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DOLLARS FOR
DOERNBECHER
Students raise
funds for
children’s hospital
By KATHERINE LACAZE
For Seaside Signal
Seaside High School’s
traditional Winter Week
fi lled
with
festivities
adopted a more philan-
thropic tone this school year
as student leaders simulta-
neously hosted their Dollars
for Doernbecher fundraiser,
bringing in more than $1,500
for the Portland-based chil-
dren’s hospital.
By mixing the fundraiser
with Winter Week, junior
class president Xcaret Bello
said, “It kind of gave it a
purpose,” beyond dressing
up and decorating doors.
Fundraising
efforts
kicked off Dec. 14 with
a “money run” during a
school-wide
assembly,
which raised $63 and built
momentum in a mere few
minutes of Associated Stu-
dent Body and class offi cers
running through the crowd.
During Winter Week, from
Dec. 17 to 21, they con-
ducted several fundraising
activities that both students
and community members
could participate in.
“I was nervous when we
made the goal $1,500,” stu-
dent body vice president
Shelbylee Rhodes said.
What they received from
the get-go, however, was
school-based and commu-
nity support in spades.
“That’s what really got us
in motion, just seeing how
ready the community was to
help us and how much they
cared,” Rhodes said. “We
weren’t alone in this.”
By mid-week, the stu-
dents were more than half-
way to their goal. By the
end, they had surpassed the
$1,500, although students
leaders did not expect to
have an exact total until after
winter break.
Raising money for
pediatric care
One successful fundrais-
ing activity featured about
200 red Christmas orna-
ments bearing the school’s
logo, which student leaders
sold for $5 apiece at lunch
each day, at a Seaside City
Council meeting, during the
Holiday Classic Tournament
games, and on an individual
basis. Even after covering
the cost of the ornaments,
the students were able to
donate approximately $4 per
ornament in proceeds to the
children’s hospital.
For another activity,
community members were
WELL-RECEIVED
Not only were the class
offi cers actively involved,
but the fundraiser was
also well-received by the
entire school.
invited to make free-throws
during the Holiday Clas-
sic games held in Seaside.
Everyone who made their
shot received one ticket per
$1 donated to be entered
into a drawing for one of
three baskets, brimming
with gift cards and other
items donated by local busi-
nesses. Anyone who wanted
to enter the drawing with-
out attempting a free-throw
could have Seaside’s Ever-
est Sibony or Lilli Taylor,
talented freshmen basket-
ball players, take the shot for
them. The drawing winners
were announced during the
boys’ championship game
Saturday, Dec. 22.
Additionally, the fund-
raiser included a punch wall
set up at the high school.
During lunch, students could
pay $1 to punch through
paper-covered
compart-
ments in the wall in hopes of
fi nding the hidden prize.
Each school year, the
high school’s ASB offi cers
select different goals that
address needs at the school
level, community level,
and national level. Dollars
for Doernbecher was their
national goal for the 2018-
19 school year. The chil-
dren’s hospital was chosen
as the benefi ciary for the
“amazing” healthcare ser-
vices they provide pediatric
patients, Rhodes said. She
also registered the school
with Doernbecher Chil-
dren’s Hospital Founda-
tion’s Kids Making Miracles
philanthropy program.
Cookies, karaoke and
Christmas
Although the Doernbe-
cher fundraiser was a new
endeavor this year, Winter
Week is a longstanding tra-
dition at the high school.
The fi ve school days leading
up to winter break included
a classroom door-decorating
contest and karaoke in the
cafeteria at lunch. The ASB
offi cers also covered the cost
of ingredients for the culi-
nary arts program to bake
cookies that were delivered
to each student.
“We wanted to make (the
school) feel homey,” Rhodes
said, adding they wished to
counteract how rough the
holiday season can be for
some people. “Christmas
shouldn’t be sad.”
What made both Winter
Katherine Lacaze/For Seaside Signal
Seaside High School junior class president Xcaret Bello sells
ornaments at the school during lunch Dec. 20 as part of
the Dollars for Doernbecher fundraiser put on by student
leadership. During the fundraiser for the Portland-based
children’s hospital, which ran the week before winter break,
they sold about 200 ornaments to students, parents and
community members.
Week and Dollars for Doer-
nbecher successful, accord-
ing to Rhodes, was the
extensive involvement from
not only the ASB leadership
but also class offi cers. Each
class took responsibility for
one element—such as the
free-throw contest, deliver-
ing cookies, or selling orna-
ments — and worked hard
from start to fi nish to see
the task through, Rhodes
said. Not only were the class
offi cers actively involved,
but the fundraiser was also
well-received by the entire
school.
“It’s nice to see students
care,” Bello said.
Maggie and the Katz headline Gathering Jazz concert coming
to Times Theatre
Concert raises
funds for student
activities
Ensemble,
high-schoolers
onstage
By KATHERINE LACAZE
For Seaside Signal
Going fi ve-years strong,
the annual Tillamook Head
Gathering continues pro-
moting a mission of fi nan-
cially supporting the arts at
Seaside High School while
offering a festive, family
friendly night fi lled with live
entertainment, a silent auc-
tion and appetizing food.
The headliner at this
year’s fundraiser, scheduled
for 6:30 p.m. Jan. 19, at the
Seaside Civic and Conven-
tion Center, is Maggie and
the Katz. High school stu-
dents will play music as
guests are arriving, and then
locally acclaimed musician
Maggie Kitson and her band
will take the stage at 7.
“They’ve been playing
together a long time and it
shows — they’re really tight,”
said Mark Mizell, a former
Seaside High School teacher
and founder of the gathering.
Throughout the evening,
guests can place silent auc-
tion bids for items donated by
local artists and businesses, or
receive a mini-swing dance
lesson from Seaside High
School teacher Vinh Pham.
Additionally, The Stand will
serve light fare.
Funding the arts
Proceeds raised at the
annual event help cover
the cost for various arts-re-
lated workshops, fi eld trips,
activities, and other tangi-
ble items. Last years, some
funds were used to help off-
set the cost for approxi-
mately 15 students to go to
the National Cowboy Poetry
Gathering in Elko, Nevada,
and attend a private session
with award-winning cow-
boy poet Paul Zarzyski.
“It was a wonderful expe-
rience,” said Mizell, who
has taken several groups of
students to the festival over
the years. “We created some
lifetime memories on that
trip,”
Funds also were used
to bring the Dave Ben-
nett Quartet, a nation-
ally acclaimed band from
Detroit, to play at a high
school assembly, and for
professional singer-song-
writers to lead workshops.
This year, some Tilla-
Seaside Signal
On Wednesday, Jan. 30,
the Seaside High School
Jazz Ensemble will be per-
forming a joint concert
with the North Coast Big
Band at the newly reno-
vated Times Theatre in
downtown Seaside.
Phot courtesy of Maggie and the Katz
Maggie and the Katz will perform at the Tillamook Head Gathering on Jan. 19.
mook Head Gathering funds
are designated to purchase
acoustic guitars, as per the
request of choir teacher
Kimber Parker, who is
instructing an acoustic gui-
tar class and wants students
to be able to participate even
without owning personal
instruments. Funds also will
help cover costs for teacher
Susan Baertlein to take stu-
dents to the Oregon Shake-
speare Festival in Ashland to
attend workshops and plays.
“It’s wonderful Seaside
High School is creating
funding for the arts rather
than eliminating them as so
many schools are doing,”
said Kitson, whose daughter
Bridget graduated from Sea-
side. “We are honored to be
asked to be a part of it.”
About the performers
Kitson herself was the
daughter of avid performing
artists and she grew up in
the theater. She was named
after Maggie the Cat, from
“Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,” by
Tennessee Williams, whose
brother was her godfather.
“That
connection
prompted me to act in most
of (Williams’) plays and
procure the performing
‘bug,’” she said.
In 1979, she segued into
music, seeing it as a tena-
ble way to make a living.
Through the years, how-
ever, music has become “the
essence” of her life, and she
doesn’t consider performing
a routine job she’s obligated
to do.
“It’s my vocation, my
heart and soul,” she said.
She sings and plays light
percussion with Maggie and
the Katz, whose core mem-
bers include Richard Thom-
asian — a virtuoso guitar
player and vocalist — and
Dave Quinton — “a great
steady bass player who
keeps us in line and has
a velvety voice,” Kitson
described. For large ven-
ues, the group sometimes
adds a nine-piece horn sec-
tion, and other musicians
occasionally sit in for select
performances.
Kitson, Thomasian and
Quinton’s music covers a
broad range of genres, but
they tend toward blues, soul,
R&B and “anything New
Orleans,” Kitson said. They
emphasize three-part vocal
harmonies, as Kitson loves
“the fullness of sound, vibra-
tion and soul they deliver.”
The group typically plays
small venues, involving the
audience and creating a tem-
poral yet poignant connec-
tion with them.
“For me, that connection
and shared emotion is what
it’s all about,” Kitson said.
New Year,
New Look!
The North Coast Big
Band is a community jazz
band made up of adult/stu-
dent musicians from all
around the North Coast area.
The concert starts at 7 p.m.
and admission is free.
Each band will perform
a 30-40 minute set of clas-
sic jazz standards from the
1930’s and ‘40s. Families
are welcome and dance
space available.
The Times Theatre is
located at 133 Broadway;
503-739-7188.
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