2006-2007

Clatskanie Arts Commission

Celebrating Artists from around the World!!

Clatskanie Arts Commission provides a variety of entertaining programs and events which enrich the lives of the people of the Lower Columbia River Region

Oregon

Symphonic Band

Portland  Oregon

Oregon's "premier symphonic band" is comprised of some of the area's best instrumentalists, both professional and amateur.  Join us for an afternoon of lively band music featuring marches, show tunes, orchestral transcriptions, as well as a fine selection of challenging original band works.

All Performances held at Donavon Wooley Performing Arts Center Clatskanie Mid/High School 471 SW BelAir Drive, Clatskanie, OR

About the Clatskanie Arts Commision     In 1988 the Clatskanie City Council  established the Clatskanie Arts Commision.  As of 1996, the Commision is an independent, 501-3c non-profit corporation with an all volunteer board.

The Clatskanie Arts Commission has defined as its objectives: •  to bring professional artists of all disciplines to the Lower Columbia Region •  to give people of all ages access and exposure to a variety of art forms and cultural diversity •  to expand learning opportunities for students through workshops and assemblies These three objectives will enhance the lives of many and provide Clatskanie and the surrounding communities with artistic outlets and balance.

Clatskanie Arts Commission Board of Directors 2006-2007

Lydia Arthur~Member of the Board Dave Borgstrom~Company Manager Debi Borgstrom~Publicity, Community Liaison Ernie Carman~Corresponding Secretary, Historian, Visual Arts Coordinator Debi Corsiglia~Publicity, St. Helens Community Liaison Bob Emminger~Stage Manager, Mid/High School Liaison, Business Subscription Drive Margaret Fisher~Box Office Coordinator, Tickets Coordinator Helen Kleger~(Founding & Honorary Member, deceased) Cathy Lambert~Grants, House Manager Natalie Lowrance~(Founding & Honorary Member) Dee Wooley~Meeting Chair Elsa Wooley~Treasurer, Grants

For more information, please contact us at:  503-728-3403 or click here to send us an Email

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Tickets also available at the door and Hump's Restaurant

Click here to visit the Missoula Children's Theatre website

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Receipt of the Oregon Arts Commission Arts, 2005 Arts Recognition Award Winner

Recognized for artistic achievements by the Oregon Arts Commission, supported by the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency

Sunday, November 5th , 2006 3:00 p.m.

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Friday, December 15th, 2006 7:30 pm

Performances Friday January 19, 2007 at 7:30 pm Saturday January 20, 2007 at 3:00 pm

Friday, March 2, 2007 7:30 pm

"John Doan's A Victorian Christmas is a stellar performance by one of Oregon's finest musicians, an old-fashioned holiday sing-along for all ages, and a history lesson woven in one." - Jefferson Public Radio

Victorian Christmas                                                                                with                                                   John Doan

A fresh look at a favorite story comes to Clatskanie when Missoula Children's Theatre and more than 50 local students K-12 present BEAUTY LOU AND THE COUNTRY BEAST. Enjoy the country western musical adaption of BEAUTY AND THE BEAST.

Auditions Monday, January 15, 2007 at 3:30 CMHS

Can I Speak for you Brother?                               Phillip E. Walker

The African American Drama Company is the Nation’s most extensively toured fine arts organization, the only such group to have played in all 50 United States plus Washington, DC.  Can I Speak For You Brother? is the company’s flagship production combining dance, drama, poetry, storytelling, puppetry, letters, speeches and song to depict a chronology of Black leaders.  The show highlights such extraordinary leaders as Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. DuBois, Frederick Douglass, High John, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr.

Friday, February 2, 2007 7:30 pm

Partially funded by Columbia County Cultural Coalition

Jefferson    Dancers

Dancing a demanding mix of ballet, modern dance, hip-hop, tap, jazz, West African dance and aerial work, the distinguished performance troupe housed at Jefferson Performing and Visual Arts Magnet High School in North Portland wow audiences year after year.

Compelling Voices of Acoustic Americana

MISTY RIVER, an all female acoustic quartet, calls the Pacific Northwest home. These talented women masterfully arrange their own material which includes award-winning original songs, traditionals and other favorite songs and tunes from many genres.

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Friday, April 27, 2007 7:30 pm