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Concerts and shows
SEAcoast announces exciting 2016-17 season
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“Since its beginning 36 years ago,
SEA has brought top quality performers
to Florence audiences,” said Linda
Gargis, SEA board vice-president. “This
upcoming season continues that tradi-
tion. We have seven fantastic shows,
including midweek concerts, plus a new
‘Dinner and a Show' package available
for season ticket holders.”
The season opens Wednesday, Oct. 5,
at 7 p.m., with “Cantus,” one of the pre-
mier 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 incomparable musical group
“Pink Martini.” Oregon’s own “little
orchestra” will provide two performanc-
LEFT :
“D ALLAS B RASS ” (M ARCH 29); “P INK M ARTINI ” (N OV . 18);
es at the FEC: Friday, Nov. 18, at 7 p.m.,
as part of the SEA season, and again on
Saturday, Nov. 19, at 7:30 p.m., in part-
nership with the Friends of the Florence
Event 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 will be $49.
The Joe Trio will entertain on
Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017, at 7 p.m., bring-
ing their humor, versatility and wit to
the FEC stage. The three tremendously
musical, classically trained players
(piano, cello, and violin) will bring all a
fresh appreciation for the standard con-
cert repertoire (think “Beethoven meets
The Pink Panther”) while entertaining
the audience with humor and spontane-
ity.
AND
“B ARRAGE 8” (A PRIL 26)
Celebrate Mardi Gras a couple of days
early with “Bria Skonberg’s New Orleans
Jazz Band” during a Sunday afternoon
tea dance Feb. 26, 2017, at 4 p.m. Bria is
a specialist in classic American hot jazz.
She leads her band, wails on the trum-
pet, and beautifully vocalizes jazz stan-
dards with energy and pizzazz.
SEA is providing Florence fans of
brass with a much-needed dose of ener-
gy with the Dallas Brass on Wednesday,
March 29, 2017, at 7 p.m. The quintet
masters all aspects of the brass reper-
toire: classical, Dixieland, swing, show
tunes and more as they provide a musi-
cal travelogue through American instru-
mental history.
On Wednesday, April 26, 2017, at 7
p.m., SEA presents “Barrage 8”, a high-
energy dose of modern string instru-
ments and movement. Their innovative
stage performance blends wonderfully
with their musical talent - and strings
like you have never heard them before.
On Wednesday, May 24, 2017, at 7
p.m., it 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 tradi-
tional jazz, world beat and other influ-
ences.
Single-ticket sales begin Aug. 1 at 9
a.m. Tickets can be purchased at the
Florence Events Center box office, 715
Quince St., or by phone at 541-997-
1994 during regular business hours.
Artist profiles, show times, links to
video clips, and more are available at
www.SEAcoastEA.org.
special events
FloTones vocal group set to go ‘South of the border’
Since the FloTones first organized 15
years ago, the last 12 as an independent
nonprofit organization, it has enter-
tained Florence audiences with a num-
ber of performances, primarily present-
ing music from “The Great American
Songbook.”
This includes music by such com-
posers as Irving Berlin, Cole Porter and
the Gershwins.
In a change of pace, the Florence jazz
vocal group will tackle tunes from South
of the border in “The FloTones and
Friends present Latin Rhythms” to be
performed in September at the Florence
Events Center with an encore perform-
ance at the newly opened Class Act
Theater.
But, true to its roots, the group will
throw in a couple of Latin-tinged songs
by Porter and Gershwin.
Several rhythmic styles will be fea-
tured, including the bossa nova, the
mambo, the samba and the beguine.
The Brazilian bossa nova evolved from
the earlier samba and attained promi-
nence in the melodies of Antonio
Carlos Jobim.
Among his tunes to be performed are
“Desafinado” and “Wave.” About the
same time, the mambo became all the
rage.
The program will include “Mambo
Italiano” popularized by songstress
Rosemary Clooney.
Other composers featured include
Henry Mancini’s “It Had Better Be
Tonight” from the movie “The Pink
Panther” and Burt Bacharach’s “The
Look of Love” from the James Bond film
“Casino Royale.”
FloTones “Friends” joining the
evening will include the musical accom-
paniment team of Jennifer Weier on
keyboard, Ron Green on trumpet, Nate
Kaplan on drums and Lynette Kristine
on bass.
Performances on the FEC flat floor
will be Saturday, Sept. 10, at 7 p.m., fol-
lowed by another on Sunday, Sept. 11,
at 3 p.m.
The following weekend, FloTones and
Friends will appear at the Class Act
Theater (CAT) on Friday and Saturday,
Sept. 16 and 17, at 7 p.m.
Tickets for all concerts are $15.
Authors, publishers and readers to converge for book fair
The annual Florence Festival of
Books, a book fair for authors and pub-
lishers, will take place Saturday, Sept.
24, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., with prelim-
inary events on Friday to compliment
the book festival. The event is hosted by
the Friends of the FEC and the FFOB
planning committee.
Now in its sixth year, the book fair
continues to be a popular gathering for
authors, publishers and potential future
authors. The public is invited to this free
event to meet the authors and have
their books signed.
The book fair will feature at least six
publishers. In addition, writers are invit-
ed to bring their manuscripts for a
chance to meet with publishers repre-
senting many genres: fiction, non-fic-
tion, memoir, children's literature, fan-
tasy, mystery, young adult, poetry and
more. Nearly 20 of the authors in atten-
dance will be local residents.
On Friday, Sept. 23, at 3 p.m., a panel
of authors will speak on the topic “My
first book: the process of idea to print.”
Different authors will discuss their
unique journey of the first book and how
it made its way to a printed publication.
The event will take place in the FEC
theater and is free to attend.
At 7 p.m. that evening, suspense
thriller author Phillip Margolin will be
the featured keynote speaker for the fes-
tival. Margolin has written 19 novels,
many of them New York Times best-
sellers, including the recent “Woman
with a Gun,” “Worthy Brown’s
Daughter,” “Sleight of Hand” and the
“Washington Trilogy.”
Tickets are $8 in advance or $10 at the
door for the conversation with Phillip
Margolin.
Registration for authors and publishers
for the Florence Festival of Books is now
open through the Festival website at
www.florencefestivalofbooks.org.
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