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It’s Happening at Chinook Winds in May ... Celebrate Oregon Indian Week To celebrate Oregon Indian Week, Chinook Winds will present a free Native American show in the showroom at 7 p.m. on May 23. More details to come! Hot-Hot-Hot! Cinco de Mayo Celebration May 2-5 Free chips and salsa, and non-alcoholic sangria Tortilla Toss - $50 cash winner Mexican Hat Dance - $50 cash winner CW/ May 6-10 Win tickets to see Freddy Fender in concert May 9-11 Win a cruise for two to Mexico Either a three-night (weekend) cruise or a four-night (weekday) cruise One drawing each night - 11 p.m., Friday and Saturday and 6 p.m., Sunday Earn entry tickets for the cruise now through May 11! 2003 NPC “Restart Nutrition” Oregon Ironman Naturally Competition May 17,2003 Doors open at 9 a.m., prejudging starts at 10 a.m. Tickets: $15, sold only at the door Night Show All tickets reserved - $25-$30 Tickets are now on sale Doors open at 6 p.m., show starts at 7 p.m. For tickets and show information, contact RK Smith Productions 503-392-3661 or smiths@wcn.net. Web site: www.lincolncity.com/ironman Home and Garden Show Returns The Sixth Annual Central Coast Home and Garden Show will take place in the convention center at Chinook Winds on May 16-18. This is the perfect time to develop home improvement ideas, check out the latest supplies and materials, purchase gardening supplies, learn from experts, and get cost estimates on projects you may be considering. For the “do-it-yourselfer,” this show is a must. Hours are 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. on May 16; 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on May 17: and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on May 18. Admission is free to the public. Drawings and raffles will take place for all the family! For more information, contact the Lincoln City Chamber of Commerce at 541-994-3070 or e-mail lcchamber@harborside.com. Siletz News 26 □ »s » rwhyi kJ til to □ May 2003 KJ y*»»** by Teresa Simmons Freddy Fender Brings Tex-Mex Sound to Oregon Don’t say you Wasted Days And Wasted Nights by missing Freddy Fender when his show comes to Chinook Winds Casino on May 9-10. At the Grammy Awards in February 2002, the award for Best Latin Pop Album was presented to two-time Grammy winner Baldemar Huerta, better known to his legions of world wide fans as Freddy Fender, for his album La Musica de Baldemar Huerta. This is all the more remarkable because just a few weeks earlier, Fender had kidney transplant surgery, receiving a healthy kidney from his 21-year-old daughter, Maria Huerta Garcia. Fender is now touring the country once again. Fender had to be blackmailed into becoming a country star. He was so dead set against the idea of recording Before The Next Teardrop Falls - which became his biggest hit and earned him a CMA Single of the Year Award - that his pro ducer had to coerce him into singing it. Fender’s career includes many country hits, including Wasted Days And Wasted Nights, Secret Love, Vaya Con Dios, and You ’ll Lose A Good Thing. Born and raised in San Benito, Texas, Fender began playing music at age 10. A rambunctious eclectic style emerged - polka culled from the German settlers of Texas and the traditional Mexican music learned at weddings and neighborhood gatherings. Freddy Fender In 1975, Before The Next Teardrop Falls shot to No. 1 on both the pop and country Billboard charts. It’s said that this was the first time that an artist’s first single reached No. 1 simultaneously. Fender was named Billboard’s Best Male Artist of 1975. He’s been awarded his own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and, as a member of the Tex-Mex super-group the Texas Tornadoes, helped bring traditionally oriented music to a whole new audience interested in roots-rock and progressive blues music. The show begins at 9 p.m. on May 9 and 8 p.m. on May 10. Tickets are $ 15-$25, depending on seat location.
