fri. mar. 31 st eclectic open mic
9pm-midnight music ► performance art ► theatre
Sign-up to perform at The Break (located next to The Buzz)
For more info call Melanie at 346-3725
sat * apr. 1st walker t. ryan
9:30-11:30pm blues
mon > apr. 3rd
9pm-11:30pm
tue ► apr. 4th
8-1 Opm
poetry open mic
all poets are welcome to perform and
listen in a celebration of the human voice
Sign-up to perform at The Break (located next to The Buzz)
For more info call Melanie at 346-3725
university jazz combo
1
wed • apr. 5th kristy krueger
8-10pm acoustic rock/vocal
thur. apr. 6th brian qtn
9:30-1,1:30pm acoustic rock
all events
are FREE
for more info call: 346-3725
the buzz ► emu ground floor
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The Sugar Beets
headline artists at
April 1 dance
■ Surprises are in store for
those who attend the April
Fool’s Ball at the WOW Hall
By Joe Walsh
Oregon Daily Emerald
Local jokesters The Sugar Beets
are back at it; only this time, their
stage antics will take place on —
you guessed it—April Fool’s Day.
Saturday night, the WOW Hall
will hold the April Fool’s Ball, a
costume ball that the Eugene ven
ue sponsors every few years. The
Sugar Beets will headline the
event, with Nectar Way opening.
According to WOW Hall
spokesman Bob Fennessy, The
Sugar Beets play at the WOW Hall
about three or four times a year.
“They always put on some sort
of an event around their shows,”
Fennessy said. “This time it’s a cos
tume ball, but they’ve done a lot of
other weird things in die past. ”
Marty Chilla, the Sugar Beets’
guitarist, said the band does have
a long history of doing theme fes
tivals, and added that “there’s def
initely going to be a lot of surpris
es on April Fool’s Day.”
The nine-member ensemble,
which got its name from a Sesame
Street song, has been playing to
gether for about 10 years. They
met in the dorms at the University
in 1989, and have been entertain
ing crowds ever since with their
unique mixture of acoustic music
and pop-flavored dance beats.
“It’s high-energy acoustic dance
music,” Chilla said. “We have blue
grass instrumentation, like the
mandolin and violin, but we also
have keyboards and drums. So it’s
sort of like danceable, fun, pop mu
sic but kind of rooted in traditional
and acoustic music.”
Among The Sugar Beets’ influ
ences are String Cheese Incident
and Leftover Salmon, but Chilla
also credits “the spirit of the Eu
gene community” as a major in
fluence.
Friday night’s opening act, Nec
tar Way, also plays long sets of
danceable music that are sure to get
the costumed crowd moving early.
“We haven’t actually coined a
phrase for our music,” Nectar
Way bassist Ari Lindgren said.
“But we do sort of ... jazzy
groove-rock-psychedelia, I guess
you could call it. We’re a jam
band, we like to just play on and
on forever, all night long.”
The four members of Nectar
Way met while attending the Uni
versity, and have been playing to
gether ever since, and are current- -
ly working on their debut
full-length album, which they
hope to release in June 2000.
The ball will begin at 9:30 p.m.
Admission is $7 at the door. Fen
nessy said that they considered
giving people a dollar off for wear
ing costumes but decided to just
encourage people to wear them
simply for the fun of it.
“People in Eugene love to dress
up in costumes, and Halloween
isn’t often enough, so April Fool’s
is another great time to costume
up,” said Fennessy, who jokingly
added, “Of course, a lot of people
in Eugene wear their costumes
year-round.”
A costume parade will’ give
everyone a chance to show off his
or her costumes, Fennessy said.
He also indicated to a $1 million
prize for best costume, but don’t
be surprised if no one goes home a
millionaire.
“I think if anybody expects a
million-dollar grand prize, they’re
about to be April fooled,’’Fen
nessy said.
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