OCTOBER 19. 2007 just,out
Thanksgiving Day Weekend
Nov. 23-25
Hip Chicks do Wine and King’s Raven Winery
have paired up for this weekend’s wine tasting
extravaganza. There will be live mu^ic each day!
World Cup Fan Fest. Fortunately, Phillips has found a job that allows him to work between gigs
as a representative for Dragonfly Imports, selling its hxly jewelry products to stores and pierc
ing parlors while on tour. When he’s not traveling with the band, he works odd jobs as a serv
er at Crush and a licensed massage therapist at Studio X Fitness.
Although many in the hand might call themselves “queer,” Katie Colgan is the only other
March Fourth member who identifies as gay. The 22-year-old plays one of four trombones in the
band’s 12-piece brass section.
“I’m one of the youngest and least experienced players, so I have to work maybe three times
as hard to learn a song, but at the same time it really pushes me," she says, “and the music is
some of the best music you could wish to hear or even play.”
Colgan says being gay is a “nonissue" when it comes to March Fourth. “We joke about it,
but everyone’s a little gay in this band. I’m just farther along and more out than most people."
For the past three years, Colgan has managed
to balance playing in March Fourth with her school
work at Portland State University. She was not able
to travel to Germany for the World Cup gig, but she
graduated with a bachelor’s degree in community
development in time for the fall tour, which brought
the band to 26 different cities to play venues like
the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., and the
Knitting Factory in New York.
“It [was] a great graduation gift to just he
with March Fourth and travel the nation,” she
says, noting that the band stayed with her
family when it stopped in Colorado. “My fam
ily loved having them, and they loved being
there.”
When the band returns from its whirl
wind tour of the United States, Colgan will
get back to her nonmusical passion: building
green roofs. Sometimes called “living roofs" or
“vegetated roofs,” these environmentally sound
constructions use the roof surface as a place to
grow plants, which reduces storm water runoff
and leads to more effective heating and cooling.
Phillips and Colgan are just two examples of
the wide range of band members March
Fourth attracts. “We have some people who
are lawyers, some are sculptors and body
workers. I've developed some great friend
ships with people,” says Colgan. “It’s always
a relief to be with the band.” ©
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Admission is $15 and includes wine tasting of 18-22 wines,
free logo glass, live music and appetizers. Vertical tasting of
Hip Chicks 2005 Syrah (sold out), 2005 Reserve Syrah and
2006 Syrah available for an additional charge.
Winery and Tasting Room Open Daily nam - 6pm
• 4510 SE 23RD AVE. PORTLAND • 503-234-3790
• www.hipchicksdowine.com
(see our website for directions & events)
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After a dance-deficient childhood, Sid
"Simpatico” Phillips is making up for
lost time as a March Fourth stilt walker.
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