Blues Concert Kicks Off Instrument Drive Ethos, Inc. will be hosting a free blues concert to kick o ff an instru­ ment drive for its multicultural music center. The live concert will take place Sunday, June 24, from 12p.m. to4p.m. at Saturday Market, located under the Bumside Bridge. Some o f Portland’s most well- known blues musicians scheduled to appear, including Paul Delay, Janice Scroggins, Lynn Ann Hyde and Smart Kinsel. The show will also feature some o f Ethos, Inc.’s beginning and intermediate students. “This is a great opportunity for Ethos and local businesses to work together to bring music to more young students,” said Charles Lewis, ex­ ecutive director o f Ethos. The non-profit organization at 27 N.E. Killingsworth matches donated instruments with stu­ dents who wouldn’t be able to afford their own. It also provides low­ cost lessons to Portland kids. The instrument drive is being held in conjunction with sev­ eral local music stores. Instrument donations can be dropped o ff through Sunday, July 8 at Musik Centur, 733 S.W. IO*; Portland Mu­ sic Co. stores at 520 S.W . 3 rd, 19151 E Bumside, and 10075 S.W . B e a v e rto n Hillsdale Hwy; Guitar Center, 575 S.W. Cas­ cade and A rtichoke A195 7 fire truck that's been converted into a mobile stage gets its first assignment for M usic, 3 1 3 0 S.E . Ethos, Inc. Sunday when the multicultural music center hosts a concert at Saturday Market. Hawthorne. The con- cert will also unveil the Ethos, Inc. ’s new Music Mobile, a 1957 fire truck that has been converted to a mobile stage complete with a sound system and lights. It will be used during the next school yearto bring free multicultural music presentations directly to some t’s a home run and it’s sailing... straight through your windshield. NOW WHO’S GOING TO COME THROUGH FOR YOU? A talented Little League batter hits the ball all the way out of the park... and straight through windshield! 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