Dance to Beatles tribute band at FEC
FLORENCE — The Abbey Road
LIVE! tribute band will feature Beatles
tunes in a rocking musical program
Saturday, July 9, at 7:30 p.m. at the
Florence Events Center (FEC), 715
Quince St.
U.S. News and World Report has called
Beatles tribute band Abbey Road LIVE!
“One of the world’s premier Beatles cover
bands.”
Since 2002, Abbey Road LIVE! has
been rocking the music of the Beatles at
clubs, theatres, festivals and private
events. Initially a tribute to the monumen-
tal “Abbey Road” album, the band has
expanded its scope to include more than
100 Beatles tunes, from all eras of the Fab
Four’s career.
The band specializes in complete, start-
to-finish album performances of master-
pieces such as “Abbey Road,” “Magical
Mystery
Tour,”
“Rubber
Soul,”
“Revolver” and “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely
Hearts Club Band.”
Abbey Road LIVE! is not your typical
Beatle look-alike tribute act; don’t expect
mop-top
haircuts
and
vintage
Rickenbacker guitars.
Rather, this show is about bringing to
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Abbey Road LIVE! will perform July 9 at the Florence Events Center.
life some of the more mature and complex
Beatles material in a raw and spirited
fashion, while remaining true to the origi-
nal recordings. Combining attention to
detail with a creative exuberance, the band
always delights its audiences with its
diverse repertoire of hits and more
obscure favorites.
Abbey Road LIVE! is made up of four
all-star musicians from the infamous
Athens, Ga., music scene that gave the
world R.E.M., Widespread Panic and the
B-52s.
Collectively, the band members have
recorded and toured regularly with
Cosmic Charlie, Charlie Mars and Fuzzy
Sprouts.
Individual band members have also col-
laborated with acts such as Indigo Girls,
Juliana
Hatfield,
Mike
Houser
(Widespread Panic), Danielle Howle and
Lemonheads.
While the four lads from Athens gener-
ally perform as a quartet, they have also
been known to recruit the “Magical
Mystery Horns” and the “Lonely Hearts
Strings,” lending authentic accompani-
ment to the more elaborately orchestrated
tunes. The latest addition to the Abbey
Road LIVE! musical arsenal is a real
Indian sitar and tablas.
At a typical Abbey Road LIVE! show,
audiences young and old can be found
gleefully singing along with every word,
many in utter disbelief at getting to hear
this monumental music performed live;
something that even the Beatles them-
selves never did, since they stopped tour-
ing in 1966.
Tickets are $20 for adults, $12 for ages
12 and under, and are available at the FEC
box office, by calling 541-997-1994 or
online at www.eventcenter.org.
Florence Events Center to offer
exhibit opportunities for artists
Backstreet Gallery’s summer
box challenge on display
FLORENCE — The Florence Events
Center (FEC) will have several opportu-
nities for artists to display their talents in
Galleries One and Five during the fall and
winter of 2016 and continuing in 2017.
The FEC Gallery Committee, as part of
Friends of the FEC, is giving artists
advance notice of upcoming exhibits, as
well as offering new and creative chal-
lenges to artists.
The first special exhibit will take place
in October and November. This will be
the second annual Artistic Visions Award
Show. Artists can display up to three
pieces of artwork, including 2-D, photog-
raphy and 3-D.
Cash awards will be given to winners
in each category, as well as honorable
mention ribbons.
Qualified jurors from outside the
Florence area will judge this show.
In December, the FEC will offer a new
FLORENCE — Commemorating
Independence Day, Backstreet Gallery
welcomes one and all to enjoy the fan-
tastic creations of the July Community
Challenge.
There will be a reception honoring
the artists on Saturday, July 9, from 3
to 5 p.m., during the Second Saturday
Gallery Tour.
Local citizens were invited to deco-
rate, redesign, embellish, enhance or
spruce up the round boxes in anyway
their creative spirit might lead them.
After sharpening their wits and honing
the right side of their brain, the results
these artists have achieved will
absolutely amaze and delight you.
The finished pieces will be exhibit-
ed at the gallery starting July 1 until
July 31.
Michael Anderson, guitarist extraor-
dinaire, will be back to strum great
tunes from the ’40s to the present.
exhibit encouraging people to “Give Art
this Christmas.”
Artists will be asked to submit works
that are $100 or less, and a fun reception
will be planned with live music, refresh-
ments and photos with Santa.
January and February of 2017 will be
the third annual “For the Love of
Animals” exhibit, with a reception held to
benefit the Oregon Coast Humane
Society. Pet photos are always a fun part
of this event.
March and April will be a patriotic
themed exhibit, with a reception benefit-
ing the Disabled American Veterans
(DAV) and the Oregon Coast Military
Museum.
Publicity and details on each of the
upcoming exhibits will be available the
month prior, and applications will also be
available at that time online at
www.eventcenter.org.
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“American Spirit Mobile” by
Pattie Brooks-Anderson
Join Backstreet on July 9 for a
gallery full of fun, fine art, great appe-
tizers and guitar music at its best. The
gallery, at 1421 Bay St., is open daily
10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and to 8 p.m.
Fridays and Saturdays.
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