Eugene Celebration on the horizon
Athletic events, parade, food and music to be featured
By Soo May Wong
Emotaid Contributor
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It's that time of t
rime for rubhin ' • 'bow v
11,mein', flirtin'.
Cartin' up. pinin' is ,1b inis,
.itul bavin fun
fabulous nuts it. esirmtrdi
ri.iri eateries, friendh i.ompeti
lions and nrtislit wonders So
pr.ih u friend ( ome as uni ,ire
It's time for Celebratin'!'
And so iho poster urges
Vi's it is thii! time of the year
again.
As the tiiini weekend of Sep
tember dawns, FCugene shall
don her garment of bright lights
and colorful frills as she pre
pares lor the great fanfare of the
FCugene (Celebration.
From Sept this down
town block p.irty is expected to
lure more than 140,000 party
goers. About a quarter of these
are expected to include non-lo
cals, siiid Andrea Vollmer of
l-.ugene's I’.irks, Recreation &
(Cultural Services department
The celebration, which will
offer a myriad ol entertainment,
food, artistic exhibitions, ath
letic events and c ultural dis
plays, will spread over a ■
block radius at the hub ol
downtown FCugene
The FCugene (Celebration has
been called the biggest event of
the year Fast years have
proved the enormous succ ess
ol this hig-sc ale party Intro
duced nine years ago, the FCu
gene (Celebration was motivated
during a period of recession,
Vollmer said.
Amid the slumping economy
of the early 1‘IMOs, the < elebra
tion served to generate income
tor local merchants and to
rouse feelings of togetherness
within the community
Evidently, those objec tives
have not only been met, but
have sparked a novel way
where moneymaking is com
bined with merrymaking
Since then, the celebration
has tiecome an annual affair Its
infectious popularity among lo
cals has spilled over to out-of
town residents Visitors from
out of state are beginning to re
Ai*lr* Harden
P J Russell, Eugene Celebration clerk, hangs up the 1991 poster in
the downtown Eugene Celebration ottice
reive news of great fun.
Each year. n few events tire
looked forward to. n em-lv the
tradition of the oputui g t eie
mom and the < adt-bia!nut I’a
rtiile. After nine wars oi -.at
t ess, these events hav e at
quired the term " tradition
In line vs ilh tins tradition the
opening eeieiuony vviii i.ttint h
the part\ with spent lies musit
and dancing I'he ceremony
will he scheduled at the Miller
8th Avenue Stage on Sept JO at
(i p m.
Live musit: will begin soon
after, featuring bluegrass tavor
ites by The Boohnr I umtly and
Fiddlin' Set'. Uncle I and
lohnny. A range ol musical t.d
ent. from new musit to trope at
jazz, will also be teatured tit the
same time at the Hull Id r/.a
Stage
Meanwhile, the Michelob
Jazz Festival .it 5th Street I’ub
lit Market will present Seattle's
Itukra Beta, the street drum
band that made a lasting im
pression with its performance
,it last year's celebration The
band will lie accompanied bv
an instrument entourage of trap
drums, conga marimbas, vibra
phones, pressure drums and
other percussion instruments
()tl the ltd low mg tta V the
much awaited (elebraiiuu i’a
rade will glide down the streets
in .1 grand, vi*i informal caravan
of color, marching bands,
horses ami numerous cause
serving organi/alions
Tile parade will begin at 1(1
a m . heading downtown from
South b!ugene High Si to nl
Grand Marshall this year will
be Jim Meeks, retiring bead h
brarian from (tie Gity 1‘ublu: Li
brarv f or a tom ti of sluggish
glamour, look forward to the
eye < ati lung Slug Queen a . .hi
slimes her wav through the
streets
Upon completion of parade
watch, celebrants may ebb their
appetites with the celebration's
many food booths There will
be an array of lood choices sul
In.tent to appease hungry and
healthy appetites or ippetites
pist in search of something
new
As in the past, there will be
numerous eatery sites Extra
ordinary Eateries, Mult I’la/a
Stage, Micbelob Mb Avenue
la// festival and the Saturday
Market
for an international culinary
experioni e, tour over to Inter
national fair, to be held Sept
l 1 on U 11 lemette Street be
tween 10th and 11th avenues
The lair will oiler international
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