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Page 4 Center Stage Florence Events Center www.EventCenter.org 541-997-1994 Light Up a Life Siuslaw High School Band and Choir Concert P eace Health Peace Harbor Hospice will hold U nder the musical direction of Chris Rowbotham, the their annual Light Up a Life Ceremony on Sat- urday, December 9th at 2:00 p.m. Th e event will include an opening prayer, introduction of the Peace Harbor Hospice team, a ceremonial reading of the names of those who have passed and music performed by Strings of Compassion. Th e ceremony will conclude with the lighting of the holiday tree and the menorah. Th ere is no cost to attend and refreshments will be served aft er the ceremony. Family and friends are invited to share in re- membrance and compassion for those who have passed. Stars can be purchased in memory of a loved one and will be hung on either the holiday tree or placed on the Menorah table. Light Up a Life is the only fundraiser held by PeaceHealth Peace Harbor Hospice. To learn more about Light Up a Life and Peace Harbor Hospice, contact Kathy Murphy at 541-997- 3418. Siuslaw High School Jazz and Symphonic Bands will present their annual holiday card to the Florence com- munity. On Monday, December 11th at 7:00 p.m. the Siuslaw High concert and chamber choirs will join the high school band for a holiday presentation. Th e public is invited to this free concert. Crab Crack Tickets On Sale T ickets will go on sale for Florence Food Share’s 7th annu- BALLET - THE NUTCRACKER From page 1 W hether it’s a long standing holiday tradition for your family or your fi rst Nutcracker, Eugene Ballet’s “Nutcrack- er” will be dancing across the Florence Events Center stage Tuesday, Decem- ber 19, 2017 at 7:00 p.m. Th ere’s a joyful magic at every performance as hundreds of aspiring young dancers join the Company on stage, while the Sugar Plum Fairy transports all to the Snow Kingdom and the Land of the Sweets. You’ll cheer and boo at the battle with the not-so-scary Mouse King and his Pirate Henchmice, as Clara and Th e Nutcracker win the day. Celebrate your holiday season with a marvelous journey to Eugene Ballet’s Th e Nutcracker. al Crab Crack fundraiser aft er December 1st. Happening at the Florence Events Center on Saturday, February 3rd from 4 to 7pm, enjoy Oregon Coast crab along with pasta, coleslaw, garlic bread, sodas, coff ee and dessert by BJ’s. A no-host bar will be available. Th ere will also be a silent auction held during the event that will include a beautiful selection of items. Ticket price is $40 per person. Advance purchase is required. Only 400 tickets will be sold and the deadline to purchase is January 25th. All proceeds will benefi t the hunger relief eff orts of Flor- ence Food Share (www.fl orencefoodshare.org), an emer- gency and supplemental food pantry serving individuals and households in West Lane County. For more information, to arrange group seating or to purchase tickets contact Norma Barton, at 541-997-9110 or nbarton@fl orencefoodshare.org. Tickets also are available (aft er December 1st) Monday to Friday, 10am to 1pm at Florence Food Share, 2190 Spruce St., 541-997-9110. Call or stop by the FEC box offi ce for holiday ballet tickets or jump on-line at www.eventcenter.org. OREGON BRASS SOCIETY BALLET FANTASTIQUE AN AMERICAN CHRISTMAS CAROL From page 1 T he Oregon Brass Society returns to the Florence Events Center. Come en- joy an evening of seasonal brass music on Monday, December 18 at 7 pm. All are welcome to attend. A small donation at the door is suggested. Come enjoy the warm sounds that only a brass band can bring to Christmas. Th e Oregon Brass Society is under the direction of Dr. Chris Chapman, director of bands at Ore- gon State University, and is Oregon's only British-style Brass band. Th e group’s traditional instrumen- tation diff ers from U.S. brass groups, and produces a distinctively dark English sound. Since their founding in 2003, the all-volunteer group has performed throughout the western Oregon. Th e ensemble has performed in recent collaborations with Th e Cana- dian Brass as part of the Oregon Bach Festival and is a regular performer at the Washburne Park Summer Concert series. Come experience some olde tyme heavy metal to start out the week before Christmas. B allet Fantastique’s sparkling holi- day tradition, “An American Christ- mas Carol,” returns to the Florence Events Center for the fi rst time since 2014. Donna and Hannah Bontrager have re-imagined Charles Dickens’ beloved story in iconic post-WWII America with their original cho- reography set to original arrange- ments of holiday standards by Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, and Nat King Cole. Actor Adam Goldthwaite joins the company as “Smokey Joe” Marley. Ballet Fantastique’s fl agship Amer- ican Christmas Carol is for the young and young at heart, and it promises to charm even the stoniest of humbug hearts,. “If you imagine what a ballet-Broadway version of a Christmas Carol is, that’s sort of how I would describe this project,” says Ballet Fantastique Co-Chore- ographer-Producer Hannah Bon- trager. “We look at how to best tell the story and make it fun for modern audiences. We immerse ourselves in the aesthetic and music of the era, we choose songs that tell the story— even tweaking lyrics if needed. We also re-imagine the perspective from which we tell the story.” In this case, Ballet Fantastique’s unique new narrative perspective is a 40’s Brooklyn gangster, “Smokey Joe” Marley, a period-inspired re-imagin- ing of the character of Jacob Marley (Scrooge’s long-dead slimy business partner) in Dickens’s original. Th e Bontragers and their creative team (including Ballet Fantastique staff Librettist/Historian Genevieve Speer) birthed Joe out of the 1939 Cab Calloway song “Th e Ghost of Smokey Joe.” “Th is gravelly song about a really bad guy became our inspiration for a comedic character that drives the drama. And artistically, Smokey Joe’s voice also lends our ballet a bit of grit and humor.” Guest actor-singer Adam Goldthwaite plays Smokey Joe. Th e score for An American Christ- mas Carol is 17 iconic standards songs that explore two related mu- sical traditions—big band jazz and GET LOCAL with the Siuslaw News W ALDPORT • Y ACHATS • F LORENCE • M APLETON • D UNES C ITY • W ESTLAKE • G ARDINER • R EEDSPORT A EDITION WEDNESDAY JANUARY JANU 20, 2016 $1.00 January 2016 C OAST C ENTRAL Visions’ ic V ‘Artist tic ners s named winner @ SIUSLAWNEWS S . 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Power was YELLOW G WE E Y SI NC Virtuoso guitarist Jesse Cook comes to Florence CYAN MAGENTA SERVIN O U NT LAN E C ST ERN Last Resort Players wishes you and yours a Happy Holiday Season and all th e best for Th e New Year! Ho o m e d el e l iv ive er r y p l u s e Dig Di g i t a l W INCHESTER B AY • L AKESIDE • N ORTH B END • C OOS B AY • C HARLESTON • C OQU ILLE • B ANDON SPORTS Winter Music Fest COVER STORY 16 7 the popular tunes of Tin Pan Alley,” says Donna. Donna and Ballet Fantastique’s cre- ative team worked to include the Ella Fitzgerald classic “Undecided” for the scene when fi ancee Marilyn breaks off her engagement with the ever-greed- ier young Ebenezer. Traditionals in- cluding “Winter Wonderland,” “Baby It’s Cold Outside,” “Let it Snow,” and “I’ll Be Home For Christmas” also set the stage for the ballet’s choreography. “An American Christmas Carol” takes the stage on December 9th at 7:00 p.m. at the Florence Events Cen- ter. Tickets are now available from the box offi ce or on-line. Additional performances will be held in Bandon and Eugene. More information on Ballet Fantastique can be found on their website at www. balletfantastique.org. ✔ Wednesday & Saturday delivery or our print newspaper ✔ Digital Edition Included ✔ Breaking News Alerts winning local news and sports ✔ Award coverage Money saving coupons each Saturday ✔ thesiuslawnews.com 715 QUINCE STREET EventCenter.org 541-997-1994 - 888-968-4086
