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Operetta
Hook & Anchor, Golden Promise
play Fort George Brewery Feb. 11
performed at
the Bridgewater
ASTORIA — The Asto-
ria Music Festival, in an
exclusive winter produc-
tion, presents the Operetta
at the Bistro, an intimate
recital and Viennese re-
ception at the Bridgewater
Bistro 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb.
25. The show celebrates
acclaimed American
soprano Charlotte Pistor’s
return to Astoria from her
hometown of Salzburg,
Austria.
Pistor, who is enjoying
an extraordinary European
career, has sung with the
Astoria Music Festival
two summers.
Pistor will be joined by
Astoria’s own bass-bari-
tone Deac Guidi, who
has sung with the Astoria
Music Festival since its
origin in 2003.
Pistor and Guidi will
perform Mozart and
Viennese Operetta in an
intimate-style concert.
Operetta is a genre of light
opera — light both in mu-
sic and subject matter.
The Operetta will be
Astoria Music Festival’s
first-ever event at the
Bridgewater Bistro. “I
love the idea of com-
plementing our primary
venue, Liberty Theatre,
with more intimate venues
around the city,” Guidi
said. “Many European
music festivals, which I
admire, cherish the oppor-
tunity to perform through-
out their communities, in
the city’s main theater,
as well as more intimate
venues.”
Tickets purchased for
$20 includes a compli-
mentary glass of Cham-
pagne, and the $40 ticket
price includes Viennese
sweet and savory pastries,
PHOTOS COURTESY
ASTORIA MUSIC FESTIVAL
Charlotte Pistor, a soprano
from Salzburg, Austria, and
an Astoria Music Festival
artist
ASTORIA — Hook &
Anchor play Fort George
Brewery 8 p.m. Sunday,
Feb. 11, with special guest
Golden Promise from
Portland. There is no cover
charge for the all-ages
show.
Hook & Anchor is a
story of lost songs find-
ing a home. After a busy
five years of touring with
Portland-based band Blind
Pilot, Kati Claborn was sit-
ting on a steadily growing
pile of tunes.
As chance would have
it, longtime friend and
collaborator Erik Clampitt
was looking for material
and musicians to play a
handful of gigs culminat-
ing in a show at the San
Francisco Old-Time and
Bluegrass Festival. Songs
were dusted off, friends
were gathered, and the
music that emerged had
a voice and cohesion that
immediately resonated with
audiences and demanded to
be more than a one-off.
The project quickly
PHOTOS COURTESY BRIAN BOVENIZER
Hook & Anchor
became a vessel for other
members’ back-pocket
tunes, giving the music
breadth and variety. The
band consists of Claborn
(banjo, guitar), Clampitt
(electric guitar, pedal
steel), old-time music
veteran Gabrielle Macrae
(fiddle, banjo, guitar) and
fellow Blind Pilot-ers Luke
Ydstie (bass, piano) and
Ryan Dobrowski (drums).
Golden Promise
Blues-rock blasted at Hoffman Center
Deac Guidi, Astoria’s own
bass-baritone
Champagne and coffee mit
schlag.
Seating is extremely
limited.
Tickets are available at
the Liberty Theatre box
office (1203 Commercial
St.), online (libertyastoria.
org) and by phone at 503-
325-5922, ext. 55. Will-
call tickets are available
for pickup at Bridgewater
Bistro (20 Basin St.) when
doors open for the event.
COURTESY HOFFMAN CENTER FOR THE ARTS
David Wiegan
MANZANITA — David Wiegan
will perform at the Hoffman
Center for the Arts (594 Lane-
da Ave.) 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb.
10. Admission is $10.
Wiegan’s live performanc-
es are best described as edgy
acoustic and electric blues-
rock, with some original mu-
sic thrown in. Cover material
features Eric Clapton, Allman
Brothers, Jimi Hendrix, ZZ
Top, blues classics and a few
Beatles and reggae tunes. He
uses prerecorded “loops” to
create a full band sound when
performing solo, including
three- and four-part harmo-
nies.
Wiegan has played in
a variety of bands and has
recorded for Mercury Records
and Harbinger Northwest
Records. In 2004 he released
a solo CD, now available on
CD Baby and iTunes. In 2015
he released a solo acoustic
CD, also available at CD
Baby.
He has also appeared on
TV shows and performed
in clubs, festivals, fairs and
outdoor concerts, including
Northwind outdoor concerts
on the North Coast and out-
door concerts in Lincoln City
for the Oregon Coast Council
for the Arts.