FEBRUARY 16, 2017 // 3
Celebrate swing music at a free concert in Ilwaco
ILWACO, Wash. — DoGood-
nics, a peninsula nonprofit
agency, invites the public
to a free concert at 1 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 18 at the
Columbia Pacific Heritage
Museum, located at 115
S.E. Lake St.
In a celebration of swing
music, the duo Red and
Ruby will perform luscious
ballads and finger-snapping
tunes from the 1930s and
’40s.
Vince Brown (Red) and
Lavon Hardison (Ruby)
have performed together
for 10 years. They delight-
ed an audience last Oct. 19
at the Timberland Regional
Library in Ocean Park,
Washington.
Assisted by museum
staff, Robert and Gwen
Brake are providing the
free concert as part of their
ongoing “Music and Mem-
ory” program, dedicated to
helping memory-impaired
residents enjoy music from
the past.
DoGoodnics invites
the public to this fam-
ily-friendly event and
provides the program as a
way of saying thank you to
peninsula residents and vis-
itors who value the role of
music in enhancing quality
of life.
Brown has performed
and taught acoustic music
on guitar, tenor and five-
string banjo, old-timey
coast
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weekend
claw hammer banjo, and
uke in a variety of styles
for over 30 years. He has
played at venues and festi-
vals, in pit orchestras and
recording studios around
the world. A member of
Olympia groups like Tune
Stranglers, Deaf Lester,
and the gypsy swing band
Hot Club Sandwich, Brown
is highly-regarded as a so-
loist, sideman and teacher.
Hardiman sings jazz
standards, originals and her
own eclectic arrangements
of popular songs. she uses
her background in musical
theater, opera and jazz as a
foundation for her joyful,
engaging musical explora-
tions.
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Hardiman was a fea-
tured performer at the 2009
Festival of World Sacred
Music in New Delhi, India,
and has performed on
stages in Massachusetts,
Oregon and Washington.
She also hosted a week-
ly radio show, “The Jazz
Experience,” on KAOS
89.3 FM.
Attendees can enjoy
the exhibits at the museum
while listening to songs
like “I Got Rhythm,” “I’ll
See You in My Dreams,”
“Digga digga do” and “It
don’t mean a thing.”
Seating is limited. For
more information, call 360-
665-2784 or visit oobear@
centurytel.net
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Vince Brown (Red), right, and Lavon Hardison (Ruby) have per-
formed together for 10 years.