COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL May 11, 2016
LCC class teaches
the art of the
Planning meeting for A.A.
Square set for Tuesday
Jam
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BY JON STINNETT
The Cottage Grove Sentinel
“
Our jam sessions need to be more in-
formative. It’s not enough to just get
together and play the tunes.”
On a Wednesday evening, multi-instru-
mentalist and instructor Justin Booher
imparts such wisdom to his class, a hand-
ful of adults of various ages gathered in a
classroom at the Lane Community College
branch in Cottage Grove.
photo by Jon Stinnett
“Music starts with rhythm,” Booher says.
Justin
Booher
teaches
a
more
relaxed
approach
to
music
in
"Fast
Track to
“We’re looking to provide harmonic fi lls
over the rhythm guitars, but we don’t want Jamming," held Wednesdays at LCC in Cottage Grove.
to play the melody while the singer is sing-
“It’s really unique,” said student Chrissy
ing it, because we need to have a harmony.” ments can be made using only 12 sounds. It’s
important
to
remember
that
you’re
always
Anderson.
“I’ve never been taught music
It’s “better to be a minimalist” with re-
one
note
from
the
next
chord
change.”
like
this
before.
I was lost without sheet mu-
gard to adorning a song, Booher said, be-
Booher’s
class
frequently
hears
such
en-
sic,
but
he
freed
me. It’s a revelation.”
cause the song’s lyrics tell the story. And
couragement
to
ease
the
minds
of
those
who
Many
musicians
have had private lessons,
Booher should know. As a son of the famous
may
be
apprehensive
about
making
music
Booher
said,
but
their
musical education of-
Booher family of musicians based in nearby
or
who
think
they
need
sheet
music
to
play
ten
ends
there.
Scotts Valley, he has music fl owing through
“We have to throw away our need to be
his very veins, and though he’s still a young a song.
“Humans
like
to
complicate
things,”
he
good,
to look like we know what we’re do-
man, he’s been teaching for 29 years.
says.
“People
say
things
like,
‘I
couldn’t
ing,”
he
said. “We’re building a foundation
On Wednesdays, Booher picks up his
possibly
do
that;
I
didn’t
get
that
gift.
But
that
helps
us understand chords so well that
trademark fi ddle and sometimes a guitar to
you
have
to
throw
that
notion
out
the
win-
we
realize
their structure cannot be sepa-
teach and take part in a class known as “Fast
dow.
There
are
all
these
amazing
things
rated
from
the
melody.”
Track to Jamming,” which has called LCC
we’ve
done
in
our
lives,
and
yet
we
continue
“Fast
Track
to Jamming” takes place at
in Cottage Grove home since October.
to
second-guess
ourselves.”
LCC
each
Wednesday
from 6-8 p.m. More
“I want you to be able to anticipate the
Instead,
Booher
teaches
the
belief
that
information
is
available
at https://www.lan-
chord changes,” he tells his students as they
musical
excellence
is
reachable
and
profes-
ecc.edu/cotgrove/cottage-grove-classes.
run through the classic “Moon River.” “We
learn songs to help build our ideas, because sional-sounding music is accessible; in fact,
all of the music we create with our instru- it’s one of the major tenets of his class.
Osprey blamed for
power outages relocate
A
pair of ospreys blamed for
disrupting power lines near
Cottage Grove’s Row River Water
Treatment Plant has apparently ac-
cepted a suggestion that they fi nd
another place to nest.
A spokesperson with the Emerald
People's Utility District confi rmed
Monday that the utility blames nest-
ing osprey with building a nest on
active power lines near the water
treatment plant, activity that they
say led to a recent power outage
on April 29. City crews contacted
EPUD about the issue, and EPUD
workers removed nesting materials
from the lines three times.
3A
he City of Cottage Grove
will join a handful of lo-
cal organizations next week to
discuss the potential solutions
to issues at All-America City
Square downtown.
City Planner Amanda Fergu-
son announced by press release
that the City has received a grant
from the National Park Service
and State Historic Preservation
Offi ce to conduct a community
planning project for All-Amer-
ica City Square, located at the
corner of Seventh and Main
streets, this spring.
An open house is scheduled at
the Cottage Grove Armory from
6-8 p.m. on Tuesday, May 17, an
event that aims to “gather ideas
on needed park improvements
and uses so we can sustain the
park for future generations,” the
release stated. The following
Tuesday, May 24 from 6-8 p.m.,
the Armory will host a design
Chamber releases
Concerts in the
Park lineup
June 22: Crossing Neptune
Smooth groove and dance
Aug. 10: Annie Mae Rhodes
Band, Bluegrass/folk
June 29: Michael Kevin
Daly and Frank Sprouse
Americana
Aug. 17: Windy Ridge
Country Rock
July 6: Soul Deception
Rock, Blues Soul
In its Friday Update, the City
stated that “Since the birds appear to
be persistent and the area around the
Row River Water Treatment Plant
provides good food and habitat, staff
offered an abandoned power pole on
the treatment plant property adjacent
to the fi shing ponds as a location for
a nesting platform.”
Late last week, an EPUD service-
man placed a platform on top of this
pole and even added some sticks to
encourage the ospreys to nest at this
location, and by Friday, it appeared
courtesy photos
the birds of prey had warmed to their In the inset, EPUD serviceman Neil Williamson
new home.
installs a new osprey nesting platform, which the
birds soon occupied.
charrette facilitated by land-
scape architect David Dough-
erty from DLA Inc. to pursue
design changes to bring about
those improvements.
A charrette is an interactive
planning session where citizens,
designers and others collabo-
rate on a vision for a project. It
provides a forum for ideas and
gives immediate feedback to the
designers.
“We all love the All-America
City Square. But it is almost 10
years old. We want to fi nd out
what concerns people have and
what issues have surfaced since
the square was created,” Fer-
guson wrote. “We have heard
concerns expressed over the
fl ag stone fl ooring, traffi c fl ow,
safety, lighting, use, signage,
maintenance, etc. What are your
concerns? What would you like
to see change? What would you
like to see stay the same?”
July 13: Letters from Traffi c
Rock and Soul Funk
July 20: Blue Skies Big
Band Classic Swing Jazz
July 27: Joy Mills Band
Americana/Country
Aug. 24: The Reveleers
Rumble, Classic Rock
Aug. 31: Calvary Creek
Band
60s and 70s Folk
Sept. 7:Abandon Shoe
Indie Acoustic Rock, Alter-
native
Sept. 14: The Sugarbeets
Folk-rock, soul-grass
Aug. 3: Ian McFeron
Bob Dylan, Folk Rock
Folky pop, etc.
"There is a lot of variety
of music this season," wrote
Chamber Director Travis
Palmer. "Every week will be
different than the next and
we have great bands that are
looking forward to enter-
taining you with style and
an abundance of awesome
talent."
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