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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2022
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SAGE Center
to screen ‘Cruella’
Harriet Wong/Contributed Photo
Harriet Wong will perform on the recently restored Chickering grand piano (not pictured) that was gifted to the Inland Northwest
Musicians. The free concert, which will feature two pieces by Beethoven, is March 12, 2022, at the Hermiston Community Center.
Inland Musicians tune up with grand gift
March 12 concert to feature
Chickering grand piano
By TAMMY MALGESINI
Hermiston Herald
The Inland Northwest
Musicians will unveil its
newest member — a 9-foot
Chickering grand piano
during the upcoming con-
cert of the Inland Northwest
Orchestra.
“It’s a grand instrument,”
said R. Lee Friese, the orga-
nization’s music director/
conductor. “It’s a pretty
exciting thing to have an
instrument of its grandeur.”
The Hermiston School
District gifted the piano to
the nonprofi t music group
this past summer. After
a move to the Hermis-
ton Community Center, the
piano underwent restorative
work in November.
The
piano’s
“com-
ing out” concert is Satur-
day, March 12, 4 p.m. at
the Hermiston Community
Center, 415 S. Highway
395. Admission is free.
Friese estimated that the
piano was made in the 1950s
by the now-defunct piano
manufacturer in Boston.
Regardless of its age, after
being refurbished by John
Ashcraft of Newberg, he
estimated that the replace-
ment cost of the instrument
is approximately $80,000.
Ashcraft, who previously
lived in Pendleton and pro-
vided maintenance on the
piano, said Jonas Chicker-
ing and his sons, who also
worked in the business,
were innovators. The piano
manufacturer, he said, cre-
ated durable and quality
instruments.
“It’s powerful and rich,”
he said about the piano’s
sound. “It has a tone that
draws the listener’s ear and
it’s a pleasure to play.”
The upcoming perfor-
mance will feature Beetho-
Lori Johnson/Contributed Photo
A recently restored 9-foot Chickering grand piano will be featured in a concert of the Inland
Northwest Orchestra on March 12, 2022, at the Hermiston Community Center.
ven’s “Symphony No. 1”
and “Piano Concerto No. 1.”
Accompaniment will be pro-
vided by guest pianist Har-
riet Wong.
Currently pursuing a doc-
torate degree in musical arts
at the University of Wash-
ington, Wong was born in
Macau, a special adminis-
trative region of China. She
received the Cultural Aff airs
Bureau Prize, the highest
honor of the 20th Macau
Youth Music Competition.
Prior to continuing her
education in Seattle, Wong
performed actively as a pia-
nist, conductor and accom-
panist in Macau. She also
earned
her
bachelor’s
and master’s degrees at
the University of Illinois,
Urbana-Champaign.
According to a history
of the Chickering, tag No.
003078, it was acquired
used in the late 1970s by
the Hermiston Commu-
nity Concert Association.
Dr. John Spomer and Phil
Hector, concert association
board members, contacted
Leonard Richter of Walla
Walla College to assist with
locating a piano.
Launching the “88 Keys
for Hermiston” campaign,
approximately $8,000 was
raised. At the time of its
purchase, Richter said the
Chickering was a suitable
concert piano for the needs
of the community.
When the concert asso-
ciation disbanded in the
mid-1990s, ownership of
the piano was transferred to
the Hermiston School Dis-
trict — with an agreement
that it would be maintained
and available for recitals and
community
performance
events.
Founded in 1999, Inland
Northwest Musicians fea-
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tures several ensembles,
including a full symphony
orchestra, a chorale and a
youth/preparatory orches-
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Movie Night at the
SAGE Center features
“Cruella.” The live-action
movie about one of cine-
ma’s most notorious — and
notoriously fashionable —
villains, the legendary Cru-
ella de Vil, stars Emma
Stone.
The fi lm already has
received several costume
design and makeup/hair-
styling awards. And it gar-
nered nominations in both
categories for the 94th
annual Academy Awards,
which will be announced
March 27. The fi lm is rated
PG-13.
See what the hype is all
about on Friday, Feb. 18,
at the SAGE Center, 101
Olson Road, Boardman.
Doors to the theater open
at 5:30 p.m. for the 6 p.m.
screening. Come early and
check out the interactive
visitor’s center. Your $5
SAGE Center admission
includes the movie, pop-
corn and bottled water.
For more information,
call 541-481-7243 or visit
www.visitsage.com.
Umatilla Republicans
welcome Vance Day,
schedule forums
The Umatilla County
Republican
Party
announced several upcom-
ing events, including a pair
of candidate forums.
Vance Day, a for-
mer Marion County Cir-
cuit Court judge, is the
featured guest for a Lin-
coln Day dinner. He will
speak about a project he’s
involved with for the James
Madison Center for Free
Speech. Day is touring the
state to talk about constitu-
tional rights and principles
against tyranny.
Day served as the chair-
man of the Oregon Repub-
lican Party 2005-09. The
Oregon Supreme Court in
2018 suspended Day with-
out pay for three years for
judicial misconduct after
he refused to marry same-
sex couples.
The event is Monday,
Feb. 21, at the Pendleton
Convention Center, 1601
Westgate. The doors open
at 5:30 p.m., with dinner at
6 p.m. The cost is $50 per
person. An early reception
with Day for the Pachy-
derm Club is at 4:30 p.m. It
costs $100, which includes
dinner.
Reservations
are
required by Friday, Feb. 18.
For more information or to
RSVP, call 541-304-5477.
Also, the Republican
Gubernatorial Candidates
Forum, which was post-
poned because of weather,
has been rescheduled. It
is Thursday, March 24,
6 p.m. at the Vert Audi-
torium, 480 S.W. Dorion
Ave., Pendleton.
In addition, a Uma-
tilla County Commis-
sioner Candidates Forum is
Thursday, March 31, 6 p.m.
at the Pendleton Conven-
tion Center. Further details
about both forums will be
announced.
For more information
about the local Republican
Party, contact Suni Dan-
forth, Central Commit-
tee chair, at 541-215-9389,
ucrpchair@gmail.com or
search
www.facebook.
com/groups/85685613647.
Dance provides
opportunity for special
memories
It’s time to get ready to
kick up your heels because
the Boardman Daddy
Daughter Dance is just
around the corner.
The popular event,
which began in 2018,
includes a night of danc-
ing, music, photos, crafts,
refreshments and prizes.
With the theme A Night
Under the Stars, it is open
to daughters under 18 and
their fathers/father fi gures.
The dance is Saturday,
March 5, 5:30-8 p.m. at the
Boardman Pool & Recre-
ation Center, 311 N. Olson
Road. Tickets are $30 per
couple and $10 for each
additional daughter. For
more information, call 541-
616-1050 or visit www.
boardmanparkandrec.com.
Hermiston seniors
eligible for HEF
scholarships
The Hermiston Educa-
tion Foundation is accept-
ing applications for eight
$2,500
post-secondary
education scholarships.
The awards are for grad-
uating seniors from Herm-
iston High School who
plan to pursue an academic
program in a college or uni-
versity. Important factors in
the evaluation of applicants
includes academic achieve-
ments,
extra-curricular
activities, community ser-
vice, leadership and fi nan-
cial need.
The deadline to apply is
March 31. Applicants will
be notifi ed no later than
April 22.
Applications are avail-
able at the Hermiston High
School counseling offi ce
and via www.hermistoned-
ucationfoundation.org.
For more information,
call George Clough, HEF
Scholarship Committee, at
541-314-3182, or mail an
inquiry to Hermiston Edu-
cation Foundation, P.O. Box
1096, Hermiston, OR 97838.
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