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Arts and Entertainment | November 2014

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Dear Reader,In this month’s issue of � e Eastside

Scene, guest contributor Yekta Aarabi takes us inside the world of women’s mixed martial arts, as told by Cindy “Sleeper” Hales and Amy “� e Resur-rection” Caldwell Montenegro.

It’s a peek into a fascinating lifestyle. Sport � ghters are a special breed, choos-ing self denial and discipline as a way of life. If you ask, they’ll o� en describe their training in terms of weeks be-fore a scheduled bout. But the reality is the non-training time for a � ghter would put the most modest among us to shame. In Hales’ description of her preparation for her � rst � ght, she says she ate 500 calories a day. A day.

I’m pretty sure I ate 500 calories while writing this sentence.

So: Have you ever been in a � ght?

Yeah, I mean a � ght-� ght. A knock-down, dragout free-for-all. You been in one?

Don’t misunderstand me, reader. I’m not challenging you to � t into some pseudo-nihilist Fight Club archetype. I’m not asking you to hit me as hard as you can.

And let’s be clear: If you’re beyond a certain age — let’s say somewhere between getting your drivers license and reaching drinking age — and you’re still getting into bare knuckle brawls, you have problems your � sts can’t get you of.

But the instinct to � ght is one that sticks with us, in one form or another, from the cradle to the grave.

My family moved a lot when I was a kid. At one point I was registered to four di� erent school districts in as many years. Always the new kid, always the target. People are territorial, tribal and wary of perceived outsiders at any age;

it’s only more pronounced in children.

Here’s what I learned. And I’m not saying it’s a lesson that’s popular, advis-able under modern school policies, or even a particularly good lesson. But here it is: the second I fought back, the bullying stopped. And classmates would suddenly want to make friends. And there was never a need to � ght — in that place, at least — again.

To repeat: Outside the context of sport or self defense, it is unacceptable to slug people. � ere is a time to leave all childish things behind.

But the mentality of combat is something else altogether. Just another wrench in the toolbox and a valuable one at that.

Back youself into a corner.

Identify an enemy, be it a person or a personal habit.

Most importantly, stand up for your-self. Because no one else will.

Best wishes,

Daniel NashEditor

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November

DO | Do You Know Bruce? at the Wing Luke Museum� e Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Paci� c American Experience in the International District will continue its Bruce Lee exhibit with a demonstration and presentation by one of Lee’s students, Taky Kimura. Known the world over for introducing martial arts to audiences out-side of Asia, Lee lived, worked, married and raised a family in Seattle. Lee fought to break stereotypes of Chinese martial arts actors, becom-ing a symbol to Asian Paci� c Americans everywhere while rede� ning the martial arts genre. � e exhibit, which examines Lee’s personal life and time in Seattle, is the only Bruce Lee exhibit outside of Hong Kong. Admission: $14.95 for adults, $10.95 for students 13-18, $9.95 for chil-dren 5-12, free for children under � ve.Where: � e Wing Luke Museum, 719 S. King St., SeattleWhen: Begins Saturday, Nov. 1, 1-3 p.m. Runs through 2017.

WATCH | No Turning Back� ere is no turning back from No Turning Back, the 65th ski and snowboard independent � lm produced by Warren Miller.Join Miller, who has been exploring the phe-nomenon of ski and mountain culture since 1949, as he guides viewers on a journey to some of the greatest destinations in the skiing world, from the resort ski areas of Niseko, Japan; to the thundering heights of Mount Olympus, down to the alpine majesty of the Chugachs in Alaska, and beyond. Tickets at the door are $21, but tickets bought at www.warrenmiller.com before the event are only $17.Where: Meydenbauer Center, 11100 NE 6th Street, Bellevue, WA 98004When: Nov. 17. Showtimes at 3, 6, and 9 p.m.

PLAY | Super Smash Bros. Wii UEver wonder who would win in

an all-out brawl between Mario, Pac-Man, Mega Man, and Sonic the

Hedgehog? Coming o� the heels of the 3DS edition, Super Smash Bros. Wii

U will feature 49 playable characters, including 15 new � ghters from games

such as Pokemon, Punch-Out!, Animal Crossing, Fire Emblem and more.

Release Date: Nov. 21

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LISTEN | FoulbroodUp and comers on the east coast music scene, Two Inch Astronaut cruises the house spots throughout Washington D.C. and the sur-rounding areas, re� ning their telltale musical style that relies heavily on variations between heavy guitars and so� er, more acoustical ri� s. Now, these three kids from Maryland are re-leasing their � rst album under DIY indie label Explosion of Sound, Foulbrood.Quinn Myers, in writing for the DCist, de-scribed Two Inch Astronaut as a band with so much “talent and potential it’d be crazy not to hold on to them. Regardless of where they’re from, Two Inch Astronaut may very well be

the hardest working band in the D.C. area right now — hard work that’s about to pay o� tenfold.”A preview of the album’s title track, along with pre-orders for a digital copy, are available for $5 at twoinchastronaut.bandcamp.com. Vinyl enthusiasts can also order a vinyl copy for $10.

Release date: Nov. 25

LAUGH | The Seattle Int’l Comedy CompetitionDrawing comedians from all corners of the globe since 1980,

the Seattle International Comedy Competition is a 26-day, 22-show gauntlet where comedians get � ve minutes to impress a panel of judges and network talent scouts for one of � ve spots

in the � nals at Seattle’s Comedy Underground — plus their share of $15,000 in total cash prizes. Past winners include Bill

Radke, Mitch Hedberg, Gary Larson and Michael Malone.� e contest kicks o� Nov. 5 at Seattle’s Columbia City � eatre.

Where: Touring; visit seattlecomedycompetition.org for detailsWhen: Nov. 5-30

DRINK | Wine at the Hydroplane and Raceboat Museum� e Kent Hydroplane and Raceboat Museum will hold their � � h annual wine tasting and fundraiser. Patrons can sample some of the � nest wines and food from across Washington state, while exploring the world’s fastest and greatest hydroplanes and race-boats, including multiple Gold Cup winners. Patrons will be able to purchase their favorite wines, while bidding on silent auctions of gi� s and memorabilia. All proceeds go to support the museum. Tickets are $35 at the door, $25 purchased in ad-vance. Each ticket includes 10 “tasting tickets.” For more information, visit www.thunderboats.org.

Where: 5917 S 196th St., KentWhen: 7-10 p.m., Nov. 8

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WOMENWHO FIGHT

Inside the world of women’s mixed martial arts

by Yekta Aarabi

CCindy Hales entered the world of Mixed Martial Arts in 2005, at the age of 26.

She had been training in Brazilian jiu-jitsu with Marcelo Alonso, of Tacoma, since 2001, but by the mid-’00s there still weren’t many women entering the octagon. Some people still didn’t take the idea of female � ghters seriously, she said.

So she trained hard. Gruelingly hard. Workouts twice a day, � ve days a week hard. 500 calories a day to cut weight hard. � is on top of a full-time job.

“People who want to get good put a lot into it,” she said.Her dedication paid o� . In her � rst amateur match at

the AX Fighting Championships in Everett, she caught opponent Cami Hostetler in an armbar, forcing her to tap out.

Over the next three years, she would achieve a 3-1 overall record in amateur and professional bouts, losing only to Megumi Fujii in Smackgirl 2008 — by armbar, no less.

A shoulder injury prompted her to take a break from competition. Today, she’s the head trainer at Gracie Barra gym of Seattle and Kirkland.

“You can’t � ght forever,” she said.But she wants to. She’s just waiting for her moment.

* * *Mixed Martial Arts, or MMA, is more than a sport: it’s

a game of focus, intelligence and con� dence — a brutal match of chess played out in a cage.

Competitors have to know their stu� . Muay � ai, karate, judo, kickboxing — just about any martial art is up for grabs in the octagon. A fair number of the athletes come from other disciplines, like collegiate wrestling, and fall into the sport by virtue of there being no other professional outlets. But, as MMA becomes more popular, more athletes aspire to join its ranks.

Hales said it was hard for her when people wouldn’t take her seriously and she didn’t have a training partner, but her coach was great in giving her the support she needed. She wants to be able to help other people succeed

— today, she trains many young girls who want to take their place in the sport. She sees so much potential in these young � ghters, she said.

But it’s a crowded � eld that, like other professional sports, isn’t a path to easy money. Most � ghters are moonlighting on top of accomplished careers.

Hales knows psychologists and physician assistants that train on the side. She said there are “tons” of � ghters who have college degrees who also � ght.

* * *Amy Cadwell Montenegro, of Issaquah, began training

in Muay � ai the same time she began a job in nursing.“My job was so stressful and I needed an outlet,” she

said. “� ere was nothing better than struggling through the day and being able to punch something a� erwards.”

In school, Montenegro was shy and insecure — no one would imagine her as a � ghter, she said.

But when she started kickboxing in 2006, she felt more con� dent with each bout.

“When the bell rings and it’s just you and your opponent … I’ve been the out-of-town girl for so many shows and booed so many times,” she said. “But it doesn’t matter because it’s just you and your opponent in the cage. You use everything you’ve learned when you’re in the ring.”

Montenegro still nurses twice a week and she said her work has bene� tted from her training — her coworkers and patients notice her calm and cool behavior, even in stressful situations.

But these days, Montenegro considers professional � ghting her primary job. She most recently won a 150 pound title � ght in Arkansas in September.

“My last � ght was the title � ght so I won that organization and I got a belt — it was a tough � ght and I fought hard and have a 4-1 [professional] record.”

In fact, she and her husband Dex Montenegro are both professional � ghters who train at Gracie Barra in Bellevue. � ey bring in their three daughters — aged 8 to 12 — to train with Hales. � ey even compete.

Monday through Friday morning the family does strength and functional training, then they train in jiu-jitsu alongside their coach.

Dex will enter his � rst professional � ght in Maui on Nov. 8. Amy will � ght again Nov. 13 in Idaho for the televised King of the Cage event.

Her training for the November � ght currently involves � ve-to-six days a week of strength conditioning in the morning, � ve-mile runs in the evening, and a� ernoon training and sparring, along with jiujitsu training a� erwards.

Nutrition is no less strict.“We have been through tons of di� erent diets,”

Montenegro said. “But what works best for us is the vegan diet. We just started and are in the process of perfecting it … the weight cut was easier.

“If you want to be successful in a sport you do what is best for you.”

� eir training depends on when their manager � nds them a � ght. Many � ghts are booked months in advance. For some, the notice may only be one week.

When a � ghter becomes professional, the � ght organization will pay for travel expenses. Montenegro said she and Dex usually won’t take a � ght they have to pay for themselves.

Sponsorships pay for the family’s day-to-day expenses. Amy and Dex currently work with Jail Sucks Bail Bonds.

“We � ght every two months so that’s how we make our money,” Montenegro said. “It’s hard when we don’t � ght or are injured, trying to make ends meet.”

Oh, right: the injuries.� ese can range from minor scratches and bruises to

broken bones. Sore muscles are ever-present, never really going away as long as she keeps up with training. She’s also had back and neck surgeries to correct more serious setbacks.

Her � rst MMA � ght in July 2010, against Marina Alvarez. She won by technical knockout.

“I started as a striker but I’m de� nitely more comfortable � ghting on the ground, and that has developed more since I’ve become a professional,” she said.

Montenegro has had eight amateur � ghts and � ve professional � ghts.

It’s once she gets her opponent to the ground that she feels more con� dent, she said. She’s won three � ghts by rear naked choke.

* * *For Montenegro, MMA isn’t just a hobby, or a job, or

the ultimate form stress relief. It’s a means toward gaining inspiration and inspiring others.

“� ere are a lot of people that I admire in this sport,” she said. I really like Bruce Lee because he was the � rst real complete martial artist in my belief, and I’m really inspired by his teaching and his work.

“Present day I’m really inspired by Rhonda Rousey. Her techniques for judo and juijitsu are impeccable.”

Ronda “Rowdy” Rousey is a UFC champion with a 10-0 record and the � rst UFC � ghter to become a women’s Olympic judo champion. Hales described her as “a born and bred champ.”

Rousey has � nished every � ght by an armbar — when she throws an opponent, she tosses them like they’re nothing, Montenegro said.

“She can be mean with her opponent and she’s broken a lot of girls arms.”

Montenegro believes the inspiration to be gained from � ghting is something to pass on to her daughters.

� e three Montenegro girls train at Gracie Barra with Hales and have even competed. It’s a source of pride for their mother.

“� e girls have found something that they enjoy and we can all be involved in it,” Montenegro said. “It is working for us and we are proud of the girls and their progress.

“� ey’re young girls and to instill that con� dence in them is awesome, they’ve become more con� dent and respectful.”Credit: Amy Montenegro

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Next month one of the most beloved nannies of all time � ies into the Village � eatre stage in Issaquah.

Clutching her parrot umbrella, Mary Poppins, (Cayman Ilika) and her equally imaginative tap-dancing chimney sweep friend Bert (Greg McCormick Allen), are set to lead audiences on a magical journey.

Recently, the two veteran actors sat down with � e Eastside Scene to discuss how they were tackling the iconic characters.

Ilika, who played Mary Poppins for the � rst time when she was just 7-years-old, said her portrayal this time is a whole di� erent adaptation.

Why did you want to play these roles?

CAYMAN: I get to � y! � is is going to be some kids’ � rst show, so it’s magical that I get to be Mary Poppins to them.GREG: I’ve been dancing since I was 2 1/2, it’s a role I’ve always wanted to play. Bert is just a very optimistic guy. Nothing truly bothers him.

How did you separate your take on these characters which are so o� en associated with Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke?

C: You have to put their portrayal out of your mind. I adore Julie Andrews, but I’m not her, nor could I be her. I sing with a

much lower register, so hopefully that won’t disappoint any audience members.G: I don’t know that I did anything consciously to separate myself, but we’re certainly doing things in this production that have never be done before.

What’s the most di� cult part of performing this show?

C: � is show is a marathon. If we aren’t on stage signing and dancing we’re being hooked up to harnesses back stage or � ying around.G: � e choreography is brilliant, but tough. We have such an amazing creative team that’s really challenged us.

Who is Mary to you and has she appeared in any other part of your life?

C: Absolutely. Mary is gentle and � rm, but never takes it personally when children are being children or when the adults mistreat her. I have a 2-year-old so I’ve been able to apply those attributes and more purposefully. She’s such a strong and together person.

Tickets for Mary Poppins range from $40 to $72 for the Issaquah shows, and $35 to $67 for the Everett shows. For more information visit www.villagetheatre.org.

Chim chim cher-eeA conversation with the stars of Village Theatre’s Mary Poppins

by Josh Stilts

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“I don’t think women are funny,” Doug said one night.� is was a conversation over beers, about four years ago

a� er a night of testing standup material on each other in my living room. We had been hitting up open mic nights in Tacoma about two nights a week, convinced we would be the next kings of comedy. Doug was good, so he stuck with it. I wasn’t, so I didn’t. But that’s not the point of this story.

“What do you mean?” � e comment hadn’t been prompted by anything and I thought maybe there was a quali� er coming.

He swallowed his Coors — on these nights, we liked to make up for all the $6 beers we wouldn’t be buying at the comedy clubs — and thought a moment. “� ey’re just not. � ey don’t have to be. I mean, who’s funny? Name one really funny female comic.”

“Tina Fey.”“Ugh, no. OK, I mean… for me, I

think Lisa Lampanelli’s hilarious. But she’s an exception. Women, altogether, aren’t funny.”

And that was pretty much it. It was the � rst time I had heard a comic condemn women as unfunny, but it wouldn’t be the last. Nor was it the � rst time someone had made the claim.

If you’re a female comic, according to Canadian comedienne Bonnie McFarlane, it’s just something you get used to hearing.

“It was something I heard from other comedians in the clubs from time to time, but it’s not something I took very seriously and I never really thought they were talking about me,” she says. “I somehow excluded myself from that conversation. But I also thought they were just busting balls. Guys like to trash talk each other for fun and comics really like to trash talk each other for fun. I � gured I’m a girl so, OK, ‘women aren’t funny’ is just an easy way to bust my balls.”

But a� er polemicist Christopher Hitchens published his controversial Vanity Fair essay “Why Women Aren’t Funny,” McFarlane decided to explore the issue further.

In her documentary, Women Aren’t Funny (available on iTunes and Amazon), McFarlane interviews dozens of comics, comedy bookers and regular Joes to � nd out what they really think about women in comedy.

� e interview subjects, most of whom are friends of McFarlane and her comedian husband Rich Vos, read like a Who’s Who of standup. Women include legends like Joy Behar and the late Joan Rivers, established contemporaries like Sarah Silverman and Chelsea Peretti, as well as rising stars like Marina Franklin and Morgan Murphy. � e men — falling on all sides of the question — include Doug Stanhope, Colin Quinn, the late Patrice

O’Neal and Jim Breuer.McFarlane set out to direct a tongue-

in-cheek � lm, acting on the belief that the claim on humorless women was all in the name of busting chops. And the � lm is full of chuckles. McFarlane narrates the � lm as a news reporter — pantsless in a � eld because, why not? Vos interrupts interviews and stomps around in the background behind talking heads, generally causing chaos. A not insigni� cant portion of the � lm is devoted to a subplot mercilessly tormenting Vos over a did-they-didn’t-they maybe-� ing between McFarlane and Dane Cook.

But the doc shows extraordinary insight into the challenges facing female comics.

McFarlane sits with club bookers as they pore through their calendars for female comics, � nding none this month, two next month, one the next, and so on. Wanda Sykes speaks frankly about the dangers for women performing on the road — a mid-level career step that can make or break a comic’s future success.

� e movie becomes deeply personal as the subject wears on its � lmmaker.

“It wasn’t until I was really in the middle of the � lm that I started to have this idea that there are really comedians

Comedy’s lady problemIn her new comedy documentary Women Aren’t Funny, Canadian comedienne Bonnie McFarlane and Rich Vos (performing at Parlor Live Oct. 30-Nov.1) explore the challenges faced by women in a male-dominated industry.

“It wasn’t until I was in the middle

that I started to have this idea that

there really are comedians that

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that think women aren’t funny,” she says. “I started to realize I think some of these comedians actually believe it — Doug Stanhope might not really think women are funny. He’s sitting across from me saying this to my face, and he’s not adding an ‘except you, Bonnie’ either. � at got to me a� er a while.”

She adds that she thinks a large part of the problem is representation: “I think what happens is that, for white male comedians, there’s all sorts of representation. Black male comics too. If you see a black comic that’s not funny you don’t think ‘black people aren’t funny’ — you still have Chris Rock, Chappelle, Pryor and so on. But I think if you see one woman who isn’t funny

— or an Asian guy or an Indian guy — you don’t have a huge amount of representation in those groups yet. So you’re more likely to use one person as an example.”

At one point in the � lm, McFarlane goes undercover as a male comic, performing under the name Barney Mac. � e transformation doesn’t just require a fake beard — she has to develop completely new material. She gets a “new material” response from the club — some laughs, but nowhere near the response she would get performing as herself.

A� er the show, she breaks down outside the club, wondering aloud whether she should have asked these questions, whether she should have begun this movie, whether she’s really funny at all. As her husband comforts his bearded wife, it makes for one of the sweetest, most sincere and

unintentionally hilarious moments of the documentary.

Vos has joked on the � lm festival circuit that he was glad McFarlane never asked to interview him for the movie.

For his part, Vos says: “Funny or not funny, to me, is what matters, whether you’re a girl or a guy. I can imagine guy comics are a little more edgy than girls — and I like edgy material — but Maria Bamford makes me laugh as much as anyone else. Here’s the thing, though: For every female doing comedy, there’s 10 males. If you see 10 crappy female comics, you’re going to see 10 crappy males along the line. But there’s just more men than women.”

And, while institutional obstacles remain for female comics, personal attitudes may not be as heavyhanded as they seem. Some

of the same comics who were the most bullheaded on the question of whether women were funny had the longest lists of favorite female perfomers.

McFarlane says Adam Carolla — who caught � ak for a New York Post interview in which he was quoted saying there are “more funny dudes than chicks” — gave her a new perspective on the issue.

“He really changed my mind on the whole thing,” McFarlane says. “He said ‘Comedians have to say something one way or another.’ When people ask a comedian a question, you don’t go ‘Oh, it’s half this and half that,’ you take a strong side. He was asked a question in an interview, and he just took a side. When comedians say something, you don’t have to take it personally.”

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Classical music’s boy band

Four string musicians are working to change the image of classical music.

Well-Strung, an all male group seamlessly blends the most accomplished historical composers with current Top 40 artists.

� e New York-based quartet, formed a� er their manager Mark Cortale saw one of the violinists playing on the street in Provincetown, Mass., has been garnering national attention for its ambitious vocal and instrumental arrangements.

Edmund Bagnell, one of three violinists in the group, said the main goal is to mash classical and pop in new and unexpected ways.

“When people picture classical music they get a very speci� c image. Powered wigs and elaborate costumes,” Bagnell said. “So we’re trying to show the range of classical music. � at it’s not just this one thing, but a wide range of music.”

Just like their music, each member represents a very di� erent part of America that all ended up in the country’s melting pot, New York City. Bagnell grew up in South Carolina, the other two violinists, Chris Marchant and Trevor Wadleigh were raised in Ohio and Kent respectively,

and cellist Daniel Shevlin hails from New Jersey.While the last tour’s pop songs featured mostly hits from

female artists, this tour, with a stop at Seattle’s Neptune � eatre on Nov. 8, will include a wider variety of chart toppers, Bagnell said.

� at doesn’t mean the group will stop performing songs by Rihanna, Adele, Madonna or Britney Spears.

“� ere’s something freeing about being four guys singings songs by women because there’s less expectations about how the song should sound,” he said. “We have four very di� erent voices, but we can certainly harmonize and it allows us to play an ever larger range of songs.”

� e group is also evolving theatrically, Bagnell said.In Well-Strung’s early days, each member of the group

would tell stories about themselves in between songs. Some were anecdotal, relating to the song they had just

played or the one they were about to, while others were mini speeches about one of their passions.

Most of it, however, was made-up, scripted weeks before.“We started as more of a theater group and now we’re

more of a band,” Bagnell said. “We’d tell fake stories while using our own names. � ere wasn’t a ploy exactly, but there was a theatrical quality to it.”

Now, instead of reciting monologues, the group shares it’s own experiences between songs.

“We each talk about topics that are important to us,” he said. “Sometimes its a composer or a particular song we like, other times it’s a general topic, but nothing too deep or heavy.”

Tickets for the 8 p.m., show Saturday, Nov. 8 at the Neptune theater are $33.50.

For more information visit www.stgpresents.org.

by Josh Stilts

Mixing classical and pop music in surpris-ing new ways,Well-Strung is bringing sexy back to classical music.

Credit: Well-Strung.com

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* Manufacturer’s mail-in rebate offer valid for qualifying purchases made 9/16/14 –12/16/14 from participating dealers in the U.S. only. A qualifying purchase is defined as a purchase of any of the product models set forth above in the quantities set forth above. If you purchase less than the specified quantity, you will not be entitled to a rebate. For each qualifying purchase, only the higher applicable rebate amount will apply. Offer excludes Nantucket™ Window Shadings, a collection of Silhouette Window Shadings. Rebate will be issued in the form of a prepaid reward card and mailed within 6 weeks of rebate claim receipt. Funds do not expire. Subject to applicable law, a $2.00 monthly fee will be assessed against card balance 7 months after card issuance and each month thereafter. Additional limitations apply. Ask participating dealer for details and rebate form. ©2014 Hunter Douglas. All rights reserved. All trademarks used herein are the property of Hunter Douglas.

It’s time to decorate your windows for the holidays.Save with mail-in rebates on a selection of stylish Hunter Douglas window fashions, September 16–December 16, 2014. Ask for details.

4 Duette® Honeycomb Shadesor 4 Solera® Soft Shades(plus $25 rebate each additional unit)

2 Pirouette® Window Shadings or 2 Silhouette® Window Shadings or 2 Vignette® Modern Roman Shades(plus $50 rebate each additional unit)

1 Duette Vertiglide® Honeycomb Shadeor 1 Luminette® Privacy Sheer or 1 Skyline® Gliding Window Panels(plus $100 rebate each additional unit)

on any of the following purchases:

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Designer Roller Shades

Swipe, tap, kick back.You just set the mood.With Hunter Douglas motorized window fashions, ambiance is at your fingertips. Use our remote control, wireless wall switch or Platinum™ App on your Apple® mobile device to automatically operate shades throughout your home.** Light control, privacy, comfort—with a few easy touches. Ask for details.

* Manufacturer’s mail-in rebate offer valid for qualifying purchases of Hunter Douglas window fashions with the PowerRise® or PowerGlide® motorized system made 6/14/14 – 9/15/14 from participating dealers in the U.S. only. Rebate will be issued in the form of a prepaid reward card and mailed within 6 weeks of rebate claim receipt. Funds do not expire. Subject to applicable law, a $2.00 monthly fee will be assessed against card balance 7 months after card issuance and each month thereafter. Additional limitations apply. Ask participating dealer for details and rebate form. **Additional equipment is required for app operation; ask for details. ©2014 Hunter Douglas. All rights reserved. All trademarks used herein are the property of their respective owners.

June 14–September 15, 2014

$50 REBATEON ANY OF THE FOLLOWING PRODUCTS WITH THEPOWERRISE® MOTORIZED SYSTEM:

Designer Roller Shades, Designer Screen Shades, Duette® Honeycomb Shades and Solera™ Soft Shades.

$100 REBATEON ANY OF THE FOLLOWING PRODUCTS WITH THEPOWERRISE OR POWERGLIDE® MOTORIZED SYSTEM:

Luminette® Privacy Sheers, Pirouette® Window Shadings, Silhouette® Window Shadings, Skyline® Gliding Window Panels and Vignette® Modern Roman Shades.

PER UNIT*

PER UNIT*

43942

The Blind Alley14102 NE 21st Street Bellevue WashingtonM-F: 9:30-5:00 Sat: 9:30-5:00 Closed Sunday425-644-7181www.blindalley-bellevue.com

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14102 NE 21st Street, Bellevue, WA 98007425-644-7181 • 1-800-642-5176 www.blindalley-bellevue.com • [email protected] hours: 9:30 to 5:00 Monday – Saturday. In-Home Decorator appointments available daytimes Monday through Saturday and evenings Monday through Thursday.Serving the Eastside and Seattle since 1984.

Designer Roller Shades

Swipe, tap, kick back.You just set the mood.With Hunter Douglas motorized window fashions, ambiance is at your fingertips. Use our remote control, wireless wall switch or Platinum™ App on your Apple® mobile device to automatically operate shades throughout your home.** Light control, privacy, comfort—with a few easy touches. Ask for details.

* Manufacturer’s mail-in rebate offer valid for qualifying purchases of Hunter Douglas window fashions with the PowerRise® or PowerGlide® motorized system made 6/14/14 – 9/15/14 from participating dealers in the U.S. only. Rebate will be issued in the form of a prepaid reward card and mailed within 6 weeks of rebate claim receipt. Funds do not expire. Subject to applicable law, a $2.00 monthly fee will be assessed against card balance 7 months after card issuance and each month thereafter. Additional limitations apply. Ask participating dealer for details and rebate form. **Additional equipment is required for app operation; ask for details. ©2014 Hunter Douglas. All rights reserved. All trademarks used herein are the property of their respective owners.

June 14–September 15, 2014

$50 REBATEON ANY OF THE FOLLOWING PRODUCTS WITH THEPOWERRISE® MOTORIZED SYSTEM:

Designer Roller Shades, Designer Screen Shades, Duette® Honeycomb Shades and Solera™ Soft Shades.

$100 REBATEON ANY OF THE FOLLOWING PRODUCTS WITH THEPOWERRISE OR POWERGLIDE® MOTORIZED SYSTEM:

Luminette® Privacy Sheers, Pirouette® Window Shadings, Silhouette® Window Shadings, Skyline® Gliding Window Panels and Vignette® Modern Roman Shades.

PER UNIT*

PER UNIT*

43942

The Blind Alley14102 NE 21st Street Bellevue WashingtonM-F: 9:30-5:00 Sat: 9:30-5:00 Closed Sunday425-644-7181www.blindalley-bellevue.com

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* Manufacturer’s mail-in rebate offer valid for qualifying purchases made 9/16/14 –12/16/14 from participating dealers in the U.S. only. A qualifying purchase is de� ned as a purchase of any of the product models set forth above in the quantities setforth above. If you purchase less than the speci� ed quantity, you will not be entitled to a rebate. For each qualifying purchase, only the higher applicable rebate amount will apply. Offer excludes Nantucket™ Window Shadings, a collection of SilhouetteWindow Shadings. Rebate will be issued in the form of a prepaid reward card and mailed within 6 weeks of rebate claim receipt. Funds do not expire. Subject to applicable law, a $2.00 monthly fee will be assessed against card balance 7 months after card issuance and each month thereafter. Additional limitations apply. Ask participating dealer for details and rebate form. ©2014 Hunter Douglas. All rights reserved. All trademarks used herein are the property of Hunter Douglas. HOL14MB3. 45689


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