Chowder, music highlight Florence festival.Byline: LARRY BACON The Register-Guard FLORENCE - A weekend heavy on music, food and drink is on tap at Florence's annual Chowder chowder, stew of fish or shellfish with potatoes, onions, and pork (usually salt pork), thickened with crumbled hard bread. The name chowder seems to have originated from the French word chaudière , Blues and Brews Festival. Most of the action will be at the Florence Events Center, 715 Quince quince, shrub or small tree of the Asian genera Chaenomeles and Cydonia of the family Rosaceae (rose family). The common quince (Cydonia oblonga St., where 10 bands will perform over the three days and more than 20 vendors will offer a wide variety of food and drink including custom-brewed beers. Hours are 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. today, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. A VIP pass good for admission all three days costs $12. Individual day admission costs are $5 on Friday and Sunday and $7 on Saturday. A highlight of the festival will be the third-annual Oregon Coast The Oregon Coast is a geographical term that is used to describe the coast of Oregon along the Pacific Ocean. Stretching 362 miles from Astoria to the California border, the Oregon Coast is unique in that the whole coastline is public land. Professional Chowder Cook Off on Saturday morning. Entries from up and down the coast will vie for a $1,000 prize. Last year's winner was the Pelican Pub and Brewery A brewery can be a building or place that produces beer, or a business (brewing company) whose trade is the production and sale of beer. Breweries can take up multiple city blocks, or be a collection of equipment in a homebrewer's kitchen. of Pacific City. The public will have an opportunity to sample the work of the contestants beginning at 1 p.m. Saturday and cast votes for the People's Choice award won last year by the Landmark Inn of Yachats. Tasting will last until the chowder runs out. Other events during the festival include a Habitat for Humanity Habitat for Humanity, nonprofit ecumenical Christian organization that enables low-income people to own affordable, livable housing. Headquartered in Americus, Ga., it was founded in 1976 by businessman Millard Fuller and his wife. fund-raising beach walk, the annual Tour of Homes, sponsored by the Florence Chapter of Home Builders of Lane County, and the arrival of about 2,000 bicyclists completing a weeklong week·long adj. Continuing through the week: a weeklong conference. Adj. 1. weeklong - lasting through a week; "her weeklong vacation" seven-day Cycle Oregon ride. More than 400 walkers are expected to walk the beach Saturday from the North Jetty jetty: see coast protection. to Driftwood Shores to raise money for Habitat for Humanity's fifth home for low-income residents in the Florence area. Walkers have financial sponsors, but late registrants who want to contribute will be accepted. The event lasts from 8 a.m. until noon. The free Tour of Homes will feature nine custom-built homes available for viewing from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. Tour booklets are available at the Florence Area Chamber of Commerce and other local businesses. The Cycle Oregon participants are expected to be arriving in Florence's Old Town throughout the afternoon Saturday. |
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