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PHOTOS: Salem tests amphitheater with inaugural First Friday concert

Rich McCloud performs at the debut concert at the amphitheater in Riverfront Park on Friday, June 3 (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter)

Rich McCloud performs at the debut concert at the amphitheater in Riverfront Park on Friday, June 3 (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter)

The Gerry Frank | Salem Rotary Amphitheater is illuminated for its debut concert featuring Salem artist Rich McCloud on Friday, June 3 (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter)

Concertgoers dance as Rich McCloud performs at the amphitheater in Riverfront Park on Friday, June 3 (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter)

Rich McCloud performs at the debut concert at the amphitheater in Riverfront Park on Friday, June 3 (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter)

A family enjoys the debut concert at the amphitheater in Riverfront Park on Friday, June 3 (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter)

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Photographer Ron Cooper and his wife Penny moved to Salem in 1969 to take a job as photographer at the Oregon Statesman (later the Statesman Journal). Their three children, Monica, Kimberly, and Christopher, attended and graduated from Salem public schools. Cooper retired from the Statesman Journal in 2001 but, has continued his passion for photography in many ways, including as a photographer for the Salem Reporter.