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WHO ARE THEY NOW? WHAT ARE THEIR PLANS?
By DWIGHT CASWELL
FOR COAST WEEKEND
Where did you come from and how did you get to where you are now? What do you think the next chapter of your life holds? New
Year’s is a time to refl ect on what and who we hold to be important, a time to think about the future and a time to tell our stories . . .
Jennifer Crockett began playing the clar-
inet at the age of 10 and pursued her studies
to the college level. Not fi nding an immedi-
ate career as a performer, she began working
in small business and nonprofi ts, eventually
starting her own music -licensing business.
She is now playing the clarinet again in
bands and symphony orchestras.
Crockett and her husband, Nathan, found
themselves spending so much time in Asto-
ria that they decided to move here, a move
that coincided with the Liberty Theater
executive director position being open. She
applied and got the job.
Where does she see herself going from
here? “I feel strongly about
growing audiences, exposing
as many people as possible
to as many kinds of music as
possible.” She sees her role as
educating the community about
music and developing programs
for the Liberty that “appeal to
everyone.”
David Campiche
A titanium sphere, pitted and scarred by passage
through interstellar space, fi nally landed on a Willapa Bay
shore. There a woman found it and raised as her son the
strange life form within. Or so David Campiche recalls
the unusual circumstances of his fi rst days on planet earth.
In the ensuing years Campiche lived as an ordinary
boy. He learned to hunt, fi sh, and kayak. He demonstrated
a proclivity for playing in mud, perhaps a superpower
essential on his home planet, and he channeled this into art. He became a singular potter.
With his wife, Laurie Anderson, Campiche owns the Shelburne Hotel in Seaview, Wash-
ington. What does he hope for the future? “I’d like to retire from the inn,” he says, “and
learn more and more about throwing a great pot. I’d also like to walk on the beach, do some
more writing, and spend time with friends.”
Jennifer Crockett