Quilters to offer wave of creations in July
FLORENCE — The Rhododen-
dron Quilt Guild’s own Donna
Schoeningh will be the featured quil-
ter for the 2015 Wave of Quilts quilt
show at the Florence Events Center,
July 24 and 25.
There will be door prizes, a quilt
raffle, demonstrations, a boutique,
silent auction, quilt vendors, a bou-
tique and quilt contest.
There will be free admission to
anyone age 12 and younger, or 80
and older. Admission for everyone
else is $5.
Those interested in entering a quilt
in the show’s judged contest can get
an
entry
form
online
at
www.rhodyquilt.info. Entries are due
by June 24.
Raffle tickets are $1 each, or six
for $5. Proceeds go to RQG educa-
tion and programs. The raffle draw-
ing for the featured quilt will be
Saturday, July 25.
The show will be open from 10
a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday, July 24, and
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Hundreds of handmade quilts will be on display during this year’s Wave of Quilts at
the Florence Events Center July 24 and 25.
Florence Playhouse to offer array of summer shows
FLORENCE — Beginning June 26 and
running through Aug. 9, The Florence
Playhouse will present a total of four very
diverse shows:
• “Who’s Gonna Fill Their Shoes?” an
original musical revue featuring more
than 45 classic country hits.
• Nancy Hopp’s “Raw Canvas,”a one-
woman show brought in by a talented
Eugene actress
• “Mike and Carleen McCornack,”
Winter Folk Festival favorites in an
encore folk music performance
• “Dearly Beloved,” a Jones Hope
Wooten laugh-riot that you don’t want to
miss.
“Who’s Gonna Fill Their Shoes” will
run June 26-July 5, and is written and
directed by Mike Jacobson of last year’s
“Ink Spots” fame, as well as CROW pro-
ducer and Poison Pen Players co-owner.
Jacobson has crafted yet another clever
musical revue, featuring many of
Florence’s finest performers, which pays
tribute classic country singers such as
Johnny Cash, June Carter Cash, Hank
Williams Sr., Patsy Cline, George Jones,
Tammy Wynette, Kitty Wells and many
more.
Jacobson says “This music strikes a
chord in me from my youth. I remember
listening to these songs on the record
player.
“They are timeless classics which
deserve to be shared once again.”
Next in the line-up is brilliant Eugene
actress, Nancy Hopp, who brings her one
woman show entitled “Raw Canvas.”
The show was written by Barratt
Walton, and is full of wit, sure to delight
all audiences.
“I remember as a young child, maybe 5
or 6 years old, sitting in front of a full-
length mirror in our vestibule, watching
other beings, other “characters” emerge
from my own reflected image.,” said
Hopp.
This entertaining show runs July 10-12,
and returns again Aug. 7-9.
Mike and Carleen McCornack were
Florence’s 2015 Winter Folk Festival Fan
Favorites. It’s no wonder that they have
been invited back to Florence for an
encore performance of their beautiful folk
music.
The McCornacks are described as
“Two voices and two guitars in perfect
harmony, two of the Northwest’s premiere
singer-songwriters.”
They will perform at the Playhouse
July 17-19.
The Florence Playhouse season wraps
up with a Jones Hope Wooten comedy
entitled “Dearly Beloved.”
From the same zany writing team that
brought last year’s “Dixie Swim Club,”
this comedy is certain to tickle your funny
bone, and drop your jaw.
The Futrelle sisters are throwing a wed-
ding, and Frankie, Honey Raye and Twink
all want you to be in the audience.
Directed by Mary Tuck, “Dearly
Beloved” runs July 24 through Aug. 2.
All four shows will be performed at the
Florence Playhouse, located at 208 Laurel
St., in Old Town.
Showtimes are Fridays and Saturdays
at 7 p.m., and Sundays at 2 p.m.
Individual tickets are only $13, and
season tickets are available (all four
shows for $50).
To reserve tickets, call John Flaherty at
541-997-1675.
For more information, visit www.flo-
renceplayhouse.com .
from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday,
July 25.
Since the group’s creation in
1992, it has grown from 15 members
to 65 — and growing. During the
year, members make quilts for the
Pregnancy Center, along with cloth-
ing protectors and wheelchair bags
for assisted living programs in the
Florence area.
The group also makes quilts for
the Veterans Hospital in Roseburg
and Eugene’s Riverbend Hospital.
The Rhododendron Quilt Guild
welcomes new members to experi-
ence the tradition of quilting through
education, service and friendship by
joining the guild.
Annual membership dues are $25.
The guild meets at the Florence
Christian Church at the corner of
Second and Ivy streets, at 10 a.m.,
on the second and fourth Wednesday
of each month.
Each year, the guild raffles off a
quilt to benefit a local charity.
Music, humor of
Timothy Patrick
June 25
FLORENCE — On Thursday, June
25, from 6 to 9 p.m., Timothy Patrick
will perform
at Traveler’s
Cove.
Patrick is
a Eugene-
based musi-
cal humorist
and
loop
artist who
performs
acoustic
arrange-
ments of rock, blues, pop, jazz and
comedy tunes.
His shows include jokes, comic
observations and audience participa-
tion to create a fun entertainment
experience for all. He has more than
30 years of stage experience as a solo
artist.
Traveler’s Cove Restaurant is locat-
ed at 1362 Bay St.
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