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SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, 2017
Dallas Brass to perform with local students at FEC Siuslaw Alumni Association
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The Dallas Brass will perform at the Florence Events
Center on March 29. The band will host a discussion at
6:15 p.m., and the performance will begin at 7 p.m.
growing repertoire. Their con-
certs are intended for the entire
family, and they educate as
they entertain. Band members
are sought after as soloists, and
the group has performed with
symphony orchestras nation-
wide and internationally;
including performances at
Carnegie Hall, the John F.
Kennedy Center in Washington
D.C., and the Cincinnati Pops
Orchestra. They have per-
formed for Presidents, and
toured in Europe and the Far
East.
“An essential part of Dallas
Brass’ Florence visit will be
educational, Michael and crew
have invited our Siuslaw stu-
dents from the Advanced Band
at SMS and the Symphonic
Band at SHS to participate in
their rehearsal, then join them
on stage for one number at the
evening performance.” said
Rachel Pearson, Outreach
Coordinator for Seacoast.
“Director of Bands Chris
Rowbotham and I are high-
lighting this once-in-a-lifetime
opportunity to enjoy a fantastic
Master Class, and then the
evening concert, where they
will become part of legendary
ensemble.”
Tickets are on sale now at
www.seacoastea.org or through
the Florence Events Center box
office at 715 Quince Street,
541-997-1994.
Alice Brauer Christian
Preschool will be taking orders
for See’s Easter candy as an
Easter fundraiser.
The preschool will be sell-
ing the candy through March
24.
There are several flavors of
candy from peanutbutter eggs
to boxes of nuts and chews
wrapped in festive wrapping
paper, ready for Easter bas-
kets.
To order candy, contact
Meggan at Alice Brauer
Christian Preschool at 541-
999-6026.
The
Siuslaw
Alumni
Association (SAA) is helping
beat the high cost of higher
education. On the second
Saturday of every September
they hold an all-class reunion
banquet with a raffle that rais-
es thousands of dollars that
enables them to offer scholar-
ships
to
college-bound
Siuslaw students.
This year they are giving
two $3,500 scholarships from
the SAA, a $3,500 scholarship
that is an individual gift by an
SHS alumnus, and a $1,500
memorial scholarship in honor
of Wanda Ziemer Hoberg, a
founder and the first treasurer
of the SAA.
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The musical group, The
Dallas Brass will pull into
Florence on Wednesday, March
29, as the next concert offering
of the Seacoast Entertainment
Association’s 2016-17 season.
This high energy ensemble will
appear at the Florence Event
Center with a pre-concert talk
at 6:15 and a showtime of 7
p.m..
The Band’s program will
incorporate a full complement
of brass and percussion instru-
ments for a musical travelogue
through American history, from
the presidency of George
Washington
to
today.
Selections will include works
from Copland, Bernstein,
Gershwin,
Berlin,
John
Williams, Sousa, The Tijuana
Brass and Chicago. The genres
performed will include selec-
tions from Dixieland, swing,
Broadway, folk, patriotic, pop,
and hip-hop.
“It’s been almost a decade
since The Dallas Brass last per-
formed in Florence,” said
Karen Smales, Seacoast Vice
President and Program Chair.
“They were so loved, audi-
ences have been asking us
when we would bring them
back. We are thrilled the time
has finally come for another of
their extraordinary perform-
ances.”
Founded in 1983 by band
leader Michael Levine, the
Dallas Brass has established a
unique blend of traditional
brass instruments with an ever-