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A group on the central coast (The Oregon Coast Chamber Music Society) has been arranging home concerts of chamber music for the last couple of years - hearing this music in intimate groups brings a whole new depth of experience. I really enjoy hearing what our artists select. We usually have our concerts in the afternoon - sometimes overlooking the ocean at sunset. It's really a yummy experience.

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I've lived on the Central oregon Coast for 19 years - after New York, Seattle and San Francisco. This is the only place I've lived where you hear things like "the wind's only around 50 or 60" or "the power'll be back in 5 or 6 days" or other advice about weather. I don't think our weather is wimpy! Mary

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One glory that continues to amaze me during our dark winters on the central coast, is the continuing richness of arts opportunities – mostly homegrown.  Private citizens in Lincoln City have revitalized an empty school building into an continuously busy cultural center. Theatre West of Lincoln City is year-round community theater –all volunteer. Gleneden Beach has a new Chamber Music concert series. Newport can’t find room at the Performing Arts Center for all the activities – including a professional symphony season, two resident theater companies, and live broadcasts from the Metropolitan Opera.  And all this exists in “real time” for fulltime residents – not just festivals to entertain the tourists. 

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