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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
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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
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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.
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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”
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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.