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12A | SATURDAY, JANUARY 4, 2020 | SIUSLAW NEWS Attend workshops, jam ’til midnight, at Winter Music Festival Siuslaw Viewfinders learn It will be a hot time on the Oregon Coast this Janu- ary during the 18th annual Florence Winter Music Fes- tival. Each day’s theme will keep concertgoers coming back for more — Bluegrass Friday, Americana Satur- day and Folk Music Sunday — with nine high-caliber groups delivering sumptu- ous servings of musical fla- vors Jan. 24, 25 and 26 at the Florence Events Center. New this year will be free on-site jam sessions and daily workshops by festival musicians on songwriting, guitar skills, and jamming. Workshops are free to con- cert ticketholders and $20 for non-concertgoers. Free, dedicated, on-site jamming space is available beginning at noon on Friday and 1 on Saturday and Sunday. Jam sessions take place in the workshop room any time other than when workshops are under way. The Friday and Saturday jams end at midnight and Sunday’s jam ends at 4 p.m. Workshops include: “Beginners How-to-Jam Wo r k s h o p” led by Janet We l l i n g t on on Friday, Jan. 24, from noon to 1 p.m. All are welcome and will learn how to figure out the key others are playing in, how a round-robin circle jam works, what to expect at festival jams and how to apply the common 1-4-5 chord progression in each key. Handouts will be pro- vided. Formal jam to follow. “Learn to Jam Bluegrass Style” led by Annie Savage on Saturday, Jan. 25, from 9 to 10 a.m. Savage, fiddler extraordinaire for the Greg Blake Band with a Ph.D. in music education, leads this jam workshop. Attendees are encouraged to bring their acoustic instrument and will be introduced to the ground rules of jam- ming, how to lead songs and “fake” breaks, find mel- odies and sing harmonies — all at gentle tempos in a supportive, low-pressure environment. Florence Unitarians to ‘see how life provides’ Sunday, Jan. 5, at the Flor- ence Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, beginning at 10 a.m., the Rev. Marcia Pearce will share a New Year’s mes- sage titled, “Lift Your Mind and See How Life Provides.” Pearce says, “Creation means to bring forth. When a fresh idea is brought forth in our minds, the old forms begin to be rearranged. It seems at first, things fall “Guitar Workshop” led by Jim Hurst on Saturday, Jan. 25, from 10:30 a.m. to noon. The master himself will lead an all-levels workshop with something for everyone. Hurst will cover the proper way to play rhythm, how to structure a lead “break,” de- velop flatpicking speed, and the basics of fingerpicking. Acoustic instruments and audio recording devices welcome. “True North Duo Song- writing Workshop,” led by award-winning and na- tionally-recognized sing- er-songwriters Kristen Grainger and Dan Wetzel, will be Sunday, Jan. 26, 10:30 a.m. to noon. Think “Tangled Up in Blue,” “Pon- cho and Lefty” and “Alice’s Restaurant.” Story songs are a fundamental part of the American folk music. In this 90-minute interac- tive songwriting workshop you’ll learn the fundamen- tals of songwriting, includ- ing the basic framework and elements of a song, forms and arrangements, and how to identify key lines and ideas that bring a song to life. The Florence Winter Music Festival is produced by the 501 (c) (3) nonprof- it Friends of the Florence Events Center, an all-vol- unteer membership orga- nization that helps fund capital improvements and performance grants at the venue. Lightroom formatting The next of the Siuslaw Viewfinders Camera Club meeting is Monday, Jan. 6, at 6 p.m. in the Bromley Room of the Siuslaw Public Library, 1460 Ninth St. The meeting will feature an in-depth look at how to achieve great results from using Adobe Lightroom to get the maximum out of landscape images. Attend- ees will learn a workflow that only takes minutes to PRESENTS apart. We then have choic- es to make. One is we can cling to the old which seems safe.” The fellowship is located at 87738 Highway 101 at Heceta Beach Road and is wheelchair accessible. Each service concludes with re- freshments and a dialogue circle to explore the ques- tions that come up during each service. the Imaging and Laborato- ry departments, where pa- tients sometimes need to go for services during a clinic visit. Peace Harbor will be making changes in signage and at www.peacehealth. org/phmg/florence. In the meantime, for more infor- mation about the location of your provider, call 541- 997-7134. S IUSLAW N EWS SEACOAST ENTERTAINMENT ASSOCIATION ALEXANDER BOLDACHEV Peace Harbor clinic location moves To ease transportation challenges and better serve our patients, the Peace- Health Medical Group Walk-In Clinic at Peace- Health Peace Harbor Medi- cal Center will be moving to the 390 Building, adjacent to the Emergency Depart- ment, effective Jan. 2. In addition to being clos- er to the ER, the Walk-In Clinic’s new location is near do, and will forever change the way they process their image files. The monthly photo theme for the January judg- ing is “Signs.” Each artist’s interpretation of the theme title will be represented in their photos. Performing a diverse range of repertoire that includes classical, pop, and rock Saturday, January 11th • 7:00 pm Pre-concert talk 6:15 pm Florence Events Center Reserved Seating Tickets: $35 • Youth/Students Under 18: $10 541.997.1994 Buy Tickets Online www.SeacoastEA.org IL E M RV SE IC 02-7 1) 9 55 4 (54 COAST DIS AL L SA PO CEN TR Recycling just one glass bottle saves enough energy to run a washing machine for 10 minutes. E W I TH A S The only locally owned & operated garbage company in Florence. We provide full service trash & recycling removal for commercial & residential accounts. Call us today for prices 541-902-7554 PO Box 1629 Florence OR 97439 All Books & Clothes This Sunday and Monday January 5 & 6 We are open until 8pm on Sunday! :[=PUJLU[ KL7H\S /^`-SVYLUJL Z]KW\Z “Have some fun, save some money, do something nice for your neighbor.”
