MARCH 16, 2017 // 7
Astoria schools hold music
education benefit concert
Luke & Katie of
Blind Pilot to make
guest appearance
ASTORIA — The month of
March has been officially
designated by the National
Association for Music Ed-
ucation for the observance
of Music In Our Schools
Month, the time of year
when music education be-
comes the focus of schools
across the nation.
To bring awareness to
Music In Our Schools Month,
the Astoria High School band,
choir and orchestra are host-
ing a special benefit concert,
which will feature special
guest appearances by Luke
& Kati of the popular indie
rock band Blind Pilot. Luke
Ydstie and Kati Claborn
will join the AHS students
and a handful of Astoria’s
notable musicians March 17
at the Liberty Theatre for the
first-ever Beyond the Sound,
Astoria Schools Music Edu-
cation Benefit Concert.
The concert, Beyond the
Sound, will feature all genres
of music from classical to
folk to jazz to contemporary
PHOTO BY JOSHUA BESSEX
Kati Claborn and Luke Ydstie of Blind Pilot will perform at the
March 17 Beyond the Sound concert, a benefit for music edu-
cation in the Astoria School District.
choral selections.
The purpose of Music
In Our Schools Month is to
raise awareness of the im-
portance of music education
for all children and to remind
citizens that school is where
all children should have
access to music. The month
is an opportunity for music
teachers to bring their music
programs to the attention of
the school and the communi-
ty and to display the benefits
that music brings to students
of all ages.
The concert begins at 7
p.m. Friday, March 17 at the
Liberty Theatre, located at
1203 Commercial St. Tickets
are $15 for adults, $5 for
children ages 6 to 17, and
free for ages under 6.
All proceeds from the
event will support music
education in the Astoria
School District, helping
local students develop skills
for college, career and life
success.
For more information on
Beyond the Sound, go to
www.astoriabands.org, or
call 503-791-8134.
Liberty presents reader’s
theater production of ‘Doubt’
ASTORIA —What is doubt?
Is doubt a sign of weakness,
or does it require more cour-
age than conviction does?
These questions and
more are raised in the play
“Doubt: A Parable” by
John Patrick Shanley. The
play will be performed in a
reader’s theater format at the
Liberty Theatre’s McTavish
Room at 7 p.m. March 22,
23, 29 and 30.
In the play, set in 1964,
Sister Aloysius, a Bronx
school principal, takes
matters into her own hands
when she suspects the
young, beloved and pro-
gressive parish priest Father
Flynn of improper relations
with one of the school’s
male students.
Shanley’s play won the
2005 Pulitzer Prize for
Drama and the 2005 Tony
Award for Best Play. It was
also turned into an Acade-
my Award-nominated film
starring Philip Seymour
Hoffman and Meryl Streep.
The Astoria reader’s
theater production stars Susi
Brown as Sister Aloysius,
Lori Wilson Honl as Sister
James, Bereniece Jones as
Mrs. Mueller and Daric
Moore as Father Flynn.
The play is directed by Sen
Incavo.
Tickets are $15 and avail-
able on TicketsWest.com or
at the Liberty Theatre box
office, open 2:30 to 5 p.m.
Wednesday to Saturday.
It’s already beach season for the
Haystack Rock Awareness Program
CANNON BEACH — Join the
Haystack Rock Awareness
Program on the beach,
daily, during low tide, now
through the end of October.
Thecomplete beach sched-
ule can be found on the city
of Cannon Beach website,
under the Haystack Rock
Awareness Program.
The Haystack Rock
Awareness Program is
entering its 32nd season on
the beach. Having educated
over one million visitors and
thousands of students over
those years, the program’s
mission is to protect, through
education, the intertidal and
bird ecology of the Marine
Garden and National Wildlife
Refuge at Haystack Rock.
HRAP Rocky Shore En-
vironmental Interpreters will
be on the beach, weather
permitting, during daily low
tides to educate visitors at
Haystack Rock about bio-
diversity found both on and
around the rock.
The completely free,
public education program
will change as the seasons
change — with the arrival
and departure of various ani-
mals to the area. Interpreters
will offer bird scopes, aquar-
ia stations, an interactive
visitor table with a micro-
scope, and many other fun
educational opportunities.
HRAP offers both vol-
unteer opportunities as well
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The Haystack Rock Awareness Program will have volunteers
on the beach to teach visitors about Haystack Rock, tide pools
and more now through the end of October.
as field trip opportunities.
Volunteers can register to
volunteer online, through the
city of Cannon Beach web-
site, with HRAP’s education
and volunteer coordinator,
and with 15-year veteran
Lisa Habecker.
Teachers, instructors or
groups interested in a field
trip and/or tour of the rock
can register online, through
the city of Cannon Beach
website, as well.
This season HRAP will
additionally be offering
many special events and
educational classes for kids
and adults. The Discover
Haystack Rock events run
May through September.
These events take place on
the beach, are activity based,
and are free and open to the
public. HRAP’s week-long
Kids Camps and Day Camps
for kids and adults will run
during the summer months.
Ecotours will soon
become part of the pro-
gram, with guided tour
opportunities available for
small groups with author,
filmmaker and HRAP nature
enthusiast Stephen Grace.
Furthermore, HRAP now
offers, as an extension of
current services, free guided
beach walks, with an inter-
preter, every Saturday.
If you have questions or
comments, contact Haystack
Rock Awareness Program
Coordinator Melissa Keyser
at 503-436-8060, or email
hrap@ci.cannon-beach.or.us
Join old-fashioned dance at Suomi Hall
ASTORIA — Suomi Hall
has been a hub of Finnish
culture for over 100 years
in the Uniontown area of
Astoria. Finns have gathered
there for coffee and discus-
sions, dinners, plays, athletic
practice, music and dancing.
The United Finnish
Kaleva Brotherhood and
Sisterhood invite everyone
to an old-fashioned family
dance from 1 to 4 p.m. Sun-
day, March 19 at the historic
Suomi Hall, located at 244
W. Marine Drive.
DJ Bo, from the
Longview, Washington, area,
will keep things moving.
Bo originally hails from
Anchorage, Alaska and also
spent time fishing commer-
cially. He will take requests.
Admission is $5 per
person and $15 per family,
so bring the kids.
Katherine Hendrickson
facilitated the event, and
she dances at least twice per
week. Her friends from the
senior center in Longview
plan to bring a carful of
dancers. They might even
show locals a few steps.
At intermission, a half
sandwich, salad, a home-
made cookie, and a bev-
erage will be available for
purchase for $5.