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Hood River News, Saturday, January 17, 2015
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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.
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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.