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Striking up the band at Seaside High School
Dahlgren lets
students ‘cut
loose a bit’
By Rebecca Herren
Cannon Beach Gazette
It is the beginning of the
school year at Seaside High
School, and with that, there
will be another musically ex-
citing adventure for the bands.
The Symphonic Band will
welcome new students into its
band program.
Without last year’s seniors,
the first order of business, ac-
cording to Terry Dahlgren, the
high school’s band director,
will be to get everyone used
to playing together. “Quite a
bit of time goes into rebuild-
ing fundamentals of playing
and sight-reading the first few
weeks of school,” Dahlgren
said. “Working up the music
for pep band is also a fun pri-
ority that needs to be accom-
plished.” For many of the stu-
dents, this is their favorite part
of band, he noted.
Dahlgren has a busy year
planned for his band students.
After they have settled into the
new school year, their atten-
tion will be focused on the fall
concert in November that will
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Seaside High School band director Terry Dahlgren works on rebuilding fundamentals of
playing and sight-reading for returning and new band students.
include patriotic, holiday and
Halloween pieces. Then in Jan-
uary, they will begin building
their contest music. One of the
pieces Dahlgren has planned
for the contest is a medieval
piece that conjures images of
knights and majestic royalty.
The district and league
contest performances will de-
Archaeology Day festivities
at Cannon Beach Museum
On Saturday, Oct. 21, join
the Cannon Beach History
Center & Museum as they
partner with the Archaeolo-
gy Institute of America for
International Archaeology
Day. In celebration of this
day, the museum will have a
pop-up exhibit on the histo-
ry of archaeology in Egypt.
Dr. Sarah Sterling will end
the day with a presentation
on her work and research on
pyramids in Egypt. Time to
be announced.
International
Archae-
ology Day is a worldwide
event that has nearly 200
historical societies, schools,
and museum participating.
The purpose
of this event
is to bring
archaeology
and history to
communities
throughout
the
world.
Sarah
This will be
Sterling
the Cannon
Beach History Center &
Museum’s third year partic-
ipating. Dr. Sterling is an as-
sistant professor at Portland
State University. Sterling
has overseen excavations
around the world and spent
many years at digs in Egypt.
She will talk about her time
and work there.
Halloween Happenin’s in Seaside
The Seaside Downtown
Development Association
presents Halloween Hap-
penin’s, Saturday, Oct. 28
from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. This
event will be held in various
locations throughout Down-
town Seaside. All activities
are free.
The association also pres-
ents Howl ‘O Ween pet pa-
rade and costume contest.
Costume contest will begin at
3 p.m. Quatat Park with the
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pet parade beginning imme-
diately after. This is a benefit
event for Clatsop Animal As-
sistance and participants are
required to donate $5 to enter.
Other Halloween events
include: “A Dance with
Death” Murder Mystery Din-
ner located at Maggie’s on
the Prom beginning at Sun-
day, Oct. 28, at 6 p.m. and
Tuesday, Oct. 31, Downtown
Trick or Treating from 2 to 5
p.m.
pend on the performance lev-
el the students achieve while
practicing their musical skill
building. All the while work-
ing on music for basketball
pep band and supporting the
school where they can.
But it doesn’t end with all
work and no play. Dahlgren
will let the students “cut loose
a bit” to play some movie
music for their spring con-
cert. “The students have made
some great suggestions for
pieces to play for pep band and
the spring concert, so we’ll see
how many of these we can ac-
complish.” In the meantime,
he will try to put together a
jazz band for this year.
Concerts and contests don’t
come without a price and Dahl-
gren acknowledges the support
from the community. “We have
been extremely fortunate in the
bands to have had great finan-
cial support from our commu-
nity that helps us avoid spend-
ing valuable classroom time
and energy on fundraising.” He
recognizes the support through
organizations such as the
Lighthouse Jazz Society, Sea-
side Boosters and Broadway
PTO among the community
members who have made gen-
erous donations.
The bands in Seaside con-
tinue to be one of the largest
4A programs in the state. There
are approximately 230 students
from grades 6 through 12. The
Symphonic Band, which is the
main band for the high school,
continues to be strong at the 80-
to 90-member range. Both the
pep band and jazz ensemble are
assembled from the member-
ship of the symphonic band.
Dahlgren notes that the
band program is fortunate to
have some of the best academ-
ic kids in school and there are
several opportunities for stu-
dents to shine. Ten students
from Broadway Middle School
and Seaside High School will
be selected for the district hon-
or band in January.
Two students who stand
out from last year are Kendy
Lin, who traveled with the
Oregon Ambassadors of Mu-
sic to Europe this summer;
and Gretchen Hoekstre, who
was a member of the Music in
May honor band at the end of
the last school year, and who,
Dahlgren said, will be an in-
tegral member to the bands’
success this year. “We have
many great kids like Kendy
and Gretchen, but it’s a team
effort. Everyone is important
to our success. That’s just not
a platitude in our case, it’s the
key to everything.”
Dahlgren’s
philosophy
speaks volumes. The compe-
titions are one of the learning
opportunities used to increase
performance skills and he’s
upfront about the purpose
of the competitions. As for
beating other bands, he’s no
longer interested in providing
that experience to students.
What he is interested in giv-
ing them is the opportunity
to play in a real auditorium
and receive real feedback
from leading music educators.
“The key for me is that the
kids are showing growth and
that the feedback is valuable.
If musical growth occurs, then
it’s ‘mission accomplished’ in
my book.”
Artisans team to boost poetry program
Seaside teacher
launches artisan
market fundraiser for
traveling students
By Eve Marx
For Cannon Beach Gazette
Mark Mizell has been teaching En-
glish at Seaside High School for 34 years.
For 20 years, every three years, he’s tak-
en 20 to 25 high school students to the
National Cowboy Poetry Gathering in
Elko, Nevada.
The Gathering highlights special
guests and programming honoring the
contemporary heritage of Basques and
Buckaroos. In years past, this field trip
was paid for through money allocated
through the school budget or education
grants such as the Meyer Memorial Trust.
Without those funds available, Mizell
opted to take a different approach this
year.
To finance the trip, Mizell and his
wife Becky are sponsoring the Harvest
Moon Artisan Market the weekend of
Oct. 28 and Oct. 29 to take place at the
Broadway Middle School gym. Featured
will be vendors from the North Coast and
the southwest coast of Washington.
Becky Mizell is an artist working in
polymer clay who sells her work through
her business, Becky Sue Creations. You
may have seen her booth at the Astoria
Sunday Market and the market in Ilwa-
co. The Mizells reached out to other ven-
dors including Leslie McCray’s “Sweat-
er Heads,” and watercolor artist Dave
Bartholet, whose work is
perform their show. They
displayed at his Gilbert
may participate at the
Gallery in Seaside. Mizell
teen poetry and music
expects 25 to 30 vendors
slam, as well as meet with
to be involved. Each ven-
seasoned writers and po-
dor pays a $70 entry fee.
ets.
“Every penny of that
On Sunday, Feb. 4,
money will go to offset
they’ll catch the train to
student travel expenses to
Reno where they’ll next
the Cowboy Poetry Gath-
board a plane for Port-
ering,” Mizell said.
land where the beautiful
The Gathering takes
yellow school bus will be
place in Elko from Jan.
waiting to transport them
29 through Feb. 3. It’s
Mark Mizell
home again.
sponsored by the Western
“Along with parent and
Folklife Center. Prior to the trip, students teacher chaperones, my wife and I have
will put in hours distributing fliers for been taking students to the Gathering
the Harvest Moon Market and the Tilla- for 20 years. “The last one we attended
mook Head Gathering which takes place featured the world- renowned author and
in mid-January. Other activities include activist Temple Grandin as the keynote
making signs, manning a food booth at speaker, as well as Cowboy Poetry Gath-
the Harvest Moon Market; helping ven- ering greats such as Michael Martin Mur-
dors and practicing for the presentation phy, Ian Tyson, Don Edwards, Cowboy
of a mini-traveling show they’re calling Celtic, and Paul Zarzyski.”
the “Let ’er Buck Chili Feed Revue.”
The Harvest Moon Artisan Market
“They’ll be performing that prior to promises to be an amazing event. “All the
the trip and during the trip as we travel craft items are handmade by the vendor,”
down the tracks by train, and at the Gath- Mizell said. “And this is a fun way to help
ering in Elko,” Mizell said.
students afford the upcoming trip to Neva-
The trip to Elko is in itself quite an da.”
adventure.
For more information about becoming
“The afternoon of Wednesday, Jan. a vendor contact Mark Mizell at 503-593-
31, we’ll take a beautiful yellow school 9044 or email him at mmizell@seaside.
bus from the high school to the train k12.or.us.
station in Portland,” Mizell said. “From
To make a donation to the students’
there, we’ll ride the train from Portland travel fund,write a check to Seaside High
to Sacramento; switch trains, and travel School Elko Fund.
through the Sierra Mountains and across
“This is the first time we’ve ever done
the Great Basin to Elko, which is in east- a fundraising artisan fair to get the stu-
ern Nevada.”
dents to Elko,” Mizell said. “Hopefully,
At the Gathering, the students will it won’t be the last.”
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