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PASSAGES CHINOOKWINDS Celebrate Five Years of Laughter at Comedy on the Coast Tickets are on sale now for the fifth anniversary show of Comedy on the Coast at Chinook Winds. Comedy legend Kenny Bob Davis, creator of Comedy on the Coast, will headline the trio of comedians taking the stage Aug. 17-18 at 8 p.m. Don’t miss out when Kenny Bob Davis, Tim Haldeman and Michael Pace come to the coast to spread the laugh ter. You won’t want to miss this special weekend of events surrounding five years of laughs and comedic talent. Comedy on the Coast helped launch many of these comedians into stardom. Come see why this monthly show is still going strong. Kenny Boh Davis is well-acquainted with Oregon audiences. He has opened for Larry Gatlin at the Lincoln County Fair and was the producer of the first Pacific Northwest Comedy Competition. He started his career in show busi ness as a guitar-playing folk singer in the ’60s. In 1978, thanks to Eddie Rabbitt, Davis started a new phase of his career by becoming an opening-act comedian. Since then, he has opened for Kenny Rogers, Alabama, and Larry Gatlin. Davis’ television and movie Among his many credits are ap pearances on The West Wing, Malcolm in the Middle, ER, The Drew Carey Show, Sabrina the Teenage Witch and Third Rock from the Sun. Over the last decade, Haldeman has developed a stand-up routine that he has performed across the country, including at The Sahara in Las Vegas and at the Atlantis Hotel in Atlantic City. Michael Pace’s facial expressions and punch lines have been compared to Silly Putty and Sunday comic strips. So it’s no surprise that he has had au diences across the country laughing in the aisles at The Improv, The Icehouse and the Comedy Store. Most recently, he can be seen on HBO's award-winning series, Curb Your Enthusiasm. This Emmy award nominee (for his work as host on Comic Kenny Bob Davis Relief) is hilarious enough to have credits include Mad TV, Gremlins and opened for top-name comedians in cluding Jerry Seinfeld, Ellen Degeneres Murder She Wrote. Whether you know it or not, you and Drew Carey —making him a probably have seen Tim Haldeman. comedian's comedian. Show time is 8 p.m. Doors will open The actor/stand-up comic has per formed in more than 100 television at 7:30 p.m. with a no-host bar for this age-21-and-older event. Tickets are $12. shows and movies. Happy 18,h Birthday to “7-26-89" Amber Horne. You're the best wife and mom anyone could ever have. Love, Lito and baby Eliyana Happy 19,h Birthday to “Lito” Ismael Perez “7-22-88.” You're the best hus band and daddy anyone could ever have. Love. Amber and baby Eliyana Randy Travis Live in Concert Country music superstar Randy Travis is bringing his hit music live to Chinook Winds on Aug. 24-25. He has won numerous country music awards for his hit songs including On The Other Hand, Three Wooden Crosses and many more. Turned down by nearly every record label in Nashville, often more than once, he finally was signed to Warner Broth ers Records in 1985. Record company executives changed his name to Travis and his first recorded effort for his new label was Prairie Rose, on the sound track to the film Rustler's Rhapsody. It was followed by the release of the album Storms of Life in 1986, and the rest is country music history. The first single, On the Other Hand, was a perfect slice of Travis' authentic coun try talent. 1982 followed and with that hit, Travis established himselt as a singer and performer in the grand tradition ot George Jones, Lefty Frizell, Merle Hag gard and a handful of others. The suc cess of both singles led to widespread demand for live shows, and Travis next set out on an extensive tour that took him across the United States and Canada before record-setting crowds. Soon it seemed every award in the music business had Travis' name on it. A string of country chart-toppers en sued and by the end of the decade, his record sales topped 13 million copies. And Shine was awarded a Dove Award for Country Album of the Year and the single Three Wooden Crosses won the Christian Country Music Association's Song of the Year award. Three Wooden Crosses also won the 2003 CM A Award for Song of the Year and had the distinction of being the only song from a Christian label to ever make it to No. 1 on the country charts. In 2004, Travis’ Rise and Shine album was honored again with a Grammy for Best Southern, Country, or Bluegrass, Gospel Album. His Randy Travis single, Three Wooden Crosses, won the ACM Song of the Year award and a During a break from touring in 1991, Dove Award for Country Recorded Travis married his longtime manager Song of the Year. Also in 2004. his tra and friend. Lib Hatcher, in a quiet cer ditional hymns album. Worship & emony on the island of Maui, Hawaii. Faith, won a Dove Award for Country In September 1997, after 12 albums Album of the Year. with Warner Brothers. Travis was the In 2005, Travis received a Grammy first artist to sign with the newly formed for Best Southern, Country, or Bluegrass. DreamWorks Records label in Nash Gospel Album for Worship & Faith. In ville. When Out of My Bones, the first April 2006, he won a Dove Award for single from the new label s debut al Country Album of the Year for his Word bum. You and You Alone, was released Records/Curb/Warner Bros, album of in 1998. he delivered the label its first traditional hymns, Glory Train. No. I country hit. In 2001, he inde 2006 also found Randy back on the pendently released a live concert al big screen, this time in a thriller. The burn, Randy Travis Live, and a C D Visitation, from 20,h Century Fox. The single, America Will Always Stand. In 2003, Travis was awarded the film was directed by Robby Henson Christian Country Music Association s and is based on the New York rimes- Mainstream Country Artist of the Year bestselling novel by Frank Peretti. Show time is 8 p.m. Tickets are $35 award. That same year, his Word Records/Curb/Warner Bros, album Rise to $60. Keno’s $175 Cash Drawing Promotion: Giving away $175 on Aug. 31, 2007 Entry Dates: 9 a.m. on Aug. 1 through 5:59 p.m. on Aug. 31 Entry Type: Entries are available at the Keno counter. One entry per $10 spent playing Keno. Entries must be placed in the barrel located in the Keno Lounge. Drawing Time: Aug. 31 at 6 p.m. in the Keno Lounge • • • • • • Rules and Regulations Must be age 21 or older to enter. Must be present (at the Keno Lounge) to win. Must spend $10 playing Keno to receive an entry. Employees ot Chinook Winds ( a- sino Resort are not eligible to win. Entry forms will be available troni 9 a.m. on Aug. I through 5:59 p.m. on Aug. 31. Management reserves the right to cancel, alter and/or change the pro motion at any time. August 2007 • Siletz News • 23
