courtesy photo 8A COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL July 22, 2015 F ESTIVAL F EATURES An in-depth look at highlights from the 56th Bohemia Mining Days 'Legion of S.T.E.A.M.' saves the day in CT melodrama BY MATT HOLLANDER The Cottage Grove Sentinel C ottage Theatre’s ninth-an- nual melodrama debuted Friday evening to a sold-out crowd, which “booed,” “hissed” and “cheered” the 29 young ac- tors through their performance of “By Wing, By Wheel, By En- courtesy photo Mayor Major Payne (Calvin Johnson), his daughter Ophelia Payne (Maia An- drews), and his wife Royale Payne (Aislyn Morrill). gine of Steel… Or the Mayor has Loco-Motives.” Written by local playwright Keith Kessler, “By Wing, By Wheel, By Engine of Steel” is set in Bohemia City, 1871. The Cali- fornia, Oregon and Washington Railroad Line (also known as the C.O.W. Line) is scheduled to be completed in Bohemia City, and Mayor Major Payne (played by Calvin Johnson) has announced a celebration in which he will drive in one of 26 ceremonial golden spikes to commemorate the completed railroad. How- ever, Mayor Payne and and his family (Aislyn Morrill and Maia Andrews) have hatched a plan to steal the golden spikes. It’s then up to the Legion of S.T.E.A.M.: Sleuths, Tinkers, Engineers, Adventurers and Mac- Guyvers (Rhea Florez, Claire Jenkins, Maia Wilhour, Campb- bell Conforth, Ceder Earlywine, Abigail Earlywine, Samuel Pear- son and Owen Hovet) to thwart the villains. Spolier alert: They do. The performance was the cul- mination of the Cottage Theatre’s two-week melodrama camp for actors ages nine to 14. The young actors began with auditions and then memorized lines, learned music and choreography. The show began with several musical numbers that showcased the young performers' mastery of jazz, which was this year's melo- dram theme. The audience was also invited to participate in an old-fashined sing-along. “This is a unique program in Lane County,” said Cottage Theatre executive director Su- san Goes. “I’m not aware of any other summer camp for youth that culminates in a full-staged public performance like this.” Saturday night's a breeze for The Ridge Iconic local band returns to familiar festival time slot BY JON STINNETT The Cottage Grove Sentinel F photo by Jon Stinnett The Confederate fl ag could be seen a lot at BMD this weekend and was even worn as a kind of cape by some fair-goers. Festival fi nds itself amid Confederate controversy BY JON STINNETT The Cottage Grove Sentinel or a couple hours Sat- urday night, the clas- sic tunes wafted over Coiner Park, guests shimmied to the music and the band — likely the area’s longest-running local outfi t — rocked right along with them. This year’s Bohemia Min- ing Days brought the return of an old Cottage Grove fa- vorite with a new name, as The Ridge, formerly Windy Ridge, closed out the busiest day of the 56th incarnation of the festival in its typical fes- tive style. And judging by the size of the crowd Saturday night, Cottage Grove and its visitors were happy to wel- come them back. Please see FLAG, Page 11A photo by Jon Stinnett The Ridge brought its time-tested brand of harmony to BMD Saturday. eron Reiten of radio station KNND. Though it's somewhat rare to see The Ridge — Curt Munsell, lead vocals and per- cussion; David Munsell, lead vocals, guitar and keyboard; Joe Tennis, lead guitar; Brian Gushwa, drums; Ken Bachel- der, bass; Hal Holbrook, key- board and guitar and Dave “Sonic” Schenkel, sound engineer — live these days, Munsell said the band still gets together to run through tunes once a week, every week, as it has for 40 years. “I came home from Viet- nam and started playing with these guys, and we’ve been playing together ever since,” he said. Munsell said it was his band’s idea to move the main stage at Coiner into the trees and away from the dreaded gazebo, a move countless musicians have ap- preciated since. And on Sat- urday evening, the harmonies and hometown feel of The Ridge capped off a scorching day of festivities. “We have fun at Bohemia Mining Days because we know everybody,” Munsell said. “If we’re not related to ‘em, we probably know somebody who is.” Antique engines bring a rattle and hum to BMD BY JON STINNETT The Cottage Grove Sentinel T he recent massacre of nine parish- ioners in a church in Charleston, South Carolina has sparked a nationwide debate surrounding the use of Confederate fl ag, a debate that found a local expres- sion and controversy at Cottage Grove’s Bohemia Mining Days festival over the weekend. Sam Moody of Sutherlin, who has op- erated a booth at BMD for a number of years, said sales were brisk of the Confed- erate fl ag and the various incarnations of the fl ag that festooned his booth, includ- ing one adorned with a picture of a busty lady and the caption “Redneck Woman.” Around Coiner Park, the fl ag could even Of course, they had no- ticed the absence of Windy Ridge on the 2014 BMD mu- sic lineup, a notable develop- ment for a band that had run the sound at the main stage in Coiner Park in addition to performing as Saturday’s closing act for 14 years, ac- cording to guitarist Dave Munsell, who said the band opted for a name change to differentiate itself from other outfi ts. “Apparently there are a lot of bluegrass bands called Windy Ridge, and we had people calling us the ‘Windy Ridge Boys,’ which we really didn’t like,” Munsell said. Munsell said The Ridge was happy to stick to per- forming this year and leave the sound booth to Cam- T hroughout the weekend, a chorus of ma- chinery popped, spurted and hissed, as if to supply power to the festivities that carried on all around them. Near the main entrance to the 56th annual Bohemia Mining Days celebration, Jim Brown, John Barrong, Roger Rue and others showcased their addiction to passersby. “It’s a mad hobby, collecting antique iron,” Barrong said. “We’re into anything old — air- planes, automobiles and anything else.” The festival’s theme this year, “By Wing, By Wheel, By Engine of Steel,” offered a nice chance for these iron enthusiasts — denoted as “Cottage Grove Antique Machinery” on Face- book — to showcase a bevy of old engines and automobiles, including a Model A and seven engines of about 100 years each in age. “I don’t mind getting dirty,” said Eugene’s Brown, the owner of many of the machines on display at BMD. “It’s such a special thrill to see an engine run after having sat idle and rusty for 60 years. To see us take a rusty piece of junk and make it go again is quite a sight — we just cackle and laugh.” Barrong, of Cottage Grove, explained that many of the engines viewed by the public were used to perform the basic functions on a farm, in a mine or in the woods. “These are four-stroke, hit-and-miss Please see ENGINES, Page 11A photo by Jon Stinnett From left, Jim Brown, Roger Rue and John Bar- rong offer a little TLC to an antique engine. 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