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6 // COASTWEEKEND.COM Students perform in music recital ASTORIA — The annual Friday Musical Club Scholarship Stu- dent Recital will be presented 2 p.m. Saturday, May 6, at the Peace Lutheran Church, at Franklin Avenue and 12th Street, in Astoria. The recital is open to the public; there is no admission fee. The nine student performers were chosen from a field of 22 applicants and represent three local schools, Susan Buehler, the scholarship committee chair, said. “We were so pleased to have so many applicants,” she wrote in a statement. However, “the scholarship funding is based primarily on club dues, members’ donations and com- munity donations, all of which pay the instructors who teach the students, so every year the committee has the task of se- lecting the number of recipients whose twelve private lessons can be funded.” Student musicians on the ERICK BENGEL/THE DAILY ASTORIAN Susan Buehler is the scholarship committee chairwoman. recital include: violinist Julie Foss, of Astoria High School; flutist Megan Schacher, of As- toria High School; saxophonist Brandon Moloney, of Jewell High School; Caitlyn Smith, a flutist from Jewell High School; vocalist Logan Gandy, from Seaside High School; vocalist Annie Stafford, of Seaside High School; Kendy Lin, an oboist player from Seaside High School; vocalist Adam Morse from Seaside High School; Hayley Rollins, a flutist from Seaside High School. The instructors for this year’s recipients include Bue- hler, a voice instructor; Shelley Loring, a flute instructor; An- gela Calvin-Pederson, a string instructor; Cary Pederson, a woodwind instructor; and Kelly Larkins, an oboe instructor. registration now open for Reg ister N ow summer and fall classes in • Ba llet • Ta p • Ja zz • H ip-H o p • Co ntem po ra ry • M o dern • M usica l Thea tre • Acro ba tic Arts Photo by James Olson | Alderbrook Imaging Little Ba llet Thea ter sponsors 17th An n u a l N UTCRACK ER TIO N S Ta p Festiva l AUDI S EPTEM BER 23 RD S a tu rd a y M a y 6th, 7p m Lib erty Thea ter 333333 3333 MADDOX Dance Studio 389 S . M AIN AVE. W ARREN TO N 503-861-1971 m a d d o xd a n cers.co m Life member of Dance Educators of America | Certified to teach Dance Masters of America Member Astoria-Warrenton Chamber of Commerce Tap Dance Festival brings awareness to art form ASTORIA — As part of Na- tional Dance Week, the 17th annual Tap Dance Festival will be held 7 p.m. Saturday, May 6, at Astoria’s Liberty Theatre (1203 Commercial St.). Organized by Jeanne Peterson, owner and director of Maddox Dance Studio, the festival will feature the Maddox Dancers, who will be joined by the Tapped Out Tappers and the Main Street Tappers, adult tap groups from Astoria and Warrenton, respectively. Audience members inter- ested in a quick tap lesson with dance studio faculty will have the opportunity to join the dancers onstage (participants are encouraged to bring tap shoes). The festival finale will be a performance of Leonard Reed’s history-making “Shim Sham Shimmy” from “Vaudeville Days.” Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Admission is $10 for adults, and $5 for senior citizens ELLY TURNER CONDIT/SUBMITTED PHOTO The junior-level tap class prepares “Big Band Boogie,” one of the numbers to be performed at the Tap Dance Festival. and students 12 and younger. The Maddox Dance Stu- dio said in a release: “Traditional tap dancers considered themselves ‘mu- sicians,’ creating complex sounds, rhythms to express their mood, the music and themselves. “Tap was passed from dancer to dancer, and, as the late Gregory Hines said, ‘from friend to friend.’ They shared their knowledge with each other and danced for the pure joy of it.” College fundraiser benefit students and local artists WARRENTON — The Arts & Experiences Auction & Dinner — an annual Clatsop Community College Foun- dation fundraiser for student scholarships — will be held 5 p.m. Saturday, May 6, at the Astoria Golf and Coun- try Club. The work of local and regional artists will be up for bid, as well as North Coast experiences and trips to Cortona, Italy, and Bali, Indonesia. “Several years ago we decided our event and efforts should serve two purposes, raise money for student scholarships and help promote local artists,” said Gerry Swenson, who has been part of the college since 1965, working as a faculty member and serving on the foundation board. Mindfulness classes start up at wellness center ASTORIA — Mindfulness Classes at Prana Wellness Center (1428 Commercial St.) begin May 8 with a class that runs from 7 to 8: 30 p.m. Taught by Bernice Moore, who specializes in stress-reduction through mindfulness, the classes are suitable for beginner and ex- perienced students. Sessions will include “mindfulness instruction and practice, a brief talk and a space for inquiry and exploration,” Moore wrote. Moore, who has studied with renowned mindful- ness practitioners, teaches at eMindful and Saybrook University. “Stress hurts our health in many ways: It can raise our blood pressure or cause chronic illness and pain. Mindfulness helps us work with and reduce the stress we experience,” she wrote. “Mindfulness improves our sense of well-being, often helping to heal chronic con- ditions of illness, pain and worry.”