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Hood River News, Saturday, February 21, 2015
ENTERTAINMENT
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HRV and HRMS drama departments
open two productions on Feb. 27
By KIRBY NEUMANN-REA
‘Loren and Mark’ play Feb. 23
Loren Barrigar and Mark Mazengarb share a unique
musical chemistry and stage presence seldom found
among musicians. Their diverse repertoire of original
and arranged music consists of stunning guitar instru-
mentals as well as vocal duets, giving them wide appeal
and strong audience connection. Influenced by Ameri-
cana, Jazz, Country Western and classical music, Loren
and Mark’s unique style of guitar playing is largely built
upon the thumb-picking techniques pioneered by guitar
greats Merle Travis and Chet Atkins.
The concert is Monday, Feb. 23, at 7 p.m. at Calvary
Baptist Church, 3350 Columbia View Dr., The Dalles. Free
admission to MCCCA season ticket holders. Tickets may
also be purchased at the door or at Klindt's Book Sellers
and Columbia River Music.
Bob Connolly at Volcanic
On Saturday, Feb. 28, enjoy country, pop and rock tunes
from singer-songwriter Bob Connolly at Volcanic Bottle
Shop from 6:30 - 8 :30 p.m. Volcanic Bottle Shoppe, 1410
12th St., Hood River; 541-436-1226.
Dorado at Trillium Feb. 28
According to critics, “Dorado combines musical so-
phistication with funky grooves and raw talent. They
sound like everything from Steely Dan to Beck to funk
bands from the 70's like Tower of Power.” Catch them live
at the Trillium Cafe on Saturday, Feb. 28. Call for show-
times. Trillium Cafe, 207 Oak St., Hood River, 541-308-
0800.
Lunafest returns March 11-12
Soroptimist International of Hood River is presenting
the 12th annual Lunafest at Columbia Center for the Arts
on March 11 and 12. The showing is at 7 p.m. and tickets
are $10. It will be an evening of nine short films directed
and produced by women filmmakers from around the
globe. This season, the film program will travel to over
150 cities and screen in front of 30,000 people. The films
are filled with stories of reflection, hope and humor.
Lunafest is sponsored by Laughing Mountain and by
Providence Hood River Memorial Hospital. Tickets are
available at Waucoma Bookstore and Columbia Center
for the Arts.
Entertainment listings can be e-mailed to
jdrake@hoodrivernews.com
SMART Tongue Twister
Tournament returns Feb. 27
Students versus
teachers in 2015
contestant list
Students and teachers will
vie for the title in the fifth
annual Tongue Twister
Tournament, Feb. 27.
The benefit for the literacy
program Start Making A
Reader Today, SMART, will
be at a new venue, Hood
River Hotel, Second and Oak
streets, starting at 7 p.m. Ad-
mission is $10, with all pro-
ceeds going to SMART,
which connects young read-
ers with volunteers who
spend time with the kids
helping them develop a love
of reading.
Noah Tauscher will defend
his title against four other
students and five local edu-
cators. Along with Tauscher,
a senior at Hood River Valley
High School, will be eighth
graders Kelsey Stewart of
Wy’east Middle School, Zane
Yinger of Hood River Mid-
dle, fifth grader Sean Couni-
han of May Street, and
HRVHS sophomore Morgan
Graves.
In the educator line-up is
Morgan’s mother, Jennifer
Graves, a Wy’east teacher,
which sets up the Tongue
Twister’s first parent-child
matchup.
Also competing are May
Street teacher T Dalbey, Su-
perintendent Dan Goldman,
Heather Laurance of New
Vision School in Mt. Hood,
and HRVHS principal Rich
Polkinghorn.
Local businesses and
SMART volunteers have do-
nated prizes for the annual
“chance auction.” Attendees
can buy tickets to be placed
in a bucket with each prize,
and later in the evening one
ticket will be drawn for each.
The more tickets you place in
a bucket, the better your
chance of winning.
The open mic portion of
TTT is back, too. For a $5 do-
nation, try a tongue twister
and gain another raffle tick-
et.
SMART officials will pre-
sent details about the pro-
gram and ask for further fi-
nancial support via sponsor-
ship of book packets that are
provided to schools. The
SMART readers get to use
those books in their weekly
sessions, and to take them
home. SMART participants
get to take home two books to
keep each month.
The Hood River SMART
chapter provides services to
all five elementary schools
and, new this year, the Hood
River Head Start program.
SMART programs are locat-
ed around the state, and the
organization is now in its
26th year.
Judges will include Cir-
cuit Court Judge Karen Os-
trye and Bruce Ludwig, the
2013 champion, both of Hood
River. The 2011 and 2012 vic-
tors Buzzy Nielsen and Kim
Vogel will also be on hand.
If you have questions
about the event or SMART,
call Kirby Neumann-Rea at
541-386-1234.
News editor
For the first time in memo-
ry, three dramatic produc-
tions will take place on the
same night in Hood River.
Two school shows open at
7 p.m. on Feb. 27 and run for
two weekends, and the ongo-
ing CAST production reach-
es its final weekend Feb. 27-
28.
Hood River Valley High
School opens the comic
satire “The Madwoman of
Chaillot” in Bowe Theater,
directed by Rachel Harry,
and Hood River Middle
School premieres the musi-
cal “The Girl Who Lived
With the Bears” at HRMS au-
ditorium, directed by Rebec-
ca Niederhiser. It was writ-
ten by Mark Steighner, the
HRVHS music director, who
has written a total of eight
musicals for HRVHS and
HRMS drama departments
in the past 12 years.
“The Full Monty,” mean-
while, will be on stage at
CAST through Feb. 28. Bruce
Ludwig directs the musical.
■ The Girl Who Lived with
the Bears —Based loosely
upon a local Native Ameri-
can legend, the musical ex-
plores the deeper issues of
respect, diversity, connected-
ness, and the effects of miss-
placed judgment.
The plot entails the story
of a young Indian princess,
Ayasha, who lacks respect
for the surrounding animals,
especially the bears. After
being “kidnapped” by the
local bear tribe for her disre-
spect, she learns that the
bears are not merely “big,
smelly, and scary,” but rather
“people” like herself.
■ “Madwoman of Chail-
lot” — Director Rachel
Harry says, “The play was
written in 1943 and is a poet-
ic satire by Jean Giraudoux
and is very popular in
France. It has been described
as one part fantasy and two
parts reason. Played Broad-
way for two years and won a
Photos by Kirby Neumann-Rea
“Madwoman” actors include Delaney Barbour, left, in the title role, and Cayla Sacre, Olivia Newcomb,
and Dani Euwer, in what is a full-costume production with an elaborate set and numerous props.
Below: eighth graders Courtney Riegl, left, and Emily Phillips help build the “Girl Who Lived With the
Bears” set at HRMS.
Tony, considered one of the
“most interesting and re-
warding plays to have been
written in the ‘40s and ‘50s.
“I chose the play for a vari-
ety of reasons; there are
many wonderful quirk y
parts for my actors to play
with, very strong female
roles and fast paced humor.
The theme is also one that I
find relevant today, that of a
large corporation squander-
ing the resources of a neigh-
borhood and threatening the
happiness of the local peo-
ple.”
■ The Full Monty – ”The
play is really about relation-
ships,” notes Ludwig, and
there are some excellent
studies of relationships be-
tween husbands and wives, a
man and his son, a man and
his mother, and two men who
are best friends. It is suitable
for ages 13 and older. (Details
in Happenings, page A9.)
Feb. 13, 14, 19,
20, 21, 26, 27, 28
at 7:30 p.m.
MATINEE
SHOWING:
Feb. 22nd
at 2:00 p.m.
the 51 st annual
Pine Grove Fire Dept. auction
th
saturday, March 7 • 9 a.m.
NOW ACCEPTING DONATIONS OR CONSIGNMENTS OF:
Appliances, furniture, toys, antiques, collectibles, power tools, hand tools, cars,
trucks, boats, motorcycles, bikes, snowmobiles, tractors, trailers, household
items, garden tools, lawnmowers, rototillers, equipment of all types.
We ask that all items be in working order.
Business Owners: Please consider donating excess or obsolete stock.
Please bring items to the Firehouse.
For more information or drop-off times, call 541-806-1173.
Located 4 miles south of Hood River on Hwy. 35 at Van Horn Drive
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sponsored in part by:
A K E D W INERY
TICKETS: $18 for adults, $15 students and seniors
Groups of 10 or more $12
Be part of the show – 8 packages sold for each show,
2 tickets, front row table, a bottle of the Full Monty
from Naked Winery and 2 show wine glasses for $75
Tickets available at Waucoma Bookstore, Columbia Art Gallery
and online at www.columbiaarts.org ~ 215 Cascade Ave.
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