Tuesday, July 24, 2012
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DUE TO the overwhelmingly positive response to last year’s Oregon Coast Music Festival shuttle bus, Bandon residents will again be able to ride a shuttle free of charge to two of the highly acclaimed Oregon Coast Music Festival Orchestra concerts at the Marshfield auditorium in Coos Bay. Cardas Audio and Bain Insurance of Bandon have provided funding to rent shuttle buses for the today, July 24, and the Thursday, July 26, concerts. The buses board at the Bandon Shopping Center parking lot at 6:15 p.m. on each night and leave at 6:30 p.m. for the 7:30 p.m. concerts. The shuttles leave Marshfield at 9:45 p.m. to head back to Bandon. Today, July 24, the Festival Orchestra will play Aaron Copland’s “Ballet for Martha” from Appalachian Spring; Symphony No. 1 in B flat by
Senior Center, 9 am to 4 pm, Barn. Dial-a-Ride public transportation, 9 am to 4 pm 541-347-4131. Bandon Historical Society Museum, 10 am to 4 pm, Hwy 101 and Fillmore. SCH blood pressure check, 10:30 am to 12:30 pm, Senior Center, Barn. Senior hot meals, 11:30 am, Barn. Today’s menu: Hot beef sandwich, mashed potatoes, peas and carrots, pudding. Free lunch for children 18 and younger, 11:45-12:30, Bandon School District cafeteria. Today’s menu: Cheesy breadsticks, food bar, milk. Bandon-by-the-Sea Kiwanis, noon, Billy Smoothboar’s Restaurant. Visitor Information Center, 10 am to 5 pm, Old Town. TOPS, 5 pm, Ocean Crest teachers’ room. E.A.T., Inc., 5:30 to 6:30 pm, Barn, serving a free dinner to those on limited incomes. Weight Watchers, 5:30 pm weigh-in, 6 pm meeting, Senior Center, Barn. AA meeting, 7 pm, Langlois Community Church. Odd Fellows, 7 pm, Odd Fellows Hall, 42S. Oregon’s fish hatchery science, talk by Bandon Fish Hatchery, 7 p.m., meeting yurt, Bullards Beach State Park. AA meeting, 8 pm, St. John Episcopal Church.
Today’s Tides: Highs-3:59am, 5.6ft., 4:41pm, 6.8 ft. Lows10:09am, 0.5 ft., 11:10pm, 0.9 ft. FREE HOMESTYLE Dinner provided by E.A.T. (Everyone at Table) every Tues. 5:30 - 6:30 PM at The Barn. Donations accepted. 541-404-2268. EAT is an Equal Opportunity Provider.
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Bandon, Oregon Robert Schumann; and other selections, with James Paul conducting. Thursday, July 26, is the annual Pops concert, conducted by Jason Klein. The theme this year is “Comedy Tonight.” Also on Thursday, beginning at 5:30 p.m., Dennis Thomason (wine buyer and store manager of Tiffany’s Drugs) will provide one of his popular wine-tastings for concert-goers an hour before the shuttle is scheduled to depart. Concert tickets are $20 general admission and $18 for OCMA members, with a $10 special student ticket price for those 18 years and younger with ID. Tickets are available at Bandon Mercantile, charge by phone at the OCMA office, 541-267-0938, order online at oregoncoastmusic.com/ tickets, or purchase them at the door. Sign-ups are required at Bandon Mercantile or by calling Crystal Landucci at 541-260-1644.