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April 6, 2018
T he C olumbia P ress
This weekend
Scandinavia takes center stage at Liberty concert
North Coast Symphonic
Band will present a free con-
cert, “The Scandinavian Con-
nection,” on Sunday, April 8,
in the Liberty Theater, 1203
Commercial St., Astoria.
Guest Conductor is Joan
Paddock, musical director at
Linfield College.
The concert includes wind
band selections from Scandi-
navian composers, including
Jean Sibelius, Edward Grieg
and Carl Nielsen as well as
highlights from “Frozen,” a
Disney movie with a distinct
Scandinavian influence.
The concert will be pre-
ceded by a performance by
the jazz band Equinox, a trio
comprised of guitarist David
Drury, bassist Todd Peder-
Equinox
son and flutist Shelley Loring
Barker.
The Astoria Scandinavian
Midsummer Festival 2018
Court will appear in costume
for a “meet and greet” in the
lobby during intermission to
discuss their heritage and the
upcoming 51st annual Mid-
summer Festival in Astoria.
Astoria Scandinavian Heri-
Registration is $14 for
adults, $11 for ages 3 to 12
and free for those 2 and
younger. For more informa-
tion, contact the Autism So-
ciety at 503-636-1676.
Color run brings
blast of cheer
Color the Coast for autism,
a 5-kilometer run and walk,
begins at 10 a.m. Saturday,
April 7, at the Astoria-War-
renton-Seaside KOA on
Ridge Road.
The event includes raffles
carnival games, rock paint-
ing, tie-dying, a resources
table and a flea-market ta-
ble, autism merchandise
and, weather permitting, a
bounce house. The KOA is
providing a free lunch for
registered participants and
a 1984 live band in the eve-
ning that’s kid-appropriate.
The event opens at 10 a.m.
and the walk/run starts at
11:30 a.m.
tage Associa-
tion President
Loran Mathews
and Scandina-
vian Heritage
Park Commit-
tee chairwom-
an Judi Lampi
Paddock
will be in the
lobby before the concert and
during intermission to talk
about progress for the park.
Audience members are en-
couraged to wear Scandina-
vian sweaters or authentic
folk wear from Scandinavia.
Door open at 1:15 p.m.,
Equinox takes the stage at
1:30 and The Scandinavian
Connection begins at 2 p.m.
For more information, call
503-325-2431.
training and craft supplies
provided each hour. Lunch
is provided.
Admission is $10 or eight
cans of food. Raffle ticket
are $5 each or three for $10.
For more information,
contact Cindy Miller at 503-
313-6692 or go online to
letsstampouthunger.word-
press.com.
Men dressed as
women raise $$
Crafters urged to
stamp out hunger
Let’s Stamp Out Hunger, a
fund-raiser for the Clatsop
Emergency Food Bank, is
from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Satur-
day, April 7, in the commons
at Astoria High School, 1001
W. Marine Drive.
The event is an all-day
craft fair for card-makers,
scrap-bookers and other pa-
per crafters. Participants
should bring their own proj-
ects, tools and materials to
work on, but there also will
be make-and-takes with
The Astoria Downtown
Historic District Associa-
tion’s “Jane Barnes Revue”
is set for 6:30 p.m. Saturday,
April 7, in the lobby of the
Astor Hotel, 1401 Commer-
cial St., Astoria.
The revue, a “topsy-turvy
fashion show”
featuring men
dressed
as
women, is a
fund-raiser for
the
historic
district.
Tickets are
$25.
For more in-
formation, contact Sarah Lu
Heath at 503-791-7940.