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SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, JULY 2, 2016
Traveling troubadours play Wednesday Library hosts spoken word poetry
KXCR brings new duo Amy
Sue Berlin and Kendra Kinsey
to Florence in July.
The pair has the Kerrville
Folk Festival, in Texas, in their
rearview mirrors. Now the two
young women are hitting the
road as a folk singing package,
bringing their musical back-
grounds and memories with
them to share with audiences
around Oregon this summer.
Their stop in Florence will
be at the Siuslaw Public
Library’s Bromley Room,
1460 Ninth St., Wednesday,
July 6, at 7 p.m.
In the troubadour tradition,
there will no charge at the door.
A passing hat and appreciative
audience will send the per-
formers happily down the road.
Kinsey has been singing
since she learned words. She
grew up singing in the choir
and going yearly to the
Kerrville Folk Festival, which
formed a seedbed of melody
and tunes. After earning a
bachelor’s of arts degree in stu-
dio art, Kendra came back to
music after discovering a love
of harmony. Along came the
ukulele — it was love at love at
first sight.
Kinsey sings solo but also
likes to harmonize. She is
working on an album.
Berlin
was
born
in
Pittsburgh, Pa., but was des-
tined for the American
Southwest.
Tickets on sale
for annual
Kiwanis Duck
Race Monday
Florence Kiwanis Club
will host its 19th annual
“Great Florence Duck Race”
in the Siuslaw River on
Monday, July 4, beginning at
1 p.m.
The race can be viewed
from
the
Old
Town
Boardwalk east of ICM.
Tickets are $5 each and can
be purchased at Coast
Insurance, 777 Maple St.,
across from the U.S. Post
Office, weekdays from 9 a.m.
to 5 p.m.
Tickets can also by pur-
chased
by
contacting
Kiwanian Judy Dahlberg at
541-999-1889 or judyduck
tickets@gmail.com, or by
coming to the Kiwanis trailer
from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.,
through July 3, and on July 4
from 9 a.m. to noon. The
trailer is across the street
from ICM.
There are 43 prizes with a
total value of over $4,100
being awarded, in descending
value, as the ducks cross the
finish line.
All proceeds stay in the
community for scholarships
and helping the community’s
children.
Name Port of
Siuslaw’s river
commode
The Port of Siuslaw is
holding a competition to
name its new floating rest-
room that will go into the
water this week. It will stay
in use through the fishing
season and come out of the
water after Labor Day.
The naming contest is
open to any person 18 years
of age or older. To submit
an entry, email port@portof
siuslaw.com or call 541-997-
3040 with the suggested
name, and your contact infor-
mation.
Entries need to be suitable
for a public facility. There is
no limit to the number of
times a person may enter.
The winner will be picked
and announced on July 4. The
winning entry will receive a
$100 gift certificate to ICM
restaurant.
The vessel is 24 feet long,
11.5 feet wide and has a
1,000 gallon holding capaci-
ty. The vessel is supplied by a
grant from the Oregon State
Marine Board.
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Folk singers Kendra Kinsey (left) and Amy Sue Berlin
Early on, she traveled with
her mother, Anne Feeney, a
musician and activist. Each
year they made the trek to
Texas for the Kerrville Folk
Festival. It was those trips that
silently pulled Amy Sue to
move to Austin, Texas, where
she eventually laid down her
roots.
Her involvement in the
music industry is long, but
much of that time was spent
behind the scenes — selling
merchandise, promoting, man-
aging and learning the ropes. It
wasn’t until September 2012
that Amy got her first taste for
songwriting. Sitting in on some
classes at a song writing camp
in Sisters, Ore., altered Amy’s
path forever. She found herself
a pen and never put it down.
“She sparks the spirit of
summer with her singing. Her
voice is like no other. She is an
Austin Original,” says The
Austin Chronicle.
The show is sponsored by
KXCR. For more information,
go to kxcr.net or call 541-997-
5252.
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Noah Schultz and Stephen
Fowler will be presenting a
free workshop on spoken word
poetry in the Bromley room of
the Siuslaw Public Library,
1460 Ninth St., on Tuesday,
July 5, from 3 to 5 p.m.
All teens ages 13 to 18 are
invited to attend this free pres-
entation. Snacks will be pro-
vided.
Spoken word poetry is a
combination of poetry and per-
formance which often focuses
on social or personal issues.
Fowler and Schultz are the
first and second place winners
of the recent Big Wave Spoken
Word Poetry Contest spon-
sored by Florence Regional
Arts Alliance.
They have made
numerous presentations
throughout Oregon about
poetry and how spoken
word poetry helped trans-
form their own lives.
Schultz has published a
book of his poems called
“Morse Code Kisses.”
The presentation will
include live performanc-
es of original works
along with examples
from other poets.
Fowler says, “This
workshop will give the
youth of Florence a bet-
ter understanding of this
art form and possibly
interest them in attending
our summer classes.”
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who are hungry in our community. If you have
four hours a week available, we are in need of
volunteers to staff our Front Desk and also act
as Guides as clients walk through the pantry.
Please call our volunteer coordinator, Gina Yates,
@ 541-997-9110 (Monday – Friday, before noon)
to learn more about volunteering. info@lorence-
foodshare.org 2190 Spruce Street.
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