Wednesday, July 22, 2020 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
SFF CAMPS: Programs
have limited space
for safety
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instruments and materials
will be provided.
Students will explore sto-
rytelling and self-expression
through art, creative writing,
and music. Topics to explore
include relationships with
sound, imagery, emotions
and the expression of those
relationships through art,
music, and storytelling.
Campers will be able
to create stories, melodies,
songs and poems, and will
use colors, forms and words
to create art expressions and
musical instruments. Each
day includes opportunities
to immerse into visual arts,
music, creative writing,
and reflection, as well as
fun with the many forms of
creative expression through
awareness, discovery, and
play!
The second week-
long camp, <Five Days of
Music Imagination,= will
be held August 17-21 and
will explore approaches to
music, rhythm, lyric writing,
self-expression, and hav-
ing fun through music and
words.
Led by teaching musi-
cians Natalie Akers and
Jenner Fox, the camp will be
a week-long music and song-
writing intensive.
Fox says, <Five cre-
ative days of making music
together: writing, jamming,
and listening on our journey
to ignite the inner musician
in all of us and becoming
a listening musician, and
ideally perform original
music. This is a collabora-
tive and inclusive environ-
ment, and we believe lis-
tening and playing music
together are powerful tools
for battling isolation, gaining
strength in our imaginations,
and building a sense of
self.=
This camp has a limit of
10 students and all instru-
ments and materials will be
provided. All levels of expe-
rience are welcome.
Jenner Fox and Natalie
Akers recently moved to
Sisters to pursue music
and educational opportuni-
ties. Fox is a singer-song-
writer, international river
guide and the co-founder
of the Cassiopeia Academy
for Music Performance
and Songwriting in
Washington, DC.
Akers is a piano/keyboard
player and educator. She has
worked with camps since
2016 to bring interdisci-
plinary and music programs
to life for middle and high
school students throughout
the US and Japan, and has
a B.A in American Studies
from Yale University.
Sisters Folk Festival has
designed these camps to
adhere to COVID-19 public
health guidance and other
industry best practices,
including physical distanc-
ing, hand-washing and sani-
tizing stations, and mask
wearing as necessary in a
socially-distanced outdoor
environment.
Under the current Phase
2 reopening guidelines in
Oregon, the entire camp
gathering is limited to
20 participants, with two
instructors each teaching to
a group of 10 students. The
second camp will have a
10-student limit. Lunch will
be provided as part of reg-
istration unless the camper
opts out.
Registration is open
to students ages 10 to 14.
Financial assistance is avail-
able. Information and regis-
tration can be found at www.
sistersfolkfestival.org. All
levels of music and art expe-
rience are welcome.
9
Ore. AG appeals federal judge’s order
By Andrew Selsky
Associated Press
SALEM (AP) 4 Oregon9s
attorney general announced
Wednesday she is fighting
a federal judge9s order for
Oregon to give more lee-
way to a group that seeks to
change how the state carves
up its electoral districts.
U.S. District Judge
Michael McShane said in
his order Monday that the
coronavirus pandemic and
Gov. Kate Brown9s shutdown
orders prevented the group,
People Not Politicians, from
obtaining the required num-
ber of signatures by a July 2
deadline to put the issue on
the ballot for the November
election.
McShane was ruling on a
lawsuit filed by People Not
Politicians against Oregon
Secretary of State Bev
Clarno, whose office runs
Oregon9s elections.
<Plaintiffs, like all Oregon
citizens, were told to stay
home and physically distance
from others,< McShane wrote
in his opinion. <By continuing
to require Plaintiffs to meet a
strict threshold and deadline
in the middle of a pandemic,
Plaintiffs9 circulators were
prevented from engaging in
one-on-one communication
with Oregon voters.=
The group had said it
collected around 64,000
unverified signatures, when
it needed to submit almost
150,000 by the deadline to
put the proposed change to
Oregon voters.
Currently, the Legislature
is responsible for redraw-
ing district lines. People Not
Politicians wants an inde-
pendent citizen redistricting
commission to do it instead,
and seeks to have voters
approve an amendment to the
state Constitution that would
allow that.
The group claims a diverse
number of supporters, includ-
ing the Oregon Farm Bureau,
the League of Women Voters
of Oregon, and the NAACP
Eugene-Springfield Branch.
McShane offered two
remedies to Clarno: allow
the proposal on the bal-
lot, or reduce the signature
threshold by 50 percent 4
which would equal 58,789
signatures 4 and push back
the deadline to August 17.
Clarno on Tuesday night
announced she was choosing
the second option.
<Secretary Clarno is not
requesting an appeal to the
ruling at this time,= her office
said in a statement.
But on Wednesday, the
Oregon Department of
Justice asked the U.S. 9th
Circuit Court of Appeals
for an emergency stay of
McShane9s order, saying it
<requires the state to violate
the provisions of the Oregon
Constitution regarding con-
stitutional amendments.<
<Whether a federal judge
can rewrite the state consti-
tution8s procedures for con-
stitutional amendments is
a question that goes to the
heart of the state9s power to
create its own laws,= Oregon
Attorney General Ellen
Rosenblum said. <Any final
decision made in this case
could have long reaching
impacts for the state and on
future ballot initiatives.
PREPARE FOR
SUMMER TRAVEL
Campers will explore storytelling and self-expression
through art, creative writing, and music.
LIMITED TO 20 STUDENTS (2 GROUPS OF 10)
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ALIGNMENT & BATTERIES
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Five creative days of making music together: writing, jamming,
and listening, on a journey to ignite the inner musician within.
LIMITED TO 10 STUDENTS
• COVID-19 guidelines strictly followed
• Camps open to ages 10-14, all ability levels
• Need-based scholarships available through
FAN
• Tuition is $225/wk. including all materials
($275 with lunch & snacks included)
• Camps run from 9-4 daily
Camps held outdoors at Sisters Art Works Building • 204 W. Adams Ave.
For more information, visit SistersFolkFestival.org
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