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Jazz Walk features renowned musicians, high school bands Page 21
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Snoqualmie Police Officer Grant Boere talks on the radio as he patrols North Bend on a Friday evening in February. This week marks the one-year anniversary of the department’s police service contract with North Bend.
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Jazz scene
North Bend Jazz Walk jumps ahead on calendar, adds venues and high schools By ALLYCE ANDREW and CAROL LADWIG
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Vol. 101, No. 42
Regulars at the North Bend Jazz Walk and the corresponding Blues Walk may be squinting at their calendars this spring, looking for the Blues Walk. In past years, the Blues Walk followed the early fall Jazz Walk, and we just had a Jazz Walk, didn’t we? Yes, and we’re having one again, for good reason. “We’re doing back-to-back jazz walks because of the calendar flip,” said Danny Kolke, event organizer and founder of the Boxley’s Music Fund that puts on the annual concerts. The third annual Jazz Walk was exactly six months ago, on Saturday, Sept. 14. The fourth annual, this Saturday, will be the first to showcase
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Katy Moon sits in the Mountain Valley Montessori School classroom, one of 22 venues for Saturday’s Jazz Walk. the high school bands that inspired the move on the calendar. Most high school bands aren’t ready for a big public performance just a few weeks into the school year, Kolke said, so organizers decided,
It’s a Friday evening in February and North Bend police officer Grant Boere is making his rounds through the suburban streets. When he turned off onto Main Avenue South, and merged with congested, 5 p.m. commuter traffic, I had never felt more aware of riding shotgun. SEE POLICE, 2
“We’ll do blues at the end of summer and jazz in the springtime.” As in every previous year, though, there are other changes. New artists are on the bill, and many new venues, bringing the total number of performers to over 200, and the number of venues to 22. “We’ve had people asking about (participating) as a venue,” in past years, Kolke said, and some places just suggested themselves, like the Casual Dining Barstools & Dinettes store. He recalled visiting The Swirl next door to talk about their participation in the Jazz Walk, and then noticing the huge windows and showroom filled with barstools at Barstools & Dinettes. “It’s a great spot,” he said he thought. “Let’s put a band in there!” Mountain Valley Montessori School is another new venue. “I don’t know if there are words to attach to a musical experience,” said Katy Moon, owner and director of the preschool. “You don’t know how it’s going to affect a child, but we know that music makes an impact.” SEE JAZZ WALK, 4
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