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June 22,2000 Volume 102, Issue 2 Emerald Flowers and massages, it’s the tour of gardens Azle Malinao-Alvarez Emerald The seventh annual KLCC in Bloom: Town& Country garden tour will showcase gar dens around Eugene, as well as offering massages and other treats at various stops. ■ Local greenthumbs open up their gardens to the public for KLCC’s annual community tour By Kristy Hessman Oregon Daily Emerald Stop and smell the roses, listen to some music and get a back massage. On Sunday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., KLCC is hosting their sev enth annual KLCC in Bloom: Town & Country, a self-guided tour of spectacular gardens in Eu gene. The tour will take place rain or shine and proceeds go to bene fit KLCC radio station. “We have 10 gardens featured on this year’s tour,” Adrienne Co laizzi from KLCC said. “There will be massage stations provid ed at various gardens as well as a variety of music. ” Some gardens will have two or three different forms of music provided by the radio station. All will be acoustic type acts ranging from Celtic harps and fiddles to folk music and pianos. The “town” portion of the tour consists of seven gardens all con centrated in the South Eugene area between Monroe and Jeffer son, from 19th Street to 24th Street. “We found that people like to walk through the gardens rain or shine, but they don’t like to drive to each garden,” Paula Carpenter, the event’s organizer, said. “That's why we try to cluster the gardens together so they can go through it as a walking tour. ” The “country” part of the tour will include three gar dens, two off Willamette Street and one at the edge of Eugene in Solar Heights. Each of the country gardens in clude large scale pieces of land made up of several acres. Getting garden ers to share a mo ment in their cre ations is usually not a problem. “People usually call us and ask if they can be in the tour,” Carpen ter said. Many of the gardeners have participated in the tour pre viously. “We enjoy the tour a lot,” Stephanie Niedermeyer, a gar dener who will be featured in the tour, said. “When we went on the tour a previous year, it was a lot of fun to see what other people do with their gardens and how they Turn to Garden tour, page 8A Modest Mouse hits with release ■The enigmatic group thrills fans with the ethereal sounds of their new album, ‘The Moon and Antarctica' By Rory Carroll Oregon Daily Emerald On their much anticipated ma jor label debut, Modest Mouse has traded in the road atlas that guided 1997’s “The Lonesome, Crowded West” album for a map of the con stellations. With song titles like, “Third Planet,” “The Stars are Projectors” and “Dark Center of the Universe,” it is clear that the new album “The Moon and Ai tarctica” finds Mod est Mouse’s enigmatic front man Isaac Brock probing for soul in a cold solar system. 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Dexter Lake music fest a melange of sounds ■Sun, fun and hot music from Leftover Salmon and more headline ‘A Day at Dexter Lake’ on Friday Rebecca Newell Oregon Daily Emerald Nothing planned for a gorgeous Friday? Does basking in the sun or lounging in the beer garden while listening to jam and funk bands sound appealing? Then “A Day At Dexter Lake” is your ticket. The event boasts national acts including Leftover Salmon and Acoustic Junction. Gates open for the one-day festival at 11 a.m., and music begins at 1 p.m., with five two-hour performances scheduled. “Mid 80’s, a decorated stage next to the water and plenty of Dancin' in Dex Directions: From 1-5 (north or south) take Exit #189 (Willamette Hwy) Hwy 58 East (east is the only direction Hwy 58 runs from 1-5). Continue east on Hwy 58 for about 15 miles. You will see signs for Dexter Late State Park. 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