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PTA to hear about Lane Education
Service District on March 12
The next general meeting
of the Florence Community
PTA is scheduled for Tues-
day, March 12, at 4:30 p.m. in
the commons area of Siuslaw
Middle School. Everyone is
invited to attend.
The guest speaker will be
Sherrie Bandy from Lane Ed-
ucation Service District (Lane
ESD), who is also the coor-
dinator of the Lane County
Driver Education Initiative, a
program supported by Ore-
gon Department of Transpor-
tation (ODOT).
Lane ESD, Lane County
Transportation, Lane Coun-
cil of Government and local
driver education providers
are working towards accom-
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plishing a big goal — to have
all Lane County 15-year-olds
take the ODOT-approved
driver education course.
“The number one cause
of death for people ages 1 to
24 is traffic collisions. In Or-
egon, Lane County has had
the highest rate of fatal traf-
fic crashes for the past three
years,” Bandy said.
Her presentation at the PTA
meeting will introduce the
program, called “Teens Driv-
ing Safely – Lane County,” and
explain how it will benefit the
Florence community.
Find out more about Flor-
ence Community PTA on the
website at florencepta.org and
on Facebook.
T
he sun came out for the 22nd annual Florence Home &
Garden Show on March 1 through 3 at Florence Events
Center. Filled with gourmet tastings, unique home goods,
garden products and more, the show annually brings in
thousands of people to view the latest in home and garden
inspiration, trends and innovated products. This year was
the largest to date, with the most vendors offering the
most variety of any home show yet. Laurel Bay Gardens
returned with its “Garden Party: Outdoor Living In Style”
centerpiece and plant sale. “Thank you to our partners and
everyone who came out,” said KCST Coast Radio hosts
George Henry and Wayne Sharpe. “Everything was just
beautiful. It was a good turnout and a lot of fun, too.” The
Florence Home & Garden Show is presented by KCST/KCFM
Coast Radio and the Siuslaw News and sponsored by Three
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‘An Evening of Flamenco’ comes to Umpqua Discovery Center
Seattle-based
Flamenco
dancer Savannah Fuentes
brings her latest show, “Luz,
An Evening of Flamenco,” to
The Umpqua Discovery Cen-
ter in Reedsport on Tuesday,
March 12.
Fuentes will be joined by
two exceptional Spanish Fla-
menco artists — acclaimed
Spanish-Romani
guitarist
Pedro Cortes and singer/per-
cussionist/dancer Jose More-
no. The all-ages performance
will be the 13th stop of a 30-
date tour of Washington, Cal-
ifornia, Oregon and Nevada.
General admission tickets
are $22, VIP seating tickets
are $34, student tickets are $12
and child tickets are $8. They
are available via brownpaper-
tickets.com/event/4070273.
Regina Hackett of The Se-
attle P.I. wrote
that Fuentes is
“Real flamenco,
straight up and
stunning.”
Fuentes, born
in Seattle to
parents of Puer-
to Rican and
Irish ancestry, is
one of the only
touring artists
in the Pacific
Northwest re-
gion with strong
links to Flamen-
co culture. She
studies
both
baile (flamen-
co dance) and
cante (flamen-
co singing) and has toured
throughout many states. She
has independently produced
over 300 performances and
workshops featuring interna-
tionally recognized Spanish
Flamenco artists. She attri-
butes her formation as an
artist to her most significant
mentor, Maestra Sara de Luis.
She continues to evolve
as an innovator and perfor-
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mance artist.
Cortes comes from a fami-
ly of Spanish Gypsy guitarists
and began his studies with
his father and the esteemed
Flamenco guitarist Sabicas.
Having toured professionally
since the age of 17, he is gain-
ing international recognition
as a soloist and composer.
He has premiered his work in
eminent theaters and has two
books on Flamenco, “El Dron
del Faraon” and “Cruzando
el Charco,” published by the
American Institute of Guitar.
He has composed music for
film and TV and worked with
the St. Louis Opera, the New
York Grand Opera and more.
Cortes is a third generation
Flamenco guitarist and uses
the experience passed down
to him by his family to main-
tain the purity of Flamenco
while creating new composi-
tions.
Born into a family of fa-
mous flamenco artists, More-
no began his flamenco career
at an early age, debuting at the
famous Tablao Costa Vasca
in Miami. He has performed
in various companies and
worked with distinguished
artists. He also has choreo-
graphed and performed a
collaborative work with his
mother Estrella Morena and
with renowned flamenco
singer Carmen Linares.
For more information
about “Luz, An Evening of
Flamenco,” visit www.savan-
nahf.com/performance.
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