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It’s Happening at Chinook Winds in February... by Teresa Simmons Live, Love, Laugh with that Special Valentine This Valentine’s Day will be something spectacular at Chinook Winds Casino. With two great spots to dine, standup from nationally known comedians, and a safe and secure child care center, a night out at Chinook Winds Casino will help keep the romance alive. A delectable dinner on Valentine’s Day can make an already special day extraordinary. On the day reserved especially for romantics, the Rogue River Room and the Siletz Bay Buffet offer delicious cuisine. In the Rogue River Room, the Sweetheart’s Special includes filet mignon and lobster, soup or salad, and a glass of champagne. To finish out the enchanted evening, a divine dessert created especially by our chefs is complimentary. This ambrosial dinner is $39.95 per person. For diners who desire action in their Valentine’s feast, the Siletz Bay Buffet will offer a surf-and-turf action station for $14.50 per person. That night, a glass of champagne or sparkling cider will be only $1. Winners in love also could win prizes. All dining guests get a chance to choose a prize-winning chocolate kiss from a bowl. Prizes include $25 in cash, dinners for two, decadent chocolates, and much more. Couples who laugh together, stay together. At Chinook Winds’ Comedy on the Coast, nationally known comedians keep the night jovial with their uproarious view of life. The evenings’ featured comedian, Max Alexander, has performed on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson and Jay Leno. Two more top comedians are included in the $12 ticket price. See page 20 for details. For parents looking forward to an evening of gazing into each other’s eyes, Chinook Winds’ Play Palace Child Care offers peace of mind that your family is safe and secure. Valentine’s crafts and food specials will entertain the kids; parents receive a beeper in case they need to be reached at the casino. To inquire about Rogue River Room reservations, call 1-888-CHINOOK or 541-996-LUCK. Country Music Legend Kenny Rogers Comes to Chinook Winds Superstar Kenny Rogers will perform at Chinook Winds Casino on March 26-27. Rogers has released 61 albums in his illustrious career, with 19 going platinum. Having sold more than 80 million records, Rogers is one of music’s biggest crossover successes. He’s received three Grammys, 11 People’s Choice awards, eight Academy of Country Music awards, and five Country Music Association awards. Rogers has received Top Country Artist nods from the reader polls of magazines like People and Rolling Stone and earned the title of Favorite Singer of All Time in a PM Magazine/USA Today poll. Radio & Records named him Top Adult Contemporary Artist of the ’80s, and Billboard Magazine gave him the honor of the decade’s hottest crossover star. The awards are just icing on the cake. It’s the huge body of work and accomplishments that distinguish Rogers from his contemporaries. A list of his greatest hits includes some of the best-known country songs around, including Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love To Town, Ruben James, Lucille, The Gambler, Daytime Friends, She Believes In Me, You Decorated My Life, Lady, Don’t Fall In Love With A Dreamer, We’ve Got Tonight, and his most well-known duet, Islands In The Stream. With no signs of slowing down, album No. 61, Back To The Well, was recently released and includes duets with Tim McGraw and Allison Kraus as well as a song written by Dire Strait’s Mark Knopfler. Tickets range from $30 to $60 and are on sale now. Showtime is 8 p.m. both nights. Hootie & The Blowfish Hootie & The Blowfish to play Chinook Winds Hootie & The Blowfish, the hugely successful quartet from South Carolina, will perform at Chinook Winds Casino on Feb. 27-28. This Grammy Award-winning group is best known for its 1994 debut album, Cracked Rear View, which helped it gamer the coveted Best New Artist as well as Pop Duo/Group awards. The album featured such hits as Only Wanna Be With You, Hold My Hand, and Let Her Cry, and was certified platinum 16 times, tying Boston and Alanis Morissette as the No. 1 best selling debut album of all time. One of the most commercially successful adult contemporary groups of the mid-‘90s, Hootie & The Blowfish just released a self-titled album, the group’s first in nearly five years, and has recorded a re-make of the 1978 hit single Goodbye Girl to accompany the new TNT original film The Goodbye Girl, starring Patricia Heaton (Everybody Loves Raymond) and Jeff Daniels. The Goodbye Girl premiered on TNT in January. Tickets for Hootie & The Blowfish range from $30 to $60 and are on sale now. Show time is 8 p.m. each night. Sinbad Brings Uproarious Comedy to Chinook Winds The uproarious comedian Sinbad will tell his real life stories and poke fun at others at Chinook Winds Casino on March 12-13. After touring America on a self proclaimed “Poverty Tour’’ (traveling on a Greyhound bus, changing in restaurant restrooms, and working for meals), a stint on Star Search helped raise Sinbad’s profile. Although he never won, he was a finalist and appeared on the show seven times. This led him to his first pro fessional break on The New Red Foxx Show, playing Foxx’s son. Bill Cosby also noticed Sinbad’s talents and cast him on television’s A Different World, where he spent four years. Sinbad has hosted numerous TV specials, including It’s Showtime at the Apollo, Sinbad: Brain Damaged, and several other HBO specials. His first acting role was Necessary Roughness. Parts in Coneheads and Meteor Man followed before his first starring role in Houseguest. His other films include First Kid, J ingle All The Way, Homeward Bound II, and The Cherokee Kid. Tickets are $20 to $40 and are on sale now. Showtime is 8 p.m. both nights. February 2004 □ Siletz News □ 21
