It’s Happening at Chinook Winds ...
Ronnie Milsap to
Perform Country
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You’ll be saying “I Wouldn’t Have
Missed It for the World” when Ronnie Milsap
brings his versatile style to Chinook Winds
Casino on May 26 and 27.
One of the most versatile and
talented performers in country music,
Milsap’s trademark country-soul voice has
earned him 40 No. 1 hits, six Grammy
Awards, three CMA Male Vocalist of the Year
awards, four CMA Album of the Year
awards, Song of the Year in 1986 for “Lost
in the Fifties Tonight,” and the industry’s
highest honor, the coveted CMA Entertainer
of the Year award. He has received the only
gold Braille album every awarded. This
classically trained pianist also has mastered
such instruments as the guitar, violin,
clarinet, and cello. Milsap is one of the few
country performers to venture beyond the
parameters of country music and find mass
success in the pop arena.
Bom with cataracts that left him blind,
Milsap was raised by his paternal
grandparents in Robbinsville, N.C. His first
exposure to music came from the gospel
music played at the revival tent meetings
and the bluegrass sounds that came from
local musicians. Beginning at age 5, he
attended North Carolina’s State School for
the Blind, where he first learned to play the
violin, piano, and guitar. But privately, he
listened to a myriad of genres, from R&B
and country to rock and Southern soul. In
fact, he was once kicked out of class when
he was caught listening to Jerry Lee Lewis
instead of practicing Bach.
Milsap began his professional
career in 1965 with Scepter Records, an
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Mother’s Day
Riches
Enter to win $10,000 in the Mother’s
Day Riches promotion. Six finalists will be
selected on May 13 and another six on May
14 - one every hour from noon until 5 p.m.
Each finalist will receive a key. On May 14
at 5:15 p.m., one of the 12 finalists will
unlock the bin holding the Mother’s
Day Riches.
Stop by the Winner’s Circle for
details on how to enter the drawing.
Ronnie Milsap
R&B label, and hit the Top 5 with “Never Had
It So Good.” He then moved to Memphis and
played in numerous sessions and concerts,
backing such acts as J.J. Cale, Petula
Clark, and Dionne Warwick. A highlight of
this era was his unforgettable keyboard
work on Elvis Presley’s “Kentucky Rain.”
He moved to Nashville in 1972 and
his career skyrocketed six months later
when he signed with RCA Records. He
celebrated his first No. 1 hit, “Pure Love,”
one year later. This was followed by 39 other
chart-toppers from the ’70s to the ’90s,
including “Day Dreams About Night Things,”
“(There’s) No Getting’ Over Me," “I Wouldn’t
Have Missed It for the World,” “Smoky
Mountain Rain,” “Any Day Now,” the million
selling “It Was Almost Like a Song,” and
“What a Difference You’ve Made in My Life.”
His smooth voice has been a mainstay on
both pop and country radio for three
decades. His live shows, known for their
spontaneity and diversity, are among the
most popular in country today.
Concert times are 8 p.m. Friday and
7 and 10 p.m. Saturday, with ticket prices
ranging from $15 to $25, depending on
seat location.
Step Into the Cash
Cube on Tuesdays
The names if three lucky individuals
will be drawn at 2 p.m. and another three at
7:30 p.m. every Tuesday, winning a turn in
the Cash Cube, a virtual cyclone of cash.
Winner’s Circle members have 30 seconds
and non-members have 20 seconds to grab
as many bills as possible of the $2,000 flying
through the air. One of the $50s with the
lucky serial number is worth an extra
$1,000! Tickets for the drawing will be
distributed between 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. to
guests who are actively playing a
casino game.
Win a Bose Home
Theater System
The drawing will take place at 9:30
p.m. on May 25. See the Winner’s Circle
for details!
Chinook Winds Hosts National EPA Conference
The Confederated Tribes of Siletz
Indians will host the Fifth National Tribal
Conference on Environmental Management
at Chinook Winds Casino & Convention
Center in Lincoln City, Ore., on May 8-11.
The conference expects an estimated
900 attendees, including representatives
from tribes from all parts of the United States
and government officials nationwide. The
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
awarded a $175,000 grant to the Siletz Tribe
to produce the event.
The theme for the conference,
“Preserving the Bounty of the Earth through
Tribal Environmental Knowledge," sets the
stage for sharing information, technical
methods, knowledge of and solutions to
environmental issues affecting tribes.
According to Tribal Chairman Delores
Pigsley, “We are very excited to have the
opportunity to be instrumental in bringing this
conference to Lincoln County. The Native
American stance on environmental harmony
is well known. This conference is the perfect
forum in the perfect setting (on the unspoiled
Oregon Coast) and in a state that is well
known for environmental awareness. We
expect great progress to be made at this
conference in the area of environmental
management.”
Keynote speaker for the conference,
Reverend Dr. Michael J. Oleksa, will address
conference participants on “Intercultural
Communication.” Father Michael has spent
most of his adult life in Alaska, primarily in
small rural Native communities, where he
has learned from direct experience the
importance of intercultural understanding
and interpersonal communication.
Special events also are planned,
including a welcoming pow-wow and a
limited viewing of the Siletz feather dance.