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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS<br />
“This project is supported in part by a grant from<br />
the Oregon Arts Commission and the National<br />
Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.”<br />
The Oregon Coast Council for the Arts extends<br />
many warm thanks to the <strong>Bloch</strong> family, especially<br />
<strong>Ernest</strong> <strong>Bloch</strong> II (son of Ivan) and Sita Milchev<br />
(daughter of Lucienne), for sharing their<br />
remembrances, documents, photos, editing skills and<br />
enthusiasm for this project.<br />
This project was made possible by an Oregon<br />
Arts Commission Arts Build Communities Grant<br />
(FY2006-ABC-215) awarded on December 5, 2005.<br />
In announcing the grant,<br />
the Oregon Arts Commission wrote:<br />
The Oregon Coast Council for the Arts will<br />
highlight the life of <strong>Ernest</strong> <strong>Bloch</strong>, a major 20th<br />
century composer who spent the last part of his life<br />
in Newport. Partnering with community groups,<br />
OCCA will produce a publication documenting<br />
<strong>Bloch</strong>’s contributions. Work will include hiring a<br />
writer and videographer to memorialize the <strong>Bloch</strong><br />
house and develop presentations to help strengthen<br />
the arts and education in the community. Arts<br />
Commission funds will support fees to the writer,<br />
videographer and graphic artist as well as printing<br />
and costs associated with moving an existing<br />
memorial to <strong>Bloch</strong> to a more prominent site.<br />
On March 17, 2006, videographer Casey Miller<br />
taped a discussion between <strong>Ernest</strong> <strong>Bloch</strong> II, Helen<br />
Kintner, Mark McConnell, Nancy Steinberg, and Frank<br />
Geltner in fulfillment of an Arts Build Communities<br />
Grant from the Oregon Arts Commission to highlight<br />
the life of composer <strong>Ernest</strong> <strong>Bloch</strong>. Those videotapes<br />
have now been archived. The audio content can be<br />
heard on the OCCA website at<br />
the <strong>Ernest</strong> <strong>Bloch</strong> Project.<br />
Front Cover photo was used for plaque image on<br />
<strong>Bloch</strong> Memorial (now located at the Newport Performing<br />
Arts Center). The image can be seen on page 26. It was<br />
produced by Lucienne <strong>Bloch</strong> Dimitroff. Original by<br />
Oregon photographer Walt Dyke - 1950s. Back Cover<br />
photo is of <strong>Bloch</strong> on Agate Beach - 1950s - photo by<br />
Lucienne <strong>Bloch</strong> Dimitroff.<br />
Thanks to Road and Driveway for moving the <strong>Bloch</strong><br />
Memorial from Agate Beach to the Newport Performing<br />
Arts Center. Juergen Eckstein and Lon Brusselback<br />
helped to position the <strong>Bloch</strong> Memorial at its new location.<br />
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