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Folk Festival represents range of musical genres By Milan Zupcic Of Um kmerald Eugene residents, get ready to dance and sing as the 17th Annual Willamette V'alley Folk Festival gets under way this afternoon on the EMU east lawn. The free event, sponsored by the EMU Cultural Forum and KZAM radio, will con tinue on through Sunday, featuring a wide variety of traditional and contemporary folk and acoustic music performed by more than 20 musicians and groups. Musical styles ranging from Celtic to Reg gae, Cajun to blues and bluegrass will be per formed by local as well as nationally acclaim ed acts during the three-day event. Apart from the scheduled stage performances, many of the featured musicians will be giving workshops on musical style and technique on Saturday and Sunday in the EMU. According to Hill Ullman. Cultural Forum Ethnic and Folk Music coordinator, "our big gest goal is to make the Folk Festival a learning experience and to introduce people to new cultures and musical styles. "Hopefully in years to come, with the aid of grants and national endowments for the arts, we will be able to expand the number of performers and bring other well-known names to the event.” he added. Among big names performing tms year am Queen Ida and the Bon Temps Zydeco band, who will take the stage at H p.m. on Saturday. Ida’s Bon Temps Zydeco band finds its roots in Zydeco music, which is a blend of the Creole, Cajun and Black communities of I,oui siana. Zydeco also incorporates dixieland jazz, blues, rock and Latin music, which provides a distinctly unique and diverse sound grounded in numerous cultures and musical styles. Queen Ida, the first female band leader in the Zydeco tradition, is no stranger to Eugene au diences; however. Saturday marks her first ap pearance on the Folk Festival stage. Ida has won a Grammy award and been nominated two other times. She has performed at concerts, clubs and festivals throughout North America and Europe. Along with her Saturday evening performance. Queen Ida will be giving a workshop on the Cajun/Creole culture of Southwestern Louisiana at -t p.m., Saturday, in the EMI) Fir Boom Another well-known musician who will fie gracing the Folk Festival stage Sunday at H p m., is Matt "Guitar" Murphy. Over the past two decades Murphy has performed with vir tually every great blues artist and has been heralded as one of the best guitarists in recent years. Murphy combines elements of blues, jazz and rock, which results in an energetic and ap pealing musical style. Other blues performances will be provid ed by the Peter Thorpe Blues Band and a local favorite, the Eagle Park Slim Band. Fans of marimba music should look for Dumi and Minanzi III. who will be performing < «»ur1e*v PIhMm Grammy-winner Queen Ida and her Hon Temps Zydbco Band will perform at H p.m. Saturday at the Willamette Valley Folk Festival on the FMV east lawn. this evening at H p.m. Backing up Du ini and his hand will la? the South African singers Slangie and Theresa. Dumi will offer a drumming workshop featuring strictly East African drumming styles and techniques Saturday at 11:30 a m in the Fir Boom Other performing groups include Eugene's own Keggae All Stars, who will be performing their high energy reggae sound Saturday at 5 p m Traditional folk music will he performed by Chico Schwall. and Northern Broadcasters and Fiddlin’ Sue. Uncle T and johnny will perform old-time string band music: Free Hein and Uood and Country will play traditional and progressive bluegruss. For fans of Celtic music, there are Skye. Flying Haggis, Dorothy jackson and the Eugene Highlanders. Hispanic music listeners will enjoy flamenco guitarist Idrus Shahab, and salsa music by Sandunga and Caliente Singer-songwriter john Sirkus will per form contemporary folk music. Banish Misfor tune and Threshhold provide new acoustic music, and Hunter Davis returns to Eugene with women's music. All concerts and workshops are free and open to the general public. People who an: in terested in attending the various workshops are encouraged to bring their instruments. 7m» Vmu»Uitf rUnaU» Sacattd StUan Umw r1U*aU» 8:00 /*.*». M of 21-23, 29 30 4o+ tie/uU cJl 666-Ml91 licktL $2.50 THEY'RE BACK! (But they become extinct again after May 31) GIANT, LIFE-LIKE DINOSAUR MODELS Tues -Thurs 9am to 6pm Fh.-Sun. 9am 9pm COLLEGE 5TUDEMt5 OMLY $2.30 imfo 484-9027 WI5TEC 2500 Centennial Blvd (he*t to Auteen) rEhD5 MAY 31st! MEETINGS Foreign students organiza tion will meet today at 5:30 p m in Century Room U, EMU. Attention: All group* show ing movies during 1987-88: All student organizations showing more than two films and charg ing admission must attend a re quired film programming meeting today at 3:30 p in. in Room 337 KM11 (KMU Hoard Kootn). Procedures and re quirements for showing films on campus will tie discussed The t'187-88 movie calendar will ls> passed around for groups to sign up for rooms and dates to show films. The International Students Christian Fellowship meets tonight at 7 at Alpha Omega house (next to Taylors'). APASH meeting today at 4:30 p in. in Room 337 KMU. Refreshments will lie provided LECTURES The International Studies Association will host political science professor Dick Kraus, speaking on the ousting of Hu Yao Hung and the current situa tion in mainland China, today at 4 p m in Room UH). Hen dricks Hall MISCELLANEOUS PT/OT drop-in advising will lx* available today from 10 a m. until 12:30 p in. in Room 104 Oregon Hull, ext 3211. The Singapore Student Association is having a pot luck dinner for Singa|>oreans at H p.ni Saturday in Gerlinger Lounge. ('lease bring a dish each. Women in Transition is hav ing an open house today from It) a m. to 2 p m. in Knom .118 EMU. Classical guitar students from the University School of Music will give a free recital on Saturday at 8 p.m. in Room 198 of the School of Music. WISTEC will offer free high grade mason sand on first come, first served basis on )unc 1 and 2. To pick up the bags of sand, come to WISTEC lie tween 9 a.m. and t> p.m. WISTEC is located at 2100 Centennial iilvd just next to Autzen Stadium. For more information, call 484 9027. "Safe-Sex Cabaret." a 90-minute stage show directed at gay men who are responding to the AIDS epidemic, will U* presented on Suturday at Seymour's Greenery, 998 Willamette St. The show is free and open to everyone, and it is co-sponsored hy the Willamette AIDS Council and Shanti in Oregon, two Eugene-based AIDS service organizations. The goal of the presentation is to provide gay men in Oregon a social opportunity to learn more about healthy ways of living and loving WE BUY STEREOS STEREO WORKSHOP 1621 E. 19th • 344 3212 TAN 10 visits $25 air conditioned Job Interview? Some h««ithy looking cokM will holpH SunShowrr on campus OUUMIO DM QpolWn »y Kwto > I** German A UTO SERVICE VW’S MERCEDES BMW’S DATSUN TOYOTA Rahabla aarvtca lor your AQ4 r\ 2026 Franklin Bivct loiaign car tinea OBJ I mL Euysrw. Of» 9/403 Graduates & Upper Division Underg raduates Applications for Fall ’87 PEER HEALTH ADVISORS now being accepted Gain experience in... • Health Counseling •Promoting Wellness •Program Planning Deadline for Applications June 3 For More Information Please Call: 686-4401
