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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, Ore. Wednesday, December 16, 2009
‘Holiday Live’ concert set Saturday, Dec. 19 at Lorna Byrne
The Illinois River Valley
Arts Council (IRVAC) will
sponsor a special concert
event: “Holiday Live at Lorna
Byrne Middle School” on
Saturday afternoon, Dec. 19.
Tim Wallace and Mi-
chelle LeComte will kick off
the festivities at 1 p.m. with
jazz renditions of many fa-
vorite holiday tunes, followed
by a sing-along of “Deck the
Halls,” “God Rest Ye Merry
Gentlemen” and “Silent
Night.”
The Lorna Byrne Choir
directed by Brice Cloyd will
take the stage at 2 p.m. to
perform selections from their
recent holiday concert.
Also from 1 to 3 p.m.
only, Santa will be available
for photos. This by-donation
service is a benefit for Learn-
ing Through Art with photos
available on-the-spot for easy
gift-giving.
Illinois Valley High
School’s Future Farmers of
America will be selling re-
freshments to raise funds for
chapter activities. Club advi-
sor Amy Fogg-Meyer has
promised a “delectable vari-
ety” including savory soup
and rolls, baked goods, hot
apple cider, cocoa, coffee and
tea. Kids of all ages are in-
vited to create Ojos de Dios
tree ornaments at the free
craft table located in the hall-
way.
At 3 p.m., the Jefferson
Baroque Orchestra and Cho-
rus, directed by Margaret
Gries, will present 17th- and
18th-century Christmas music
from Europe and colonial
Tim Wallace & Michelle Le-
Comte (Left) will perform
jazzy holiday favorites.
(Above, right) The Jeffer-
son Baroque Orchestra will
also be featured. (Photos
provided)
America. The program in-
cludes Francesco Manfred-
ini’s “Christmas Concerto,”
an anonymous Polish sym-
phony derived from folk
melodies, a rendition of two
German cradle songs written
for Baroque trumpets and
timpani, a setting of “In Dulci
Jubilo” for vocal and instru-
mental choirs, several tradi-
tional 18th-century American
shape-note Christmas an-
thems and a grand finale sing-
along of the “Hallelujah”
chorus from Handel’s
“Messiah.”
Poinsettia & Christmas cactus exotic decor
Decorating with poin-
settia plants or giving a
Christmas cactus to a friend
are holiday traditions for
many, but not everyone is
aware that there’s more to
these popular indoor winter
plants than their bright
leaves and cascading blos-
soms.
Poinsettia is a common
name for Euphorbia pul-
cherrima, a member of the
spurge family, according to
Linda McMahan, horticul-
turist for the Yamhill
County office of Oregon
State University Extension
Service. The plant goes by
many common names
worldwide, including Easter
star, lobster flower, flame-
leaf flower, crown of the
Andes and Noche Buena,
she said. Its wild habitat is
as close as Mexico.
A large propagation
industry based in California
grows up to 200 varieties
for holiday decoration,
McMahan said. Sales ap-
proach 100 million plants
each year.
Although they are not
hardy below about 50 de-
grees, the poinsettia’s sturdy
nature and colorful flowers
and foliage make it a perfect
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seasonal indoor plant for
northern climates. Breeding
and propagation techniques
have produced compact
plants that are full and lush
through the holiday season,
but make it a difficult plant
to keep going at other times.
“In the wild, the shrub
grows to 10 feet tall, and its
typical bright red leaves
‘bloom’ near the end of De-
cember,” McMahan said. “It
has a somewhat open, gan-
gly form, unless pruned.
The actual flowers are yel-
low or green, inconspicuous
and found at the center of a
group of large colorful
leaves, known botanically
as bracts.”
As the holiday season
progresses, many of the
flowers fall off, leaving only
small stumps, but the flow-
ering bracts persist much
longer.
“This season, look care-
fully at the colorful bracts
and compare their vein
structure to green leaves.
Without the color variation,
the two would be nearly
indistinguishable. The
amazing color show is to
attract pollinators, espe-
cially hummingbirds, to the
red coloration,” McMahan
said.
The whitish, milky
poinsettia sap can be irritat-
ing, especially to the eyes,
and can trigger allergies in
some people, although the
plant is not considered to be
highly toxic, McMahan
said.
Holiday cactus is an-
other seasonal favorite. It
also has other common
names, including orchid
cactus, Easter cactus,
Christmas cactus, Thanks-
giving cactus, and flora de
maio (May flower).
“Color range and form
are astounding,” McMahan
said. “Unlike poinsettia, the
cactus can live past the holi-
day season and make good,
year-round house plants,
often providing surprise
blooms at various times of
the year.”
People often question if
it’s really a cactus.
“The answer is “Yes’,”
said McMahan, “although it
grows in the wild of the
tropics in trees, where it is
closer to the sunlight. Bo-
tanically, it is an epiphyte, a
Greek word meaning some-
thing that grows perched on
another plant.” One major
habitat is the high moun-
tains of Brazil.
Segments of the stem
can be separated and placed
in water or moist soil, and
new roots will grow from
the base.
“In my living room re-
sides an older variety with a
span of approximately 3 feet
— a cutting from my
mother some 40 years ago,”
McMahan said. “Its flowers
are a bright, fuschia/
magenta color, each seem-
ing to last only a few days.
“It blooms anytime be-
tween December and Janu-
ary, so long as I remember
to leave it in a room where
the lights are off in the eve-
ning.”
Flowering is triggered
by shortening nights, and
flashes of light at the wrong
time can throw off its bio-
logical blooming-time
clock. Flowering is also
triggered by lower tempera-
tures; a spot right next to the
fireplace or furnace vent
might not be the best
choice.
For directions on how
to induce flowering or keep
the cacti as longer-term
houseplants, check Websites
for details. A good one is
www.hort.purdue.edu/ext/
cactusFAQs.html.
“I’ve long dreamed of
bringing this wonderful en-
semble to the Illinois Valley.”
states Judy Hoyle, Art in the
Valley events coordinator.
“I’m thrilled the Arts Council
has found the opportunity to
present this gift to our com-
munity.”
Admission to “Holiday
Live” is free to the public.
Donations accepted. Art in
the Valley and Learning
Through Art are projects of
IRVAC with support from
Evergreen Federal Bank and
the Carpenter Foundation.
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* After Hours - 21st Century:
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* WinterFest Concert
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* Wrestling at North Valley
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Varsity boys @ 10 a.m.
* Basketball at Del Norte
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Varsity boys @ 5:30 p.m.
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