ENTERTAINMENT
Saturday, June 23, 2018
MUSIC
East Oregonian
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A quiet musician shares her songs
By J.D. KINDLE
For The East Oregonian
Contributed photo
Bobby Nelsen and Faith
Martin, with Tri-Cities band
The Shades, will perform as
an acoustic duo June 25 at
Boardman Marina Park as part
of north Morrow County’s free
Music in the Parks series.
Bobby & Faith
strum acoustic tunes
BOARDMAN — Classic
rock and pop favorites are fea-
tured as Bobby & Faith take the
stage during Music in the Parks.
The acoustic duo, who also
perform with the Tri-Cities rock
band The Shades, are said to
have fantastic musical chemistry.
The free concert is Monday,
June 25 at 7 p.m. at Boardman
Marina Park. Pack a picnic or
bring some cash, as the Board-
man Little League will offer con-
cessions. Seated is limited, so
people are encouraged to bring a
blanket or lawn chair to stake out
a spot along the Columbia River
to enjoy the concert.
In case of inclement weather,
the performance will be held at
the SAGE Center.
For more information, con-
tact Jackie McCauley at utility.
clerk@cityofboardman.com or
541-481-9252.
SALEM
Oregon State Fair:
Hear Styx, Kool &
The Gang, even
Roots & Boots
East Oregonian
The Oregon State Fair is gear-
ing up for its 2018 event with a
theme of “Where Fun Shines.”
The fair is Aug. 24 through Sept.
3 in Salem.
Featured artists already
announced for special concert
events include Styx (Aug. 24);
Randy Houser with special guest
Blackhawk (Aug. 25); Roots &
Boots featuring Sammy Ker-
shaw, Collin Raye and Aaron
Tippin (Aug. 28); Kool & the
Gang and The Village People
(Aug. 30); John Kay & Step-
penwolf with special guests
The Guess Who (Aug. 31);
and Happy Ending Tour featur-
ing Old Dominion with special
guest Michael Ray (Sept. 3).
Performances in the fair’s
L.B. Day Amphitheatre begin at
7 p.m. General admission seat-
ing, which is first-come, first-
served, is free with fair tickets.
People also can purchase VIP
concert passes at www.oregon-
statefair.org. VIP prices are $40,
$50 or $75, which provide pre-
ferred seating. Gate admission
to the fair is $8 for ages 12-64,
$6 for a ages 6-11, $1 for ages
65 and over and free for ages
5 and under. Adults and chil-
dren can receive a discount with
internet presale tickets. In addi-
tion, ride and game tickets can
be purchased in advance for a
discount.
“We always look forward to
seeing our visitors enjoy favor-
ites from the past few decades
during the beautiful summer
nights,” said Dan Cox, Oregon
State Fair spokesperson.
The Monday, Aug. 27 concert
event features “American Idol
Live! 2018.” Audience favorites
from the TV competition will
be live onstage, including Cade,
Caleb, Catie, Gabby, Jurnee,
Maddie and Michael. Also, spe-
cial guest and Season 8 “Amer-
ican Idol” winner, Kris Allen,
will be on hand. Additional VIP
upgrade packages ($30-$125)
offer everything from photo ops
and intimate song performances
to special merchandise offerings
and a commemorative VIP lam-
inate and custom lanyard.
Other special shows includes
Faith & Family Night (Wednes-
day, Aug. 29), which features
Skillet, a Christian rock band.
And, the Saturday, Sept. 1 show
brings “Masters of Illusion,” the
hit CW television show, to the
stage. The performance stars
the world’s greatest award-win-
ning magicians, who will per-
form modern illusions and arts
of deception.
It has taken three years for
Dominique Sheridan Breazeale —
who performs under the mononym
Sheridan — to publicly release her
debut record “Beekeeper.” When
asked why the delay, she shrugs
her shoulders and replies: “I really
don’t know. I guess part of me
wasn’t gonna release it at all.”
Quiet and reserved would be
the quickest description for this
singer-songwriter who has kept an
extremely low profile. Most of her
performances have been limited to
house shows or private concerts far
from the public eye. Perhaps that
is because her music is extremely
personal.
For Sheridan, 22, the most
rewarding part about songwriting
is the cathartic self-discovery that
takes place, usually long after the
lyrics have been composed.
“I find myself going back,
looking at my songs and saying,
‘Oh that’s what I was going through
then!’”
The lyrical content on Beekeeper
could be categorized as emo. It
is light on metaphor and very
direct and conversational in tone.
Sometimes they sound extracted
from a teenager’s tumultuous
journal entries. Dominique looks
towards contemporary singer-
songwriter Julien Baker, who bears
a similar lyrical aesthetic, as an
influence.
Musically, Beekeeper is a
crunchy, indie-pop affair. The
instrumentation is the standard rock
band setup of two guitars, drums
and bass. There is an almost bipolar
shift in dynamics — from quiet
and enclosed to racous and load —
mirroring the emotional turmoil of
the lyrics.
Beekeeper is notable for being
a product of the Pendleton Center
for the Arts’ annual Rock & Roll
Camp. Dominique is a Rock Camp
alumni, first attending while a
senior in high school. She has
volunteered as a junior counselor
each year since.
Photo by Tristan Paige
Sheridan performs at a recent house show, backed by Trevor Breazeale on drums and Ian
Summerfield on bass.
She built relationships with
many of the core counselors,
including Wilson Vediner and
Victor Nash who bear the
distinction of having been
counselors every year since the
camp’s inception. At the 2015
camp, after listening to a copy
of demonstration recordings
Dominique had made in her
bedroom and with Margaret
Mayer, her music instructor at Blue
Mountain Community College,
Vediner expressed interest in
participating in a future recording
session with Dominique. Nash
echoed that sentiment and offered
use of Destination: Universe, his
professional recording studio
located in southeast Portland.
To Vediner and Nash’s pleasant
surprise, Dominqiue immediately
followed through on their offer and
began coordinating the recording
project. The three of them, plus
two of Vediner’s bandmates from
his indie-rock band Months,
convened at Destination: Universe
for a four day recording session.
Two days were set aside for
rehearsing the full band and
tweaking the parts, and another
two days for laying down tracks.
Mixing for the album was
accomplished remotely with Nash
and Dominique. The result is a
very polished and accomplished —
albeit brief — debut recording.
For Vediner, who has been a
counselor at Rock Camp since its
inception, Dominique’s recording is
a culmination of Rock Camp.
“Honestly I wish this camp
really could see itself through what
it does for kids,” he said.
Vediner said the recording and
creating process feels like a good
finish line for Rock Campers.
“Obviously it’s an impossible
component to add without a ton of
funding, but the idea of us working
with her in this manner felt entirely
natural because of the way the
camp is taught — the camp being
composition-based and focusing
on the camper’s music. It felt like
a natural part of the process. It was
really fun because she was able to
see what it was like working with
other musicians. She really got to
take charge and run the artistry of
the record and we were there to be
supportive and add parts we were
excited about.”
Sheridan doesn’t have any
current plans to be performing in
support of “Beekeeper.” On the
rare occasion she gives a public
performance, it is usually in a trio
consisting of her husband Trevor
on drums and a rotating cast of
bassists. Its best to plug yourself
into the underground house show
scene in order to find her.
Sheridan’s “Beekeeper” and
it’s corresponding demos can
be listened to at sheridanmusic.
bandcamp.com.
WHAT TO DO
Festivals
Hodaka Days
•June 21-24
•Athena & Weston
www.hodakadays.org
Hodaka enthusiasts come
for poker run, trail rides, swap
meet, parade, car show, bike
show and silent auction/sale.
Info
Umatilla Landing Days
•Saturday, June 23; 10 a.m.-
11 p.m.; Sunday, June 24, 9:30-
11:30 a.m.
•Umatilla Marina & RV Park
www.umatillaorchamber.org
Free. Features family-friend-
ly activities, food, craft and game
vendors, live entertainment,
beer garden, featured bands
Nuketown and Blue Tattoo, fire-
works (Saturday, dusk) and a
faith-based service (Sunday, 10
a.m.).
Eastern Oregon Beer
Festival
•Saturday, June 30; noon-7
p.m.
•Union County Fairgrounds,
La Grande
www.eobeerfest.org
$30/adults 21-and-older (in-
cludes commemorative glass
mug), $5/non-drinkers & af-
ter-party, $50/VIP. Live music,
local crafts, food and Q&A’s with
brewers. After-party from 7-9
p.m.
Wildhorse Pow Wow
•Friday, July 6, 7 p.m.; Sat-
urday, July 7 & Sunday, July 8;
1 p.m.
•Wildhorse Resort & Casino,
off I-84 Exit 216, Mission.
Free. In its 24th year, the
event features American Indian
dancers and drum groups from
across the country. Food and
vendors on hand. Awards pre-
sented Sunday evening.
Art, Museums &
Authors
Andrea Aldrich Photo
Exhibit
•Monday-Thursdays; 11 a.m-
7 p.m.,
•Friday-Saturdays; 10 a.m.-5
p.m.
•Hermiston Public Library,
235 E. Gladys Ave.
www.hermistonlibrary.us
Free. Features the work
of youth division best of show
award from the 2017 Eastern
Oregon Art Show. Runs through
June 30.
“Wandering Through
Nature’s Solitude”
•Monday-Fridays, 10 a.m.-5
p.m.; Saturdays; 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
•Pendleton Art + Frame, 36
S.W. Court Ave.
Free. Features nature and
wildlife photography of Pendle-
ton photographer Jack Simons.
Runs through July 7.
Nixyaawii Community
School Student Print
Exhibition
•Monday-Fridays; 9 a.m.-5
p.m.
•Crow’s Shadow Institute
of the Arts, 48004 St Andrews
Road, Mission
www.crowsshadow.org
Free. Features student prints
created under the guidance of
Brewer’s Grade blazes on with music award
lay, Jeff Black; July 5: Ladies of
Native Comedy with Adrianne
Chalepah & Deanna MAD
Brewer’s Grade Band attended the
fifth annual International Music and
Entertainment Association’s Awards
event and walked away with their first
IMEA Award.
Based in The Dalles, the band —
which includes Joe Smart, Zac Grooms,
Nolan Hare, Al Hare and Cody Chris-
topherson — reeled in the country band
of the year award during the June 16
event held at the Paramount Arts Center
in Ashland, Kentucky. Brewer’s Grade
Band is blazing their own trail in coun-
try music. The group performs genre
bending sound with a unique twist on
traditional country, known as North-
west Country.
Frontman Zac Grooms of Hermis-
ton said the band was initially formed
in 1998.
While it has performed under sev-
eral monikers, the band’s name is a tip
of the hat to their roots in The Dalles
and the vast array of microbreweries in
the Pacific Northwest.
For band member Joe Smart, this
isn’t his first award. In 2017, he received
a Grammy for his work with the O’Con-
nor Band and their album, “Coming
Wine tasting
•Fridays, 4-8 p.m.
•Sno Road Winery, 111 W.
Main St., Echo.
Karaoke w/DJ David
•Fridays; 8 p.m.
•Riverside Sports Bar, 1501
Sixth St., Umatilla
DJ and dancing
Photo contributed by Bill Tussey
Brewer’s Grade band received the
country band of the year at the
fifth annual IMEA Awards, held
June 16 at the Paramount Arts
Center in Ashland, Kentucky.
Home.” Smart and the O’Connor Band
have previously collaborated with Paul
Simon and are currently on tour with
Zac Brown Band.
For a chance to applaud Brewer’s
Grade Band in person, catch one of
their upcoming local shows.
They will be playing Wednesday,
July 4 during the Ione Fourth of July
celebration and Wednesday, Aug. 8 at
the Umatilla County Fair in Hermiston.
For more about the band, visit
www.brewersgradeband.com or search
Facebook.
master printer Judith Baumann.
Runs through June 29.
horse Resort & Casino, off I-84
Exit 216, Mission.
horse Resort & Casino, off I-84
Exit 216, Mission.
Open Regional Photogra-
phy Exhibit
Sunny Ledfurd
98% Angels
•Tuesday-Fridays, 10 a.m.-4
p.m.; Saturdays, noon-4 p.m.
•Pendleton Center for the
Arts, 214 N. Main St.
www.pendletonarts.org
Free. Features 125 photos,
taken by 65 adults and teens
from across the region. Runs
through June 29. Gallery visi-
tors can vote for people’s choice
award.
“H2O Today”
•Monday-Saturdays,
10
a.m.-5 p.m., regular hours
•Tamástslikt Cultural Insti-
tute, near Wildhorse Resort &
Casino.
www.tamastslikt.org
$10/adults, $9/senior citi-
zens, $6/youths. Traveling exhi-
bition from the Smithsonian In-
stitution explores the beauty and
essential nature of water, the chal-
lenges of maintaining global water
sources and promoting conversa-
tion. Runs through July 14.
Music
The Sometimes Island
•Saturday, June 23; 8 p.m.
•40 Taps, 337 S.W. Emigrant
Ave., Pendleton
www.eventbrite.com
$10. The North Carolina na-
tive plays rock ‘n’ roll.
Brady Goss
•Sunday, June 24; 6-8 p.m.
•Ione City Park
No cover. As part of the
monthly Music in the Park con-
cert series, features the former
Wallowa County wizard of the
keyboards. Bring lawn chairs
or blankets and a cooler. Food
available for purchase from Ta-
cos Hometown at 5 p.m.
Bobby and Faith
•Monday, June 25; 7 p.m.
•Boardman Marina Park
Free. As part of the Music
in the Parks series, which alter-
nates weekly between Board-
man and Irrigon marina parks.
Bring a blanket or lawn chairs.
Food available for purchase.
Lightnin’ Willie
& the Poor Boys
•Thursday, June 28; 7-9 p.m.
•Great Pacific Wine & Coffee
Co., 403 S. Main St., Pendleton
No cover. All ages. The vet-
eran bluesman offers a tradition-
al blues format with traditional
instrumentation.
•Saturday, June 23; 5:30 p.m.
•Hamley Steakhouse & Sa-
loon, 8 S.E. Court Ave., Pend-
leton
No cover. The LA-based
band brings songwriting and
production together into a new
era of hands-on dance music.
•Thursday, June 28; 7-9 p.m.
•40 Taps, 337 S.W. Emigrant
Ave., Pendleton
No cover. Live Music Thurs-
days.
Melissa Mickelson
Collective Nation
•Saturday, June 23; 8 p.m.
No cover
•Wildhorse Sports Bar, Wild-
JJ Hill
•Friday, June 29; Saturday,
June 30; 8 p.m. No cover
•Wildhorse Sports Bar, Wild-
•Monday, July 2; 7 p.m.
•Irrigon Marina Park
Free. As part of the Music
in the Parks series, which alter-
nates weekly between Board-
man and Irrigon marina parks.
Bring a blanket or lawn chairs.
Bring a picnic to enjoy.
Night life
Karaoke w/DJ David
•Saturdays; 8 p.m.
•Riverside Sports Bar, 1501
Sixth St., Umatilla
Saturday Trivia Nights
•Saturdays; 9 p.m.
•Midway Bar & Grill, 1750 N.
First St., Hermiston
No cover. Join in for trivia fun
and a chance to win prizes. Also
features DJ music.
Wino Wednesdays
•Wednesdays, 2-6 p.m.
•Echo Ridge Cellars, 551 N.
Thielsen St., Echo
Karaoke at the Packard
•1st/3rd
Wednesday,
9
p.m.-midnight
•The Packard Tavern, 118
S.E. Court Ave., Pendleton
No cover.
Thirsty Thursdays
•Third Thursday; 5-8 p.m.
•Midway Bar & Grill, 1750 N.
First St., Hermiston
No cover. Special guest
breweries offer tastings.
LOL Comedy Jam
•Thursdays; 8 p.m.
•Wildhorse Sports Bar, Wild-
horse Resort & Casino, off I-84
Exit 216, Mission.
No cover. June 28: Jono Za-
•Fridays, 8 p.m.
•The Pheasant, 149 E. Main
St., Hermiston
Karaoke
•Fridays; 9 p.m.
•Midway Tavern, 1750 N.
First St., Hermiston
Cimmi’s Late Night Mar-
tini Lounge
•Fridays; 9 p.m.-midnight
•Virgil’s at Cimmiyotti’s, 137
S. Main St., Pendleton
No cover. Features martinis,
mixology and music.
Theater, stage,
film & lectures
Movies in the Park
•Saturdays; dusk
•Community Park, 1000
S.W. 37th St., Pendleton
www.pendletonparksandrec.
com
Free. Bring lawn chairs or
blankets. Concessions available
for purchase. June 23: “Padding-
ton 2” June 30: “Despicable Me
3.” In case of inclement weather,
cancellations will be posted at
the park and Pendleton Parks
& Recreation’s Facebook page.
Ione Movies in the Park
•Saturdays; dusk
•Ione City Park
Free. Bring lawn chairs or
blankets and a cooler. Conces-
sions may be available. June 30:
“Ghostbusters,” July 14: “Cars.”
Ladies of Native Comedy
•Thursday, July 5; 8 p.m.
•Wildhorse Sports Bar, Wild-
horse Resort & Casino, off I-84
Exit 216, Mission.
www.wildhorseresort.com
No cover. The 21-and-old-
er event is held in conjunction
with the 24th annual Wildhorse
Pow Wow. It features Adrianne
Chalepah and Deanna MAD.
Hot tickets
•John McEuen & the String
Wizards (June 30, $55-$75), at
Granada Theatre, The Dalles.
Buy tickets via 815-993-6585 or
www.granadatheatrethedalles.
com
•Summer Concert Series:
Naughty by Nature, hip hop
party w/ Sir Mix-A-Lot & Tone
Loc (18-and-older ,July 27, $49-
$99); and Ramon Ayala (all-ag-
es, July 28, $49-$129) at Wild-
horse Resort & Casino. Tickets
via Wildhorse Gift Shop or www.
wildhorseresort.com
County
Fair
•Umatilla
main stage performers Sawyer
Brown (Aug. 7), Ned LeDoux
(Aug. 8); Skid Row (Aug. 9)
Latino Night (Aug. 10) Blues
Traveler (Aug. 11) (free/general
admission, $12/reserved, $20/
premium) www.umatillacounty-
fair.net (541-567-6121)