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Friday, January 29, 2010 | No comments posted. TAGIPUB at Brewed Awakenings

The All Girl Impromptu Pickup Band will be playing in Bandon on Friday, Jan. 29, at Brewed Awakenings, 490 Highway 101. The music starts at 6:30 p.m.

TAGIPUB, composed of seven local women, will be celebrating the new year by playing high-stepping Scottish, Irish and American fiddle tunes, jigs, reels and waltzes and even some Cajun two-step.

There is no cover and the regular menu will be available. Reservations are suggested. For more information, call 541-347-2577.

‘Wall of Opportunity’ at gallery

The 2nd Street Gallery presents its annual “Wall Of Opportunity,” which showcases works by local artists. Included in this year’s collection are works by oil painter Dan Dunn, acrylic painter Don McMichael, pastel artist Ava Richey, collage artist Susan Lehman, woodcarver Pete Bauer, ceramic artist Ron Looby, glass artist Kirk Day and photographer Kelly Herrick.

The show will run from Saturday, Jan. 30, to Saturday, Feb. 27, and can be viewed daily between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. For additional information, contact gallery director Richard Rahmlow at 541-347-4133 or e-mail info@2ndstreetgallery.com.

‘Annie Junior’ auditions

New Artists Productions founders Dan and Anita Almich will be conducting auditions for their spring production, the musical “Annie Junior” from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Jan. 30, and from 2 to 4 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 31. Auditions will be held in the music room at Ocean Crest Elementary School.

The musical is part of the Broadway Junior Collection of plays designed especially for youth theater.

“Annie Junior” is a based on the “Little Orphan Annie” comic strip and tells of a spunky Depression-era orphan determined to find her parents, who abandoned her years earlier on the doorstep of a New York City orphanage run by the cruel Miss Hannigan. Youth performers enrolled in grades third through 12th are eligible for parts in the play. Those wishing to audition are asked to bring sports, dance and other extracurricular schedules for the directors to review with the play rehearsal schedule.

Auditions will consist of learning the flow of the play, reading dialogue and singing to recorded music from the play. Selected show materials are available for review at The Broadway Junior Web site: http://www.broadwayjr.com under the audition central link for the show. Prior review of the material is recommended.

“At least 20 parts are available for audition, but there can be as many as 30 with extras and stage crew,” said Anita Almich. “We are so excited to bring this wonderful musical to the stage. ‘Annie Junior’ combines the elements of beautiful music with a fun storyline. Our goal is to involve the audience in every aspect of the play; we want them to walk out with a good feeling.”

The cast of characters is diverse with specified roles for boys and girls; however several parts may be cast with either. Everyone involved in the play will be join in some group choral numbers as well as dance routines.

Broadway Junior’s “Annie Junior” will be presented in six performances at the Sprague Community Theater on April 8 to 11.

For more information regarding auditions, call the Almichs at 541-347-2517.

Mardi Gras fundraiser planned

Good food, plenty of fun and some toe-tapping “swamp rock” areplanned for the Mardi Gras Swamp Fest, to be held from 7 to 11 p.m., on Saturday, Feb. 27, at the Harbortown Events Center, 325 Second St., in Bandon. The Coos Historical and Maritime Museum and Kirk and Betty Day and the Harbortown Events Center are sponsoring the fund-raising dinner and dance, which benefits the Coos Historical and Maritime Museum.

McFarlin’s Pub in Bandon is catering the event and those attending will dine on McFarlin’s famous barbecued pork sandwiches and other dishes featuring a Mardi Gras flavor. Guest will dance to the swamp rock offerings of Kelly Thibodeaux and the Etouffee Band.

The evening will also feature a no-host bar, face painting and a fortune-teller to chart your stars. Photographs will also be available. Guests will be eligible to win the door prize: “Huey,” a 6-foot-long plush alligator. Huey currently can be seen in the window of Benetti’s Italian Restaurant, 260 S. Broadway, in downtown Coos Bay.

Tickets for the evening’s dinner and entertainment are $25 in advance ($30 at the door) and are available from museum board members and at outlets throughout the county, including, in North Bend, the Coos Historical and Maritime Museum and Books by the Bay; in Coos Bay at Farr’s True Value Hardware, and The Shop in the Hub Building on Broadway; in Coquille at Farr’s True Value Hardware; in Myrtle Point at the Myrtle Point Herald; and in Bandon at Winter River Books and Gibson Graphics.

Teacher art show at hospital

A new show, “The Teachers,” featuring works by 12 teachers of art is on display at the Southern Coos Hospital & Health Center.

The new show features works by John Bealey, Bittin Duggan, Jen Ells, Jean Kreiter, Susan Lehman, Terry Magill, Angela Haseltine Pozzi, Josie Reid, Jane Snoddy, Pat Snyder, Anne Sobbota and Georganne White.

Also on display are self-portraits by high school students in Jen Ells’ art classes at Bandon High School.

The show is sponsored by AVK Arts. The Southern Coos Hospital & Health Center is open daily from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. “The Teachers” will remain on display through March.

Elsewhere

Burns Night at The Mill

The Coastal Celtic Society presents its eighth-annual Scottish Burns Night celebration beginning at 5 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 6, at The Mill Casino-Hotel, Salmon Room, 3201 Tremont Ave., in North Bend.

Proceeds of the event support the Coastal Celtic Society’s Scholarship Fund, a nonprofit charity promoting Celtic Culture through music, dance, education and the arts.

Burns Night is celebrated annually by Scots around the world in memory of Robert Burns (1759-1796), Scotland’s national poet and songwriter, known worldwide for the song Auld Lang Syne.

Cost of the event is $35 per person and tickets are available online at www.themillcasino.com/entertainment/concerts or may be ordered by calling 800-953-4800.

A special room rate is being offered by the Mill Casino Hotel for that night.

The Burns Night Celebration includes entertainment by bagpipers Brandon Hatley, Wiley McKinnon and Tom Shine, harpist Sandy MacPherson, and singer/guitarist John MacRae. The Address to the Immortal Memory of Burns will be provided by Professor Emeritus Jerry R. Crandall. The banquet includes the traditional Scottish dishes tatties and neeps, cock-a-leekie soup, haggis, and trifle dessert.

The celebration is rich with ceremony, including the piping in of the haggis, accompanied by kilted swordsmen honor guard; Ode to the Haggis; Burns’ Selkirk Grace; toast to the lasses and reply to the laddies; and the singing of Auld Lang Syne at evening’s end. Scottish Attire is suggested but not required.

For more information or to order tickets, call Robert More at 541-217-1118.

Young Artists Show at CVAC

Coquille Valley Art Center invites young artists, ages 3 to 18, to participate in the Young Artists Show. The exhibit will be held from Feb. 2 to 26. Painting, sculpture, drawing, computer art and photography will be accepted.

A reception for the public will be held from 6:30 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 4. Ribbons and prizes will be awarded for each age group.

Chamber music in Reedsport

Clarinetist Rebecah Pulsifer will be among the four members of the Oregon Coast Chamber Orchestra featured in the winter 2010 concert on Sunday, Feb. 21.

“Celebrating Our Own” starts at 2 p.m. in the Pacific Auditorium at Reedsport High School, 2260 Longwood Drive.

In addition to Pulsifer, who will be heard in the first movement of the Mozart concerto for clarinet K 622, soloists include Nate Helgeson, principal bassoonist in a performance of the Devienne concerto for bassoon and orchestra. Also playing in the program will be principal violist Kate Rogers (William Alwyn, Pastoral fantasy for viola and strings).

“On The Death of a Friend,” a composition by OCCO’s oldest member, Wilke Renwick, will begin the second half of the program. Other works on the concert include selections by Saint Saens, Johann Strauss Sr., Tchaikovsky and Waldteufel.

Early-bird tickets for the matinee concert are $10, which admits two people, are on sale at the Reedsport branch of Umpqua Bank. Tickets will cost $10 each at the door.

For more information, call 541-997-6770 or visit www.occo.ws.