MAY 3, 2018 // 7
Astoria School of Ballet presents ‘A Little Princess’ at Liberty
ASTORIA — The Astoria
School of Ballet and the
Liberty Theatre present
“A Little Princess” 7 p.m.
Friday, May 4. General
admission tickets are $15.
Margaret Wall’s ballet
adaptation, with music by
Jules Massenet, is based
on the classic children’s
novel by Frances Hodgson
Burnett.
When her father,
Captain Crewe, goes off
to fight in the Boer War,
young Sara Crewe is placed
into the care of Amanda
Minchin, the head of an
exclusive private school for
girls. Sara lives the won-
derful life of a privileged
child and is quite happy in
her surroundings.
When her father is
listed as missing in action,
her life goes from one of
plenty to that of a poor
housemaid. Mrs. Minchin
agrees to keep her on at the
school, but in the absence
of her tuition payments,
she has to work for her
keep. She is soon cleaning
out the fireplace and scrub-
bing floors and is dubbed
the “little princess” by
her schoolmates. She also
refuses to accept that her
father is dead and prowls
the hospitals in the hope of
locating him. Luck — and
Royal intervention — as-
sist her in her quest.
This yearly collabora-
tion between the Astoria
School of Ballet and the
Liberty Theatre exposes an
average of 1,300 children
to the wonders of ballet
during field trip perfor-
mances to our grand the-
ater. Last year’s program
was so popular that this
year we’ve added a fourth
school performance for a
total of 2,200 area school-
children.
If you are interested
in becoming a sponsor
of these performances,
contact the Liberty. The
theater, located at 1203
Commercial St., is a
nonprofit performing arts
center. Donations may be
tax deductible.
Friday Musical Club ends season with two recitals
ASTORIA — Friday Musical
Club of Astoria will present
its annual Student Recital
and Scholarship Benefit Con-
cert 4 p.m. Sunday, May 6, at
First Lutheran Church (725
33rd St.) in Astoria.
This concert is open to the
public and features perfor-
mances by students selected
last fall to receive private
music lesson scholarships.
The show is free but dona-
tions will be gladly accepted
to fund next year’s schol-
arships. A reception with
refreshments will follow.
Friday Musical Club pri-
vate lesson scholarships are
offered upon application to
students in schools in Clatsop
County in Oregon and Pacific
County in Washington.
This year’s recipients in-
clude several students from
Warrenton High School —
Brandon Andres on flute,
Holly Chauvin on clarinet,
Kara Dowaliby on vocals,
Alyssa Hardesty on flute,
Alison Johnson on vocals,
Jeffery Lafferty on vocals,
McKayla Medjo on bari-
tone sax, Serena Moha on
flute — and Hayley Rollins
COURTESY FRIDAY MUSICAL CLUB
Friday Musical Club officers 2018-19 (from left): Janet Bowler,
secretary; Laurie Drage, president; Diane Amos, vice president;
Charlene Larsen, treasurer
on cello from Seaside High
School, and Megan Schacher
on flute from Astoria High
School.
A second musical recital
will be offered 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, May 12, at the
McTavish Room at the Lib-
erty Theatre. This recital fea-
tures student and adult string
players tutored this past year
by violinist Kevin Lefohn
of Portland. These string
workshops were sponsored
by Friday Musical Club and
a generous private donation.
Roughly 20 musicians partic-
ipated during the year.
Friday Musical Club
funds music lesson scholar-
ships and string workshops
through dues and donations.
A new cycle of music lesson
scholarship applications will
begin in fall 2018.
Friday Musical Club’s
mission is to further musi-
cal excellence. Interested
musicians are encouraged
to contact Laurie Drage at
503-791-5917 or by email at
dragesl@gmail.com.
COURTESY LIBERTY THEATRE
The Astoria School of Ballet in ‘A Little Princess’
Tributes to classic bands ABBA and
Fleetwood Mac at Scandinavian Festival
ASTORIA — By popular
demand, Arrival, Canada’s
tribute to ABBA, will
return to the 2018 Astoria
Scandinavian Midsum-
mer Festival along with
Dreams, Canada’s Fleet-
wood Mac tribute band.
Arrival will take visitors
back in time to experience
the amazing music of
ABBA, the Swedish group
that sang in English and
was the most commercially
successful pop group in the
world from 1974 to 1982.
Dreams is an authen-
tic-sounding, seven-piece
tribute to Fleetwood Mac.
Both bands perform in full
costume and have traveled
the world with their shows.
The performance takes
place 7 p.m. Saturday,
June 16, at the Clatsop
County Fairgrounds.
Dreams will perform
Fleetwood Mac favorites
first. During the break for
costume changes, there
will be a Scandinavian
joke-telling contest.
COURTESY JUDITH LAMPI
Dreams, a Fleetwood Mac tribute band, will perform at the
2018 Astoria Scandinavian Midsummer Festival.
Arrival will perform
their ABBA tribute next.
Afterward, there will be
a public dance with live
music by Scandinavian
Country.
Tickets are on sale
at the Liberty Theatre
in Astoria or online at
libertyastoria.showare.
com. Reserved seats are
$35 and $25. General
admission tickets are $15.
Prices will increase by $2
at the door. Parking is $2
per day.
Admission to the Arriv-
al/Dreams concert includes
festival admission after 5
p.m. Shopping, snacks, a
Viking dinner and bever-
ages will be available. The
beer garden will be open
before and after the show.
Retail booths will close
at 6:30 p.m., and every-
one with a ticket will be
readmitted to the arena at 7
p.m. to find a seat.
Don’t miss this experi-
ence to enjoy classic feel-
good tunes from outstand-
ing tribute bands. Bring
your friends and enjoy a
summer evening you’ll
remember for years.