Winter Newsletter - The Dalles Civic Auditorium

Benefit for The Dalles Civic
“A Trail Band Christmas” Starts the Season Off
Volume 1, Issue 1
November 2014
Inside this issue:
Support The Civic
2
2014 Busy Year
2
Planning for 2015
3
Insert:
Membership Benefits
Membership Form
Booking
Information
Please don’t wait until the last minute to
inquire about booking a
room at The Civic. The
calendar fills quickly,
especially around the
holidays and community
events.
The Civic has rooms
sized for most any gathering. The entire building is available for rent!
Call Debbie McBain,
Program Manager, at
the Civic office at 541298-8533 or by email at
Civic@saw.net.
Christmas must be coming if The Trail Band is
coming to The Dalles Civic
Auditorium on December
1st. This year’s special
guest is Andy Stokes.
If you look into the Soul
of Portland, you will find
Andy Stokes. He has recorded with A & M Records,
Warner
Brothers
Records,
toured
Japan,
and enjoyed a
solo career. His
Guest
Artist recording
Andy Stokes.
of the
song Test
of Time made the Top 10
on the Billboard
charts. Andy has performed with Curtis
Salgado, Linda Hornbuckle, and Nu Shooz locally, along with Michael
Bolton, George Clinton,
Connie Stevens, Temptations, Stylistics and many
others. Additionally, he
was the voice for one of
the famous California Raisin characters, developed at
Will Vinton Studios. Andy
continues to perform his
unique soulful music
throughout the Northwest.
The Trail Band is an 8piece ensemble that creates
an energetic blend of brass
and string arrangements of
traditional and original music featuring five great vocalists including Quarterflash's Rindy Ross. Hundreds of public and private
Photo by Keith Buckley
appearances across America and Japan, plus seven
successful albums have
established The Trail Band
as the premiere historic
music ensemble from the
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Winter Flea Markets Support The Civic
What are you doing on
a Sunday afternoon this
winter?
The fall/winter
Flea Markets are scheduled
for Nov. 16, Dec. 14, Jan.
11, and Feb. 8.
Board Member Trish Neal
is heading up the monthly
Flea Markets with the help
of fellow board member,
Sherry Munro, and Program Manager, Debbie
McBain.
The first market was
held in October. It was a
bit of a last minute gathering but proved to be successful nonetheless. November’s market is maxed
out; filling up the Community and Fireside
rooms. Vendors rented the
available 36 spaces in
about two weeks. There’s
even a waiting list.
December’s
may add the Ballroom to
the mix in order to accommodate more vendors since
it will be close to Christmas.
Besides filling a niche for
the winter months, the market brings people to The
Civic and it supports the
operation of the facility.
Tours are also offered to
those interested. It’s a winmarket win for everyone.
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The Dalles Civic Auditorium
New Membership Benefits Start in 2015
Membership Supports The Dalles Civic Auditorium
Volume 1, Issue 1
November 2014
The Dalles Civic
Auditorium Historic
Preservation Committee
www.TheDallesCivic.org
Officers:
President
Dennis Morgan
Secretary
Sherry Munro
Treasurer
Jeanene Stentz
Managing Director
Stephen Lawrence
Board Members:
Del Cesar
Chris Dobo
Tammy Keys
Trish Neal
Gerald Richmond
Leon Surber
Program Director
Debbie McBain
541-298-8533
Civic@saw.net
Membership Chairperson
Trish Neal
Volunteer Coordinator
Sherry Munro
Social Media/Editor
Trish Neal
TheDallesCivic@gmail.com
By Trish Neal
Membership Chairperson
Your support of the Civic
Auditorium is much appreciated by members of The
Dalles Civic Auditorium
Historic Preservation Committee. Without our
friends who see the value
of preserving the Civic, our
job would be much more
difficult. We salute you!
the next time you are in the
building. We are excited to
get started and 2015 will be
the year our campaign starts
moving forward with
greater speed.
This past year has been a
busy one for us. (See below.)
2.Your investment shows
foundations and grantors
that we have the support of
the community.
The long awaited restoration of the Civic’s Theatre
is upon us. We’ve received the engineer’s plan
and just need to factor in
the costs to have a completed plan.
If you haven’t seen the architect’s renderings of
what the fully-restored
Theatre will look like,
please check out our website or stop by the Theatre
Your continued support of
The Civic is important to us
for many reasons:
1.Your investment financially supports us.
3.Many of our volunteers
come from our supporters
and those volunteer hours
are used as match for grant
applications. We have
many areas where we need
volunteers.
4.Your investment assures
our TDCAHPC Board of
Directors that we’re not
alone in this.
Over the past several years,
our membership dues were
on a month to month basis.
If you joined in June, your
dues were renewed the following June. The board of
directors determined that
an annual membership running January 1st through
December 31st was more
efficient. We’ve also implemented a new Membership Benefits program that
is geared to the level of
membership.
The new program will roll
out on January 1, 2015. If
your dues were to be renewed in the past few
months, you have a choice
of pro-rating those dues
through the end of the year
and then pay for 2015, or
send in your check for your
membership renewal and
note on the application that
you wish your dues to take
effect January 1, 2015. If
you wish to pay by credit
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It’s Been Happening at The Dalles Civic
This past year has been
busy for the Civic! We’ve
hosted several events such
as:
and
guide
The 4th Annual Beer Fest
visiwas held in September. This
tors to
is an annual benefit event for
the
Pianist Matt Bowers enthe Civic and the beer was
Theatertained us in April. This graciously donated by the
tre for
was a benefit concert for
breweries.
the
The Civic and he made the
We
were
part
of
the
PEO
tour.
grand piano sing!
Tour in October. Tours were
In May, we hosted the first given of the space under the Piano Winter Flea MarNight kets October
“Preservation Month
stage. Our board members
at The through February.
Open House.” We feawere on hand to greet the
Civic
tured the Civic with spevisitors, offer information
was dedicated to Jill
cial exhibits by local hisabout the Civic, hand out
Minnick and our dedicated
torical venues and we ofmembership information,
fered tours of the Civic.
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What Are You Doing in 2015?
We are already planning
events for 2015, so next
year won’t be just about the
restoration of the Theatre.
We will wrap up the Flea
Markets in February. They
have been a big hit!
The Civic and The Fort
Dalles Museum/Anderson
Homestead Foundation will
be co-hosting “History After Hours” on February 10th
for local history people.
In March, musician Scott
Helmer will be performing
at a benefit concert. Scott
has made it his mission to
help raise $1,000,000 for
Membership...
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card, we can do that as well
by phone or online.
The application form and
Membership Levels and
Benefits are included in this
mailing.
Again, on behalf of the
TDCAHPC Board of Directors, I would like to express
our sincere thanks for your
continued support. We take
a lot of pride in maintaining
the Civic and are excited to
begin restoration of the
Theatre.
If you have any questions
about becoming a member
of the Civic, would like to
volunteer at our events or to
help in other ways please
contact Trish Neal by
phone at 541-404-0724 or
via email at
TheDallesCivic@gmail.com
Historic
Theatres
across the
U.S. We
are honored
that he selected our
facility to
assist. We’ll
have local
musicians
as the open- Musician Scott Helmer hits the road to The
ing acts so Dalles in March. www.ScottHelmer.com
stay tuned!
of course, we’ll be providThe “Historic Preservation ing tours of the building.
Month Open House” reWe are already planning for
turns the first Sunday in
May. This year we’re going a bigger and better 5th Anto feature the Century Farms nual Beer Fest event!
and Ranches of Wasco
There’s more in the works
County. Wasco County his- but we’d rather surprise
tory venues will be invited
you!
to participate as well. And
Festival of Trees
to be held at The
Dalles Civic Auditorium December
5-6, 2014.
It’s Been Happening...continued from Page 2
area music
29th. We love
teachers. The
seeing all those
concert feacowboys!
tured guest
The Trail Band
pianist David
Concert will be
Vest along
held in the
with Terry
Theatre on
Robb, Albert
Monday, DeGuest artists David Vest.
Reda, and
cember 1st.
Jeff Minnick. Our grand piThis annual benefit concert
ano never sounded so wonis looked forward to by evederful!
ryone.
This fall and winter, The
We’ve also hosted many
Dalles Civic is hosting a Flea
weddings, memorials, meetMarket one Sunday a month
ings, Quinceañeras, recepOctober through February.
tions, plays, and more.
It’s a benefit for the Civic.
Our website was revamped
November’s Flea Market
in the Fall of 2013 and we
filled the Community and
have a Facebook Page now.
Fireside rooms.
The Events Calendar is
The Cowboy Gathering will
online and updated regube held at The Civic on Nov.
larly.
Cowboy Gathering at
The Civic on Nov. 29,
2014.
Women’s Expo at
The Dalles Civic
Auditorium Nov. 22.
A Trail Band Christmas...continued from page 1
Northwest. Cornet, tenor
horn, tuba, fiddles, hammer
dulcimer, guitars, penny
whistle, mandolin, piano,
saxophone, spoons, bones,
drums, bass, and recorders
combine with their rich vocal harmonies to create a
diverse tapestry of sound.
Formed by Marv Ross
in 1991 at the request of
the Oregon Trail Council
to commemorate the
150th anniversary of the
trail, the band initially
performed music exclusively from and about the
era of the Oregon Trail
with costumes, diary
readings, traditional folk
tunes, marches, hoedowns, and Native
American melodies. Titled, Voices From The
Oregon Trail, this performance has been the
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keystone of the band's repertoire for over 10 years.
Tickets are available at
Klindt’s Booksellers and
Columbia River Music and
are $20 per person. Tickets
will be available at the door
but concert goers are encouraged to obtain their
tickets early.
The concert will be performed onstage in the
Civic’s Theatre. Doors open
at 6:00 p.m. and the concert
begins at 7:00 p.m.
At press time, sponsors of
the concert are: Bill & Neva
Reid, Wasco Title, Inc.,
Meadow Outdoor Advertising, and Crestline Construction Co.
See you at The Civic!
Tidings of Comfort &
Joy features 14 unreleased
songs and, for the first time,
recordings of Cal Scott's
monologue and Scott
Parker (as "Harold") telling
the Christmas story through
the eyes of a first grader.
Also, the CD is packaged in
an 8 page souvenir photo
album with lots of beautiful
images from shows through
the years. Purchase their
albums at:
http://www.cdbaby.com/Artist/
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