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The Arts ‘Paintings by Patrick’ focus on Renaissance style By Shelley Davis Of The Print “It’s a Renaissance. It’s not pop art, and it’s not modern art. Nobody’s doing my style,” artist Patrick Baird said of his “Paintings By Patrick,” a display of work that is currently showing at Clackamas Community Col lege. “Paintings By Patrick” is set up in the Pauling Center Gallery and will last through Jan. 31. “I didn’t know that they (instructors) wanted to show them,” Baird said. “They weren’t intended for a show,”he added. “His work is just incredible. ” Baird, 19, is a student at the College and has been painting Art of Patrick Baird * for 10 years. He previously at the past. tended a small art school for He is currently enrolled in five years located on four art classes at the College. McLoughlin Boulevard. Baird Instructor Leland John con is a graduate from Clackamas fesses that “I don’t teach him High School where a display a thing.” Although Baird had been set up of his jyork in doesn’t need to be taught much, it gives him a place to work. The amount of time Baird spends on his paintings have ranged from 20 minutes to three years. The one he has been working on for three years is presently in the “car toonist stage,” as Baird calls it. He explained it’s basically sketched out in colors, and he’s been adding to it little by little. Baird plans to sell his pain- Photo by Joel Miller tings in the near future. In the distant future, he would like to attend a large university and continue doing paintings on a commission basis. “His work is just incredible,” John said. Music classes invite community interest By Julie Miller Of The Print. One-act play “Stray Cats,” currently in rehearsal, centers around a newlywed couple facing the trials of an additional roommate. Performance dates for “Stray Cats” and another one-act play, “At Home” are March 12 at noon and March 13 at noon and 7 p.m.. Photo by Joel Miller Page 4 Interested in music? Do you like the sound of a choir in perfect harmony? How about the jazzy sounds of a Big Band? Or the blending of classical * music in an or chestra? Community Choir, Com munity Orchestra and Big Band classes are being offered, tuition free, to anyone in the community who is interested. The classes meet once a week in Randall Hall on campus. Lonnie Cline, Choral direc tor at the College, is directing the Community Choir and Loretta Kaser of Silverton is the accompanist. The Choir performed at “Christmas By Candlelight,” the College’s Christmas pro gram along with the Com munity Orchestra and the Col lege Corale. They will be per forming at the Church Women United Choir festival on May 5 where church and other choirs will meet and sing. Each choir will sing a selec tion and then the groups will combine to sing three selec tions. Lonnie Cline will con The Big Band class con duct the groups. This will be ducted by Frank Leuck, his third year doing so. The rehearses on Monday nights in Community choir will also Randall Hall. The class plays perform at the College’s music from such jazz oriented graduation ceremony, along bands as Glenn Miller, Buddy with a special brass ensemble Rich and Doc Severanson. conducted by Garey Neilson. Leuck said the eight-piece Community Orchestra Big Band has been a popular meets on Mondays from 7-10 p.m. and is conducted by Tom and successful community Gingerich, a music teacher at outlet for talented high school, college and community musi Canby High School. The orchestra consists of cians for several years, “big approximately 15 to 20 string band music,” he said, “is and wind instrument musi now, more than ever, enjoying cians, with an average age of great popularity, both by the about 25. Gingerich said that public and the many excellent one of the basic purposes for ly trained musicians to be the orchestra class is so people found in most every communi in the community can have a ty.” chance to play with other Several public appearances musicians. It also provides them with a chance to keep in by the Big Band class are plan ned. A joint Big Band and practice, he said. Though Gingerich is pleased College Stage Band Concert with the orchestra, he said he will be presented on Campus still would welcome more str at 7:30 p.m., Feb. 12. They ing players - preferably cello will also be featured as the and bass players. If anyone is special guest band at the an interested in joining the Com nual College Jazz Festival, munity Orchestra the deadline March 15 and 16, along with for entry is by the end of nearly two dozen top high winter term. school state bands. Clackamas Community College