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9 1-iE ClAckAMAs P rint Oregon's summer fun under the sun (and rain) ALEX MAHAN Co-A&E Editor Summer break. Thirteen weeks of working, sleeping, and lounging around in the soothing Oregon drizzle. But what is there for the average Clackamas student to do? Tanning in the rain is obviously out of the question, and full-time employment gets quite tedious after a few days at the office. Well, this summer promises to be full of fun things to do, whether it’s live music, festivals, parades, or making top ten lists. Here is just a small list of the many activities that can be enjoyed during the next few months in our own Pacific Northwest. Ever since Woodstock, music festivals with dozens of big-name bands have been a regular occurrence. This sum mer, there is going to be over five of these in the Portland are alone, making it a mecca for music lovers of all kinds. The KUFO Rock Fest, to be held all day on Sunday, June 21 at Portland Meadows, is the first of these events to hit this area. Featuring Creed, the Deftones, Brother Cane, Jimmie’s Chicken Shack, and many more bands, the Rock Fest promises to rock. Luckily, the Spice Giris will not be attending. Tickets can be purchased at any Fastixx outlet for $17.50 plus service charge, which in cludes parking! The next big music show to come to Portland is the Warped Tour, presented by Vans. This punk rock, hardcore, and skacore extravaganza features over 25 bands, including NOFX, The Specials, The Pietasters, MxPx, Bad Religion, the now-ever-popular Daddies, Unwrit ten Law, H20, Save Ferris, Less Than Jake, CIV, trung Out, Rancid, The Reverend Horton Heat, Guttermouth, and lots more! Besides live music, the Warped Tour also features a Warped Mural Project, a film festival, and the Billabong mini ramp. The Vans Amateur World Skateboarding Competition also makes its stop in Portland with the tour. The locale for the event is the Estacada Timber Bowl, and the date is July 9 at 1 p.m. Gates open at 11 a.m., and tickets are available from Ticketmaster. No Spice Girls here, either. Another huge event is the Tom Fest. Tom, and its coun terpart of the same name in Dallas, Texas, is the biggest alternative music festival in the country, and probably the world. Over 150 bands are scheduled to play over four days, including Oregon City’s own Trueb, Dogwood, P.O.D., MxPx, thelnsyderz, Five Iron Frenzy, Dirt, Ghoti Hook, Silage, The Channel Surfers, The W’s, and many, many more. Tom Fest is scheduled for August 27*h-31s‘, 45 minutes east of Portland in Stevenson, Washington. Tickets are now $60 for all four days, which includes camping if you so desire. That works out to less than 50 cents to see each band, which is a super fantastic deal! For ticket info, call 254-6458, or visit the website at www.tomfest.com. Tom Fest is presented by Circle Slide Productions. Champoeg State Park, 25 minutes south of Portland off of 1-5, will also feature its “Champoeg Under the Stars” concert series again this summer. Artists performing this summer include but are not limited to Chris Isaak (June 27), Everclear (June 28), Ani DiFranco (July 6), and a reggae festival on August 2. Camping out should be a fun way to experience these concerts, call 1-800-452-5687 for information on setting up your tent. Tickets, as always, are available at Ticketmaster, and also at the Aladdin Theater Box Office. Besides festivals, there are also numerous single con certs coming to the area this summer. A partial list in cludes Phish, the Backstreet Boys (America’s male an swer to the Spice Girls), Fleetwood Mac frontwoman Steve Nicks, acid-jazz trio Medeski, Martin, and Wood, Van Halen, Jethro Tkill, Squirrel Nut Zippers, and the list goes on. But with all of these big name bands, don’t forget about the music opportunities that exist just down the road! Clubs, restaurants, and venues in the metro area all offer a tre Jazz Night showcases musicians JOEL SHEMPERT Feature Editor Like a younger child ever overshadowed by its older sib lings, instrumental music at Clackamas seems left out of the spotlight. The truth is that this facet of Clackamas’ Music Depart ment is, led by Instrumental Jazz, taking great musical strides as well. If the Instrumental Jazz Night of Wednesday, May 20 is any indication, Clackamas’ instruction in this area is top-flight. Both the Jazz Combo and Instrumental Jazz En semble played well, had fun, and made a good showing of their talents. There are many opportunities at Clackamas for instru mentalists. The Instrumental Jazz Ensemble, the Pep Band, which plays pop and rock tunes at Clackamas sport ing events, and the smaller Jazz Combo groups all give students an opportunity to play music publicly, and pri vate lessons in various instruments cater to individuals’ needs. The Jazz Ensemble toured Europe in 1994, and will do so again this summer. Add to that Careers in Music course, which shows students practical options for their future, and Music Theory, which provides a more sophis ticated musical knowledge, and you’ve got quite the com prehensive package. Tom Wakeling, instructor for the above performing groups as well as history of Jazz, History of Rock, Coop erative Work Experience courses, and individual Jazz Bass Lessons, is the man at the helm of this area, and his en thusiasm is backed up by experience—he started playing an instrument, the clarinet, at 8 years old, and was play ing the saxophone professionally at 15. As far as his cur rent field, the bass, is concerned, he has played everything from ballet to Broadway. In his eight years as an instructor at Clackamas, Wakeling has built up an impressive foundation for jazz music. “The reason I like playing [jazz],” he explains, “as op posed to playing only pop and rock music, is that it’s a bit different; it’s more demanding. .. .it calls upon a higher level of musicianship in general, and it’s more improvisa tion, so there can be more opportunity to create—to com pose spontaneously. “It has to be an interesting story, like seeing a good movie,” Wakeling continues, “except that you don’t have the luxury of sitting down and writing it out ahead of time; you have to do it on the spot. That’s the real challenge that jazz presents that no other music presents.” Wakeling’s joy is to see that students meet this chal lenge, which he does quite well. “I like passing on the inspiration and joy that one gets from pursuing something artistic,” he confides. His cur rent students are a walking testimonial to his success in this. “The Jazz Band is swinging hard, and they’re playing really well,” asserts Wakeling. “And the thing that I’m most happy about is that they’re playing with a real true and authentic jazz feel. They’re actually accomplishing real jazz. That’s fairly unusual at this level.” The best testimonial by far, however, may be that Clacka mas music alumni have gone on to succeed in the outside world. Jazz ensembles Succatash and Groove Revelation, composer Ostin Drais, and television and movie composer Ron Jones all came out of Clackamas’ Music Department. ‘We have students out there actually doing it—quite a few, actually,” Wakeling says. We have a great history of promising people who go on to make names for themselves.” L pchmans h en man’s man's a leader in frozen food sales, gScInvan'«. mendous chance to check out some really talented bands for a low price. Instead of $80 for a Janet Jackson ticket, perhaps $8 to see the Five Fingers of Funk. Or $3 to catch some punk rock at Stage 4. Either way, local music is much cheaper, but some of the big-name bands only come around once every few years. It’s your choice. Live music isn’t the only thing to do this summer. Up at f Mt. Hood, there are tons of recreational activities to par ticipate in. Timberline Ski Area runs their Magic Mile and Palmer chairlifts all year, except for a two-week break for scheduled maintenance. Skiers and snowboarders alike can enjoy the salty, slushy snow. Just remember your sun screen, and look out for young snowboard grommets fly ing uncontrollably through the air. Skibowl also offers a plethora of things to do up in the fresh air of the Cascade Range. Mountain bike rentals, bungee jumping, race car driving, miniature golf, hiking, and the infamous Alpine Slide are all options to be con sidered while visiting Skibowl’s summer action park. More close to home, Portland’s Rose Festival provides many things for bored youth to enliven their days with. The famous Grand Floral Parade occurs this Saturday, June 6. This flowery parade is second only to the one in Pasadena, and draws hundreds of thousands of people ev ery year. The Fun Center in Waterfront Park provides thrills, chills, and spills on its rides and games. Bring a whole bunch of money (the entrance and food is not cheap), and as always, watch out for the camies! Downtown Portland has thousands of things to do. A few examples: Coffee, music stores, bookstores (especially Powell’s), clubs, clothing shops, skateboarding at Bumside, Northwest 23"* Avenue, restaurants, and the list goes on. So this summer, when you are racking your brains for fun and new things to do, keep some of these ideas in mind. There will always be something to do, but it might mean getting up from in front of that rivetingly interest ing 90210 show on television and searching it out. DUETOTHEFACTTHAT WE BLATANTLY USED THE NAMEOFTHE SCHOOL'S PRESIDENT IN THIS OFFENSIVETOP TEN UST, ALEX MAHAN AND JARED BEZZANTDONOT WISH TO HAVE THEIR NAMES PUBLISHED BYTHE PRINT. BYTHE WAY, THIS LIST IS ALSO LARGELY FICTICIOUS. J »-____ ■____ - -i____ _ »I- _ ■ top ten roasonsTwjpin «K CNQus ffvssunvvKR: 10. The bearded lady is always up for a date. 9. New uses for Viagra! 8. Get shot out of a cannon by an orangutan wearing tights. 7. You can be an almost-naked acrobat! 6. Carpool with Clackamas faculty members who will be trying to earn a living as showmen during the summer. 5. See the amazing Grizzo and his well-endowed stunt chickens' 4. Nasty clown flashbacks to your youth. 3. Just like the Lilith Fair, but with males, too! 2. Earn money for those dam expensive textbooks. 1. 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