Page 8-Special Edition Morrow County Fair & Rodeo • Heppner Gazette-Times. Wednesday, August 8, 2001
Lisa Nix Lowary back by demand
Fair committee puts in hours o f planning
This year the M orrow C ounty
Fair C om m ittee has been busy
planning the K ic k -O ff D ance and
entertainment for the fair. They have
spent num erous hours in planning,
advertising and getting everything
scheduled.
If you have any ideas about what
Committee are Ellen Kennedy. Renee
Y ocom . Stacey Wainwnght and ( ’.J.
Johnson.
Contact one o f these ladies for
further inform ation.
you w ou ld like to see at next year's
fair they invite you to you join the
grou p and help out. Th ey w ould
appreciate having your help.
The m em bers o f the l air
"L oca l sensation", Lisa N ix
Lowary, wall perform at the M orrow
County Fair on Friday from 1-2 p.m.
T h is "talented w om an ", w ho
resides in Pendleton, is the daughter
o f Walt and Charlene Nix. formerly
from Heppner. now livin g in
Hermiston
N ix. having spent her childhood
grow ing up in Heppner and singing
to old 45 records on her phonograph,
has "grow n into on e o f the hottest
sensations in local country m usic
D erform ance".
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"T h ere are so m any special
memories and friends that I haven't
seen." says Lisa. "I am ex cited to
g o back and perform for all o f them
and to say h ello again."
Nix has perform ed on numerous
occa sion s, in cluding local talent
show s, rod eos and 4th o f July
celebrations. She w ill also perform
in the M orrow C ounty Fair tloat at
1 lem uston and Pendleton parades.
"Let's have a great time at the fair,
listening to the beautiful Lisa N ix
Low ary." said a fair spokesperson.
Native American legends,
songs presented at fair
T om M cCorm ack, an acclaimed
performing-artist, will present the
"beauty-w ay o f N ative-A m erican
legends", interspersed with cedar-
tlute music, drum, clapper-stock and
rattle, at the M orrow C ou n ty Fair
on Thursday from n oon to 1 p.m.
"Through the "blessing way" o f the
sacred circle this "storyholder"
weaves indigenous mythology," said
a release.
S ince 1988 M cC orm a ck has
presented legends across North
A m erica and internationally at
sch ools, libraries, festivals, p o w
w ow s, museums and other diverse
venues. He perform s the O regon
and Cahfom ia Trail through the eyes
o f native and pioneer children.
T h is refreshing rendering has
distinct d ia logu in g characters
throughout the perform ance.
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