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Hackey sacks, nude dancers and hula hoops ■ Music, dancing and food, as well as innovative recycling methods, are just the beginning for the Folk Festival this year By Alix Kerl Oregon Daily Emerald The Willamette Valley Folk Fes tival is not just about folk music, but the music of the folk in the community, said Amy Bowers, the Literary Weekends, Saturday-Sunday Elvis Presley: The Significations an American Pop-Culture Icon ENG 399 (4 credits). CRN 41738. 1:00-4:50 p.m. June 29-30; July 6-7, 13-14, 20-21. Prereq: SOPHOMORE OR ABOVE. BENJAMIN SAUNDERS Americans in Paris ENG 410(1-4 credits). CRN 41739. Noon-4:50 p.m. June 22-23. Prereq: JUNIOR OR ABOVE. GEORGE WlCKSS 2002 SUMMER SESSION • JUNE 24-AUGUST 16 Register by telephone now. Pick up a free summer catalog in Oregon Hall or at the UO bookstore. 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Bowers and co-coordinator Kurt Catlin spent the entire year organizing the event, which at tracts almost 15,000 people over three days. The Folk Fest, which runs today through Sunday, is an outdoor mu sic event with seven stages. It is not only known for three days of eclec tic folk music, but also for those who take advantage of the Eugene ordinance allowing public nudity. “I love it when all of the crazy Eugeneans come out of the wood work,” said senior George Pryor, who will volunteer at this year’s festival. “There are even old guys doing the hula hoop. You’ve got a great eclectic group of people.” Besides nude dancing and hula hoops, there will be a crafts area for children and music and dance workshops in the Fir and Ben Lin der Rooms of the EMU. KLCC will broadcast the festival’s main stage acts from the University campus beginning at noon Friday and con tinuing through the weekend. Music The headliners this year include Tony Coleman on on Friday, The Mystical Arts of Tibet and The Sug ar Beets on Saturday and Toshi Reagon on Sunday. Friday, the music begins at noon and ends at 10 p.m. On both Saturday and Sunday, the music runs from 11 a.m. until 10 p.m. Coleman was B.B. King’s drum mer for 10 years and has toured and worked with Etta James, James Brown and Ray Charles. The Mystical Arts is a group of Buddhist monks who perform tra ditional temple music. The Sugar Beets is a homegrown band who met in University residence halls and have been playing together since 1992. Reagon, who plays lead guitar, is the daughter of Sweet Honey in the Rock founder Bernice Johnson. Organizers said that the monks are one of the most unique attrac tions this year. Bowers has two of the monks staying at her house, and she said they are wonderful houseguests. “They are just great,” Bowers said. “They keep giggling and laughing.” Other groups include the Deb Cleveland Band, the UO Gospel En semble, Babes With Axes and Hanuman, a folky funk band. Uni versity student Max Sassenfeld saw Hanuman at last summer’s Oregon Country Fair and at Bumbershoot Festival in Seattle and can’t wait to see them play on Friday evening. “Hanuman rock the dome,” he said. Sassenfeld said that the group utilizes whale vertebrae, shell, bells and hand drums to create their unique percussion sound. Other bands will play through out the weekend at Main Stage on the East Lawn, the EMU Amphithe ater, The Buzz and the Taylor and International Lounges “With some of the music, you can sit on the lawn and relax, and other music will get you up and dancing,” Bowers said. Workshops, children and bicycles On Saturday and Sunday there will be workshops on the Ap palachian clawhammer banjo, hip hop dance and West African dance in the EMU. The children’s booth will be lo cated in the craft vendor area be Emerald Some audience members at last year’s Willamette Valley Folk Festival were interested in more than just music. Almost 15,000 people are expected for this year’s three-day event. hind the EMU on Saturday and Sunday. There will be finger-paint ing, mask making, bubble magic, jugglers and entertainers. Bicycle valet parking is offered again this year by the Center for Appropriate Transport. CAT pro vides a guarded, friendly area to store your bike for a suggested $1 donation. The bicycle parking area will be on the lawn between the EMU and the Student Recre ation Center. Recycling At last year’s festival, Campus Recycling threw away 2,540 pounds of trash and recycled 4,000 pounds of material. This year, Campus Recycling is moving closer to making the event waste free by recycling, composting and offering reusable plastic plates and metal forks. The program will serve as a model for other campus and com munity events, said Jonathan Borgida, the events coordinator for Campus Recycling. “We’re taking it to the next lev el,” he said. “We’re definitely going to put the UO on the map.” ASUO also helped the recycling effort by purchasing 3,500 metal forks and 4,000 plates for the event. There will be no deposit on the plates, but Borgida said he doesn’t think that they will have a problem with people stealing them. A collection of 70 volunteers will shuttle plates to be cleaned and staff seven compost stations. There will be a total of 18 volunteers and Campus Recycling employees working all horns of the Folk Festi val, Borgida said. The event will not be zero-waste until no waste at all is generated. Borgida expects there will only be enough waste to half-fill the one Dumpster, which is half as small as the one used last year. E-mail Pulse reporter Alix Kerl alixkerl@dailyemerald.com ■ilillBlIMIMlilBili! Main stage schedule for the Willamette Valley Folk Festival Friday 12 p.m. 1pm 2 pm. 3 pm. 4 pm. 5 pm. 6 pm. 7 pm. 8 pm. Saturday 11am. 11:25a.m, 12pm. 1 pm. 2 p.m. 3 pm. 4 pm. 5 pm. 8:30 p.m. Sunday 11a.m. 11am. 12 pm, ■1‘W 2 pm, 3 pm. 4 pm, 5 pm. 6 pm. 7 pm. 830 pm. Celtic Tradition Syrius Jones Deb Cleveland Band Norma Fraser Justin King What Yo Mama Warned You About Buster B< Jones Han Liman Tony Coleman Dan Jones Angela Lecompte Don Latarskt's Rue D'Acousttc Mark Alai-r Hr? ills, and Jeff Leonard Danny Sa Jackstraw Son Meia’o Mood Food The Mystical Arts of Tibet The Sugar Beets Monks Kawaida UG Gospel Ensemble Daybreak New Song Contest Misty River Babes With Axes Tom May Olem Alves Band Danny Godinez Band Tosh! Reagon
