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OCTOBER 26, 2017 // 7 Astoria Jazz Festival makes debut at six venues ASTORIA — The first annual Astoria Jazz Festival takes place Friday through Sunday, Oct. 27 through 29, in six Astoria venues: KALA, Car- ruthers, Bridgewater Bistro, WineKraft, Inferno Lounge and Charlie’s Chop House. The festival is the mutu- al dream of Ron Craig, the founder of the Astoria Interna- tional Film Festival, and Bruce M. Watts, an avid jazz lover. The featured perfor- mance will be Catarina New Quartet at KALA 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 28. Doors open at 7 p.m. Experience the soothing, charismatic rhythm of Cata- rina New, Portland Oregon’s Swedish jazz artist and sax- ophone and vocal sensation. Her fresh, inspired music SUBMITTED PHOTOS Jazz vocalist Rebecca Hardiman soothes the senses while feeding the soul. Tickets for this perfor- mance can be purchased at the Liberty Theatre online or at KALA the day of the show. Other venues Carruthers: Rebecca Hardiman 8:30 to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Oct. 27 and 28. Catarina New, a Swedish jazz musician from Portland From the moment Hardi- man walks on stage, her tone, sense of style, delivery and cheerfulness light up the room. True jazz lovers of jazz will recognize she is authentic, a welcome asset to the world of vocal jazz. WineKraft: John Orr on Friday, Oct. 27; music and trivia with Barbie G on Saturday, Oct. 28; Kelsey Mousley on Sunday, Oct. 29. Bridgewater Bistro: Jennifer Goodenberger on Friday, Oct. 27; David Drury on Saturday, Oct. 28; Richard Thomasian and friends (brunch) Sunday, Oct. 29; Skadi (dinner) Oct. 29. Inferno Lounge: To be announced (check website) Charlie’s Chop House: To be announced (check website) For additional informa- tion, visit astoriajazzfestival. info or facebook.com/asto- riajazzfestival. Celtic harps, rare instruments, wondrous stories ASTORIA — A duo of Celtic harpists and multi-instru- mentalists will perform a concert of rare instruments and stories — as well as offer a beginning hands-on- harps workshop (with harps provided) — at Clatsop Community College’s Per- forming Arts Center. The concert takes place 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 27. Admission is $15. The beginner’s harp workshop, for adults and children 8 and older, is 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Oct. 28. A $25 donation will Lisa Lynne, left, and Aryeh Frankfurter SUBMITTED PHOTO reserve a Celtic harp. Reser- vations for the 15 available harps can be made at 503- 338-2369. The concert features Lisa Lynne and Aryeh Frankfurt- er playing two Celtic harps, the rare Swedish nyckel- harpa, Ukranian bandura, cittern, viola and more. The audience will hear tradition- al instrumental music from Sweden and Ireland, and original compositions blend- ed with stories of humor and adventure. People can also attend the workshop as a listener and donate what they wish. Donations support “Harps- for-Hearts,” which places interactive music programs in schools and hospitals throughout the West Coast. Lynne and Frankfurter hail from Oregon and share a background as progressive rock musicians. They tour extensively, playing fine per- forming arts centers, theaters and intimate venues around the U.S. and Europe. Brownsmead Flats play ‘crabgrass’ in Manzanita MANZANITA — The Brownsmead Flats play at the Hoffman Center for the Arts (594 Laneda Ave.) 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 28. Admission is $10. The band plays acoustic music described as “crab- grass,” a style they liken to folk and bluegrass with a maritime flavor. They sing with tight vocal harmonies, and the quintet plays a vari- ety of acoustic instruments. Dan Sutherland is featured on hammered dulcimer, man- dolin and fiddle. Ray Raihala picks banjo, guitar and man- dolin. Larry Moore plays the mandolin. John Fenton is on bass and mandolin. And Ned Heavenrich plays harmonica and guitar. The Brownsmead Flats create a fun-loving atmo- sphere where audiences are encouraged to sing along. The band’s versatility allows them to play music for all ages, and their shows are guaranteed to fill audiences with joy and mirth. SUBMITTED PHOTO The North Coast Symphonic Band at the Liberty Theatre North Coast Symphonic Band opens 38th season at Astoria’s Liberty Theatre ASTORIA — The North Coast Symphonic Band will open its 38th season 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 29, at the Liberty Theatre. Doors open at 1:15 p.m. The Beach Bud- dies will present a preshow of light jazz starting at 1:30 p.m. Dave Becker, a former band director at Lewis and Clark College, returns as the Symphonic Band’s conduc- tor and musical director. The afternoon’s program is titled “Postcards from Europe” and features Becker’s fa- vorite wind band selections with a European theme. Selections include Bach’s “Prelude and Fugue in G minor” transcribed for band, and Mendelssohn’s “Over- ture for Band,” originally written for wind instru- ments. The Symphonic Band will perform “Les Papillons” (or “The Butterflies”) writ- ten by Coby Lankester and arranged by Dutch compos- er Johan de Meij. “Sym- phonic Dances from Fiddler on the Roof” references the many Jewish quarters in Eastern Europe. A historic battle in France inspired “Ayres of Agincourt.” “The March of the Belgian Para- chutists” by Pierre Leemans comes from Belgium, and the “Knightsbridge March” SUBMITTED PHOTO Dave Becker, conductor and musical director of the North Coast Symphonic Band from Eric Coates’ London Suite is a beloved tune in England. The Beach Buddies performs dance music of the Big Band Era through the 1980s, including classic rock and great swing tunes. Tickets are available at the Liberty box office (1203 Commercial St.) 2 to 5:30 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday and two hours before the performance. Regular admission is $15. Student tickets for those 18 and under are $7. For more information, visit libertyastoria.org. For more information on the Symphonic Band, visit northcoastsymphonicband. org, or find them on Face- book or call 503-325-2431.
