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University instructor Paul Dresman teaches English on Monday afternoon. Dresman’s latest book is titled The Silver Dazzle of the Sun.’
UO poet’s work spans decades
English instructor Paul
‘Beat’ Dresman will read
poetry selections from his
latest collection tonight
By Aaron Shakra
Pulse Editor
The contemporary poetry scene is
rather disparate these days. Ask any
one to name a contemporary poet
and you're bound to get a dozen dif
ferent answers.
This all goes to say that there are
very few standout academic voices
whose words resonate beyond the
walls of their institutions. One way to
assuage this problem: Seek out your
local poets on campus.
University English instructor Paul
— or "Beat" — Dresman's latest
book is titled "The Silver Dazzle of
the Sun." The book is subtitled "Se
lected Poems," and the material
spans a large portion of Dresman's
life. The oldest poem in the collec
tion is "Xanadu's Dome Revisited,"
written in the late 1960s, with "The
Art of Detection" being the most re
cent piece, written in the past few
years. Dresman will read selections
from the book today at 7 p.m. at
Tsunami Books, located at 2585
Willamette St.
Dresman said he organized the
book into a kind of "false chronolo
gy," meaning that the poems are not
ordered by year but by theme. These
themes are written in unassuming
lowercase and called: "a western
child," "histories," "California
frontage," "how to make a Chinese
landscape painting," "en Castellano"
and "on Sundays in america."
The opening poem in the collec
tion is "Sam Bull Was a Man," which
Dresman said he "experienced" dur
ing the 1960s but ended up writing
only recendy. The poem is construct
ed in a kind of formalized manner
due to its meter and rhyme, clearly in
dicated by the opening lines: "When
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Fund-raising event
for Folk Festival
hosts local bands
The concert is intended to
raise money for the annual
Willamette Valley Folk
Festival this spring
By Steven Neuman
Freelance Writer
The 34th annual Willamette Val
ley Folk Festival will take place this
spring, and the UO Cultural Forum
has already begun to raise funds in
preparation for the event.
For the past 10 years the EMU
Board, which controls the Cultural
Forum, has allocated $15,000 to
cover the event's expenses. The actu
al cost of producing last year's festi
val was around $45,000.
Although that discrepancy is less
ened by income from food vendors
and other sources, the Cultural Fo
rum is holding a fund-raising con
cert on Saturday night at the Vet's
Club at 1626 Willamette St. to help
cover costs. The Latin-themed show
costs $7 for University students and
$10 to $12 for community mem
bers.
Folk Festival co-Coordinator Ariel
Zimmer has been planning the con
cert for about a month and said it
will be the main fund-raiser for the
Folk Festival.
"Initially we wanted a fundraiser
for the Folk Festival, but there was the
hurdle of what to do — we looked at
the calendar for the middle of No
vember and it was already filled with
such rich events," Zimmer said.
Zimmer picked local band
Azuquita, which recendy performed
in the EMU Amphitheater, to head
line the show.
"We knew we wanted a salsa band
and we were looking around local
ly. Azuquita fit. They were the right
size band, they had a good quality,
and they've got a great sound. I
know they're going to get the crowd
excited," Zimmer said.
Aside from Azuquita, the show
will feature Jessie Marquez, Jose
Cruz and the Salseros Dance Com
pany and the Eugene Flamenco En
semble with the addition of a live
flamenco guitar player.
Event coordinator Laura Uind
ley has been helping Zimmer set
up the fund-raiser.
"I think it's going to be a great
show for all types of audiences. It's
all ages, we've got a wide range of
entertainment, from dancing, to sal
sa music, to a DJ — it's a wide vari
ety," she said.
Cultural Forum Office Manager
Mandy Chong explained that the
concert wouldn't make much mon
ey for the festival without the help of
many of the show's performers.
"The Vet's Club has been really
helpful in working with us and
helping us get the best bang for our
buck. Azuquita dropped their rates,
and everybody else who's perform
ing is getting nothing more then our
glowing appreciation," Chong said.
The three-day Willamette Valley
Folk Festival long has been a spring
time tradition at the University. It
features local, regional and national
acts on five stages and draws visitors
to campus from around the state
and Pacific Northwest. Chong ex
plained that most of the cost of the
event goes to pay for insurance and
artist bookings. She also cited the
fact that almost all costs have gone
up in the last 10 years due to ordi
nary inflation.
"We don't really know how long
we've had just a $ 15,000 budget be
cause at some point the accounting
software was switched. It may have
been this way for as many as 15
years, "she said.
Zimmer has no doubts that the
fund-raiser will be successful and
that the Cultural Forum will be able
to raise enough to hold the festival.
"In the past, we haven't put as
much emphasis on fund raising, but
this year we're really trying to raise
the money to bring in better acts for
the Eugene community," she said.
Besides the funds raised by the sal
sa show, the Cultural Forum is look
ing to businesses to help cover costs.
"We have brought in donated
products before, but this year we're
hoping to do something new and
bring in co-sponsorship. That's go
ing to require working with the Uni
versity's administration and going
through the bureaucracy, but it's
worth it," Zimmer said.
Steven Neuman is a freelance writer
for the Emerald.
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