South Coast Folk Society hosts country, contra dancing
COOS BAY — English Country
Dancing and Contra Dancing are coming
to Coos Bay on Saturday, Jan. 2.
Start the new year with a bounce in
your step at these two public events spon-
sored by the South Coast Folk Society.
It’s all happening at the Harding Learning
Center, 755 S. Seventh St. in Coos Bay.
At 4 p.m., there will be two hours of
English Country Dancing, “Downton
Abbey” style. Period costumes are wel-
come but not required — nor is experi-
ence.
Brooke Friendly will teach and call all
dances from England and the Outstanding
Open Band will provide live music.
Dancers of all ages and skill levels are
welcome.
Admission is by donation, with a
potluck meal to follow.
Contra Dancing begins at 7 p.m. with a
full lesson by Friendly and more music by
the Outstanding Open Band. Contra danc-
ing is a light-hearted form of social danc-
ing that is easy to learn, and lots of fun for
the whole family.
The Outstanding Open Band is a group
of talented local musicians who volunteer
their time to practice and play music.
First-timers who show up for Friendly’s
lesson will receive a ticket for free admis-
sion to their next dance. Both venues offer
a full evening of social dancing to great
live music.
These events are alcohol and fragrance
free.
Doors open at 6:45 p.m. Admission is
$7 for general, $6 for students w/ID and
seniors over age, or $5 for members.
Supervised children under age 6 are
admitted free.
For more information, call Paul at 541-
572-5370 or visit www.southcoastfolk
society.wordpress.com.
Fifth-grade students’ Cigar Box Guitars on display at museum
COOS BAY — Cigar Box Guitars will
be featured as part of “Musical
Instruments @ CAM,” an exhibition of
instruments and instrument building,
being held at Coos Art Museum through
Feb. 13, 2016.
The Cigar Box Guitars represent a sam-
pling of the 130 guitars built by the 2014-
2015 fifth-grade class at Sunset Middle
School.
The guitars, part of the museum’s
Studio-to-School program, were built
over the course of three months under the
direction of Sunset teacher Nick Krissie,
who won a STEM Champion Award for
his work on this project.
Studio-to-School is funded by a grant
from the Oregon Community Foundation
and represents a partnership which
includes Sunset School and Coos Art
Museum.
Many other community members and
businesses donated materials or volun-
teered time to this project.
During the construction of the guitars
the students developed skills in science,
technology, engineering, and math.
Students also learned about the rich
history of this instrument in American
music.
At the culmination of this project, stu-
dents had the opportunity to work with
international cigar box guitar expert Justin
Johnson, who spent a week with the stu-
dents and taught them basic music theory,
rhythm and 12-bar blues.
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The students also had the opportunity to
perform in concert with Justin at the
Egyptian Theatre in May.
The museum offers a wide range of arts
activities including exhibitions, art classes
and lectures.
Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Tuesday
through Friday, and 1 to 4 p.m. on
Saturday.
Museum admission is $5 general, $2
for students, veterans and seniors, and free
to museum members.
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