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SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 2018
Jazz ensemble to ‘command’ the stage in free concert
The Commanders Jazz
Ensemble and Travis Brass
from the U.S. Air Force Band
of the Golden West will present
a free concert on Monday,
March 19, at the Florence
Events Center and will deliver
a special performance.
Sponsored by the Siuslaw
News, Banner Bank and Best
for Hearing, the concert will
begin at 7 p.m.
A component of the U.S. Air
Force Band of the Golden
West, The Commanders Jazz
Ensemble carries on the
American musical tradition of
the great big bands, yet offers
much beyond the big band
sound. This group of highly-
The Commanders Jazz
Ensemble and Travis Brass
from the U.S. Air Force
Band of the Golden West
will charge up the audi-
ence in a free concert
March 19. RSVP required.
trained professional musicians,
formed from 18 active duty
Airmen, delivers the full gamut
of jazz music — traditional
jazz, cool, bop, swing,
Broadway favorites and patriot-
ic music.
The members of the
Commanders are all profes-
sional Air Force musicians
working in support of Air Force
and Air Mobility Command
official military recruiting and
community relations objec-
tives.
A typical evening with The
Commanders might include
favorites from Glenn Miller,
Duke
Ellington,
Woody
Herman, Count Basie and
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Dizzy Gillespie to the sounds
of today's modern jazz groups
delivered by the group's
enchantingly talented vocalist.
Their renditions of hot jazz
feature rousing improvised
solos from every instrument in
the group. This is an ensemble
capable of delivering a truly
unique combination of enter-
tainment.
Performances are family-
friendly and open to the public.
Admission tickets are required
(limit two per person) and are
available now at:
• Siuslaw News, 148 Maple
St.
• Banner
Bank,
777
Highway 101
• Best For Hearing 2285
Highway 101
• Florence Events Center,
715 Quince St.
The Commanders are ready
to charge the entire audience up
with a fun-filled event that will
satisfy every musical taste.
Historian to talk about Oregon
writer Haycock this Friday
Siuslaw Public Library will
once again welcome historian
and author Richard Etulain to
the library on Friday, March 9,
beginning at 1 p.m. in the
Bromley Room at the main
branch in Florence.
Etulain will discuss his
newest book, “Ernest Haycock
and the Western,” in which the
author writes about the impor-
tance of Haycock’s contribu-
tion to Oregon’s literary histo-
ry.
Etulain has focused on the
history of the West for most of
his career. He is a professor
emeritus at the University of
New Mexico who has taught
history, English and American
Studies at a number of univer-
sities for over 40 years. He is
also the author of dozens of
history books and hundreds of
essays.
In his most recent work
about
Haycock,
Etulain
explores the Oregon writer’s
contributions in the develop-
ment of the fictional Western
and traces Haycock’s ascend-
ing career from a University of
Oregon student writer to his
success as a frequent and well-
known contributor to popular
magazines including Collier’s
and The Saturday Evening
Post.
Etulain explains that his
slide-illustrated talk about
Haycock “will draw the atten-
tion of listeners to one of
Oregon’s major writers and
cast light on earlier achieve-
ments in the state’s rich liter-
ary history.”
Etulain, the son of a Basque
immigrant, has received
numerous awards for his work,
including the Caughey and
Western Heritage awards. He
has also been nominated for
the Pulitzer Prize.
Fellow historian, Glenda
Riley, said, “The magic of
Dick Etulain’s books are that
they combine solid history
with fascinating reading. Want
to know about the American
West? Etulain will make it
live for you.”
The accomplished author,
historian and editor currently
lives in Clackamas, Ore., with
his wife, Joyce, a retired chil-
dren’s librarian.
Besides “Ernest Haycock
and the Western,” Etulain’s
recent works include “The
Life and Legends of Calamity
Jane,” which was a Western
Writers of America Spur
Award winner in 2015, and, as
co-author, “U.S. Presidents
Who Shaped the American
West.”
Join fellow history buffs,
especially those fond of the
Western genre and our state’s
literary history, for this
extraordinary opportunity to
hear Etulain share his expert
insight into one of Oregon’s
major writers and learn a bit
about Oregon’s rich literary
history.
This program is free and
open to the public and will
appeal to everyone interested
in learning about Haycock’s
career and contributions to
Oregon literature.
Copies of Haycock and the
Western will be available for
purchase at the end of the pro-
gram.
For more information about
this program, visit the Siuslaw
Public Library, call 541-997-
3132 or visit the library’s web-
site at www.siuslawlibrary
.org.
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