It’s Happening at Chinook Winds • ••by Teresa Simmons
Dionne Warwick Comes to Chinook Winds
Don’t “Walk on By” when Dionne
Warwick brings her fantastic vocal
abilities to Chinook Winds Casino on
April 6 and 7.
She has been captivating audiences
since Burt Bacharach first heard her
back in 1960. While attending music
college, she began doing regular session
work in New York. Once composer,
arranger, and producer Bacharach heard
her while doing a session for The
Drifters, he asked her to sing on demos
of songs he was writing with new
partner Hal David.
In 1962, Bacharach and David
presented one such demo to Scepter
Records. The label’s president, Florence
Greenberg, didn’t want the song but did
want the voice. Warwick began a hit-
filled 12-year association with the New
York label.
During her association with
Bacharach and David, they racked up
30 hit singles and nearly 20 best-selling
albums during their first decade of gold.
Tunes like “Do You Know The Way To
San Jose,” “Message To Michael,” ‘This
Girl’s In Love With You,” and “I’ll
Never Fall In Love Again” established
Warwick as a consummate entertainer.
Known as the artist who “bridged the
gap,” her music transcended race,
Dionne Warwick
culture, and musical boundaries with a
soulful blend of pop, gospel, and R&B.
By making her debut performance
at the Olympia Theater in Paris in 1963,
Warwick also became the first black
female pop and soul singer to achieve
international stardom. As she was
establishing herself as a major force in
American contemporary music, she was
simultaneously winning over audiences
throughout Europe with early hits like
“Anyone Who Had A Heart,” and “Walk
on By.” She was the first black female
performer to appear before the Queen
of England at the Royal Command
Performance in 1968. Since then, she
has performed before numerous heads
of state the world over.
Warwick became the first contemporary
black female artist to popularize classic
movie themes with “Alfie,” and the theme
from “The Valley of the Dolls,” debut in her
first movie role, and win the prestigious
award for “Best Contemporary Female
Vocal Performance,” a feat previously
accomplished only by one of her own
African-American she-roes, the late
Ella Fitzgerald.
Warwick also has led the fight for
AIDS research with her various
recordings, benefits to fund AIDS
research, participation in the all-star
charity sing “We Are The World,” and
performing at “Live Aid” in 1984. As
the recipient of countless awards, her
status as a musical icon and
humanitarian is legendary.
Don’t miss your chance to see this
sensational talent in person at Chinook
Winds Casino & Convention Center on
April 6 and 7. The show is at 8 p.m. each
night, with ticket prices ranging from $25
to $35, depending on seat location.
“Providing Tax
Relief” on
April 14 and 15
Chinook Winds is giving away
more than $15,000 in cash and prizes.
Names will be drawn, two every hour
beginning at noon, with the final
contestants drawn at 5 p.m. Of the 12
hourly winners drawn each day, three
will receive $300, three will receive
$200, and six will receive $500 and be
eligible for the grand prize.
On April 15 at 5:30 p.m., the 12
lucky finalists will each choose a key.
One of the 12 keys will open a barrel
that holds a certificate for a $600 Bose
CD player and one key will open the
cash box containing $10,000!
Single-Deck
Blackjack
Tournament
Winners
Sixty-five players competed in the
single-deck Blackjack tournament held
at Chinook Winds Casino in February.
The seven finalists included Stephen
Rehberg, Newport, Ore., $4,515; Travis
Brawley, Boise, Idaho, $1,535; Felix
Rosch, Lincoln City, Ore., $900; Robert
Wightman, Vancouver, Wash., $725;
Dan Holz, Portland, Ore., $540; Sybil
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Stephen Rehberg
Calhoun, Florence, Ore., $450; and
Chad Clark, Aloha, Ore., $360
April 2001
Rick Madden of Astoria, winner of the
Big Easy Mardi Gras $10,000 Cash
Drawing on March 4.
$3,000 Keno
Kash Giveaway
Chinook Winds Keno will shower
players with cash in April!
Chinook Winds’ Keno Department
will give away $3,000 in cash in special
drawings on April 14, 21, and 28, with
$1,000 available each day. Play Keno to
win entry tickets. Entry forms will be held
over from the first drawing to the last.
Hot*Hot*Hot*
Cinco de Mayo
Cash Drawing
Chinook Winds is giving away
more than $15,000 in cash and
prizes in the “Hot*Hot*Hot” Cinco de
Mayo drawings.
On both May 5 and May 6, 12
names will be drawn, two every hour
beginning at noon, with the final
contestants drawn at 5 p.m. Of the 12
hourly winners drawn each day, three
will receive $300, three will receive
$200, and six will receive $500 and
become finalists for the grand prize.
On May 6 at 5:30 p.m., the 12 lucky
finalists each will choose a key. One of
the 12 keys will open a barrel that holds
$500 in gift certificates for the Factory
Stores @ Lincoln City, one key will open
a barrel that contains a certificate for a
$1,000 Bose system, and one key will
open the cash box containing $10,000!
Win entry tickets by playing your
favorite games. Stop by the Winner’s
Circle for details.