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Folksongs of American labor movement to be performed at library
Legendary folksinger and
storyteller Adam Miller will
perform a free, sing-along con-
cert, “Folksongs of the Ameri-
can Labor Movement,” at noon
on Thursday, Aug. 30, at the
Siuslaw Public Library, 1460
Ninth St., in Florence.
An artist whose kind has
dwindled to an endangered
species, Miller is a renowned
old-school American trouba-
dour and a natural-born sto-
ryteller. One of the premier
autoharpists in the world, he
is an accomplished folklorist,
song collector and raconteur,
who has amassed an expansive
repertoire of more than 5,000
songs.
In the tradition of Pete See-
ger and Utah Phillips, Miller
is a masterful entertainer who
never fails to get his audience
singing along. He accompanies
his resonant baritone voice with
lively finger-picking acoustic
guitar, and stunningly beautiful
autoharp melodies.
Skillfully interweaving folk-
songs and the stories behind
them with the elegance of a
documentary filmmaker, he
has distinguished himself as
one of the great interpreters of
American folksongs and as a
storyteller.
And he is that rare performer
who appeals to audiences of all
ages.
“Kids today don’t have little
brothers and sisters working
in the mills and the mines,”
says Miller. “And there’s a rea-
son why. Our grandparent and
great-grandparents — working
people like you and me — or-
ganized, joined unions and
brought down the sweatshops
in this country. It’s why we have
child labor laws. It’s why we
have a middle class and why we
have the eight-hour day.
“Those were not benevolent
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gifts from enlightened manage-
ment. Working people fought
for those regulations. This is
important to working people,
today: that’s why these songs
are still relevant.”
Traveling 70,000 miles a
year, Miller performs over 200
concerts annually in 48 states,
from the Everglades to the
Arctic Circle. More than 1.5
million students have attended
his “Singing Through History!”
school assembly programs. He’s
performed live in over 2,000
American public libraries and
he is a favorite at folk festivals
across the country.
Today, with a repertoire of
thousands of tunes, Miller’s tra-
ditional folksongs and ballads
are the songs of America’s her-
itage: a window into the soul of
our nation in its youth. A per-
former who enlightens as well
as entertains, he points out fas-
cinating connections between
events in history and the
songs that survived them.
And like radio commen-
tator Paul Harvey, Miller
gives you “the rest of the
story” — providing the of-
ten surprising provenance
of seemingly simple folk
songs.
In a contemporary mu-
sical landscape peopled
with singer-songwriters
and their often short-lived
offerings, Miller’s iconic
time-honored traditional
ballads and folk songs are
a breath of fresh air. They
evoke a bygone era when
most music was home-
made.
Miller explains it this
way, “Folksongs travel
through history. History
travels through folksongs.”
For more info, visit folk-
singing.org. or call 541-
997-3132.
PHOTO BY BONNIE HAWTHORNE
Folksinger Adam Miller will perform "Folksongs of the American
Labor Movement" during a free concert at the library Aug. 30.
Rods N’ Rhodies, Community Garage Sale set for Sept. 7-9
Florence is revving-up for
the 11th Annual Invitational
Rods N’ Rhodies Invitation-
al Car Show and 6th Annu-
al Communitywide Garage
Sale, Sept. 7-9.
“It’s a high-octane week-
end at a spectacular time of
year here in Florence,” said
Chamber Executive Direc-
tor Bettina Hannigan.
Hannigan says cars valued
in the range of $250,000 are
regular invitees to the event
and will exhibit at various
show-and-shine locations,
including a closed-off Bay
Street, in Historic Old Town
Florence.
The main event takes place
Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4
p.m. and Sunday from 9 a.m.
to noon on Bay Street in Old
Town.
The event also includes a
classic Saturday night cruise,
a poker walk and raffles
with lots of prizes, best-in-
all-comers “Kool Car Stand-
Around” show-and-shine on
Friday at the Port of Siuslaw
parking lot at the east end of
Bay St. with food and music.
The main event takes place Saturday
from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday from 9
a.m. to noon on Bay Street in Old Town.
show merchant awards and
a People’s Choice award for
cars and themed music per-
formed both days by DJ Russ
Strohmeyer in Historic Old
Town Florence.
New this year will be an
Owners of any classic car are
welcome to exhibit along
with the invited vehicles.
Check-in for this free
event begins at noon and the
event ends at 7 p.m.
Bargain hunters can pick
up a guide to the Commu-
nitywide Garage Sale at the
Chamber’s Visitor Center,
290 Highway 101, and cruise
the bargain trail all weekend
to see dozens of commercial
and private sales all over
town.
“Think of it as your own
personal episode of Ameri-
can Pickers,” said Hannigan.
For more information
about Rods ’n Rhodies and
the Communitywide Ga-
rage Sale, or to get an ap-
plication for the remaining
few invitational exhibition
slots, visit www.Florence-
C h a m - b e r. c o m / e v e n t s ,
call 541-997-3128 or email
events@florencechamber.
com.
Heceta Water District board application deadline Tuesday
Three board of director tion in the November elec-
seats on the Heceta Water tion.
District will be up for elec-
Heceta Water PUD is di-
vided into five subdivisions.
To be qualified to run for
these seats, applicants must
currently live within the sub-
division with an open seat,
be a registered voter and
have lived in Heceta Water
PUD for two years prior to
the election.
The term is for four
years, and the board gen-
erally meets once a month
throughout the year.
The seats that are open for
this election are for Subdivi-
sions 1, 2 and 5.
There is a map and a list
of addresses in each subdivi-
sion at the office, located at
87845 Highway 101.
Filing information is avail-
able at the office or online at
Lane County Elections web-
site.
The deadline to file is Aug.
28.
For more information, vis-
it the Heceta Water District
office or call 541-997-2446.
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