Smoke Signals 13
APRIL 15, 2011
Tribal membeir CCemumy lewis Joddds SoD Seed
Band performs free show
April 29 at Tribal gym
By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals editor
Tribal member Kenny Lewis has
packed a lot of living in his first 20
years.
He's a black belt in martial arts.
He's won a Native American
Music Award as lead guitarist
of the Jan Michael Looking Wolf
Band and starred in the "Breakin'
Free" videos that can be seen on
YouTube.com.
And now he's the lead guitarist of
Sol Seed, a foursome who describe
their music as psychedelic reggae
rock with hints of jazz, blues, swing, .
funk, folk, Latin and hip-hop styles
blended into the musical mix. Think
Jack Johnson meets Bob Marley
with a dose of vintage Cat Stevens
thrown in for good measure. .
"It's a good vibes feeling that
all types of audiences enjoy," the
band's Web site says. "And in
the midst of this music fusion is
a message of unconditional love,
universal acceptance, and an urge
to reach across social, spiritual and
cultural boundaries."
Lewis, who is the son of Tribal
member and Commercial Real
Estate Manager Ann Lewis and
If you go
Sol Seed in concert
When: 7 p.m. Friday, April 29;
dinner starts at 6:30 p.m.
Where: Tribal gym
Cost: Free admission; open to.
the public
Mora info: solseedmusic.com
her husband. Ken, joined Sol Seed
in early 2010 as his work with the
Jan Michael Looking Wolf Band
was winding down. The other three
members of the band are singer and
guitarist Michael Lennon, percus
sionist Michael Sorensen and bass
ist Benny Pezzano.
Lennon and Sorensen are the
principal songwriters, but all four
members participate in the creation
and development of the songs.
Sol Seed will perform a free con
cert in the Tribal gym on Friday,
April 29. It will not be their first
performance there; they played
the 2011 Tribal Jam on March 12.
A video of that performance can be
seen on the Tribal Web site, www.
grandronde.org, under the Video
page. (Their performance starts at
the 51:30 mark of the video.)
Sol Seed also is being featured
on Salem cable TV project "Salem
In
Smoke Signals file photo
Tribal member Kenny Lewis perform! during the Jan Michael Looking Wolf
Band's free concert in the Tribal gymnasium on February 2010. Lewis is now
the lead guitarist of Sol Seed and the band will be giving a free concert in the
Tribal gymnasium on Friday, April 29.
Rocks."
"Episode 1 - This Is Sol Seed, Part
1" airs on Comcast Cable channel
22 at 8:30 p.m. Fridays, April 15, 22
and 29, and 11:30 p.m. Saturdays
April 16, 23 and 30. D
SacfldlDe CD nab peon
The Grand Ronde Saddle Club is open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Monday, Tuesday, Friday and Saturday, and 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Wednesday near the former Grand Ronde Food Bank west of Grand
Ronde Road.
The Saddle Club is closed on Thursday and Sunday.
Everyone is invited to visit the horses and go for a ride.
For more information, contact Tribal member Clint Folden at
503-559-1977. B
Tribe seeking 201 1-12
Hatfield Fellow applicants
The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde is accepting applications for
the Mark O. Hatfield Congressional Fellowship.
Each year, a Hatfield Fellow serves as an intern for a member of Ore
gon's congressional delegation. The fellow is selected from adult Native
American applicants who are enrolled members of a federally recognized
Tribe in Oregon.
If there are no qualified applicants from Oregon, enrolled members of
federally recognized Tribes in Washington, Idaho and Montana will be
considered.
The selected candidate will intern in Washington, D.C., for nine months
beginning in November and will receive a monthly stipend, relocation and
travel expenses, and tuition for the American Political Science Association
orientation.
Again in 2011, applications will be accepted and submitted through an
electronic Web-based process only at www.thecommunityfund.comhat-field-fellowship.
Videos providing an overview of the Hatfield Fellowship program and
interviews with previous fellows can be viewed at Spirit Mountain Com
munity Fund's Web site.
Deadline for applications is 5 p.m. Friday, April 29. Applicants will be
notified in May if they qualify for interviews. Late applications will not
be accepted.
For more information, contact Program Coordinator Louis King at Spirit
Mountain Community Fund at 503-879-1462, e-mail at louis.kingthe
communityfund.com or by mail at 9615 Grand Ronde Road, Grand Ronde,
OR 97347.
The fellowship honors Mark Hatfield for his accomplishments as a U.S.
senator, former Oregon governor and for his mentorship of many com-,
munity leaders. B
Youth prom scheduled
Native Network will be presenting the first Native Youth Prom on
Saturday, May 28, for Native youth who live in the Portland metro area,
including Multnomah, Clackamas, Washington counties in Oregon and
Clark County in Washington.
The network also will be having an ongoing prom dress, tuxedo and ac
cessories drive to collect items for students in need, and also will be having
a Native American art exhibit and silent auction fundraiser to help with
the costs of the event, which will be held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, 1441
N.E. Second Ave., Portland.
For more information on becoming a sponsor or donating, contact Cas
sandra Belgard at 971-998-4567 or Nicholas Belgard at 503-758-2019, or
visit www.NativeYouthProm.com. B
Matthew Hofenbredl finishes
middle school wrestling career
By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
Tribal member Matthew Hofenbredl, a LaCreole (Dallas) Middle
School eighth-grader and wrestler with the Dallas Mat Club, has
concluded another wrestling season as first in the state in the 95
pound weight class of the Oregon Wrestling Association, said his
father, Tribal member Leland Hofenbredl.
The finals took place in March.
Toward the end of March, during spring break, Matthew and his
father traveled to Illinois to wrestle on the Oregon National team. He
won "a couple of matches," said Leland, but suffered with a broken
hand that happened "fooling around" the day before they left.
"I had his hand wrapped up for these matches," Leland said.
"Both Oregon teams finished in Gold Division, the top division,"
said Leland. "This was Matthew's third trip to nationals," for sixth,
seventh and eighth grades.
"He's the only kid so far to do that."
They came home for a week, and then headed south to Nevada for
the Reno World Tournament, where Matthew made it to the semi
finals in the 89-pound bracket.
"He was fourth overall, out of 39 kids," said Leland.
By then, the hand was all healed, and the experience, Matthew
said, was "good."
He'll continue to wrestle, he said, next year at Dallas High
School. B