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Musical group Wistappear headlines at Coaster
Cannon Beach
native on the
road to success
If you go
WHAT: Wistappear
WHERE: The Coaster
Theatre
Gregory E. Zschomler
WHEN: Tuesday, July
21
Cannon Beach Gazette
Cannon Beach’s Evan Jir-
oudek is returning to his home-
town, teamed with fellow mu-
sician Ian Lipson. Jiroudek,
a drummer, and Lipson, a
guitarist, make up the duo
Wistappear. The genre-bend-
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lines a new album project and
will perform a July 21 concert
at the Coaster Theatre.
Jiroudek’s parents, Tom
and Laura Jiroudek, own and
operate the Bald Eagle Cof-
feehouse in midtown Cannon
Beach. Music runs in the fam-
ily. Tom Jiroudek, now retired
from the industry, was an
A&M recording artist. While
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trumpet in a symphonic band,
but after a couple weeks he
was playing percussion.
Evan’s brother Lake, in-
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friend Stirling Gorsuch, son of
Cannon Beach painter Rich-
ard Gorsuch, took up guitar.
The brothers, according to
Evan, played together as a duo
for more than a decade in the
group Angry Salad. In Seaside
high school they joined the
jazz ensemble. Lake is now
studying music at the Juilliard
School in New York City.
“Growing up in a small
community that is very sup-
portive of the arts gave me
so much freedom to explore
my artistic process,” Evan
COST: $20
CONTACT: Email evan-
jiroudek1@gmail.com
or call 310-666-5213.
Follow the band on
Twitter, Facebook
or Instagram or visit
wistappear.bandcamp.
com
will play shows on their way
back to Los Angeles, where
Lipson has another year at
CalArts. They will then be-
gin shopping the album to
labels.
Last year, Wistappear
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performed a sold-out con-
Ian Lipson, Lake Jiroudek and Evan Jiroudek. The three musicians will perform at the Coaster Theatre July 21.
cert at the Coaster Theatre.
They are expected to sell
said. “With an environment vate boarding school. They announced he would now ask the question, “How did I out again. Joining the band
onstage will be local painter
so beautiful and enriching it’s studied under director Marshall “wistappear.” The word stuck, get here?”
hard not to feel inspired.”
Hawkins, who had played with and Lipson adopted it for his
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“The Cannon Beach com- jazz greats Miles Davis and band name years later.
will give a concert at the er and musicians will open
munity helped me develop Shirley Horn.
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Eventually it was off to Besides school, he does session their travel to Georgia and improvisation.
Tickets, which include
my musical and life experienc- college. Evan chose Califor- work at Goldmine Records in the marketing and distri-
es after I left,” Lake added. “It nia Institute of the Arts in Los Ventura and will soon record bution of the album. Lake, download cards for two
is a warm and nurturing place Angeles, a school dedicated to with Forest Whitaker’s daughter though he isn’t a part of the songs, are $20 and may
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band, will join his brother be reserved in advance by
who lives here.”
Lipson, a guitarist, vocalist and
Both agreed that their mu- and Lipson for the upcoming emailing evanjiroudek1@
gmail.com or calling 310-
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the brothers moved to Portland they became Wistappear. The tongue-in-cheek humor. Lip-
After the concert, Lake 666-5213. Any tickets that
where they played became a duo’s name came about when son described it as “zigzaggy, returns to New York while are unsold the night of the
part of the American Music /LSVRQ¶V XQFOH ¿UVW KDQG- youthful — even childish — Evan and Lipson begin concert will be available at
Program’s magnet school Pa- ed him a guitar. His nephew a restless music” that often pre-production July 27 and the door. Follow the band
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the boys attended California’s clad in Spiderman underwear. melody. Their songs, often RG EHJLQQLQJ -XO\ 2QFH stagram or visit wistappear.
Idyllwild Arts Academy, a pri- Just as he left the room, Ian autobiographical, might often the project is in the can they bandcamp.com.
Fountain’s new location ‘more visible’
Fountain from Page 1A
Another son, Peter Sroufe,
also attended the event. Peter
recalled how the fountain had
been clogged with sand during
its time at the park, when kids
used it to rinse off after com-
ing from the beach. He and
the rest of his family said they
were grateful for its move to a
more visible location.
“It got made because our
dad was a great guy,” Gerald
said.
Peter noted that Cannon
Beach was once a logging
town. His father would allow
the loggers to purchase their
groceries with credit until
they received pay.
He was 16 when his father
died, and he remembers see-
ing a line of headlights from
Seaside to Gearhart on the
way to the funeral in Warren-
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“That’s when I realized
who dad was,” he said.
Mayor Sam Steidel said he
was happy to see the project
completed, adding it “turned
out so well.”
Cannon Beach’s Design
Review Board approved the
fountain’s relocation in May
and work began in early
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for the city’s Fourth of July
celebration, making it easily
viewable during the library’s
annual book sale.
Wood called the installa-
tion an “engineering feat.” It
includes an underground steel
support frame to handle the
600-pound marble structure
and a well underneath that
can be accessed for plumbing
repairs. A new step to reach
the fountain was also includ-
ed.
The Cannon Beach Public
Works Department handled
much of the physical work.
Cannon Beach Construction
was the main contractor and
designer Beth Holland did the
landscaping.
Public Works Director
Dan Grassick said they hav-
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estimated around $6,000 with
the landscaping.
Now all who pass by the
fountain can stop to “drink
to the memory of Harley
Sroufe.” As the inscription on
the marble reads, the water
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DANI PALMER/CANNON BEACH GAZETTE
Members of the James Harley Sroufe family attended a memorial fountain re-dedication
ceremony in his name on Thursday, July 9, at the Cannon Beach Library. Standing with the
James Harley Sroufe memorial fountain from left to right are: Susan Brander, Peter Sroufe,
Gerald Sroufe, Maureen Dooley-Sroufe, Clara Sroufe, Gerry Sroufe, Angie Edwards, Glad-
ys Womack and Matthew Sroufe.
Kids leave video games, cell phones
behind to interface with nature
younger and older chil-
Camp from Page 1A
dren’s classes. The camp
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“We want to give them a ¿UVWZHHN
place to play and be in-
The six-week camp
spired,” she said.
began July 7 and ends
Fire Mountain School Aug. 14, and runs from
co-founder Vivi Tallman 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tues-
helped start the Nature day through Thurs-
Awareness Track Camp day each week at Fire
after completing a wilder- Mountain School, locat-
ness awareness program in ed at 6505 Elk Flat Road
Washington in 2007.
in Arch Cape. The price
The camp is open to is $42 per day or $105
all children. McGlinn said per week and includes
they’ve gotten campers fields trips and the ma-
from Manzanita up to As- terials used for projects.
toria.
Lunch is not provided.
There is a capacity of
McGlinn said some
30 kids total between the of the school’s founders
have pledged scholarship
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sistance.
“We don’t want to
price people out of the
experience,” he said.
“We want it to be open to
as many people as possi-
ble.”
Nature
Awareness
Camp is for children
age 7 through 11. The
Growing Nature Aware-
ness Track program is
for those age 3 to 6. For
more information or to
sign up for the camp,
contact Mike McGlinn
at 610-291-6567 or 503-
436-2610.
1605 SE Ensign Lane
Warrenton, OR
503-861-1144
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