JUNE 29, 2017 // 7
Astor Street Opry Company
now selling ‘Shanghaied’ tickets
ASTORIA — The 33rd
season of “Shanghaied in
Astoria” — the Astor Street
Opry Company’s historical,
Vaudeville-style musical
melodrama — is open-
ing soon and now selling
tickets.
The show opens Thurs-
day, July 6, and runs
through Saturday, Sept.
9, performing Thursday
through Saturday, with a
few Sunday matinees.
Directed by Markus
Brown, this award-winning
show is a local and tourist
favorite, with vibrant char-
acters, an interactive style
and music to keep audience
members humming for
weeks after.
This season’s sponsors
are many, with more than
a hundred businesses and
individuals donating time
and money to continue the
tradition.
The Astor Street Opry
Company is a not-for-prof-
it, 501(c)(3) community
theater organization. It is
community support that
keeps year-round theater
programming for all ages
alive and thriving in Clat-
sop County, the company
said in a release.
For more information,
call 503-325-6104, or
email info@astorstreeto-
prycompany.com. Learn
more about the company
at astorstreetoprycompany.
com, or find it on Face-
book.
The cast of “Shanghaied in
Astoria” lets out a cheer on
stage.
PHOTO BY JOSHUA BESSEX
Astoria, Warrenton host Fourth of July fun
Astoria and Warrenton
each host a community
celebration of the nation’s
Independence Day.
Start in Warrenton for the
Old-Fashioned Fourth of July
that begins at 11 a.m. with a
variety of activities, includ-
ing a car and motorcycle
show, children’s games, bicy-
cle decorating and a barbe-
cue, followed by the Fourth
of July Parade on Main
Avenue at 3 p.m. This year’s
theme is “Rock Freedom.”
• 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.: classic
car show at Robinson Com-
munity Park
• 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.:
motorcycle tailgate party,
sponsored by North Coast
ABATE, at the park
• Noon to 3 p.m.: kids
activities at the Decoration
Station (in the gravel lot next
to the fire station)
• Noon to 3 p.m.: the fire-
fighters barbecue, sponsored
by the Warrenton Volunteer
Firefighters Association
The Warrenton festivities
are sponsored by the Warren-
ton Business Association.
Businesses, community
groups, families and individ-
uals are invited to participate
in the parade, one of the
Isabella Chur-
chill, 4, reacts
to Warrenton’s
2016 Old-Fash-
ioned Fourth of
July Parade.
PHOTO BY MCKINLEY SMITH
Tennyson Wilkinson, age 6, honks the nose of a clown during
Warrenton’s 2015 Old-Fashioned Fourth of July Parade.
PHOTO BY
DANNY MILLER
Main Avenue, and online at
largest in the area with more
the Warrenton Old-Fashioned
than 100 entries. There are
Fourth of July Facebook
trophies for the best entries.
Gary Nevan, former own- page. Or send an email to
warrentonfourthofjuly@
er and editor of The Colum-
gmail.com.
bia Press, has been
Visit the Facebook
named grand marshal
page for updates and
of the 2017 parade.
photos from previous
The parade begins
years.
at 3 p.m. and runs
As evening
down Main Avenue
comes, head to Asto-
from the post office
ria to find your place
to Ninth Street, then
turns west to Warren- Gary Nevan to watch the Fourth
of July fireworks, and
ton Grade School.
don’t forget to bring blankets,
Parade applications are
chairs, a camera and patriotic
available at City Hall, The
spirit.
UPS Store, the library on
The fireworks are
launched from the East
End Mooring Basin over
the Columbia River; the
show begins at dark. The
fireworks are sponsored by
the Astoria-Warrenton Area
Chamber of Commerce and
the Chamber Ambassadors
Committee.
Local businesses often
plan their own events to hon-
or the Fourth of July holiday
and are invited to post them
on the Chamber’s Communi-
ty Events Calendar at oldore-
gon.com; click “Events” at
the top of the homepage.
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Monday - Saturday
11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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Watch for us at the corner of
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Call 503-359-5204 for more info.
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