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 LIVE TONIGHT! Open Mic Talent Search |
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Monday, March 15, signups start at 8pm
Southtown Open Mic
Talent Search featuring Seattle Folk Legend Jim Page!
Jim Page will open the night as Featured Artist, with his expert finger picking and lyrical genius.
FireWorks hosts this weekly showcase of local talent - acoustic, vocals, percussion, blues, freestyle, spoken word, humorists and More. The show starts with a non-competitive Open Mic warmup round, then performers have a chance to compete in the Talent Search for the cash! (All competing performers are asked to contribute $5 for the cash prize purse.) For more info contact Ocean Liff-Anderson, FireWorks Proprietor & Open Mic Host.
Please note: Open
Mic is 21+ after 10pm
Thursday, March 11, 7pm
Purple Iris Tribal
Bellydance
"Change is an inherent and inseparable part of movement; dance is an extending embrace of rhythm through the endlessly spiraling of change movements."
Samara found her passion in tribal dance through classes with the Gypsy Caravan (Portland, OR). In 2001 she began dancing and choreographing for Earthdance (Welches, OR). Samara has had the pleasure of being a teacher and performer in the Oregon bellydance community for over a decade. During this time she has been gifted with opportunities to dance, teach, and learn with a family of friends in Portland, Welches, Corvallis, Bend, and most recently Eugene and Albany. Current ventures include collaborations with the Bijou Project, as well as solo works.
Dinner reservations advised: call (541)754-6958. Visit Samara www.samara.bijoudancer.com
Watch the Purple Iris
collective at www.youtube.com/watch?v=xODRhnitbwk
Friday, March 12,
7pm
Adam Scramstad, Blues
Guitar & Vocals
Adam Scramstad is a strong
fingerstyle Blues performer with intricate and exciting guitar
skills. He recently finished recording his solo album entitled
"No Sun Around Blues", produced by Blues guitar legend
Terry Robb. Dinner reservations advised: call (541)754-6958.
Visit Adam at www.MySpace.com/AdamScramstad
Saturday, March 13,
8pm
Formerly Hines, Jazz
Fusion Trio
Formerly Hines is an eclectic mix if
music flavors. Rock, jazz, country, folk, classical and big band.
This is a band with few illusions about how music must be torn
apart and rediscovered at every junction on a page of words and
notes. All, but a very few, of the songs and tunes heard by this
band are original. They tend to stretch the thoughts when laying
down a track or writing a word for the right phrasing to make
a song fly.
Sunday, March 14,
7pm
Tony Noble, Electric
Blues
Long time favorite at
Open Mic Talent Search, Tony Noble shares his exceptional slide
guitar technique. Tony reports he has been influenced by Jimi
Hendrix, Pink Floyd, R.L. Burnside, Led Zeppelin, The Doors,
Bob Marley, and John Lee Hooker among others. Hear
Tony's music at www.MySpace.com/NobleBlues Dinner reservations advised:
call (541)754-6958.
Monday, March 15,
signups start at 8pm
Southtown Open Mic
Talent Search
CASH PRIZE for Top
3 Acts!
FireWorks hosts this weekly showcase of local talent - acoustic, vocals, percussion, blues, freestyle, spoken word, humorists - who knows what performance surprises the evening will hold? The show starts with a non-competitive Open Mic warmup round, then performers have a chance to compete in the Talent Search for the cash! (All competing performers are asked to contribute $5 for the cash prize purse.) For more info contact Ocean Liff-Anderson, FireWorks Proprietor & Open Mic Host.
Please note: Open
Mic is 21+ after 10pm
Wednesday, March 17,
6pm
St. Patrick's Day Party with the
Nettles
Celebrate Patty's Day in style at FireWorks with
drink specials all
day and traditional Irish fare! The Nettles have played Irish and Oldtime music in the Willamette
Valley for over a decade with tours from Seattle to South Carolina.
The duo of Laura Brophy on fiddle and Kevin Johnsrude on guitar
serve up a danceable "folkadelic" style of traditional
music that is unique among traditional musicians. Visit the Nettles online at www.TheNettles.com
Dinner reservations recommended: call (541)754-6958.
Friday, March 19,
7pm
Al Rivers, Blues
Guitar and Vocals
"Aw yeah, this is blues the way we like it. Rain fall. Tree shakin'. Likin' yo' peaches. Truck broke. Good gal gone. Al Rivers walks the same old rode, but utterly without pretension or artifice. He has a great, scraping voice and a nimble, dirty way with the guitar." - Victory Music Review, Tacoma, WA 2006. Hear Al's music on www.MySpace.com/AlRiversBlues
Enjoy exceptional Blues from a Eugene
icon. Dinner reservations recommended: call (541)754-6958.
Sunday, March 21,
7pm
(Coin of the Realm Orchestra)
with International Fiddle Champion Zach Konowalchuk
(Coin of the Realm Orchestra) embodies the true spirit of traditional
Ukrainian folk music. The band joined together in 2005 on the
premise of keeping the music of the old culture alive. Zach Konowalchuk,
classically trained violinist and great grandson of the relatively
unknown violinist Vasyl Shalay, brings to life folk melodies
transcribed from old recordings. It is suspected that his style
is eerily reminiscent (although no one alive today can confirm
this) of great grandpa Shalay, who was often summoned to play
kolomyjkas at neighborhood zabavas. Zahraj, Shalay! they used
to yell (so Baba said).
Accompanied by orchestra archivist and principal
kobza-ist in training David Konowalchuk, as well as whatever
other various and sundry mendicant musicians happen to be readily
on hand, Coin of the Realm Orchestra indefatigably performs a
conglomeration of kozachoks, kolomyjkas, waltzes, polkas, and
the occasional oberek. They must be heard to be believed!
Visit Coin of the Realm at www.MySpace.com/CoinoftheRealm Dinner reservations advised: call (541)754-6958.
Friday, March 26,
7pm
Jesse Meade, Acoustic
Rhythm & Blues
Jesse Meade is a singer-songwriter now living in Eugene, Oregon. He accompanies himself with his own finger-style, acoustic guitar playing. His influences include musicians like: Ray Charles, Hank Williams, Elizabeth Cotten, John Hurt, Sam Cooke, Patsy Cline, Fats Domino, and Aretha Franklin. Hear samples of Jesse's music at www.jessemeade.com
Dinner reservations recommended: call (541)754-6958.
Sunday, March 28,
7pm
Cloud Mountain Ramblers,
Olde Time String Band
Cloud Mountain Ramblers plays the finest
Old Time Mountain Music, with musical roots in the Ozarks, Ireland
and Africa. The band features John Meade on banjo and Joe Huff
on fiddle. Hear the Ramblers online at myspace.com/cloudmountainramblers