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I The Arts Bluegrass band to play “down-home” music By M. Ekholm Of The Print A free concert featuring country, folk and bluegrass music will be held at Clackamas Community Col lege on December 8, in the Community Center from 7-9 p.m. The band is called Cabin Fever and has thirty members. During the concert smaller groups will emerge and feature their own names and iden tities. The music department will be sponsoring the concert which will be directed by science and music teacher at the College, Bob Misley. “It will be an evening of down home country music to set your toes a-tapping,” said Misley. The concert will feature fiddles, mandolins, banjos and guitars. Songs will range from old country stan dards to traditional folk music, special Irish folk songs, and of course, some bluegrass music,” said Misley. The Cabin Fever Band has performed around the com munity at various community centers and civic functions such as country and art fairs and Fourth of July celebra tions. Misley said that the band has also played at the old Paramount theater and for Trailblazer pre-game and half time shows. The Cabin Fever Band members range in age from 12 to senior citizens. “Members come from all walks of life,” said Misley. “We have students, ' construction teachers, workers, housewives, farmers, doctors, and people who are in business.” One of the bands to form from Cabin Fever is Spr ingwater, which as become well known throughout the The Clackamas-based Cabin Fever Band entertains at a recent concert. now and some of the origianl said Misley. One does not have to be members are still involved. proficient on an instrument to “Even though the class is not enroll in the class. “The class offered in the summer, class motto,” stated Misley, “is a members still get together to a good perform and enjoy music,” big smile attitude.” metropolitan area. The band practices at the College on Saturdays under the class title of Country Folk/Bluegrass. The class has been going on for four years Fair to offer Christmas ideas During the week of Dec. 8-15 the Environmental Learn ing Center (ELC) will be hosting two Christmas decorating classes. The ELC will also be holding an Oregon Christmas Crafts and Products Gift Shoppe during the week. On Dec. 8 from 9 a.m. - noon a class on making wreaths of cones and pods will be taught by Sidney Strange and a wheat weaving course will be taught by Irma Sullivan on Dec. 15 from 10 a.m. - noon. featured include filberts and filbert recipes, as well as wreaths made of grapevine, herbs, seeds and pods. “The Crafts Gift Shoppe will have a lot of real quality items such as wreaths and other Christmas-related pro ducts,” James Dalton, educa tional coordinator and biologist for the ELC said. “There will also be other non Christmas items displayed and sold there, such as filbert pro ducts, local honey, wood carv- ing and artist’s paintings,” he added. Registration fees for each class are $5 plus material fees. The amount of fees depends on the instructor and the materials they provide. Local artists will be display ing pottery, paintings, prints and sculptures for sale during the week while other local craftsmen will display Christmas gift items at the ELC through the Crafts Gift Shoppe. The Gift Shoppe will be open from noon - 6 p.m. dur ing the week. Oregon products £ S YOUNG CHILDREN ARE especially drawn to the homemade ► stuffed animals at the Crafts Fair in the Community Center. To- ¿day r, is the last day of the fair. x Cans film festival tonight We cater lunches and dinners 4» Y Y Cafeteria located in Community Center building To find out more, call 657-8400, ext. 265. Page 4' Y In coordination with the fourth annual Cans Film Festival admission prices tonight at most luxury theaters will be donations of canned » food. Theaters are showing all films for the price of any cann ed good with the suggestion that donations be comparable to the cost of admission. Actor Ed Asner, best known for his role in “Lou Grant” arrived in Portland last week to promote the festival. A news conference was held with Asner December 1 to kick off the project. . Sponsors are projecting a goal of 50,000 pounds of food to distribute amoung low in come households in the greater Portland area. Last year the event collected 39,510 pounds of food for the estimated 100,000 people in need of emergency food. The number of people who had asked for emergency food in the first six months of 1984 alone had already surpassed 200,000. Any type of canned food is appreciated but the sponsors of the event said that canned meat and fish are badly need ed. Clackamas Community College
