The weekend in
■ Thursday, Dec. 2
Elixir Magazine Promotion Party (vari
ous DJs) — Wild Duck, 169 West 6th;
10 p.m. $5.
‘80s Dance Night (DJs)—John Hen
ry's, 136 E. 11th; 10 p.m. $2.
Babes With Axes (rock)—WOW Hall,
291 W. Eighth; 8 p.m. $8.
UO Ensemble Concert (jazz saxo
phonist Dan Gailey) — Beall Hall; 8
p.m. $5 general, $3 students.
Govt. Grown (groove rock) — Good
Times, 375 E. Seventh; 9 p.m. $3.
Matt Stamm (folk)—The Buzz, EMU;
9:30 p.m. Free.
UO Vocal Ensemble (jazz) — Cafe
Paradiso, 119 W. Broadway; 8:30
p.m. Free.
■ Friday, Dec. 3
Mert Saunders & His Funky Friends
—EMU Ballroom; 8 p.m. $12 stu
dents, $14 general public.
Beard, Uzbeck Dog (rock)—John
Henry’s; 10 p.m. $3.
Oregon Ballroom Dance (dance) —
Rm. 220 Gerlinger Hail; 7:30 p.m. $4
general, $3 students.
Ann Liebeck (artist recital) — Beall
Hail; 5:30 p.m. Free.
Floater, Mei (heavy rock)—WOW
Hall; 8:30 p.m. $8 advance, $10 at the
door.
Lazoo (funk, acid jazz) — Good
Times; 9 p.m. $5.
“Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are
Dead” (theater) — Hult Center, One
Eugene Center; 8 p.m. $16.50-$25.
Tom Varley (Down Island music) —
Cafe Faradiso; 8:30 p.m. $2-$4.
“The Searchers” (UO Film Series) —
180 PLC; $2 students, $3 general
public.
■ Saturday, Dec. 4
Big Time Rosie (uptempo funk) —
Taylor’s Bar and Grille; 10 p.m. $4.
Ten Pin, The Secludes, Compact 56
(rock) — John Henry’s; 10 p.m. $3.
Chanukah Festival (traditional Jewish
music)—WOW Hall; 7:30 p.m. $5.
Paul delay Band (blues) — Good
Times; 9 p.m. $8.
Mike Denny Trio (jazz) — Downtown
Athletic Center, 999 Willamette St.; 8
p.m. Free.
Jay Webb, Ray Lawrence (stand-up
comedy)—Kowloon’s, 2222 Centen
nial Blvd.; 9 p.m. $6.
“Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are
Dead” (theater)—Hult Center, One
Looking ahead to next Tuesday , Runaway Truck Ramp plays groove rock at Good
Times. The show gets started at 9:45 p.m. and tickets are $3 at the door.
Eugene Center; 2 p.m. and 8 p m.
$14-$25.
Justin King (acoustic)—Cafe Par
adise; 8:30p.m. $3-$5.
thirteen 40s (acoustic) — The Buzz;
9:30 p.m. Free.
■ Sunday, Dec. 5
Focus, Narboza (rock) — John Hen
ry’s; 10p.m. $1.
“The Messiah” (Eugene Concert
Choir) — Hult Center; 2:30 p.m. $12
$24.
Pimble
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troupe has performed regionally,
nationally and even internation
ally with tours in India, Sri Lan
ka, Bangladesh and Taiwan,
among other places. In 1996, the
EBC was the first dance company
in Oregon to be recognized with a
Governor’s Arts Award.
Individually, Pimble has been
honored for her creativity with
fellowship awards from the Na
tional Endowment for the Arts
and two Oregon Arts Commis
sion gifts.
Although Pimble is now ac
claimed for the spontaneity and
improvisational style she brings
to original and remade works
alike, Grannan recalled Pimble’s
earlier days as a choreographer.
“Everything would be written
on these huge legal sheets, dance
by dance, step by step,” Grannan
said, with a chuckle. “There was
not as much creativity happening
in the studio, one-on-one with
the dancers. Now, what comes
out is something you couldn’t
have planned for.”
Most of what’s staged for a
Hult Center performance is actu
ally planned in Boise, Idaho,
where the Eugene company re
hearses. An alliance between the
EBC, which employs 19 full-time
professional dancers, and Ballet
Idaho was created in 1994. Five
studios are available, rent-free,
for Pimble and her crew, thanks
to the largesse of a wealthy Ida
hoan, 90-year-old Jack “J.R.”
Simplot.
“His wife Esther is very cul
tured, but he’s not,” Pimble said,
referring to the former pig farmer,
now a vegetable supplier for Mc
Donald’s. “He’s come into the
studio a couple of times, and
he’ll say something like, ‘Well,
you little girls, y’all look fine.’
He’s really cute.”
And timely, as well. Without
Simplot, Pimble admitted, the
EBC might not be around.
“At the time we decided to go
for it, we were looking at losing at
least $100,000 a year in support
for our company,” she said.
“That meant the quality of the
product was going to go down.
Then it becomes a death spiral
because the product quality goes
down, the audience diminishes,
your ticket sales go down and
you go down the toilet.”
To help stave off such a drastic
decline in appreciation for ballet,
Pimble and Grannan have devel
oped an outreach program,
which reaches into approximate
ly 40-60 elementary and middle
schools around the Northwest
each year. Performances come
complete with study guides and
discussions led by Pimble.
“I think the Eugene communi
ty can take great pride in the cre
ative energy happening with
Toni and the dancers,” Grannan
said.
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