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Helping the hungry
Sixth-annual Florence Crab Crack to benefit local Food Share
Four hundred crab lovers will
converge at the sixth-annual
Florence Crab Crack on
Saturday, Feb. 4, from 4 to 7
p.m. Participants will enjoy ting Florence Food Share.
BJ’s dessert will be served by
The popular annual event
great food and company while
Oregon coast Dungeness “crab head” volunteers.
sold out last month, with 400
aiding the less fortunate in the crab, along with pasta, coleslaw,
A no-host bar will also be tickets selling for $35 each.
area, with all proceeds benefit- garlic bread, sodas, coffee and available.
concert
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self-described “small town girl” from
Chilliwack, British Columbia.
She left for Vancouver straight out of
high school and earned a degree in Jazz
Trumpet Performance from Capilano
University.
But even as she absorbed the deep
knowledge and disciplined work habits
needed for a jazz career, she was also hus-
tling hard to book her two bands. While
in university she juggled working every
weekend, traveling to festivals and
shows, plus cramming in schoolwork —
all while on the road.
When not traveling for her own gigs,
she was building up her stage and per-
formance chops with Dal Richards,
Vancouver’s “King of Swing.”
Playing at the 2010 Winter Olympic
Games in Vancouver capped off this
exciting period, with Skonberg featured
at the Paralympics opening ceremony.
In 2012, she released “So Is The Day”
(Random Act Records); her first album
on a US-based label. That collection
showcased a developing flair for original
songs with just the right amount of stan-
dards mixed in, and also featured a duet
with the legendary John Pizzarelli.
“So Is The Day” received rave reviews
from critics, drawing comparisons to
T RUMPETER ,
Norah Jones in The New York Daily
News. In 2015, a year after her second
album, “Into Your Own,” was released,
Skonberg received the Jazz At Lincoln
Center Swing! Award.
To date, she has performed at some
100 festivals worldwide. She is the co-
SINGER AND SONGWRITER
B RIA S KONBERG
founder of the New York Hot Jazz Camp
and New York Hot Jazz Festival.
Additional accolades include Best
Vocal and Best Trumpet awards from
Hot House Jazz Magazine (2014-15),
Outstanding Jazz Artist at the New York
Bistro Awards (2014), a DownBeat
Rising Star (2013-15), and a nominee
for Jazz Journalists’ Assoc. Up and
Coming Artist (2013).
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.
Ballet
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one of the West’s busiest
and most versatile profes-
sional dance companies.
The company has per-
formed in more than 100
cities in 32 U.S. States
and internationally to
Canada,
India,
Sri
Lanka,
Bangladesh,
Syria, Jordan, Tunisia
and Taiwan.
Over the past two
decades, the EBC has
been continuously recog-
nized by the National
Endowment for the Arts
with Dance Company
Grant awards and, in
1996, was the first
Oregon dance company
to be a recipient of the
Governor’s Arts Award.
The Eugene Ballet
Company has set a high
standard in the perform-
ing arts and has gained a
loyal following of dance
fans everywhere the com-
pany has performed.
Tickets can be pur-
chased at the Florence
Events Center box office,
715 Quince St., or by
phone at 541-997-1994
during regular business
hours.
E UGENE B ALLET
jazz
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as represented by Louis
Armstrong and Jelly Roll
these variations, with particular Morton and the cooler, as well
focus on the differences as the more relaxed and lyrical
between the New Orleans style style associated with the work
of Frankie Trumbauer, Bix
Beiderbecke and Jimmy Dorsey.
Performers will include: Jesse
Cloninger, music
director,
reeds; Marisa Frantz, vocals;
Shirley Andress, vocals; Tracy
Tooze, vocals; Joe Manis,
reeds; Dave Bender, trumpet;
Glenn Griffith, trombone; and
Vicki Brabham, piano.
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.
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