SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2016
Beer tasting continues at
Homegrown tomorrow
Homegrown will present
another in its series of free
beer tastings Thursday, Feb.
18, from 4 to 6 p.m.
Homegrown will introduce
Norm Vidoni II and Charlie
Whedbee
from
Plough
Monday Organic Brewery and
Farm in Veneta.
Both Vidoni and Whedbee
started Plough Monday in
2008. They have had many
challenges but have continued
growing hops and brewing.
They have mastered their craft
of making unique brews with
locally sourced organic ingre-
dients.
Plough Monday is commit-
ted to using organic ingredi-
ents. Vidoni and Whedbee
believe in educating their cus-
tomers about the chemical
fungicides commonly used in
growing conventional hops,
and the effects these fungi-
cides have on our environment
and body. They go to all
lengths to produce a final
product that is healthy for their
customers and the environ-
ment.
Come to Homegrown, 294
Laurel St., to meet the brewers
and taste some of their cre-
ations.
Call 541-997-4886 for more
information.
Library holds book signing
The public is invited to
attend a book signing for
“Family Disaster Dogs” author
Amber Higgins at the Siuslaw
Public Library, 1460 Ninth St.,
on Saturday, Feb 20, from 1 to
3 p.m.
For more information, email
Higgins at contact@family
disasterdogs.com or call 541-
991-0584.
Can’t make the event? Visit
www.familydisasterdogs.com
to get a copy and learn more.
ADA GRANGE Spaghetti Dinner & Bingo
SATURDAY, FEB. 20
(Donations Welcome)
5:00 p.m. Kitchen Opens,
Regular Bingo Menu
6:00 p.m. BINGO!
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Jesse Cook
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uring Seacoast Enter-
tainment
Assoc-
iation’s Jesse Cook
pre-concert talk at the
Florence Events Center on Jan.
29, it became clear that the
singer/songwriter was not only
a pleasant and highly humor-
ous presence, but also a very
popular performer.
Having never given a pre-
concert talk before, Cook
asked for questions. After
answering a few of them,
Cook realized many in the
room had been to his concerts
before.
He asked how many had
been to more than one of his
concerts. Hands went up for 5,
6, 7 and even 9 concerts by
what were obviously huge
Jesse Cook fans.
Many out-of-town attendees
in this audience had been to
his concert the night before in
Eugene and were planning to
attend his concert the follow-
ing night in Seattle.
It gives new meaning to the
term “he has a following.”
That’s how good Cook and
his band are.
Onstage, the lighting was
just enough to enable the first
of five musicians to find their
way out to start the strains of
Cook’s original composition
that borrows from traditional
music so ancient there is no
known author.
During the pre-concert talk,
PHOTO BY ELLEN TEMPLAR
Jesse Cook (center) performs at the Florence Events Center.
Cook was asked who in the
music field influenced him and
one of his answers was The
Gypsy Kings, a very famous
traditional and modern music
ensemble with a style all their
own. Their musical style could
definitely be heard in this
piece and in many of the
pieces performed by Cook and
his band during the evening.
As a composer and album
producer, while borrowing
from ancient traditional music
and Gypsy King styling,
Cook still manages to create
exciting new music all his
own. Mastery of guitar and
instrumentation combine into
artful uniqueness.
The energy level never let
up. It all appeared so easy and
yet one knew it had to be
exhausting in the end.
During the pre-concert talk
there was discussion about one
of Cook’s past performances
of “Cancion Triste.” Cook
stated that it is a sad song but
the
audience
comment
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responded that it was more
relaxing than sad.
However, with eyes closed
you could see, hear and feel
the ocean waves rolling onto
the shore and back out again
with every breath of the music.
At one point there was the sur-
prising echo of a fog horn.
Cook played with some of
the most talented musicians to
ever grace the event center’s
stage. The multi-talented Chris
Church plays violin, concerti-
na and learned to play the
haunting Armenian duduk
expertly for one particular
tune. Church also displayed a
singing voice to envy.
Dennis Mohammad provid-
ed the all-important bass
rhythms with great energy and
excitement.
Nicholas Hernandez on fla-
menco guitar perfectly compli-
mented Cook. Both musicians
were outstanding with the fla-
menco hand clapping that
gives this style of music so
much verve.
Late into the program, the
audience was surprised to
learn that this was only
Juan Mendrano’s second
7 A
CONCERT
performance
with
this
group.
The only word to describe
Mendrano’s talents on trap set,
ethnic drums, a box, a tin can
and unusual percussion tools is
“amazing.”
It just cannot be easy for a
young man from Columbia to
suddenly and quickly be per-
forming the intricate rhythms
of Armenian styled music.
Cook is an engaging per-
former who brings great
humor to the stage and brings
the audience to its feet often.
During the first encore
piece, Paul Simon’s “Cecilia,”
the entire sold-out crowd was
on its feet singing, clap-
ping and swaying with the
music.
It was sometimes difficult to
catch titles for the music.
The last song was some-
thing about rain falling down,
which may have been the title,
and was very telling as to
the vast amount of talent on
stage. Guitars were unplugged,
amps and mikes were turned
off
and
only
the sounds of pure acoustics
and human voice were heard.
As Church sang this song
with harmonies by Cook and
the rest of the band accompa-
nying, his enviable voice rang
beautifully throughout the hall
with great timbre and projec-
tion.
Presented by SEAcoast pro-
ducers Linda Gargis and Steve
Dennis, Jesse Cook was the
third of SEA’s 2015-16 concert
season.
SEAcoast’s next concert,
“Ballet Fantastique,” will be
this Saturday, Feb. 20.
Call the FEC box office for
tickets at 541-997-1994 or
contact
it
online
at
www.eventcenter.org.
997-9983
EVENT DATES
•Friday, Feb 26, 6:30pm-9:30pm (doors open at 6pm)
•Saturday, Feb 27, 9am-5pm (lunch: 12pm-1pm)
Rotary announces SHS
student of the Quarter
a global gathering
Let Paul show you a new car or truck.
Stop by today!
IF:Gathering brings together women from all over the
world to humbly seek God and to equip them
to better live out their callings. It is a raw, authentic
and community-driven global gathering for women who desire to invest
in and love one another across denominations, generations
and cultures. We seek to model, resource and empower women
so that they can create fresh, honest spaces in
their local places to wrestle with essential
questions of faith like:
IF God is real ... then what?
IF God is real, then we want more than anything to live like it.
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COURTESY PHOTO
On Feb. 9, the Florence Rotary Club presented
Siuslaw High School student Michael Larson with
an award for SHS Student of the Quarter. Larson
was nominated by staff members at the high
school. Pictured are (from left): Student of the
Quarter Michael Larson, Siuslaw High School
Principal Kerri Tatum and Rotary President Crystal
Farnsworth.
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❑ Class ABC fi re extinguisher
❑ Radio and fresh batteries
❑ Nonperishable food in coffee can
❑ Bottled water
❑ Tool kit
❑ Blankets or sleeping bags
❑ Short rubber hose for siphoning
❑ Jumper cables
❑ Waterproof matches and candles
❑ Refl ectors and fl ares
❑ Flashlight with fresh batteries
❑ Paper and pencil maps
❑ Towel, plastic bags, medications
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