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September 8, 1999
Tickets are now on sale for the
production the Wall Street Journal
calls “Andrew Lloyd W ebber’s mas­
terpiece.” Get ready for your close
up as Sunset Boulevard comes to the
Portland Civic Auditorium for a lim­
ited engagement September 14-19.
Based on Billy W ilder’s acclaimed
1950 film, Sunset Boulevard is a
p a ssio n a te love story set on
Hollywood’s street of dreams. It tells
the story of a young, down-on-his-
luck screenwriter, Joe Gillis, and his
fa te fu l m e e itn g w ith N o rm a
Desmond, a legendary silent film
star who dreams of returning to the
silv er screen. A ndrew Lloyd
W ebber’s sweeping, romantic melo­
dies soar against the glamorous back
drop ofl950’s Hollywood, from the
P aram o u n t Pictures backlot, to
Schwab’s famous drugstore, to the
d e c a d e n t sp le n d o r o f N orm a
Desmond’s mansion.
Notice is hereby given that on September
13, 1999, at 9:00 a . m ., a public hearing
will be held by the Port of Portland at 220
NW 2nd, Hospitality Room, 4th Floor,
Portland, Oregon (Northwest Natural Gas
Building).
The purpose of this hearing is to inform the
public of, and seek input on the Port’s
Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE)
program and policy. The primary focus is DBE
participation goal setting in accordance with
the revised US Department of Transportation
rules set forth in 49 CFR Part 26.
A copy of the Port’s DBE Program is available
for public inspection at the Port of Portland
building at 121 NW Everett, Contracts &
Procurement, 5th Floor, or at the time of the
hearing. We are inviting public comment for 30
days following the date of this notice. We will
accept written comments on the goals for 45
days following the date of this notice.
RONNIE LAWS
o n n ie Law s, th e e n te r
tain er saxophonist will be
playing at the 8th annual
Virgo B irthday Bash on
day, Septem ber 18th on board
the P o rtlan d Spirit.
As the th ird sibling in a live of
four ta le n te d m usicians, saxo­
phonist R onnie Laws has a deep
em pathy for the concept of fam ­
ily - im m ediate, universal and
otherw ise. So it comes as little
surp rise th a t w hen Blue N ote
P resid en t, Bruce L un d v all ap­
proached him with the idea of re­
recording a lan d m ark pop album
of his choice for Blue N o te’s on­
going C overs Series, Laws would
tu rn to H arvest For the W orld, an
8-song fan favorite from the elec­
trifying, 6-m em ber e d i­
tion of R&B legends, T he
Isley B ro th ers. T h o u g h
that gold-selling LP was
sandw iched betw een two
p la tin u m - s e llin g , h it-
stacked classics (The H eat
is O n (1975) and G o For
Your G uns (1977), H ar­
vest for th e W orld (re­
co rd ed on th e fam ily ’s
own T-Neck label in 1976)
is reflected on today with
fondness as a sleeper of
rootsy social conscious­
ness, Sly influenced funk/
rock an d e x c e p tio n a lly
ten d er balladry.
Laws covered the title
track on his album , D eep
Soul (Par Records - 1992)
which wet his appetite to
tackle the entire album .
O ver the course of two-
and-a half m onths, Laws
an d his a s s is ta n t p r o ­
d u c e r , K e v in F lo in o y
(K e y b o a rd is t/ro a d )
shaped the basic tracks for
the seven songs and open­
ing “P relude.” “T h e mood
character of each selection
dictated how I would ap­
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e q u a liz a tio n of the soprano sax
dth Q uiet Storm gems such as
G ra c e ”, “K a rm e n ” and “J u s t
,ove.” T he title track of his th ird
lbum , Friends and Strangers pro-
d i e d him to gold sales in 1977
nd garn ered him fam e at adult
o n tem porary radio w ith the lush
Stay A w ake” (1981). H e was a
member of the 70’s m ost respected
l&B b an d , E arth, W ind & Fire,
ireserved on th e ir album , Last
)ays and T im e (C olum bia 1972)
lut he quit the group after one
ear to broaden his concept as a
nore influential artist.
For m ore inform ation on the
Z irgo B a sh p a r ty f e a tu r in g
lo n n ie Laws, call Dee Baker at
¡03-285-4009.
proach it,” he explains. “Some of
R onald Isley’s original lead vo­
cals lent them selves to m ore of a
S ten
atu o r­ r approach and o th e r m ore
of a soprano touch. T h e n I de­
cided to take a different twist by
playing flute on “People of T o­
day. I haven’t featured th a t in­
stru m e n t on any recordings in a
w hile.”
R onnie Laws is a proven n a tu ­
ral at com bining the exploratory
h eart of Jazz w ith the b ro ad er
reaching strains of soul a n d pop
m usic. H is first h it, “A lw ays
T h e re ” (credited as R onnie Laws
and Pressure on the original 45)
was one of the m ost p opular, sax-
driven, crossover hits of 70’s jazz-
funk fusion. H e ushered in the
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