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Cannon Beach Explores North Oregon Coast Cannon and Music History |
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10/10/08
Secrets of the Season |
Cannon Beach Explores North Oregon Coast Cannon and Music History
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| The famed original historic cannon in its new exhibit housing. |
(Cannon Beach, Oregon) - A new exhibit honoring a longtime supporter of the Cannon Beach History Center as well as the famous cannon in its possession is on tap these days, while a special program will explore music history from about 100 years ago.
The famed cannon that gave Cannon Beach its name has a new home within its home. Cannon Beach resident Alma English has been a longtime supporter of the history center, and recently donated funds for the installation of an enclosure to protect the historic cannon at the center.
The enclosure is a memorial to her husband David Kirk English.
The Cannon Exhibit now resides behind glass and out of the elements, and includes panels telling the story of the USS Shark and the appearance of the historic cannon in Arch Cape. Lights in the enclosure hinder humidity, which will be monitored and controlled throughout the winter.
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| Supporter Alma English has made the latest exhibit possible. |
Also involved in the enclosure of the cannon was Jean Williams, who researched cannon preservation with experts in maritime artifacts at Texas A & M University, determining the best way to protect the cannon and stem erosion, and who worked with the contractors who built the enclosure. Mike Phillips did the electrical work for the exhibit. Tricia Gates Brown, History Center Curator, wrote and designed the interpretive panels, and board member Ken Clark built the mounts for the panels.
David and Alma English served for many years on the board of the History Center, and David, an expert woodworker, built several structures and cabinets in use at the center. The couple’s connections with Arch Cape reach back to David’s childhood, and their homes both in Arch Cape and Seattle were built in large part by David himself. They wrote and researched the book, Arch Cape Chronicles, published in 1993 - a significant contribution to local history. David passed away in August 2006.
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The cannon at the Cannon Beach History Center and Museum has never solicited more interest than it has this summer, following the cannon discovery in February. Now it is properly displayed.
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| Vintage band photo courtesy Cannon Beach History Center. |
In the realms of music history, the Cardboard Songsters will bring their old-time tunes to the Cannon Beach History Center and Museum on Saturday, October 25, from 7:30 - 9:30 p.m., as part of the Acoustic Folk! Music Series. Tickets can be purchased at the door: $5.00 for adults, $2.00 for kids (suggested donation).
The Cardboard Songsters are a duo-offshoot of the band “The Kitchen Syncopators,” which was born in 1998 out of love for old southern music. The group has evolved its own sound with a blend of rural and urban oldtime stringband, blues, ragtime, jazz, and jug band music and have built quite a name and following for a few hobo's. The Cardboard Songsters have a syncopator-esque sound and play old ragtime, country blues, mountain ballads and comic songs, involving guitar/harmonica and washboard/kazoo.
Inspired by the scratchy sounds of 78's, they admit
they were definitely born in the wrong century. The duo frequents farmers
markets in Portland and will play for the first time in Cannon Beach on
October 25.
The Cannon Beach History Center and Museum is located at the corner of
Spruce and Sunset in Cannon Beach. For information, call (503) 436-9301.
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