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Three Rivers entertains with weekend shows at Blue Bills
Th ere is live entertainment
every weekend in March at
Th ree Rivers Casino Resort!
Th ree Rivers invites the com-
munity to Blue Bills Sports Bar
& Tap Room for live shows per-
formed by top local artists on
Friday and Saturday nights from
8 p.m. to midnight.
As a reminder, there is no
cover charge, but patrons must
Bret Lucich & Paul Biondi
be 21 or older to attend. To learn
March 13 and 14: Northwest-
more about Th ree Rivers and the
March entertainment line-up at based country/rock artist Jessie
Blue Bills , visit www.threeriver- Leigh will be rocking the house.
Jessie’s popularity has been ex-
scasino.com/events.
ploding with the recent release of
March 6 and 7: Th e Bret Lu- her self-titled debut album. Her
cich & Paul Biondi Experience. single “Pink Umbrella Drink”
Th is variety band has a wide ar- was picked up by local radio sta-
ray of sounds. Lucich can do it tions.
Jessie is also making a big
all, play a multitude of instru-
ments and do great imperson- splash online- on Spotify alone,
ations; in combination with her songs have been streamed
Bondi’s saxophone, this creates a over 150,000 times and her re-
unique experience listeners will cently released music video was
viewed over 13,000 times in less
not soon forget.
Jessie Leigh
Ruckus
than a week, with views continu-
March 27 and 28: Th e Steven
ing to climb.
McVay Band, a local group out
of Florence, Ore., will be hitting
March 20 and 21: Ruckus, the stage. Singer/songwriter Ste-
newcomers to Blue Bills, is not ven McVay is a versatile musi-
your typical dance and rock cian who incorporates guitar,
band. Ruckus combines a vast harmonica and fi ddle into his
musical collage, mixing Motown performances. Listening to his
and disco with solid hair bands singing style, you can defi nitely
of the ‘80s and the popular hits hear he was infl uenced by Neil
of the ‘90s. With decades of mu- Young.
sic to choose from, Ruckus plays
Steven was mostly a solo act,
something for everyone and performing various venues and
does a great job picking songs festivals on the Oregon Coast,
you forgot how much you loved. but in the summer of 2017, Ste-
The Steven McVay Band
ven was joined by Allen Lassan
and Ray Skelly, who helped com-
plete the easygoing sound of the
Steven McVay band.
Th ree Rivers Casino Resort
is owned and operated by the
Confederated Tribes of the Coos,
Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw In-
dians and sits on a 100-acre site
along Oregon’s southern coast.
In January, Florence Area Cham-
ber of Commerce awarded Th ree
Rivers Casino Resort the Com-
munity Caring Award at the Siu-
slaw Awards.
‘Mary Poppins’ cast ‘steps in time’ to Heceta Lightkeeper’s House
Th is April, CROW’s produc-
tion of “Mary Poppins” will take
the stage at the Florence Events
Center in April with a stellar cast
of outstanding young Florence-
area actors.
Th e cast will feature Alizabeth
Norton (Mary Poppins), Cort
Waggoner (Bert), Owen Har-
klerode (George Banks), and
Haylee Cole (Winifred Banks),
with Harper Young in the role
of “Jane Banks” and Ander-
sen Haines portraying “Michael
Banks.”
Th e leading cast members vis-
ited the Heceta Head Lighthouse
and Historic Lightkeeper’s House
to take this year’s publicity pho-
tos, choosing one of the Oregon
coast’s most iconic sites. Th e
photos capture
the Edwardian
feel of the “Mary
Poppins” play,
which is set in
the fi rst decade
of 1900.
Th e cast also
includes: Roxi
Clement, Land-
on Peck, Kay-
ley Potter, Alex
Fuller, Cameron
Kentta, William
Owens,
Eryn
Morgan, Joey Haines, Chase Hu-
ber, Halle Anderson, Jonathan
Olson, Hailey Hilsdorf, Zhade
Beers and Milo Holbrook.
Visit www.crowkids.com for a
full list of cast members as chim-
ney sweeps, bank clerks, talking
shop customers, jolly holiday
park goers and kite fl yers.
Th e creative team for this am-
bitious musical includes direc-
tor and choreographer Melanie
Heard; assistant
director
Gen-
evieve Shahan;
musical director
Maree Beers; and
producers Paula
Burnette
and
Dave Hansen.
Polly
Cole-
man, CROW’s
costume
mis-
tress, has already
begun
fi tting
characters in pe-
riod costuming
while set the construction team
of Chris Heard and Chris Owens
are planning for a visual specta-
cle upon the stage.
Many additional volunteers are
already hard at work behind the
scenes in order to provide an out-
standing ninth youth mainstage
production for CROW.
Th e musical will be performed
April 17-26 at the Florence
Events Center. Performances will
be Fridays and Saturdays at 7
p.m., and Sundays at 2 p.m. Adult
tickets to “Mary Poppins” are $20
each, and tickets for youth under
age 12 are $10 each. Active and
Retired Military (with ID) and
Seniors may purchase tickets at
the box offi ce window for $19.
All proceeds from this produc-
tion support ongoing youth arts
education.
For more info about CROW,
including upcoming classes and
summer camps, visit crowkids.
com.