OCTOBER 27, 2016 // 5
Classical guitarist performs in Cannon Beach, Astoria
Coaster Theatre
to host Oct. 29
Halloween Bash
ASTORIA and CANNON BEACH
— Classical guitarist Aaron
Larget-Caplan will return
to the North Coast this
weekend.
First, Larget-Caplan will
headline a Halloween Bash
at the Coaster Theatre in
Cannon Beach on Saturday,
Oct. 29. The next day, he’ll
head up to Astoria for an ex-
hilarating afternoon concert
at Grace Episcopal Church.
At the Halloween Bash,
Larget-Caplan will perform
the concert “Legend &
Dreams.” Partly inspired
by the Mexcian holiday Dia
de los Muertos, the musical
program harnesses the music
of six countries to explore
deathly themes of transfor-
mation, legends, fantasy,
night and even toe-eating
monsters.
The concert will include
dances, lullabies and odes
from Argentina, Cuba and
Uruguay by guitar com-
posers Roland Dyens, Leo
Brouwer and Agustin Barri-
os as well as arrangements
by Larget-Caplan of music
by Bach and 20th century
master John Cage.
The Halloween Bash
will also include a costume
competition, a belly dance
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Classical guitarist Aaron Larget-Caplan will headline the Coast-
er Theatre’s Halloween Bash Saturday, Oct. 29 in Cannon Beach
and also perform Oct. 30 at Grace Episcopal Church in Astoria.
presentation, Halloween rev-
elries, and a preview of the
play “The Complete Works
of William Shakespeare
(Abridged) [Revised].”
Doors open at 6:30 p.m., and
the show starts at 7:30 p.m.
Tickets cost $15 or $20 and
are available online at coast-
ertheatre.com, or call the
box ofice at 503-436-1242.
An international touring
artist from Colorado now
based in Boston, Larget-Ca-
plan recently returned from
performing again in Russia,
Germany and Italy. His per-
formances have been hailed
as “stunning” by Fanfare
Magazine.
Larget-Caplan’s Astoria
performance, co-presented
by the Astoria Music Festi-
val, will celebrate his most
recent CD release, “The
Legend of Hagoromo.”
The centerpiece of his
concert is the interplay
among distinct works by
baroque composer Bach
and 20th-century modern
composer Cage. Larget-Ca-
plan will play a fascinating
arrangement of two move-
ments of the famed “Pictures
in an Exhibition” by Modest
Mussorgsky and an audi-
ence favorite, the Japanese
tour-de-force “Legend of
Hagoromo.”
Keigo Fujii’s “Legend
of Hagoromo” is based on
a Japanese legend about a
isherman who falls in love
with a heavenly maiden
who can ly when she wears
her feathered kimono, the
hagoromo. He steals it, and
drama ensues. The music
is Eastern in a mode from
Okinawa, Japan, but the
composer studied in the
West and loved rock guitar.
The guitarist uses unusu-
al techniques, including
brushing, bending and
scratching to highlight the
piece’s intense rhythmic
shaping and dramatic story.
The American Record Guide
described Larget-Caplan’s
performance of the 20-min-
ute masterpiece as “an
emotional and technical tour
de force.”
Larget-Caplan’s lat-
est CD, “The Legend of
Hagoromo,” is a musical
fusion built on a Japanese
theme with American
composers writing in an
Eastern aesthetic and Jap-
anese composers writing
in a Western. It includes
works by George Gershwin
and Harold Arlen, as well
as New Lullabies commis-
sioned by Larget-Caplan for
his New Lullaby Project. It’s
been hailed “an eclectic and
endlessly rewarding release”
by Classical Guitar.
The Astoria concert takes
place at 3 p.m. Sunday,
Oct. 30 at Grace Episcopal
Church, located at 1545
Franklin St. Tickets are $15
at the door, with those 15
and under admitted free.
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Learn about past residents of Clatsop County on Oct. 30.
Find buried treasure at
Talking Tombstones XIII
SEASIDE — The Clatsop
County Historical Society, in
partnership with the Seaside
Museum and Historical
Society, will present Talking
Tombstones XIII: Buried
Treasure!
Sponsored by Astoria
Granite Works, this year’s
iteration of Talking Tomb-
stones will be held from 1 to
4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 30 at the
Evergreen Cemetery located
on Beerman Creek Lane in
Seaside; just one half mile
from U.S. Highway 101.
This is a free event. Do-
nations are welcome.
Visitors should plan to
arrive no later than 3 p.m. —
the deceased begin to fade
from view as the darkness of
night draws near.
For more information
about this event or other
Clatsop County Historical
Society activities, call 503-
325-2203 or e-mail cchs@
cumtux.org
Clatsop County Historical
Society is a 501(C)(3) non-
proit educational organiza-
tion dedicated to preserving
and presenting the history of
Clatsop County Oregon and
the surrounding area. The
society operates the Flavel
House Museum, the Clatsop
County Heritage Museum,
the Oregon Film Museum
and the Uppertown Fire-
ighters Museum.
Seaside rotary holds annual dinner, auction
SEASIDE — The Rotary
Club of Seaside and its foun-
dation invite the public to
attend its annual dinner and
auction at 5 p.m. Saturday,
Oct. 29 at the Seaside Con-
vention Center. The theme
this year is “Ghoulish Gala.”
This is the single largest
fundraiser of the year for the
Seaside Rotary Foundation
and allows the foundation to
assist in serving the needs of
not only the local communi-
ty but people worldwide.
Some examples of these
programs include scholar-
ships and international youth
exchanges for high school
students; upgrading the
Broadway Park ield lights;
the alcohol-free Seaside
High School Grad Night
Party; the Wishing Tree pro-
gram that provides holiday
presents to hundreds of area
families; supporting the
needs of local seniors; pro-
viding water and sanitation
in villages in developing
nations; and the eradication
of polio worldwide.
A key component of the
event are many live auction
packages that attendees can
bid on. Some examples to
look for this year include:
an Alaska cruise, an Arizo-
na vacation, a weekend ski
retreat, a North Carolina
vacation, and dozens of si-
lent auction items graciously
donated by area businesses.
This year there will also
be games, a pie-throwing
contest, and entertainment
from the improv comedy
troupe Upfront Theater,
founded by Ryan Stiles from
“Whose Line Is It, Anyway?”
Tickets are available.
Cost is $65 per person, and
$650 for a table of 10. Cos-
tumes are encouraged.
For questions, contact
Auction Co-Chairs Raven
Brown at raven@paciic.edu
or 503-298-9104 and Stew-
art Martin at stewmartin2@
gmail.com or 503-440-1852.
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