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Wednesday, February 15, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Danger!
Music returns to The Belfry
PHOTO BY SPENCER BORDONARO
A chunk of ice slid off a Sisters roof and smashed through a deck
near a sliding door — a reminder that ice damming creates real
hazards for homeowners in the area.
SPRD offers excursions
for Sisters seniors
Sisters seniors can enjoy
excursions to various loca-
tions and activities around
Central Oregon through
Sisters Park & Recreation
District.
SPRD runs Sage (Senior
Activities, Gatherings &
Experiences). All seniors are
invited on these excursions,
and SPRD strives to make
the activities affordable for
seniors through grants, schol-
arships, and sponsorship
from local businesses and
individuals.
Adult/Senior Programs
Coordinator Shannon
Rackowski has planned
excursions through 2018,
which alternate every other
month.
The first excursion for
2017 is to the Warm Springs
Museum and the local casino
on Thursday, February
23, then in April they will
be going to the Oregon
Observatory/Sunriver Nature
Center. Trips to places like
Cascades Lavender Farm,
Lava Lands, Chimps, Inc.
and other places are in the
plans.
“My purpose is to keep
our kupunas (elder ances-
tors) active, engaged, laugh-
ing, healthy, and happy,”
said Rackowski. For more
information or to reserve a
spot for any of the excur-
sions call Shannon at SPRD
541-549-2091, or visit www.
sistersrecreation.com.
Sassparilla brings their
“dirty bluegrass” sound
to The Belfry on Friday,
February 17 to kick off a new
series of music shows at the
Sisters venue.
Then, Hot Buttered Rum
returns to Sisters on Friday,
February 24 for a high-
energy Americana dance
party. Doors open at 7 p.m.,
show begins at 8 p.m.
Hot Buttered Rum spent
much of 2016 performing
new music from the band’s
recently released EPs, each
focusing on a different aspect
of the band’s diversity and
inspiration, and driving the
point home by conspiring
with the appropriate producer
for each release.
Hot Buttered Rum lives
for a good time, and a mind-
ful recklessness settles in
whenever these five guys step
on stage. Rooted in the trajec-
tory of West Coast bluegrass,
Hot Buttered Rum plays
what has been described as
California’s own acoustic
music.
HBR’s years of tour-
ing have given the band the
chance to work and play
with a wide cross-section of
musicians, people like Peter
Rowan, Phil Lesh, Chris
Thile, Brett Dennen, and
Robert Earl Keen. Seasoned
veteran Steve Berlin (Los
Lobos), acoustic guru Mike
Marshall, and left-coast
rocker Tim Bluhm (Mother
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Hot Buttered Rum returns to Sisters for a concert.
Hips, Nicki Bluhm) have all
produced studio albums for
the band.
At the center of Hot
Buttered Rum is the enduring
camaraderie of old friends.
The band was conceived on
a backpacking trip of high
school and college buddies
in the High Sierra. What was
dreamed up on mountain-
tops and around campfires
has found its way into the
hearts, minds, and bodies of
thousands.
For tickets and more
information visit www.
belfryevents.com.