Adam Jones Emerald
Beyond the rides and games is an international selection of food booths from German
cuisine to more traditional fair grub.
Food and Music
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Ice Cream.”
For parents concerned about
keeping their children hydrated,
the Eugene Water & Electric Board
provides a free water booth all day.
Also, nearly all food booths have
refreshments ranging from soda to
lemonade.
A few beer gardens are also sta
tioned throughout the fair. Desig
nated "alcohol monitors" watch
drinkers like hawks, however, and
they may ask for identification
multiple times.
Another great element of the
Lane County Fair is the music it
attracts. Bi-Mart sponsors two
music and entertainment stages
at the fair — the Bi-Mart activity
zone and the Bi-Mart main stage
— both which will feature enter
tainment throughout the week
and weekend.
On Tuesday, the Bi-Mart activi
ty zone was crowded as onlook
ers listened to David Lomond,
Elvis impersonator extraordi
naire. An entertainer in Hawaii
since the 1980s, Lomond has
been impersonating Elvis
since 1995.
Lomond mostly stuck to hits like
‘‘Jailhouse Rock” and “Hound
Dog,” but strayed briefly into new
territory with an Elvis version of
“Old Time Rock & Roll.”
The Bi-Mart activity zone will
have a talent show today, Friday
and Sunday. Also, Jenna Rae, a
singer who won last year's State
Fair talent competition, will per
form Friday. These times are sub
ject to change.
On the Bi-Mart main stage, the
legendary rock group “Three Dog
Night” performed Tuesday night.
Brought together in 1968, Three
Dog Night uses harmonizing and a
1970s groove to shape its music
style.
In the early 1970s, Three Dog
Night sold out entire stadiums and
released its biggest hit, “Joy to the
World,” in 1971.
In 1975, the band took a break
from playing music, but came to
gether again in 1981.
Mary McAllister and Mary Cro
son, two Eugene fans waiting pa
tiently in the bleachers Tuesday
night, expressed their love for die
music, as well as their shyness to
admit they are both lifelong fans.
“I was just a baby (when Three
Dog Night came out),” McAllister
said, laughing.
Croson agreed, reflecting on the
experience of watching a band she
enjoyed 30 years ago.
“It’s very nostalgic,” she said.
“It takes you right back.”
Shortly after 7:30 p.m., Three
Dog Night came out, instruments
in hand, facing wild applause.
They started off their set with
hits such as “One Man Band”
and “Old Fashioned Love Song”
to engage the audience in a wave
of nostalgia, and shared some
newer material for the middle of
the show.
During a short break, the lead
singer stepped to the microphone
and said a few words.
“We’ve been to so many places I
can’t remember where the hell
we’ve been,” he said. But “we’re
here to take you back to the 1970s
if that’s where you want to go.”
And what a trip is was.
If there was any question that
Three Dog Night had lost its ’70s
roots, they were answered as they
hit the climax of “Celebrate”: the
crowd, on its feet now, clapping
along in unison.
Even during their “love songs,”
the loyal fans sat, eyes closed,
smiles on their faces, bobbing
their heads to the rhythm.
To end the concert, Three Dog
Night played an extended version
of “Mama Told Me Not to Come,”
one of their most popular songs,
and saved “Joy to the World” for
the encore shortly after.
For the older fans, Three Dog
Night was a trip back to their
youth: A musical journey to a piv
otal time in American culture.
For the younger fans, however,
the concert was a lesson in an era
when music had meaning and
musicians had soul instead of a
marketing division.
Contact the reporter
at janmontry@dailyemerald.com.
His opinions do not necessarily
represent those of the Emerald.
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