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in Portland — will be behind the kit.
Sedona Fire, a stand-out favorite
last year, is a five-piece rock band
featuring the talents of Sedona
Torres.
Headlining Friday night at A
Mighty Thai is another returning act,
Scratchdog String Band, a high-ener-
gy bluegrass group.
Singer-songwriters are also
well-represented.
Austin-born Manzanita resident
Sarah Barlow brings her cosmic coun-
try soul to A Mighty Thai on Friday
and Saturday, and Hayley Lynn’s
quirky Americana-style originals hold
forth at all three venues.
On Saturday night, The Resolec-
trics, a roots R&B band, play A
Mighty Thai.
The Resolectrics’ spokesman Tate
Peterson echoed many artists playing
this event as well as folks who plan to
attend: “We’ve heard so much about
the festival, and we’re really looking
forward to Manzanita.”
Smaller footprint
The Manzanita Music Festival is a
fundraiser for the Neahkahnie School
District Music Program.
Last year, the organizers expanded
the list of venues to include a large
stage at a local baseball field.
Though the festival was a success,
traffic and parking became a problem
on U.S. Highway 101, and festival-
goers had to be bussed to the field.
This year’s organizers had planned
on using that venue until the stage
production company pulled out unex-
pectedly.
Facing this roadblock, festival
founder Beth Carter-Boyer chose to
steer the festival back to its small-
er, more intimate origins. She also
scaled back the event from three days
to two.
“We’re going back to a festival
with a smaller footprint,” Carter-Boy-
er said. “The musicians and the crowd
interact better, and it makes things
more intimate and community-feel-
ing. Last year was fun, but it was just
too big, too complicated.”
To keep the music playing, orga-
nizers teamed up with San Dune Pub
owner Debra “Deb” Greenlee.
“I just want to see school kids have
a chance to play an instrument or sing
instead of turning to drugs and crime,
so I decided to step up,” Greenlee
said.
“I cannot overemphasize what
Deb’s support means to this festival,”
Carter-Boyer said. CW
TIM LABARGE PHOTO
Modern roots rockers The Resolectrics.
COURTESY BETH CARTER-BOYER
RON BALDWIN PHOTO
Manzanita Music Festival founder Beth Carter-Boyer, left, and Debra Greenlee, own-
er of the San Dune Pub and 2018 festival presenter.
Singer-songwriter Hayley Lynn will perform at this year’s Man-
zanita Music Festival.