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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
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