March 2020 • Florence Arts & Entertainment • Center Stage • 5
CROW holds auditions for Dance Showcase
On March 14, CROW will
hold open auditions for any
dancer (ages 6+) interested
in a solo/duet/small group
performance piece in this
year’s 2020 Spring Dance
Showcase.
Th ese public performances
are in celebration of all forms
of dance, and will take place
on May 8 and 9 at the Florence
Events Center.
To be considered, dancers
MUST attend the audition on Sat-
urday, March 14, at 2:30 p.m. at the
CROW Center for the Performing
Arts, 3120 Highway 101 in Flor-
ence.
Dancers should wear dance
shoes and dance attire, and bring
a device such as an MP3 player,
phone, or tablet with the music
track on it. CROW will provide a
speaker you can connect to.
“Your piece does not have to be
100% fi nished, but it must show a
good amount of the choreography,
plus the expression, style, and tech-
nique of the dancer,” said CROW’s
Artistic Director Melanie Heard.
“Th e more complete the piece is,
the better.”
Dancers should be prepared to
discuss performance costumes if
asked (which must be approved
in advance by CROW). Choreog-
raphy and music must not have
profanity or inappropriate words/
movements, and must be
appropriate for all audi-
ences.
Th is audition is open to
ALL dancers involved in
classes (either with CROW
or at another location), pri-
vate lessons, self-choreogra-
phy, and any other people/
small groups that would like
to give it a try.
Space is limited in the showcase,
and the audition will be judged by
a panel of CROW judges includ-
ing CROW dance teachers, board
members and production team
members. Auditioning does not
guarantee you a spot in the pro-
gram.
Dancers will be notifi ed shortly
aft er the audition if they have been
accepted.
Contact Heard at 541-999-8641
or crowtheatrekids@yahoo.com.
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February 29, 2020
6 • Center Stage • Florence Arts & Entertainment • March 2020
Backstreet’s ‘Where Art Thou?’ to be judged by two artists
T
he annual “Where Art
Th ou?” Community Chal-
lenge Show with Backstreet
Gallery will be displayed at
the Florence Events Center
through March 31. Th e show is
open to all.
Two outstanding, indepen-
dent artists will judge the show:
Jim Buch, world traveler and
photographer, and Geoff rey
McCormack, multimedia art-
ist.
Buch retired from his work
as a college administrator at the
University of Iowa and the Uni-
versity of Oregon and is now an
award-winning photographer
of landscapes, wildlife, primar-
ily birds, and people. Traveling
to such places as Africa, India,
Antarctica, Zanzibar, Siberia,
and Eastern Europe, as well as
his beautiful home state of Or-
egon, provides inspiration and
subject matter for his distinc-
tive photography.
As a member of Viewfi nders
Camera Club, Buch chairs the
Critiquing Committee. Th ough
an amateur photographer, he
has received awards from the
following: Emerald Art Center,
PhotoZone, Lane County Fair,
Celebrate Arts and the Colum-
bia Council of Camera Clubs.
People can enjoy his photos at
www.buchshots.com.
McCormack spent 12 years
teaching visual arts at Cabrillo,
Backstreet Gallery’s annual “Where Art Thou?” Community
Challenge Show will be judged by photographer Jim Buch (left)
and multimedia artist Geoffrey McCormack.
Calif., where he also devel- won numerous awards with his
oped a freelance illustration aqueous media and watercolor
studio. He then went on to 30 paintings.
years as an illustrator. He has
Working in series, his work
Florence Events Center offers Souvenir Cups
People can now enjoy a
beverage from the comfort of
their own seat during theater
performances at the Florence
Events Center! Purchase a
Florence Events
nts Center sou-
venir cup, fill
fi ll it with your
nk and enjoy
favorite drink
the show.
Th e fol-
lowing will l
provide
some in-
formation
about what you need
to know about the event cen-
ter’s spill proof cups:
• Can I bring a drink into
the theater without a Florence
Events Center spill proof cup?
No, only drinks in Florence
Events Center spill proof cups
(or bottled water) will be al-
lowed.
• Can I bring in my own
spill proof cup (my travel cof-
fee mug, or a cup from another
venue?)
• Where are the cups sold?
No, only the Florence Events
Cups are sold at concessions
Center spill proof cup will be just prior to and during events
or at the ticket offi ce during
allowed into the theater.
normal business
busi
hours.
• Will allowing
all
drinks
cause
into the theater
th
damage?
T h e
integ-
rity of our
spaces is
second
o n l y to
our
• Can I get refi lls?
customer’s experi-
Yes, refi lls will be allowed for ences. Th e cups are designed to
the price of the drink. Double minimize spills that may lead
pours of wine will be available to damage.
• Do I have to buy a spill
to avoid additional waiting in
proof cup to buy a drink?
the concessions line.
No. Patrons have the option
• What size are the cups?
Cups currently come in two to buy a drink without pur-
chasing a spill proof cup; how-
sizes: 10 oz. and 16 oz.
• What is served in each cup? ever, the beverage will need to
Wine in the 10 oz. cups and be consumed on the fl at fl oor
soda, water and beer in the 16 and will not be allowed in the
theater.
oz. cups.
in acrylic and watercolor cap-
tures unique items in new
ways, expanding on traditional
ideas and norms of abstraction
and also representational art.
He is a signature member of
the National Watercolor Soci-
ety, California Watercolor As-
sociation and American Water-
color Society, accruing awards
from each. See his paintings
and sculptures at mcsurf.com.
A reception for “Where Art
Th ou?” will be held Wednes-
day, March 4, from 5 to 7 p.m.
at the FEC, 715 Quince St.
Backstreet Gallery is located
at 1421 Bay St. in Historic Old
Town Florence and is open dai-
ly 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.