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Runners set their watches and select their tunes at the start of the Mother's Day
run on Sunday in Shelton.
Journa 3noto o, Revln Soradhn
Dash four-mile
Mother's Day fundraiser gets runners on their feet
By KEVIN SPRADLIN the field to the finish line with a time Bethel High School in Pierce County,
k~min.@masonco~zntvxorn of 27 minutes and mx seconds. He av- Hansen immediately went back to find
............................................................................. eraged 6:46 per mile over the four-mile her mother. Cathleen Hansen. on the
course, which featured two noticeable course after crossing the finish line her-
If Sunday were a test, Shelby Conk- inclines, self.
lin would probably give herself an A- Givens, who set personal bests this Cathleen Hansen barely had time to
plus. And she's not bragging, spring on the track in the 800-meter catch her breath but couldn't help but
Conklin and Team Nanno, which run and 400 dash, attempted only one speak well ofSunday's inaugural effort.
participates in a summer fundraising training run longer than four miles be- "It was nice because it wasn't crowd-
event in Seattle to bring awareness and fore Sunday's race. ed." said Hansen, whose sister-in-law
new funds to ovarian cancer research, Givens started out not in first but in died of cancer.
helped organize the inaugural Mother's the top five. It was a planned approach, Sunday's run was all about family
Day Dash four-mile run in Shelton. he said. and friends. Hansen said -- and re-
By all accounts, the first-time go at "I was keeping pace to see what my membering those who have suffered, or
race directing was a success, competition would be doing," Givens died from. cancer.
Conklin and a hearty group of fellow said. "I wouldn't want to start out fast. Conklin is a two-time cancer survi-
volunteers helped more than 100 run- This is my first time doing a four-mile vor. She and family members formed
ners and walkers ~o the finish line of race." Team Nanno -- Nanno is what her
the all-paved, single-loop road course. As he approached the one-mile grandchildren call her -- for the an-
"We hope it grows every year." Conk- mark. Givens caught up with Dave nual SummeRun and Walk for ovar-
lin said. "We're excited about it." Collins, 42, of Union. Collins was the Jan cancer each July in Seattle. That
The first-year event netted approxi- only runner still ahead of him. Givens event raises funds for the Marsha
mately $2.500 for ovarian cancer re- passed him shortly after that and ran Rivkin Center for Ovarian Cancer Re-
search, to the finish line virtually uncontested search.
Participants started on Shelton the restoftheway. Jef Conklin served as the official
Springs Road between Shelton HighCollins took second -- and earnedrace starter. Before he blew the horn,
School and the city's Huff'n' Puff trail- the men's masters title in 28:19.Conklin said a few words honoring
head. The course went south to East Alicia Hansen, meanwhile, had an those who had survived cancer.
Wallace Kneeland Boulevard;/and easier time of it. The 14-year-old Span- Sunday's race was "the first of many
northeast to East Brockdale Road be- away resident cruised to. the women's of these (fundraising) events," Conklin
fore looping Island Lake. title in 29:47. good for third place over- said. "There are survivors in this race.
Timing of runners and walkers all in the 103-person field. There are people who have lost moms
stopped at a point just shy of the start Heather Dodge, 32, of Shelton, took (and) sisters. Our goal is to stop that."
line between the trail and high school, second in the women's field and placed For more information on Team Nan-
Kevin Givens, 18. a member of thefourth overall in 32:16. no's fundraising efforts, search for the
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By NATALIE JOHNSON
For the last two years,
the Anna's Bay Chorale
has wowed the commu-
nity with performances
of Handel's "Messiah," an
achievement most small
choirs can only dream of.
On Nov. 28. the group
will have another experi-
ence often only granted to
the world's best classical
musicians -- it will per-
form at New York's Lincoln
Center.
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Blegen said the invitation Anna's Bay Chorale Director Matthew Blegen
came out of the blue. recently learned that the group has been
"This is an organization invited to perform in New York's Lincoln
that is a nonprofit, that Center on Nov. 28.
organizes a very special
type of event. They work
with 'the top composers, asked to be the perfor- Anna's Bay to perform in
Normally they do a casting mance's "anchor choir" or New York. The group has
call and audition," he said. the group that sings thealready received an in-
"Our YouTube videos from whole piece from begin- vitation to partner with
last year kept popping up ning to end. composer Eric Whitaker
under their Google search- Blegen said this is an to perform in Carnegie
es." enormous opportunity forHall.
Blegen said the group, the chorale. Because all of the mem-
called Distinguished Con- "Every year in NewYork bers of Anna's Bay are
certs International, New City there are probably 20- from the Mason County
York, decided tp skip the some productions of 'Mes- area, this is presenting
audition process and ask siah,'" Blegen said. "The some scheduling problems,
the Anna's Bay Chorale Lincoln Center's 'Messiah' Blegen said.
to sing at Lincoln Cen- has a history of being the "What great problems to
ter's Nov. 28 production of first each season and the have," he said.
"Messiah." biggest." Blegen said he is par-
Furthermore, he said, Last year five differentficularly excited to go. He
most small choirs that choirs combined to form grew up in New York, and
perform in a production the "Messiah" group atLin- hasn't had a chance to par-
like this are asked tolearn coln Center. Blegen said he ticipate in Thanksgiving
and sing only the first or doesn't know who Anna's festivities with his family
second half of the lengthy Bay will be singing withthere for some time.
piece. Because they are yet, but said there will be "For me this is particu-
already comfortable with other groups, larly special -- I get to go
the performance, the An- This opportunity may home for the holidays," he
na's Bay Chorale has been open up other chances for said. "It's really amazing
and I haven't been able to
do it for 25 years."
At least 40 members of
the choir plan to travel to
New York for five days and
four nights in November
for the performance.
"Every hand went up,"
Blegen said.
Travel expenses amount
to $1,600 per person, and
Anna's Bay plans to begin
fundraising and begin re-
hearsals in August.
While this is a huge step
for the choir. Blegen said
he and the Anna's Bay
Chorale want to make sure
it's a big step for the com-
munity as well.
"I want to find ways we
can leverage support for
the community and for the
choir," he said. "I think
this is an amazing opportu-
nity ... to really showcase a
side of the community that
only people from here get
to see."
Blegen sees the Lincoln
Center concert as a way to
provide a collective self-
esteem boost for the com-
munity.
"Many things that this
community does are just
absolutely remarkable," he
said. "This community is
really amazing and really
remarkable. That's all it
would take is us celebrat-
ing it."
The Cascadian Chorale,
led by Artistic Director
Gary Cannon will perform
"Water Night" at 5 p.m. on
June 3 at the Nordstrom
Great Hall at Harmony
Hill Retreat Center. The
event will be a fundraiser
for the New York trip.
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