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From Jefferson High
The M o d ern D ance Lab
Spring C oncert will be held at
7 p.m. on M ay 17 and 18 at the
Je ffe rso n P e rfo rm in g A rts
C e n te r. J e ff e rs o n H igh
School is located at 5210 N.
Kerby Avenue. The M od
ern Dance Lab will
perform ing a new work
set by Demetrius Keller, well
known tapper and choreog
rapher to the B lazer Danc
ers. Gram m y w inning blues
a rtis t J a n ic e S c ro g g in s ,
Jefferson High School drum
mer, and student J ill Curtis form
the backdrop to the pounding
Fever. Three part
Coming and Go-
unroiaing
in multiple
lay ers, is
d e d i -
cated to
t h e la te
School
Peter Vu. Other cho
reographers include
young V ietn am ese
brothers Phu Dao and
C ang D ao; cu rren t
Jefferson D ancer John
Sorensen Jolink; African art
ist M ichel le Burch Christian, As
sistant Director o f the North
west Afrikan American Ballet;
and Artistic Director Melissa
St. Claire.
Founded by dancer and cho
reographer Melissa St. Clair, the
Modem Dance Lab is now in its
fifth year ofexploring the under
lying relationships o f movement.
Voir in its fifth year, the Modern Dance Lab at Jefferson will be giving an
upcoming perform ance at the school.
Dance the Night Away at the
P
O n M ay 10, h ig h school
students from a cro ss O regon
w ill c o m e t o g e t h e r a t
M cM en am in s C ry sta l B a ll
room fo r the T h ird A nn u al
Fat D ad d y B all, a b e n e fit
c o n c ert for th e C h ild re n ’s
C a n c e r A ss o c ia tio n (C C A ).
Local Jesuit High School stu
d e n ts p lan , s ta f f an d o r g a
n ize th e ev en t in an e ffo rt to
raise c a n c e r a w a re n e s s , to
d em o n strate the p o sitiv e im
p act te e n s can h a v e in o u r
com m unity, and to honor and
rem e m b e r th o se w h o have
faced the d iffic u ltie s o f c a n
cer.
T his y e a r 's sh o w fea tu re s
two fabulous retro bands: San
F ra n c isc o ’s 8 0 ’s trib u te se n
sa tio n T a in te d L o v e, and
P o r tla n d ’s o w n o ld -tim e
ro ck e rs J o h n n y L im b o and
the L u g n u ts. T h e stu d e n ts ,
ballroom and organizers have
all donated their tim e and ser
v ic e s fo r the e v e n in g . W ith
the h elp o f sponsors, the s tu
dents are flying T ainted Love
up from C alifornia for the gig.
L ast y e a r th e Fat D addy
B all raise d o v e r $ 15,000 for
th e c h ild r e n ’s C a n c e r A sso
ciation in support o f its unique
program s.
For th is y e a r's e v e n t, the
s tu d e n ts have a lre ad y m et
th e ir goal o f raisin g $25,000
in sp o n so rsh ip . “ N o w ,” says
student c o -c h a ir K risti B ray,
“ all w e h av e to do is fill the
b a llro o m w ith d a n c in g b o d
ies!” Jesuit H igh School vice
p rin c ip a l Paul H ogan said.
O ne o f th e ev en t ad u lt o rg a
nizers along w ith M ary A lice
M cM enam in, “A fter v isiting
kids at both D oem becher and
E m an u el H o sp itals o v e r the
p a st tw o y e a rs and seein g
C C A ’s am azin g p ro g ram s in
action, the students on the
Fat D ad d y C o m m itte e
h av e had th e ir ey es
opened
and
h e a rts
to u ch e d . O v e r the past
th re e y e a rs , w e h a v e
ra ise d o v e r $ 5 0 ,0 0 0 for
th e C h ild re n ’s C a n c e r
A sso c ia tio n th ro u g h the
Fat D addy B a ll.” M ary
A lice M cM enam in o b
s e r v e s , “ D e s p i te th e
m e d ia ’s focus on the tiny
n u m b er o f ‘d a n g e ro u s ’
teens, the m ajority o f kids
are c o m p a ssio n a te and
c a rin g .”
The Fat Daddy Ball will
be from 7 to 10 p.m . T ick
ets are a v a ila b le in a d
v a n c e from the C ry stal
Ballroom, C hildren’s Can
cer A sso ciatio n , th rough
th e ir
w e b s ite
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