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Jeremy Lang
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Oregon Daily Emerald
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■Though the Eugene nightlife
slows down as students depart for
the summer, a variety of specials
keeps the bar scene hopping
By Kara Cogswell
Oregon Daily Emerald
Inevitably, at the end of spring
term, many students get out of town
as fast as they can. Some go off in
search of that perfect job or intern
ship. A lucky few may spend their
summers backpacking in Europe.
And others save rent by moving back
in with Mom and Dad.
But for those who are still in town,
fewer people around doesn’t have to
mean a lousy nightlife.
From downtown to campus, the bars
are still attracting regular crowds with
drink specials, music and a wide selec
tion of settings to choose from.
And if Tuesday night’s packed
house at Joggers Bar & Grill is any indi
cation, those students who are still in
town are ready to party.
“School’s over, less stress — I’m go
ing out more,” said senior Ian Lutz,
who was out with friends at the down
town karaoke bar.
Joggers pulls in big crowds not only
because the bar offers patrons the
chance to be a rock star for the night,
but also because of the weekly drink
specials. These include $1 well
drinks from 9-11 p.m. on Tuesdays
and an all you-can-eat, all-you-can
drink special with a $10 cover charge
on Fridays.
Nearby Kokomo’s also draws large
crowds with its weekly $1 drink nights
on Wednesdays and Thursdays. And
the newly opened Club Olympus is
drawing people in with daily specials
as well, including $1 drinks from 8-11
p.m. on Tuesdays.
At another popular downtown
dance club, Diablo’s, ladies get in free
on Thursday nights and receive $1 off
drinks all night long.
Joey Morales, a doorman for Diablo’s
and The Downtown Lounge, said he
welcomes the change in the bar’s pop
ulation over the summer.
“I love it,” he said.
While business slows down some,
he said, there continues to be a regular
crowd of people who come into the
bar. Especially busy nights are Friday
and Saturday, when many people
come in to dance downstairs at Dia
blo’s, which is open from Wednesday
through Sunday.
Downtown Lounge regular Fran Mc
Cargar said the bar scene definitely
changes when University students
leave for the summer.
“I think it totally cools down over
the summer,” she said.
Turn to Bar scene, page 8
McFerrin, Brahms will highlight Oregon Bach Festival’s final week
■ Bobby McFerrin will treat
audiences to a Friday performance,
and a sweeping rendition of Brahms’
Requiem is planned for July 5
By Cat Cole
for the Emerald
Marla Lowen gets goose bumps just
thinking about it.
Lowen, the Oregon Bach Festival
artistic administrator, is referring to the
July 5 performance of Brahms’ Ein
Deuthches Requiem, which will fea
ture 150 vocalists performing with the
Festival Orchestra.
“The anticipation of knowing all of
these high school students will have
this experience just gives me goose
bumps all over,” she said.
The Brahms Requiem is only one of
many major musical and vocal events
during this week’s 32nd annual Oregon
Bach Festival, which continues this
week and wraps up July 8.
This year’s festival includes classical
delights, choral voices and informa
tional workshops all wrapped into the
“Seasons of Life” theme. Verdi, Bach,
Vivaldi, Mozart and Brahms are only a
few of the composers featured during
the two-week festival, according to the
festival’s Web site.
The festival began June 22 with a
tribute to the 100th anniversary of
Giuseppe Verdi’s death. Helmuth
Rilling, the artistic director and
founder of the event, conducted the
Messa per Rossini, a collaboration by
.Verdi and 12 other composers.
“Bobby McFerrin has the ability
to bridge the gap between pop
and classical music by
emphasizing the younger'
audience
Royce Saltzman
executive director,
Oregon Bach Festival
Rilling, along with the Festival Cho
rus and Orchestra, will conclude the
festival with a performance of Verdi’s
Requiem.
But this year’s event will also fea
ture a major name in the contempo
rary world. Festival Executive Direc
tor Royce Saltzman, along with a
sold-out audience, will be treated to a
performance by Bobby McFerrin on
Friday.
“Bobby McFerrin has the ability to
bridge the gap between pop and classi
cal music by emphasizing the younger
audience,” Saltzman said.
Sold-out performances aren’t new to
McFerrin. The New York native per
formed for a sold-out crowd during the
1993 Bach Festival. His talent has also
allowed him to travel and work with
acclaimed actors and artists such as
Bill Cosby, Robin Williams and Herbie
Hancock.
McFerrin is known for mingling
through a variety of musical genres.
His passion for pop earned him chart
topping status in 1988 with his single
“Don’t Worry, Be Happy.” During the
1990s he transferred his skills into
classical music with the release of his
record “Medicine Man,” and he was
later a part of the Boston Pops.
McFerrin will also host a vocal
workshop specifically aimed at high
school teachers and students on Fri
day. The workshops are an important
element of the Bach Festival’s success
that should not be overlooked, Lowen
said.
“The Bach Festival began as a con
ducting workshop, and it is still impor
tant to remain close to that mission,”
she said.
Turn to Bach Festival, page 9
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