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Young actors bring Wonderland to life in Seaside
PHOTO BY DON ANDERSON
Cory Pederson
Old favorites
performed at free
Regatta concert
ASTORIA — More than 100
musicians from Oregon and
Washington unite for an As-
toria Regatta family concert
in the Astoria High School
Auditorium (1001 West
Marine Drive). The concert
is free, but donations will
be accepted.
Astoria’s Columbia
River Symphony and Van-
couver’s Beacock Music
Concert Band present a
“Summer Pops” concert 3
p.m. Sunday, Aug. 13, as
part of the Regatta’s week-
end celebrations.
Families with youth and
small children are welcome
and encouraged to attend.
The program features
selections from popular
Hollywood films, musicals
and classical pieces such as
the “1812 Overture,” “The
Lion King,” “Superman,”
“The Mask of Zorro,”
“Gettysburg,” “Pirates of
the Caribbean” and many
more.
The concert marks the
fourth time in five years
these two ensembles have
come together. Each ensem-
ble will perform selections
separately at each concert
before joining together
as one 100-plus-member
ensemble to perform many
movie favorites plus other
musical numbers.
Cory Pederson’s Bea-
cock Music Concert Band
is a 40-member ensemble
that is part of the New
Horizons music program in
operation across the nation.
The 65-member (and
still-growing) Columbia
River Symphony is com-
posed of adults and youth
from local schools. Led by
Pederson, and assisted by
Angela Pederson-Calvin,
the symphony is a commu-
nity-based, all-volunteer
non-profit performing arts
group.
For information about
joining the symphony or
upcoming concerts, visit
columbiariversymphony.
org, or call 503-836-2198.
SEASIDE — A cast of
Clatsop County youth bring
“Alice in Wonderland (and
Back Again)” to the stage in
a theatrical retelling of Lew-
is Carroll’s timeless classic.
Presented by Sunset
Empire Park & Recreation
District and Jeremy Mills
State Farm, the Clatsop
Children’s Theatre Company
will perform the show, writ-
ten by Randy Wyatt, 7 p.m.
Friday through Sunday, Aug.
18 through 20, at the Seaside
Civic and Convention Cen-
ter. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
All performances are free
and open to the public.
“Two dozen children,
ranging from 5 to 13 years
old, will take on numer-
ous shapes and forms
throughout the two-act
show, transforming into
flowers, queens, playing
cards, birds, cats and more,”
Director Katherine Lacaze
wrote.
Not only does the show
feature many well-known
characters — such as Alice,
the Mad Hatter, the Twee-
dles, the Queen of Hearts
and the Cheshire Cat — the
audience will encoun-
ter several lesser-known
characters, such as Humpty
SUBMITTED PHOTO
The very serious cast of “Alice in Wonderland”
Dumpty, the Duchess and
her Nanny, and the White
Knight.
“Alice in Wonderland
(and Back Again)” is
being produced by spe-
cial arrangement with
YouthPLAYS and is made
possible through a Clatsop
County Cultural Coalition
grant, funded by the Oregon
Cultural Trust. The chil-
dren’s theater group is ac-
cepting donations to support
arts in the local schools.
For more information,
contact Lacaze at 503-741-
5668.
‘O Brother’ actor-musician plays Salmonberry Saloon
WHEELER — For its
pre-opening party, the
Salmonberry Saloon presents
Chris Thomas King — a
multi-talented Grammy
Award-winning blues artist,
producer, composer and actor
— Sunday, Aug. 13.
The matinee show at
4 p.m. is for all ages (bar
patrons must bring their ID).
The evening show at 7:30
p.m. is for people 21 and
older. A North Coast regional
food, beer, wine and cock-
tail menu will be available.
Tickets can be purchased at
salmonberrysaloon.com.
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Chris Thomas King
King was born in 1962
and grew up among the finest
blues musicians in the genre
at his father’s south Louisi-
ana juke joint, Tabby’s Blues
Box and Heritage Hall, and
began touring with artists
like Buddy Guy and B. B.
King in his teens. King has
recorded numerous albums
and toured internationally for
more than 35 years, accord-
ing to press materials.
A New Orleans Blues
Legend, King played Delta
blues man Tommy Johnson
in “O Brother, Where Art
Thou?” his film debut. He
also won several awards,
including Country Music and
Grammy awards, for his con-
tribution to the film’s score.
He had a supporting role
in the Ray Charles biopic,
“Ray,” playing band leader
Lowell Fulson. He scored
the music for the movie with
Charles.
In addition, King played
the role of Blind Willie
Johnson in Martin Scorsese’s
PBS series “The Blues” and
has produced and starred in
a number of other films and
documentaries.
The Salmonberry Saloon
— the new project of concert
promoter Chantelle Hylton
and artist and teacher Patrick
Rock — is located at 380
Marine Drive, Wheeler. The
venue is slated to officially
open in October.