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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, Ore. Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Jazz, big band on tap at Deer Creek June 27
The Selma hills will be
alive with the sounds of mu-
sic from the Deer Creek Cen-
ter when a Big Band & Jazz
Extravaganza takes the stage
on Sunday, June 27.
The line-up will consist
of the Southern Oregon Jazz
Orchestra, Oregon Little Big
Band and Illinois Valley new-
comer Gary Eby presenting a
solo set on the marimba dur-
ing the 4 to 7 p.m. open-air
concert.
A special juried Art Fair
also will take place during the
afternoon, offering regionally
renowned artists and other
members of Kerby-based
Southern Oregon Guild.
Southern Oregon Jazz
Orchestra (SOJO) has in its
repertoire a mix of highly
danceable swing, Latin and
classic big band arrange-
ments. The band was formed
in spring 2008 by trumpeter
Corren Hileman and is al-
ready highly successful.
It has played in a variety
of locations including the
Bear Creek Summer Concert
Series in Medford, and Rogue
Valley Manor, as well as
monthly at the Bellview
Grange Hall in Ashland, the
Avalon Bar & Grill in Talent,
and the Evergreen Ballroom
in Central Point.
SOJO also was invited to
the Medford Jazz Jubilee in
2009 with an encore perform-
ance scheduled this year.
The band is an exciting
mix of area musicians, former
members of the Jefferson
State Jazz Orchestra, and up-
and-coming younger players.
Soloists are Alan Ber-
man, featured male vocalist
Calling all
Texas Hold’em
players and those who want
to learn the game…
Oregon Little Big Band (above) and the South-
ern Oregon Jazz Orchestra (right) will perform at
Illinois River Arts Council’s ‘Big Band & Jazz Ex-
travaganza’ on Sunday, June 27 at Deer Creek
Center in Selma. (Photos provided)
who also plays piano; and
Dianne Strong, female vocal-
ist. Instrumental soloists are
baritone saxophonist Michael
Vannice, Frank Hunnicutt on
tenor saxophone, alto saxo-
phonist Joe Chankin, and Pat
DeBellis on trumpet.
Oregon Little Big Band
is well-known to Grants Pass
audiences, playing every
other week at the G Street
Supper Club as well as
monthly at a special Jazz
Vespers service at Newman
United Methodist Church.
Also, many recent fund-
raisers including benefits for
the Boys & Girls Club and
Lovejoy Hospice.
A gathering of versatile
musicians, the group per-
forms Jazz classics ranging
from Frank Sinatra’s stylized
swing and the straight-ahead
Jazz of such well-known
composers as Thelonious
Monk, to lively Jump-Swing
for ballroom dancers and
syncopated and sophisticated
Latin Jazz by singer/
composer Antonio Carlos
Jobim.
The group also plays
Modern Pop Jazz (The Crusad-
ers, Grover Washington) as
well as Jazz-Blues standards
from Ray Charles and others.
Michelle Le Comte and Tim
Wallace are singers and instru-
mental soloists in the group.
River Valley Restau-
rant’s Cruisin’ Cafe, a con-
verted 1949 Mercury, will be
on-site offering barbecued
chicken or vegetable kabob
dinners for the event. And
concert sponsor Illinois River
Valley Arts Council will have
beverages and desserts to
FREE CLASSES
Saturdays beginning June 19, 3 - 5 p.m.
benefit Learning Through
Art.
Admission is $5 at the
gate. Advance tickets are
available at Cabin Chemistry
in Cave Junction. Patrons are
encouraged to bring their own
seating and a picnic. Gates
will open at 3 p.m., and
guests are welcome to tour
the grounds and experience
the Art Fair before the con-
cert begins.
Deer Creek Center is
located at 1241 Illinois River
Road, 1.3 miles west of the
Selma Post Office. For fur-
ther information visit
www.irvac.com or phone
541-592-4444.
RCC to host contemporary
indigenous cultural exhibits
Rogue Community Col-
lege, ArtWorks, Home Valley
Bank, and Josephine Com-
munity Library are co-hosting
a special exhibit of Oregon’s
Native American heritage
through July 9.
“Oregon is Indian Coun-
try” brings all nine Oregon
tribes together to present
never-before-assembled in-
formation into one exhibit on
contemporary indigenous
cultures. Oregon’s Indian
traditions will be represented
through native voices, histori-
cal artifacts, and photographs.
The exhibit is a result of
the Oregon Tribes Project, a
multiyear collaboration be-
tween the Folklife Program of
Oregon Historical Society
(OHS), and Oregon’s nine
federally recognized tribes.
Tribal members documented
their contemporary traditions
and worked with OHS staff to
plan a series of heritage re-
sources to teach about tribal
histories and cultures.
“We have survived the
tidal wave of immigration to
our country,” said Antone
Minthorn, chairman, board of
trustees, Confederated Tribes
of the Umatilla Indian Reser-
vations. “The American pub-
lic needs to hear these stories
of survival.
“This place, the United
States of America, is our
home, but we all have a voice
in shaping a legacy for our
children,” he allowed.
“Oregon is Indian Coun-
try” will be shown in three
parts at three locations:
*RCC’s FireHouse Gal-
lery, 214 S.W. Fourth St.
Hours are 11:30 a.m. to 4:30
p.m. Tuesdays through Fri-
days, or by appointment.
*Home Valley Bank at
the corner of Fourth and G
streets. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5
p.m. Mondays through Thurs-
days, and 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Fridays.
*Josephine Community
Libraries Inc. at 200 N.W. C
St. Hours are 2 to 7 p.m.
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 11
a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesdays
and Fridays, and noon to 4
p.m. Saturdays.
For more information and to sign-up
phone
335 Caves Hwy., Cave Junction
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