Not the Naughty List

You really thought you'd get through the holiday season without the Ole Trawler winging on and on about somethings you ought to think about?

Well, you were wrong.

Four days until Christmas and there are still presents you need to buy and why should you be any different from all of the rest of the country. After all there are those wasted hours between midnight and dawn when there are no football games on and you can shop in your jammies or in the nude or in the windows of your apartment if a little seasonal spirit overcomes you.

But if frightening the neighbors isn't on your naughty list then think about this.

Red River Paper

https://www.redrivercatalog.com/

These guys have all sorts of things any artist could covet or want or lust after. There are papers for printing. Now I know you are a painter and never use a camera and couldn't care less what sort of printing papers are out there but if that is the case you are missing out on a major revenue stream. Cause what happens when you sell that latest masterpiece? Then you have nothing to show for all of your hard work. But if you took a good picture, no not one of those Neo-Polaroids from your Iphoney, but a real picture from a decent camera, then you could print it out and have a record of your work so when that big-time commission comes looking you have something to show.

Or what have you done about Christmas cards this year? Bought a bunch of Currier and Ives fakes from Rite-Aid and sent them to all of the people on your list whether you know them or not. But if you have files of your work, you could create your own cards and by buying the pre-cut card stock from Red River papers you could make your own Christmas cards and send not only genuine thoughtful seasonal sentiments and but your work, giving yourself a tasty plug while making you feel self-righteous and all done at the same time.

Or what about those prints you made of your brilliant work and now you have them lying about catching dust and creating toys for the cat when they should be carefully archived so they will be ready when Mr. Big-time comes along?

You could have ordered clear display bags. That way you don't even have to take the print out to show it and if you put down that frosty glass of IPA at Seven Devils and it happens to be on the print the bag will keep it safe and you can finish your beer without guilt.

https://www.redrivercatalog.com/acc/clear-display-bags-for-photo-art-prints.html

So that's just a coupla reasons why you should look at Red River papers and I won't even mention the fact that they are one of the few places where you can buy ready to print 11 x 14 sheets cause that would just be over kill.

And now you say you don't trust online stores and there are nothing but SPAM and viruses out there so you never shop on the computer well what about our own Art Connection?

http://www.coosartconnection.com/

You just have to pick up the car keys and drive down to the Art Connection and there you will find all sorts of things the deserving artist needs. And you will be shopping locally which should make you feel really important and community centered.

Every artist needs a new sketch pad for the start of the year or what about some clay for that sculpture you always wanted to do but keep putting off and yes you can do a nude without being a complete perv cause you are an artist and not a guy in an overcoat with a pocket full of candy.

Start small and see if the spirit takes hold of you. You can always come back and buy more. I can promise you they will sell you as much as you need so make a lot of mistakes cause that is the only real way to learn how to do the job and you can always pass off the flops as artistic innovations.

Not into 3D art? Well there's charcoal or pastel or colored pencil. My father was a master at shading with pencils and did renderings so life-like you'd spend half a day trying to get the birds to take seeds or watering plants only to realize they were drawings and now they were all wet, but fortunately I never bring out his originals cause they are one of a kind and not replaceable but I have them on disc so when I scrap one of them I can always print off another copy and still have the original safely put away.

So why not start the Holiday Season right and get a gift for the deserving artist on your Christmas list that they will actually like and use and enjoy and respect your good taste and revere your intelligence and speak your name in hushed tone reserved for folks with images carved in stone?

A Thread of an Idea

Come Sunday. Sunday, Sunday visit the beautiful Pacific Park Gallery at 1957 Thompson Rd. craftily located just off Woodland Drive and around the corner past Kinney Drive on the way to the Bay Area Hospital which you should never need, but God Forbid you should know the way just in case but if you get there you have gone too far so look for the Pacific Park signs and the clever little sign which says Gallery Open which should give you a clue in case you don't have one.

There will be snacks and wine and art and artists and good conversation with adult people who speak in English and not Text-speak and you can refresh yourself with nary a football game in sight and that will be a change from the twenty-four straight hours of football on one hundred channels with the Thing on the couch using five remotes all at the same time and why isn't he so handy when it comes to doing the chores and taking out the trash? Never mind.

So make your plans, set the remote by the couch, put the pizza rolls in the microwave and stock the fidge with beer and chances are the Thing on the Couch will never even know you are gone.

Sunday 2-4 Pacific Park Gallery 1957 Thompson Rd for real adults only!

All There in Black and White

Weave your way to the Pacific Park Gallery's opening Sunday November 10, 2019 from 2-4PM To see the amazing fiber works and the incredible artists on display this season.

I find it hard to write complete sentences bur these artists do their best work with thread and a loom or needles. Come a feel completely inadequate and at the same time awed. So much better than wasting another Sunday fetching snacks and drinks for the Thing on the Couch, You know the Thing won't even miss you until after the Stupid Bowl in the Spring.

Another Opening, Another Show

Are you still sitting on the couch, (And what did you do with The Thing On the Couch) staring at the super wide plasma watching the beautiful baby Bears maul the grizzled old Green Bay Slackers? Well pick up your bed, er couch and walk to the amazing art displayed at the Pacific Park Gallery, this very weekend and learn something, absorb culture and fire up those weary gray cells.

The Ole Trawler himself will be on hand to welcome you and share with you his own incredible works of photographic brilliance. Just take the short walk up the stairs, cause there are photos in the stair well as well and then on the second floor you can see all of the faces which make up, Character: Them What has. A photographic essay of the wonders we walk by every day but are too absorbed in our own little dramas to see.

Then if that isn't enough here's the insightful, imaginative work of F. Gary Ostrom, gentleman artist and all about swell guy who you should take time to meet and discuss art with cause he has much to say of merit and you know that your time will be better spent than it would be watching another early season football game where the players haven't even worked of all of the lard they packed on in the off season unless they are place kickers in which case they are scared spitless cause they saw the YouTube of Carli Loyd nailing a fifty-five yard field goal through the practice goal posts which are only nine feet wide instead of the regulation eighteen feet on the first try and why haven't my beautiful baby Bears signed that girl up cause you all remember last year it was one missed filed goal that knocked Da Bears out of the play-offs.

An then, and then , and then along came Janne! I can't actually say if she is Slow walking Janne, Slow talking Janne, along came bright, bold, brilliant Janne! Ya see she is the boss of the gallery it would probably be best just to say nice things about the Honcho, but that's so easy cause when you see her art you too will be saying nice things and when you go back to the Home 20 and see the Thing on the Couch who hasn't moved and might need to have his pulse checked just to make sure he hasn't died with the remote in his hand and said he rhetorically is that the modern equivalent of dying with your boost on, but I digress so when you see the Thing on the Couch you can tell him all about the amazing, wonderful and enlightening art on display at the Pacific Park Gallery and remind him that if he had put on pants and brushed his teeth he too could have seen the art, enjoyed the intellectual environment and snagged some killer snacks all while listening to the Little Match Girls play the top 40 of 1756.

Now are you still interested in that silly football game, which isn't actually played with feet cause then it would be soccer and the United States National Women's Second consecutive World Cup winning Super Stars would be playing and everyone would be staying at home to watch America's team cause they are the real stars of any game, but since they don't play again until October you have no excuse not to be at Pacific Park Gallery, this very Sunday, September the 8^th from 2-4 for the reception and to meet the incredible artists on display with no annoying Liberty Mutual Limu commercials to distract from the art.

Grrl Power

Please join us for an inspiring show featuring the work of four talented women.  It will be 2-4 p.m. on Sunday September 8th.  The show we remain at Black Market Gourmet through the end of October.  If you are unable

to attend the opening reception please contact Black Market Gourmet to make arrangements for viewing.

Beer & Wine will be available for purchase and Black Market Gourmet will provide noshies, coffee/tea, Strawberry Lemonade & Water for your enjoyment.

We look forward to you joining us!

Chef Jardin Kazaar, RN

Kristin Hoefer

Black Market Gourmet

495 Central Avenue

Coos Bay, Oregon 97420

541.269.0194

Samaras/Samsara

Last month for me to be 76....have spent this year contemplating the spirit of revolution as well as the wisdom of the I Ching/ the Book of Changes.  Asking about this exhibit I got:#52/ KEN/ The Mountain/ Keeping Still (Meditation)——turning into #30/ LI- Fire, the Clinging( clarity, illumination, devotion, synergy).  Will bring my books and pennies on the 16th for anyone who would like to consult the ancient oracle, which was part of the process of creating this series of winged maple seed paintings (“SAMARAS/ SAMSARA”)

Observe Observations

As Homes said to Watson, "You see, but you don't observe."

Don't be like Watson, it's elementary Come and let people with real talent do the heavy lifting for you. (And some not so talented but one clearly gifted conman)

Come and meet the artists and see why they found these images so compelling.

Then you'll have something interesting to talk about at all of the end of summer parties!

You can't always count on running into Charles, sometimes you will have to start a conversation yourself and wouldn't you rather have a really smart, interesting and cultural thing to talk about instead of the glorious United States Women's National Soccer Team's fantastic World Cup victory or Brexit or AOC's latest Twitter comment? See you can be the brilliant raconteur at every occasion for just half a day at Pacific Park Gallery's  Observations show!

And you can even see what the Ole Trawler does when he is not wasting time on the Internet.

Get Some Technique

Susan Lehman will be demonstrating her acrylic collage techniques this coming Saturday, July 6th,

at Second Street Gallery’s Meet and Greet the Artist Program.

She has developed an “embedded collage” way of working where she uses handmade textured paper

and fabric scraps underlying her paintings.

Come and see some of her latest collages and say hello from 12-4 pm.

My Plan Is...

Plan ahead and be ready when the Southern Coos Hospital show comes round! Now how can you beat that?

PATTERNS, SHAPES, AND COLORS: Oct, Nov, Dec 2019

Designing with dots, circles, squares, stripes, letters, numbers?

Using surface designs, tile patterns, after Gustav Klimt, William Morris, or looking at opt art, etc. (or not.) 

HOME: Jan, Feb, March 2020

What does it feel like?

Is it where you hang your hat or where your heart is?

Inside or outside scenes?

At home or abroad-- images of traveling and/or finding home there?

Wanderlust? Your place of comfort. 

LANDSCAPE AS MUSE: April, May, June 2020

What did the muse whisper in your ear?

Why did you want to paint this?
Write about what inspired this painting in a sentence, paragraph, poem, haiku or no more than one page of prose.

 OLD MASTERS AS MUSE: July, Aug, Sept 2020

Art inspired by the “Old Masters” or even contemporary masters.

This can be your original art “in the style of” or your own interpretation of a well-known masterpiece. A brief few sentences about what artist inspired you and why to accompany your paintings.

BY THE LIGHT OF THE MOON: Oct, Nov, Dec 2020

Starry, starry night? Indoors or out?

The phases of the moon—full moon, new moon, a sliver?

The man in the moon? Low light paintings?

Moonrise, moonset?

UP, Up, and Away!

Southern Coos Hospital & Health Center Quarterly Art Show

                                    Call to Artists July 2019

“LOOKING UP!”

Works can be scenes from a bug’s eye view, your eyes, or your mind’s eye.

Think treetops, day or night sky views, cloud scenes, mountain tops, outer 

space, or other ideas you dream up that relate to the theme.

The Southern Coos Hospital & Health Center will host a show of artworks 

relating to the theme of Looking Up! This show runs July through September 

2019.

As usual you can be creative in your interpretation of the theme, keeping in 

mind that art on the hospital walls is meant to entertain and de-stress the 

patients, families, staff, and general visitors.  It is not a venue for 

nudity, violence, morbidity, or as a political soapbox. Thank you for your 

continued positive approach to art in these shows.

Artists may enter 1-3 pieces using painting, collage, mixed media, drawing, 

photography or assemblage in all artistic styles: representational, 

abstract, impressionistic, or futuristic.  All works must be able to be hung 

on the wall.

Show Calendar:

Show runs July, August and September 2019

Reception:  Sunday, July 7, 2019    1:00 – 3:00 p.m.

Delivery of Art:

Wednesday, July 3, 2019  2 p.m.

Bring ready-to-hang art with your paperwork to the cafeteria area at 

Southern Coos Hospital on Wednesday, at 2:00 p.m., or make alternative 

arrangements with show organizers.

Face of Clay

Come see us! We're a brand new clay guild and we want you to see what we can do.

We'll be at North Point Realty during Wine Walk tomorrow. Whether you participate in Wine Walk or not, you can browse and shop, then we'll hold your packages till you've been to see the Tall Ships and all the other shops.

Yours in clay,

Catherine

To Market, To Market

Several important events coming up quickly at Black Market Gourmet:

Sunday May 5, 2019: Art Reception featuring the photography of our talented and world traveller Robert Levy.  Reception is 2-4 p.m., come and meet the artist, vote on your favorite photos, enjoy some nibbles and non-alcoholic beverages.  Beer and Wine is available for purchase.  Free and open to the public!

Sunday May 12, 2019 is MOTHER'S DAY!  Black Market Gourmet will host our Mother's Day Buffet Brunch from 11:30-3:15.  Seating is at 11:30, 12:15, 1:00, 1:45, 2:30 and 3:15.  Lots of great dishes including plant based, yummy entrees, salads/sides, desserts and sparkling (adult beverages and sparkling cider).  Cost: $30.00 for adults, $15:00 for kids 5-12 years old and no charge for children under 5.  Reservations are required, so please call: 541.269.0194.   If you respond to this email and do not get a conformation, please follow up with a telephone call.  

October 26, 2019: We are excited to announce a collaborative dinner at Steamboat Inn (38 miles east of Roseburg on the scenic north Umpqua River in Idleyld Park) featuring libations from 7-Devils Brewing and Stillwagon Distillery, including the owners Carmen Matthews/Annie Pollard (7-Devils) and Rick Stillwagon with dinner paired and presented by Chef Jardin Kazaar of Black Market Gourmet.  

For more information regarding the dinner and lodging, please contact Steamboat Inn: 541.498.2230.  

We look forward to seeing you very soon!

Chef Jardin Kazaar, RN

Kristin Hoefer

Black Market Gourmet

495 Central Avenue

Coos Bay, Oregon 97420

541.269.0194

Abstract Celebration

You are invited to a show of contemporary abstract paintings from Elaine Dunham, Geralyn Inokuchi, Sharon Jensen and myself, Susan Lehman, at Roseburg’s Umpqua Valley Arts Association Red Door Gallery on May 17th from 5-7 pm with an Artists Talk the following morning at 11 am.

The address is 1624 West Harvard, Roseburg. The show runs May 17th thru June 30th so we hope you get a chance to see the show if you cannot make the opening reception.

We have been working on this project for over a year and are hopeful that it will turn out to be a stunning show. If you can come to our artists talk, we will be discussing how we all came to abstraction via different paths and how we all met. Questions are invited about particular pieces or bodies of work. Please join us in “Celebrating Abstraction!”

Get Potted

Don't miss an opportunity to find unique gifts, (Mother's Day is almost on us, your potential to screw up is always ready and why not just because?) enjoy fine art and maybe even talk to a real, live artist, in their native environment.

Yes you can do all of this when you visit North Pointe Realty and see all of the magical works collected there for your enjoyment, once in a lifetime pleasure and educational enhancement.

And just in case you think all of this talent grows on trees, (Artists are a strange and curious lot) just look at this...

See there's hard work, thoughtful planning and sweat equity in all of that creativity.

So go, but own and you'll be the better for it.

High Performance

So It Goes Coffeehouse announces auditions for William Shakespeare’s LEBOWSKI: PRINCE OF NINEPINS, by John Beane. 

Auditions take place Saturday April 27th at 4pm and Monday April 29th at 6pm at So It Goes Coffeehouse, 190 Central Ave in Coos Bay. Performances are in late June. All performers are paid.

Seeking 6-8 fearless actor/comics of any shape or creed. Auditions will consist of cold reads from the script. Affinity for sketch comedy, pop melodrama, multiple characters/ accents, and/or pseudo-Elizabethan claptrap a plus. Also, like, if you look like Jeff Bridges that wouldn’t be bad, man.  

LEBOWSKI: PRINCE OF NINEPINS is brought to you by the orchestrators of PULP SHAKESPEARE, DASH RIPROCK & THE TENTACLES OF DOOM, and MURDER PARTY. It is directed by John Beane and Daneal Doerr.

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John Beane

So It Goes Coffeehouse  

541.808.9333 www.soitgoescoffee.com     

www.facebook.com/soitgoescoffeehouse

Damn Fkeas

Not enough useless stuff in your closets? Go to the Punk Rock Flea Market and get really cool stuff to replace all the crap you've collected/ And you'll hear some good bands too. And you get to feel self-righteous cause it's all for Head Start. You know you have some mad money you'be been holding out on The Thing on the Couch. Now you can spend it and feel no guilt.

Sea Opening

Come to a Country Dance

From: South Coast Folk Society

Subject: English Country Dancing in Coos Bay!

When: Saturday Evening, March 30, 2019

Time: 7:00PM to 10:00PM

Where: Coos Bay Senior Center, 4^th and Ingersoll, Coos Bay, OR

Featuring: Music: Outstanding Open Band, and Dance Calling by Bob Fraley

English Country Dancing in Coos Bay March 30, Public Welcome

The South Coast Folk Society welcomes public participation at their English Country Dance Ball at the Coos Bay Senior Center Dance Hall on Saturday, March 30, from 7:00 to 10:0PM.  This special event will feature live music by the Outstanding Open Band, and dance lessons and calling by Bob Fraley of Eugene.  Singles, couples and families can all enjoy English Country Dancing, and new dancers are always welcome.  It’s a lovely, graceful form of casual social dancing appropriate for all ages.  Experience is not required.  All dances are taught.

The ever-popular Outstanding Open Band consists of talented local musicians from throughout the South Coast.  They play a variety of instruments including accordion, flute, fiddle, recorder, piano, concertina, guitar, penny whistle, and percussion.  The Outstanding Open Band is dedicated to playing great dance music, and playing it well.  Bob Fraley, the caller for the evening, is a highly experienced and very personable instructor and caller.  His English Country Dance repertoire is most enjoyable and ideal for all skill levels.

This event is alcohol and fragrance free.  It will take place at the Coos Bay Senior Center located at 886 S. 4^th, corner of 4^th and Ingersoll in Coos Bay.  Refreshments will be served.  Doors open at 6:45PM.  General admission: $7; Seniors over 60: $6; Members: $5; Students: free.  For more information call 541-404-8267, or go to their web site at www.southcoastfolksociety.com.

   

PRESS RELEASE   English Country Dance  PRESS RELEASE

The South Coast Folk Society is an all-volunteer, non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation, study, teaching, enjoyment, and continuing evolution of traditional and historical dance, music, and song.

The World Coming to Langlois

From: South Coast Folk Society

Subject: World Music Concert and Dance!

When: Sunday, March 31, 2019

Time: 5:00PM to 8:00PM

Where: Langlois Cheese Factory, 94179 Allen Boice Dr.

Featuring: Music by THE KEF BRASS BAND from EUGENE

FREE Afternoon Dance Workshop 3:00-4:30

World Music Concert and Dance Coming to Langlois March 31

The World Music Concert and Dance is coming to Langlois on Sunday, March 31, from 5-8PM.  Great music and festive social dancing are on tap at this exciting event.  The South Coast Folk Society is pleased to announce that the Kef Brass Dance Band from Eugene will be making a special appearance at the Langlois Cheese factory, 94179 Allen Boice Drive.  

Kef is a premier dance band that has received praise at venues throughout the Pacific Northwest for the quality of their music and the authenticity of their sound. This event is a Balkan/International dance festival, open to the public, with a free dance workshop in the afternoon to learn basic Balkan village dances from 3:00-4:30, and a dance party in the evening with Kef playing music from 5-8, all at the Langlois Cheese Factory.

The nine musicians in the Kef Brass Band have honed their talent over the past twelve years playing for audiences from Seattle to San Francisco.  The band features trumpets, baritones, flugelhorn, euphonium, sousaphone, percussion, accordion, and vocals.  Their music is infused with energy and grace.  Its distinctive sound is delightful.  Kef plays a wonderful variety of dance music from Eastern Europe and around the world.  From Balkan village folk melodies to lively dance grooves, all their music is a joy to hear and a pleasure to dance to. 

Local dance instructors Paul Poresky and Kef band member Sharon Rogers will lead the free afternoon workshop to enhance everyone’s enjoyment of the evening dance party. Thanks to the support of the local business sponsors listed below, the cost for the evening dance party is just $12.00.  Students are free.  Both events are alcohol and fragrance free.  Potluck refreshments are welcome.  Doors open at 2:30. For more information call 541-404-8267.   

The South Coast Folk Society is an all-volunteer, non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation, study, teaching, enjoyment, and continuing evolution of traditional and historical dance, music, and song.

Be an Explorer

Critters

Art work due Wednesday, April 3rd at 2 pm. Please see the attachment for more information.

 

Southern Coos Hospital & Health Center Quarterly Art Show

Call to Artists April 2019 “Dogs, Cats and Other Pets—With Their People or Without”

The Southern Coos Hospital & Health Center will host a show of artwork depicting dogs, cats and other pets—with or without their people. All breeds and styles of dogs and cats, or any other types of pets, with or without their human owners are subjects for the artist's consideration. Artists may enter 1-3 pieces using painting, collage, mixed media, drawing, photography or assemblage in all artistic styles: representational, abstract, or futuristic. All works must be able to be hung on the wall.

Please remember that art on the hospital walls is meant to entertain and de-stress the patients, families, staff and general visitors. It is not a venue for nudity, violence, morbidity, or a political soapbox. Thank you for your continued positive approach to art in these shows.

Show Calendar: Show runs April, May, June 2019

Reception: Sunday, April 7, 2019 1:00 – 3:00 p.m.

Delivery of Art: Wednesday, April 3, 2019 2 p.m.

Let the Dance Floor Feel Your Leather

Free Dance Class Offered in North Bend – Traditional Dance Lessons

    The South Coast Folk Society is offering a free traditional dance class every Monday evening in North Bend from 7-9PM.  All are welcome to experience the joy of dancing to traditional music from around the world.  This is a new class for all levels, and it’s free.  Volunteers from the Folk Society Orchestra will be there playing live music every week.  Traditional dances are appropriate for beginners and experienced dancers alike. 

    This public class meets every Monday for two hours at the North Bend Housing Authority community activity room.  It starts at 7:00PM.  Singles, couples and families can all enjoy this casual friendly social gathering.  Drop-ins are also encouraged to attend.  Every session is new, a fresh start, and all the dances are taught.  Registration is not required.  The Housing Authority is located at 1700 Monroe Street in North Bend, just three blocks west of the library on Connecticut Avenue.

    All ages can have fun dancing to live music played by talented local musicians. The emphasis will be on traditional dances from America, Europe, and around the world.  These include circles, line dances, set dances, folk, and ballroom dances.  New musicians are invited to join the band.  For more information email  southcoastfolksociety@gmail.com or call Paul at 541-404-8267.  Monday, February 18, is a good time to join this lighthearted group of social dancers.

    

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Earthly Delights (Your mother can know about!)

Come early for Macaw feather earings and support a poor suffering bird with sinus trouble so he can spread his wings and swear like a sailor. It's both cultural and educational. Where else would school children hear such language? Do you want them to pick it up in the school yard?

Unpaid Undeterred

Helping our Coast Guard Neighbors

Many have been concerned about how to best help those in our community who provide needed services to us on a daily basis and who are negatively impacted by the government shutdown.  We found out today that assistance can be provided to those who are in the Coast Guard and are in need through the Chief Petty Officers Association.  It’s a non-profit located at the North Bend sector and they are allowed to take donations and distribute them to the Coast Guard members that need them the most. If you would like to mail a check or money order or a gift card, please address your envelope to Chief Petty Officer Association, North Bend Sector, 2000 Connecticut Avenue, North Bend, Oregon 97459.

The Chief Petty Officers Association here in North Bend can take donations for any sector that you would like so please specify whether you are wishing it to go to the North Bend sector, or the Coos Bay Small Boat sector.  Mr. Sweetman has already contacted all the different sectors and composed a list of the Coast Guard members most needing help.

Free, free, free

Don't miss free family day at the Coos History Museum!

You can't beat free and besides its a chance to meet the new staff member and make him feel welcome. Shelby Chase is the brand new events manager and will be working with all of the many events on the horizon.

Football season is grinding to a halt and now that Da Bears have been eliminate there's really no reason to stay and watch those long, commercial filled broadcasts. So get out your rain gear and come to teh Coos History Museum


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Let the Dance Floor Feel Your Leather

From: South Coast Folk Society

Subject: Free Dance Class – Live Music

When: Every Monday Evening

Time: 7:00PM to 9:00PM

Where: North Bend Housing Authority, 1700 Monroe, North Bend, OR

Featuring: Live Music and Free Dance Instruction

Free Dance Class Offered in North Bend – Dance to Live Music

    The South Coast Folk Society is offering a free dance class every Monday evening in North Bend.  All are welcome to experience the joy of dancing to traditional music from around the world.  This is a new class for all levels.  The music is live and the class is free.  Volunteers from the Folk Society Orchestra will be there playing live music every week.  Traditional dances are appropriate for beginners and experienced dancers alike. 

    This public class meets every Monday for two hours at the North Bend Housing Authority community activity room.  It starts at 7:00PM.  Singles, couples and families can all enjoy this casual friendly social gathering.  Drop-ins are also encouraged to attend.  Every session is new, a fresh start, and all the dances are taught.  Registration is not required.  Walk-ins are always welcome.  The Housing Authority is located at 1700 Monroe Street in North Bend, just three blocks west of the library on Connecticut Avenue.

    All ages can have fun dancing to live music played by many talented local musicians. The emphasis will be on traditional dances from America, Europe, and around the world.  These include circles, line dances, set dances, folk, and ballroom dances.  New musicians are invited to join the band.  For more information email  southcoastfolksociety@gmail.com or call Paul at 541-404-8267.  Monday, January 7, is a good time to join this lighthearted evening of social dance.

   

The South Coast Folk Society is an all-volunteer, non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation, study, teaching, enjoyment, and continuing evolution of traditional and historical dance, music, and song.  Member Oregon Cultural Trust.

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