankets for outdoor seating.
Double J and the Boys
will provide music to sway,
clap, stomp and dance to. The
band plays a mix of cowboy,
country and folk, spiced with
musical surprises from other
countries.
All Timberland Regional
ASTORIA — In celebration
of Maddox Dance Stu-
dio’s 66th annual recitals,
dancers are planning three
shows for North Coast
audiences this weekend.
Two hundred dancers will
show off their years of
experience for audiences
at 6 p.m. Saturday, June 18
and at 3 p.m. and at 6 p.m.
Sunday, June 19. All three
performances will take
place at the Astoria High
School auditorium.
Saturday’s show will
feature choreography
by Emily Madsen, set to
“Claire de Lune” for the
modern class, acrobatic
selections “Once Upon A
Time” and “Brotsjor” by
instructor Kelly Eckstein,
plus an appearance of Mad-
dox alumni dancer Tess
Rund, the reigning Miss
North Coast.
At the conclusion of
this performance, the
graduating seniors will be
presented. Isabella Marin-
covich-Mallares, Jessica
Barber and Megan McCall
De Vos from Astoria High
School and Anna Kaim and
Morgan Matthews from
Seaside High School will
be recognized for their
many years of dance train-
ing and performances.
The 3 p.m. Sunday show
will feature preschool
and young students of the
studio, most making their
stage debut.
The “Lollipop Tree,”
“My Teddy Bear And Me”
and “Little Ballet Dolls”
will be three of the music
numbers used for the tiny
dancers, who are directed
by Madsen, Eckstein, Cher-
yl Klatt, Jeanne Peterson
and Carleta Lewis Allen.
Allen will also present her
young musical theater stu-
dents in “Freak Flag” from
“Schrek.”
The final 6 p.m. show
on Sunday presents Little
Ballet Theatre dancers in
“Graduation Ball,” a ballet
set in 1840s Vienna where
PHOTO BY LYNETTE RAE MCADAMS
The Naselle Timberland Library will host a Community Picnic
on Tuesday, June 21
Library programs are free and
open to the public.
The Naselle Timberland
Library is located at 4 Parpala
Road.
For more information, call
the library at 360-484-3877 or
visit www.TRL.org
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Maddox Dance Studio’s senior jazz class will dance a tribute to
Michael Jackson for their end of the year performances.
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Members of the Little Ballet Theatre will perform the ballet
“Graduation Ball” at 6 p.m. Sunday at Astoria High School.
the young ladies of the
senior class have invited
cadets from the nearby
military school to their
senior ball, while the envi-
ous junior class entertains
and enjoys the dancing of
the older girls with their
partners.
Audiences will enjoy the
performance of the cadets,
who will be recognized
from the local high school
football and baseball
teams. Instructor Carole
Simmons will recreate her
role as the headmistress.
Following the Little
Ballet Theatre perfor-
mance, the audience will
be treated to musical the-
ater pieces from “Legally
Blonde” choreographed by
Simmons; a selection from
“Lion King” by Allen; and
a performance of tap, ballet
and hip-hop numbers by
the theater’s preteen, teen
and adult dancers.
After each performance,
students and families will
gather in the AHS Com-
mons for a pink lemonade
and cookie party where
each student will receive
the traditional Achievement
Medal.
Tickets are available 30
minutes before each show
at the school box office.
Tickets are $10 for adults,
$5 for students and seniors,
and children under age 6
are free.
For further information,
contact Jeanne Peterson at
Maddox Dance Studio by
calling 503-861-1971.
