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Symphonic band announces its 38th season
North Coast Symphonic
Band returns to the Liberty
Theatre for its 38th season in
October.
The community band, with
Dave Becker as conductor
and musical director, is a
self-supporting
nonprofit
group with 50 volunteer mu-
sicians.
The group provides two of its
four annual concerts for free.
The first concert of the sea-
son is at 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct.
28. “Dances of Enchantment”
will feature a collaboration
between the North Coast
Symphonic Band and 3 Leg
Torso, a well-known ethnic
folk band from Portland.
Each group will be featured
alone and then perform to-
gether on several pieces.
The concert is made possible
by grants from the Clatsop
County Cultural Coalition
and the Oregon Community
Foundation. Ticket pre-sales
will be announced soon on
the Liberty Theater website.
Other concerts:
•The band and Liberty
Theatre will collaborate for
a “Festive Winter Holiday”
concert at 2 p.m. Dec. 16.
It will feature vocalist Deac
Guidi and other guest musi-
cians.
•“In the Spotlight” is at 2
p.m. April 7 and features
retired Oregon Symphony
trombonist Alan Pierce. Clar-
inetist Marten King from Ti-
gard will solo in an arrange-
ment for band by Jeremy
Johnson, band director for
the Astoria School District.
Several other soloists and
guest conductors from the
band will be featured. This
concert is free.
•The “Spirit of Adventure”
free concert is July 3 and cel-
ebrates America’s birthday,
with patriotic favorites and
popular vocalists Andy and
Rachel Becker, who have ap-
peared with the band in the
past.
There are openings for
clarinetists, trumpeters and
percussionists, with waiting
lists for other sections of the
band. Interested musicians
should own their own instru-
ment, play at the advanced
high school level or higher,
and commit to attending six
rehearsals before each con-
cert.
For more information, call
503 -861-1328.
This Week in Aboriginal History
by Carl A. Ellis
Crazy Horse surenders, is killed in jail disturbance
Aug. 31, 2009: Florida
Gov. Charlie Crist signs a 20-
year gambling pact with the
Seminole Tribe, which agrees
to pay $12.5 million a month
for 30 months in exchange
for running slot machines
and blackjack games.
Sept. 1, 1875: The U.S.
government attempts to pur-
chase the Black Hills from
the Sioux Indians and fails.
Sept. 2, 1779: On the or-
ders of George Washington,
Gen. John Sullivan and his
force of 4,500 men continue
attacks on New York Indians
suspected of being British Al-
lies.
Sept. 3, 1783: The Treaty
of Paris is signed by the Unit-
ed States and Great Britain,
ending the American Revolu-
tionary War. Congress ratifies
the treaty on Jan. 14, 1784.
Sept. 4, 1863: The Con-
cow-Maidu tribes, which
have ancestral homes in
Northern California’s Butte
County, are forced to move.
Many die or are killed along
the way. One group includes
461 Concows, of which 277
survive the two-week trip
from Chico to Round Val-
ley, near modern-day Brent-
wood, Calif.
Sept. 5, 1877: Crazy Horse
is killed. The Oglala Sioux
battle hero was bayoneted
in a scuffle with soldiers who
were trying to put him in a
cell at Fort Robinson, Neb.
A year earlier, Crazy Horse
was among the Sioux lead-
ers who defeated George
Custer’s 7th Cavalry at the
Battle of Little Bighorn. The
battle, in which Custer and
265 soldiers were killed, was
the Army’s worst defeat in
its history of warfare against
American Indians.
After the victory, Army
forces pursued Crazy Horse
and his followers. The tribe
suffered cold and starvation
and, on May 6, 1877, Crazy
Horse surrendered.
Sept. 6, 1812: Indians at-
tack Fort Wayne and Fort
Harrison (near Terre Haute,
Ind.). In response, Ameri-
cans raid and destroy Indian
villages north of the Wabash
River.
Ellis is an author and his-
torian working on a book
about American Indians.
Senior Moments
with Emma Edwards
Things to do before we die
A quick reminder that the
Warrenton Senior Citizens
Inc. meal site will be closed
Monday, Sept. 3, in com-
memoration of Labor Day.
Most of our grandkids prob-
ably would define Labor Day
as something that happens
just before school begins and
maybe the last chance for
a summer picnic or similar
outing.
There’s an old saying, “If all
the cars in the United States
were placed end to end, it’s
probably Labor Day week-
end.”
(I think that happens more
elsewhere than on Labor Day
weekend in our neck of the
woods.)
Labor Day recognizes the
contributions working peo-
ple have made in our society.
The Federation of Organized
Trades and Labor Unions
was formed in 1881, and the
American Federation of La-
bor was founded five years
later.
In 1887, Oregon became the
first state to make Labor Day
a legal holiday. Some refer
to Labor Day as the worker’s
holiday.
I doubt all children are
squealing with delight over
returning to school after La-
bor Day. However, the word
“squeal” reminds me of a new
word I learned recently.
Senior lunch menu
Monday, Sept. 3: Closed for Labor Day.
Thursday, Sept. 6: Roast beef, mashed potatoes and gravy,
carrots, mixed greens salad, fruit pie.
The Warrenton senior lunch program is at noon (doors
open at 10:30 a.m.) Mondays and Thursdays at Warrenton
Community Center, 170 SW Third St. Suggested donation is
$5 for ages 55 and older; $7 for those younger. For more
information, call 503-861-3502.
It most likely has debatable
pronunciations. The word is
onomatopoeia. It’s any word
that sounds like what it is
describing, such as swish,
zoom, creak, bang, meow and
squeal. Also, any of the ani-
mal sounds, such as quack or
moo or oink.
Think we could come up
with quite a list of “sound
words,” which would make
them onomatopoeiatic.
We seniors never quit
learning, do we? I don’t know
about you, but this word was
new to me. And I kinda like
it!
A subject that has fascinat-
ed me lately, as I continue to
experience this thing called
life, is the number of things I
am doing for the last time.
Of course, there are things
I don’t mind doing for the
last time. And then I wonder
about the things I will never
get a chance to do on what
popularly would be called my
“bucket list.”
One person’s bucket list
may include bungee jump-
ing, jet-skiing or mountain
biking and those could be on
another person’s “will never
do list.”
So much food for thought!
I think I’ll make three col-
umns: “Last Time Will Do,”
“Never Will Do” and my
“Want to Do” bucket list.
Maybe you should do this
too and share them with me.
Anyway, enjoy your Labor
Day festivities. I can’t resist
sharing this thought by Bill
Dodds: “Labor Day is a glo-
rious holiday because your
child will be going back to
school the next day. It would
have been called Indepen-
dence Day, but that name
was already taken.”