It’s Happening at Chinook Winds ...
by Teresa Simmons
Rockin’ Roadhouse Tour Features
Mark Chesnutt, Joe Diffie, and
Tracy Lawrence
McKenzie River Band
McKenzie River Band Plays
Country Dance Series
Pull on your boots and get ready to two-step to the sounds of the McKenzie
River Band.
Chinook Winds Casino & Convention Center invites country music lovers
to “Live a Little” as it presents a monthly country dance in the convention
center, complete with a super-sized dance floor, a no-host bar, and one hour of
free dance lessons an hour before the dance.
The McKenzie River Band, former winners of the Marlboro Talent Round-
Up, has opened for Billy Dean, Marty Stuart, George Strait, and Alabama. It
has been nominated for the Northwest Area Music Association’s NAMA Award
for the Top Country Act in the Northwest and has won the Portland Music
Association’s Crystal Award for Portland’s Outstanding Country Act.
Dances will take place on Oct. 18 and Nov. 29. Tickets, priced at $7 in
advance and $10 on the day of the show, are available at the box office.
Big Band Lovers Can Live a
Little at Swing Thing
Put
on
your zoot
suit and get
ready
to
jump and jive
to the swing
ing groove of
a big band.
Chinook Winds Casino invites
swing lovers to “Live a Little” as it
presents It’s a Swing Thing, a
monthly swing band dance in the
convention center.
Doors open at 2 p.m. and couples
will be offered the chance to brush up
on their dancing skills with free dance
lessons from to 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. The
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dance is scheduled from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.
and a no-host bar will be available.
Music will be provided by the
Coastal Swing Band featuring vocalist
Jo Ann Jordan, formerly of the Harry
James Orchestra.
It’s a Swing Thing will take place
on Oct. 20, Nov. 17, and Dec. 1. Tickets,
priced at $7 in advance and $10 on the
day of the show, are available at the box
office. Guests who
present their Win
ner’s Circle card
will receive a 10
percent discount on
their tickets.
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They have been hit makers for a dozen years. Between them, they have topped
the country singles charts an astounding 42 times and have sold more than
22 million records. Each has an abiding passion for authentic country music. And
all three know how to rock a houseful of country fans.
Mark Chesnutt, Joe Diffie, and Tracy Lawrence are bringing all that and more
to this year’s must-see concert experience - the Rockin’ Roadhouse Tour that
comes to Chinook Winds Casino on Nov. 1 and 2.
As veteran hit makers, each is responsible for some of the era’s most
memorable songs and each is able to fill a solo show with chart-toppers. With all
three onstage in one evening - including times when all three appear together -
fans will get a rare opportunity to experience an entire evening of non-stop hits.
And it will, literally, be non-stop. Each of the three has selected key band
members, putting together one superband to back them all up. Once the show
gets under way, there are no set changes and no downtime.
Tickets range from $30 to $50, depending on seat location. Show time is
8 p.m. each evening.
Comedy Night on the Coast
Chinook Winds Casino invites you to become hysterical, laugh until your
sides ache, and giggle with uncontrolled glee at Comedy Night on the Coast.
Approximately every four weeks, on Friday and Saturday evening, a trio of
comedians will perform in a 90-minute show. Each will do a 30-minute spot.
The next Comedy Night on the Coast is set for Oct. 18 and 19 with Roger
Peltz as the headliner. Alonzo Bodden will be the featured act and Mike “Wally”
Walter will host.
Comedy has always been the focal point for the talents of comedian/
impressionist Roger Peltz. For more than 20 years, he has performed live on
movies. A seasoned voice-over veteran,
stage, television, radio, and in
spokesperson and comedy writer, Peltz
an
on-camera
actor,
Dubbed “Mr. Voicatility,” he also
has entertained worldwide,
with Rick Dees, Gary Owens,
has written and performed
Dick Purton.
Charlie Tuna, and Detroit’s
York and currently living in Los
Originally from New
one of the hottest up-and-
Angeles, Alonzo Bodden is
stand-up comedy scene. He
coming stars on the L.A.
Late Night with Conan
has been a featured guest on
Wayans Show, and Friday
O’Brien, The Keenan Ivory
actor, Bodden guest-
Night Videos. Also a talented
and had a recurring role on
starred on NBC’s The Profiler
FOX’s The Visitor. He also has
appeared at the Just For Laughs Montreal
International Comedy Festival.
Mike “Wally” Walter has appeared on Showtime, MTV and America’s
Funniest People. He was a two-time finalist in the prestigious Seattle Comedy
Competition and has been nominated for an American Comedy Award for Night
Club Comic of the Year.
Future comedy nights will feature:
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Nov. 29-30: Host Mike “Wally” Walter; Kenny Bob Davis, headliner; and
Tim Haldeman, featured act
Dec. 27-28: Host Mike “Wally” Walter; Henry Cho, headliner; and Gary
Brightwell, featured act
Doors open at 8 p.m.; the show begins at 9 p.m. A no-host bar will be available.
Show tickets are $10 in advance and $12 on the day of the show, and are available
at the box office.