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About Smoke signals. (Grand Ronde, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 15, 2001)
OR. COLL. November 15, 2001 CHASTA UMPQUA MOLALLA KALAPUYA ROGUE RIVER 503-879-5211 1-800-422-0232 A Publication of the Grand Ronde Tribe NOVEMBER 15, 2091 MA www.grandronde.org m&moiffinm I 5 ( t a- B f I; Rainy Day - Children from Grand Ronde Elementary School walked as a group up Grand Ronde Road to the Tribal Governance Center as part of the annual Red Ribbon March Against Drugs. The walk is a way for young people to publicly take a stand against drugs and alcohol. The origin of Red Ribbon Week is to honor the memory of Enrique Camarena. Camarena was a former undercover Drug Enforcement Officer who lost his life in the fight to keep drugs out of the hands of young people. In 1988, Congress declared that the last week in October of every year is Red Ribbon Week. Photo by Justin Phillips ' v p II Concert Honors Pepper, Veterans; Entertains Locals Concert Violinist Hollis Taylor is joined by friends to perform in Grand Ronde. By Chris Mercier Predicting a renaissance in any single place at any given time is a task best left to the geniuses. But if Grand Ronde should choose to open its doors to more offbeat ventures, like the recent Hollis Taylor Concert at the Tribal Governance Center for example, then people will undoubtedly point to October 26, 2001 as the beginning. Actually, we don't expect the Vienna Boys Choir any time soon, but the fact that more than 100 people showed up for the concert in memory of Native Jazz great Jim Pepper should have some people pondering the possibilities. Those who showed up were indeed treated to quite a show, well worth the $10 cover charge. What they expected, however, might be another matter. To start, pinpointing the style of Pepper's music poses a minor task in itself, and this knowing that he was a tenor saxophonist and the night's dedication and arrangement would be per- PlllCkin' Strings Portland bass player Phil Baker shows off during the Hollis Taylor Concert in Grand Ronde on Friday, October 26 at the Tribal Governance Center. The concert was a tribute to the late, great jazz musician Jim Pepper. The concert was also a fundraiser for the planned Veteran's Memorial in Grand Ronde. The evening was a spectacular success with many people, including the band, asking for a return performance in Grand Ronde. formed by a five-piece string band. "When I explained it to my students," said Gor don Lee, a longtime musical peer of Pepper's in addition to being a professor at Western Oregon University. "I told them it was kind of Native American, classical, jazz kind of pop music." Those in the audience laughed, probably be cause that awkwardly worded sentence wasn't far off. Lee would act as vocalist for half the songs. The band featured, in addition to Taylor, Port land bassist Phil Baker, violinist Paloma Grif fin, cellist Nancy Ives and Jean Belgique. On a night that more than one person described as "magical," the band fittingly opened up with "Fantasia" on a Jim Pepper theme. They followed that with another Pepper staple, "34 Gemini.'' Two more pieces would follow, the two being Taylor's own compositions, before leading into what must have been the highlight of the evening. Before explaining Taylor's "Birth on the Grand Ronde Indian Reservation," a little biographical background might be in order. Hollis Taylor is an Oregonian, though she splits her time throughout the year in Portland, New York, continued on page 6-7 g-r Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde PRESORTED '53& Community of Oregon FIRST-CLASS MAIL 9615 Grand Ronde Road y.S. POSTAGE PAID Grand Ronde, Oregon 97347 SALEM, OR Address Service Requested PERMIT NO. 178 SERIALS DEPT. - KNIGHT LIBRARY 1299 UNIVERSITY OF OREGON EUGENE OR 9F403-1205 lV'i niversity of Oregon Received on: 11-16-01 Smoke signals Library ! 1 1 J I urn in :t ii ii. .o 1 a.
