SEAcoast 2016-17 season offers Pink Martini
FLORENCE — SEAcoast Entertain-
ment Association has announced its 2016-
2017 season line up.
“Since its beginning 36 years ago, SEA
has brought top quality performers to
Florence audiences,” said Linda Gargis,
SEA board vice-president. “This upcom-
ing season continues that tradition. We
have seven fantastic shows, including
midweek concerts, plus a new ‘Dinner
and a Show’ package available for season
ticket holders.”
In the new season, four of SEA’s con-
certs will be held on Wednesday nights
with a nod to the increased weekend
demands in the Florence community.
“SEA is a big supporter of the Florence
Events Center (FEC),” said Gargis. “By
scheduling Wednesday shows, we are not
only helping keep the FEC active mid-
week, we were able to book several acts
that would have been unavailable on
weekends due to scheduling, travel issues
and cost.”
The season opens Wednesday, Oct. 5,
2016, with “Cantus,” one of the premier
vocal groups in the United States.
This all-male ensemble will highlight
the camaraderie, bonding and
honor of the Armed Forces.
SEA will partner with local
veterans groups to help set
the tone for Veterans Day.
The holiday season kicks
off Nov. 18 with the incom-
parable musical group Pink
Martini. Oregon’s own “little
orchestra” will provide two
performances at the FEC:
Friday, Nov. 18, as part of the
SEA season, and again on
Saturday, Nov. 19, in partner-
ship with the Friends of the
Florence Events Center.
SEA season ticket holders
will have reserved seats for
Nov. 18 as part of the regular
season ticket package.
Single tickets for the
Friday or Saturday shows Pink Martini will perform Nov. 18-19 in Florence
will be $49.
Joe Trio will entertain on Jan. 21, 2017, appreciation for the standard concert
bringing their humor, versatility and wit to repertoire (think “Beethoven meets The
the FEC stage. The three tremendously Pink Panther”) while entertaining the
musical, classically trained players (piano, audience with humor and spontaneity.
Celebrate Mardi Gras a couple of days
cello, and violin) will bring all a fresh
early with “Bri Skonberg’s New Orleans
Jazz Band” during a Sunday afternoon tea
dance Feb. 26, 2017, with preferred seat-
ing for season ticket holders.
Bria is a specialist in classic American
hot jazz. She leads her band, wails on the
trumpet, and beautifully vocalizes jazz
standards with energy and pizzazz.
SEA is providing Florence fans of brass
with a much needed dose of energy with
the Dallas Brass on March 29, 2017. The
quintet masters all aspects of the brass
repertoire: classical, Dixieland, swing,
show tunes and more as they provide a
musical travelogue through American
instrumental history.
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as part of the SEAcoast 2016-17 season.
On April 26, 2017, SEA presents
“Barrage 8,” a high energy dose of mod-
ern string instruments and movement.
Their innovative stage performance
blends wonderfully with their musical tal-
ent — and strings like you have never
heard them before.
May 24, 2017, will be an incomparable
night for keyboard fans: dueling pianos
when “The Piano Caméléons” will ring
out the SEA season on two grand pianos,
expertly manned by a pair of virtuoso
pianists. They revisit great classic pieces
with interpretations touched by traditional
jazz, world beat, and other influences.
It will be a spectacle for the eyes, ears
and soul.
Artist profiles and more are available at
www.SEAcoastEA.org. Tickets can also
be purchased at the FEC box office, 715
Quince St., or at 541-997-1994.
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