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DEC. Page B5 16, 1998 U fe llo rtU ttà On-amimr (Elje IJo rtlan b © bseruer ENTERTAINMENT Oral History and Visual Art: QUILTERS PORTLAND, O re . - C o n c o r d ia U n i v e r s it y a n nounces th e up co m ing p ro d u c tio n o f the m u sical. Q uilters, op en in g on Jan u ary 29, 1999 and ru nning for tw o w eekends. O sten sib ly th e sto ry o f a p io n eer w om en and h er six d au g h ters, Q u ilters blen d s a series o f in terrelated scenes into a rich m o s a ic w h ic h c a p tu r e s th e sw eep and b eau ty , th e terro r and jo y , the harsh challen g e and ab id in g rew ard s o f fro n tier life. “ W ho would have thought that quilts, quilting - quilters - had so m uch jo y and pain, laughter and tears, so m uch life, beauty and dram a in th em ?” - D ram a-logue Q u ilters ex p lo res the re la tio n sh ip o f q u iltin g to the lives o f the m akers. Q u ilts p ro v id e a legacy - a tan g ib le, lastin g te s ta m e n t to w o m e n ’s e x p e r i ences. Q uilts frequently played a part in rites o f p assa g e and the com m on task w hich brought to g eth er gro u p s o f w om en to sew also b ro ught them to g eth er to talk and ex ch an g e stories. T ra d itio n a l q u ilts d e sig n s h ave d esc rip tiv e n am es based Tut A frican A u tricx s M ens C i le P resents Creaky boards scare the children and they huddle with mother under the Log Cabin quilt, from Quilters, opening at Concordia University on Jan. 29 L-R: Kathie Lundquist, Alicia Gross, Danielle Fleming, Kara Gsell, Melinda Hepner, Sarah Vickery, Sarah NEW TEARS EVE EAEI Rondema on stories. In q u ilte rs th e y are: R ocky R oad, D ugout, B a b y ’s B lo c k s , T h e R e b e l P a tc h , W indm ill, R obbing P eter to Pay A Christmas Carol Features Talent W hen P ortland C enter Stage opens its new production o f A Christmas Carol this holiday sea son, featured on-stage will be sev eral o f P ortland’s m ost talented young musicians, singers and ac tors. The cast includes five stu dents, ranging in age from nine to fifteen. D ustin T rag eth o n , a fourth grader at Sunnyside Elem entary School, plays Tiny Tim, the young and hopeful Cratchit family child whose “God bless us, every one!” is perhaps the most memorable line o f the Charles Dickens novel la. Dustin has appeared in local productions including Ramona Quimby at O r egon Children’s Theater, and “Night o f 100 Stars,” and has performed with Portland Symphonic Choir and O rego n S y m p h o n y . T im o th y Patrick W alsh, a fifth-grader and accomplished musician, has won awards in the Oregon Music Teach ers A ssociation’s Baroque (1998) and Classical (1997 and 1998) Festi M olly N ew m an and B arbara Damashek, music and lyrics by Barbara Damaschek W hen;January 29 & 30 Fri, Sat 7:30pm January 30 Sun 2:00pm February 4, 5 & 6 Thurs, Fri, & Sat 7:30 pm February 7 Sun 2:00pm W here:Concordia University FineArtsBuilding NE 27th and Highland (just north o f Holman) Tickets: Advance ticket pur chases are strongly recommended. Call 280-8614 (10 am - 2 pm, or leave a message anytime.) Price: Adult S6, Student and Se nior $4 Q u ilters w e com e to see how trad itio n al q u ilts reco rd ed and com m unity history and inspired the artist to record her life through them. Pioneer women reflected their landscapes and homes in quilted artistry'. During rugged and diffi cult living conditions, the quilts of ten gave the quilters a meditative space, pride o f accomplishment, and pleasure in creating objects of beauty. Experiencing the play Quilters provides insight into the “pieces o f w om en’s lives” through song, sto ries and d an c e.... It is a celebration o f w om en’s lives. What: Q u ilters, a musical by vals and Trula Whelan Piano Con certo Competition (1997 and 1998). Timothy, who has appeared as a guest soloist with the Marylhurst Symphony; sings as part o f the Christmas Carol ensemble. He won his most recent piano competition on a dinner break from his PCS re hearsal. C ody Hill, a student at Lin coln H igh School whose many com munity credits include The Lion, the witch and the W ardrobe; Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory and Ramona Quimby at Oregon C h ild re n ’s theater, plays Teen Scrooge and Peter in the production. Lily Lowell, a fourth-grader at Buckman Arts Elementary School, who last appeared at Portland Center Stage as M acduff s son in Macbeth, plays Fan and a Cratchit Child in A Christmas Carol. Lily has appeared in Tygres Shakespeare Company’s As You Like It and with Zig Zag trapeze troupe. Blake Lowell, a seventh- grader at Da vinci Arts Middle School ding R ings, S ecret D raw er, Log C abin, C rosses and Losses, and T re e o f ? L ife . D u rin g P aul, T he B utterfly, School- house, F o u r D oves in a W in dow , L one S tar, D ouble W ed TEARS OF JOY in W onderland P ortland C onference C enter by Tim Giugni 300 N.E. Multnomah St. December 11th - 13th Thursday, December 31, 1998 9:00 pm to 2:00 am Columbia Arts Center December 18th - January J"1 Winningstad Theatre Portland Center for the Performing Arts For Tit. rs & Tickets Call: 695-0477 - Vancouver 248-0557 - Portland Tickets $8 - $12 E Music by A aron B. 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