F ortiani» © beeruer---------------------------------------- September g, iw Patrick Lamb Patrick is o n e o f th ose extraor­ dinary talen ts w ho co m b in es raw talen t w ith a sin gular ab ility to ca p tivate an au d ien ce w ith his y o u th fu l ch arm , sin cerity and pure m agn etism . H e is a sa x o ­ p h o n e player w ho w alks the lin e b etw e en th e tra d itio n o f ja zz greats lik e J o h n C o ltran e and S onn y R ollin s, and th e R&B leg­ en d s of th e la t e 2 0 th century...Junior W alker, M aceo Parker and D avid Sanborn. Born in J a ck so n , M ississip p i, P atrick w as p layin g road h ou se m usic as a teen ager in rural M is­ sissip p i w hen he heard the ev o c a ­ tive sou n d s o f W ayne S horter and Stan G etz. H e im m ersed h im ­ self in the m usic o f the jazz greats and b egan stu d y, o f this m usical tra d ition that w ould take his far. In the e ig h tie s his fath er, a high sch o o l sc ien ce teach er, took the fam ily ou t to P ortlan d , O regon. O n ce there, Patrick’s playing and sin g in g w ere d ev elo p in g in to a fo rm id a b le on e-tw o punch. H e a ccep ted the op p ortu n ity to p er­ form and tour w ith J a zz V ocalist and G R P R ec o rd in g A rtist & G ram m y-w inner D ia n n e Schuur and d id so for a p eriod o f tim e b efore m eetin g up w ith n a tion al r e c o r d in g a r tist, J a z z P ia n ist T om G rant. H e has recorded and toured w orld w id e w ith the I om G rant b and for the last few years. O t h e r r e c e n t r e c o r d in g p ro jec ts in c lu d e a lb u m s w ith G in o V a n e lli, T o n y G ab le and J o h n R a y m o n d (p e r c u ssio n is t and gu itarist for K enn y G, re­ sp ectively), and has an album out en titled “H om e for the H o li­ d a y s,” record ed w ith P ian ist Ed B isquera. Y ou can hear his w ork on C D p r o je c ts from A ly ssa Schw ary, N orm an S ylvester, and T o m G rant as w ell. Patrick’s grow ing popularity as an accom p lish ed perform ing art ist m akes him in hot d em and all over the P acific N orthw est. Be­ sid es playin g as a leader in club venues and personal appearances on local T V show s such as A M N orthw est, he is also an Patrick has also d em onstrated a deep sense o f com m unity aware­ ness and civic resp o n sib il­ ity. H e recently h osted a show to raise co n scio u s­ ness about the loss o f fun din g for the arts in public schools. In ad­ d ition , he has b een involved w ith a m a­ jor civic effort to ra ise m o n e y for victim s o f the d i­ sastrous N o rth ­ w est F lood s o f ’9 6 , fo r th e A m e r ic a n C ancer S oci­ ety, and for Duanbecher Children’s H o s p i­ tal. Ctae the W hite H ou se during the h o li­ day C ongressional V IP T o u rs and was in attend ance at a V IP C hrist­ m as Party, lea d in g to a m eet­ in g w ith P r e sid e n t C lin ton . en­ ter­ t a in - m e n t regular for m a­ jo r p a g ­ eants, cor- p o r a t e fu n c tio n s and e v e n ts, and festivals th r o u g h o u t th e r e g io n . P a tr ic k ’s g ood lo o k s a n d c h a ­ rism a m ake him w e ll- s u it e d to speak and entertain on stage, radio, and TV . H e recently was invited to perform at Special th a n k s to P a tric k Lamb for sharing his musical gift with audiences at the 1st Annual Urban Festival on Saturday, August 28th In North Portland. Tony Washington, Director o f Advertising its hands and arms. Puppetry com the B eijing O pera - the w ise m an, the warrior, the beautiful w om an, and the w om an warrior - with others such as anim als and birds in order to fully relate traditional folk tales. A b o u t Y u q u in W a n g a n d Z h en gli “R ocky” Xu Yuquin W ang, a master puppe­ teer, began studies at the Beijing Opera School at the age of 10. She lived at the school and attended classes in opera singing, history, and acrobatics six days a week. W hen her training as a puppeteer began at age 17, she liked the fact that pup­ petry performances were only lim ­ ited by the performer’s imagina­ tions: the characters could do or be anything, while opera was lim ited to human characters. Her husband Zhengli “Rocky" Xu is a master puppet maker, set designer, and puppeter. He trained as an appren tice to a master puppet maker for 30 years in China. The Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center, located at 5340 N. 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