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ENTERTAINMENT
Oral History and Visual Art: QUILTERS
PORTLAND,
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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
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Thursday, December 31, 1998
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Portland Center for the Performing Arts
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