CHINOOK, Wash. – For 15 years, The Sanctuary Restaurant has welcomed the holiday season by presenting its Christmas Dinner Concert Series. Local professionals Paul Wainamo and Andrea and Cheth Rowe usher in the season with traditional and original Christmas music at 6:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Dec. 3 and 4.

Born and raised on the Long Beach Peninsula, Wainamo has been playing the piano since the age of 3. At 14, he became the youngest member of the Northwest gospel group Message. With Message, Wainamo toured the Northwest, performing in churches, youth groups, prisons and Christian coffeehouses. He recorded a solo vocal album in 1990 of original music, writing and producing the project, leading to a string of performances in Seattle, Portland and the Northwest as well as Colorado, Texas and New York, and in the summer of 1998, a performance on the Royal Caribbean Cruise Line in the heart of the Mediterranean.

In 1993, Wainamo signed as an artist with Incubator Records in Seattle, a Christian-based record company, where he served on staff as an exclusive songwriter for seven years. He now freelances in songwriting and resides in Eagle River, Alaska, where he is worship pastor for Kings Way Assembly of God Church, heading up its music department, songwriting teams, creative design departments, lighting-sound-multimedia teams and drama department. He is working on new material for an upcoming album that will be released under the new Kings Way Music Alaska label, which he was instrumental in creating.

Andrea Rowe is a 17-year resident of Cannon Beach. She has been seen locally in theatrical productions and music concerts of her own. Her original CD, “Hold Your Vision,” a mixture of original folk, rock and blues, has impacted the lives of many around the world. She has been influential in the women’s movement and is a vital part of the Stormy Weather Arts Festival in Cannon Beach every year, heading up the Women in Song and Open Mic events. She is strong force in the Coaster Theatre, and has been very involved with the River Theater and Liberty Theater events as well as the Performing Arts Department at Clatsop Community College.

Rowe and her husband, Cheth, have a recording company called Studio M.A.R.S. Dedicated to the support and nurturing of struggling artists, she is actively involved in her own organization, Haven for the Arts. She spends her spare time writing screenplays.

Tickets to the Christmas Dinner Concert Series are $40 and include a three-course meal, complimentary beverage and cover charge. Tax and gratuity are not included, and cancellations are nonrefundable. The Sanctuary Restaurant is located at 794 State Route 101 and Hazel Street in Chinook.