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www.hoodrivernews.com Hood River News, Saturday, January 17, 2015 ENTERTAINMENT HR alum featured in EOU production U pdate Voci choir seeks more singers The Voci community choir is opening its doors to new members on Jan. 19. The choir, which last October per- formed Mozart's Requiem to standing room only crowds, will be preparing two “innovative and exciting works” for their Spring concerts, said director Mark Steighner Paul Winter's "Missa Gaia" was written by the jazz mu- sician for New York's Cathedral of St John the Divine, and uses animal calls and song as the foundation for choral music. Morten Lauridsen's "Lux Aeterna" was written for the LA Master Chorale and is a suite of songs on the theme of light. No audition is required for the choir, which rehearses on Monday evenings from 6:30-8 pm. The ability to read music is helpful but not a prerequisite. Next fall, the choir will combine with the Sinfonietta in a performance of Beethoven's Choral Symphony. Steighner says that all voices are welcome, but the choir is always looking for more tenors and basses. For more information, email msteighner@gmail.com. ‘Banner Days’ at Springhouse Springhouse Cellar continues with the Backroom Tuesdays music series, from 6-9:30 p.m. No cover charge, family-friendly, local food available. Jan 20: Bonneville Power Trio; Jan 27: The Quiet American; Feb. 3 Sidestreeet Reny, Feb. 10: 10 String Sym- phony; Feb. 17: Matthew Zeltzer Band; Feb. 24: Gregory Rawlins; March 2: Acousta Noir; March 10: Sam Dens- more Dam Sensmore. Springhouse Cellar, 13 Railroad Ave, Hood River; 541-308-0700. Kevin Carr in Trout Lake Jan. 20 Folk musician Kevin Carr is coming to Trout Lake, Wash., for a concert at the Trout Lake Grange on Tues- day, Jan. 20, at 6:30 p.m. Suggested donation is $15. Fluent in several instruments — fiddle, numerous bagpipe styles — Carr is “a phenomenal multi-instrumentalist and storyteller who has visited and been influenced by the music of Russia, Spain, France, Canada and Ireland.” His latest CD is called “Fiddle Fables.” Trout Lake Grange 210, 2390 Highway 141, Trout Lake, Washington 98650; 509-395-2102. Fruition, more River City Mark your calenders now for these notable shows com- ing to the River City Saloon in January and February. Jan. 23 Fruition (Alt-bluegrass) Jan 24 The Lower 48 (pop) Jan 30 Hillstomp w/Otis Heat (Blues) Feb. 1-2 Turkuaz (High-energy Funk) - two nights! Feb. 13 Ural Thomas and the Pain (R&B-Soul) River City Saloon, 207 Cascade Ave., Hood River; 541- 387-2583. Fields of May play Jan. 24 in CL Stevenson-based band Fields of May will play at Thun- der Island Brewing in Cascade Locks on Saturday, Jan. 24, from 6 to 9 p.m. Expect old-timey songs, blues and more. Thunder Island Brewing, 515 Southwest Portage Road, Cascade Locks; 971-231-4599. Mention this ad for our Special 541-436-4444 R ESERVATIONS R ECOMMENDED 315 O AK S TREET H OOD R IVER OPEN: Mon. - Thurs. 3pm - close Fri. - Sun. 12pm - close A3 Photo by Jim Drake S IDESTREET B LUES AT CEBU Sidestreet Reny (pictured here at the 2014 Hood River Hops Fest) & Lil’Bell make a stop with their acoustic urban roots and blues show at the CEBU Lounge on Saturday, Jan. 17. Music starts at 9:30 p.m. Critics say, “He’s a beautiful guitar player, really squeezing every drop of soul out of that tinny, wild-sounding instrument with the metal pie-plate top. But he’s a helluva a singer and songwriter too. And he comes at it from his beginnings as a rap artist, so his songs tend to have a modern-zeitgeist, social-protest bent (lyrically), coming at you through that gut-bucket, gut-wrenching ’30s resonator guitar sound that feels dirt-poor, mad and about 100 years old. Reny’s wife, Lil’ Bell, can play the drums like a ringin' a bell and sing like a bird, the perfect accompaniment to Reny’s spare, brimstone perfor- mances. Somehow they manage to forge their own sound and push musical boundaries in an era when many other musicians strive to sound the same.” Coming up on Friday, Jan. 23: Jeremy Wilson & The Triangle. Best Western Plus Hood River Inn, 1108 E. Marina Way; 541-386-2200. Choreographer and EOU alumna Ariana Bloodgood of Hood River is putting in long hours to the pro- duction of “Then & Now: Replay” opening at Easter n Ore gon University in La Grande, Jan. 30-31. T he high-energ y concert begins with The Beatles and fol- lows music history through today’s con- temporary sounds, fea- turing a mix of new performances and au- dience favorites from past productions. About 64 students in all are busy preparing for the big show. “It’s a spectacular experience for me,” she said. “Teaching the songs we’ve done before is equally as ex- citing as the new rou- tines I’m creating,” Bloodgood said. After the on-campus production wraps up, Bloodgood will join EOU on tour Feb. 9 to Hood River Valley High School, home of the Phoenix Theatre Club, where she was once a member of and now directs. F rom there, the tour will continue to Hermiston High School on Feb. 10. T he month-long post as concert choreo- grapher is supremely fulfilling for Blood- good, who completed a double major in music and theatre from EOU last spring. “I’m friends with most of the students in the show, and the saddest part of leaving college was leaving the choir … they’re my f amily,” she said. “Now I’m getting paid to do what I love and that’s the dream,” Bloodgood said.