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The INDEPENDENT, June 17, 2004
The Dead helps stock local food banks at Columbia Meadows show
The Conscious Alliance and
The Dead will stage a large-
scale food drive this summer, in
conjunction with the Wave That
Flag Tour. Food donations from
the July 2 Columbia Meadows
concert will benefit Columbia
Pacific Food Bank, which pro-
vides food to Vernonia Cares
and other emergency pantries,
group homes, senior centers
and helping programs through-
out Columbia County.
At every concert this sum-
mer, the first 1,000 people to
donate ten non-perishable
items will receive a free limited
edition commemorative poster
designed by famed Grateful
Dead artist, Stanley Mouse.
Donation bins will be located
outside of all main entrances at
Columbia Meadows. Here a
volunteer will exchange a
poster redemption coupon for
your donation of one non-per-
ishable item. Posters can be re-
deemed at the Conscious Al-
liance booth inside the show.
The food drive will start two
hours before doors open and
end at the beginning of the first
set. Donations of low-sodium
Only the Best for Dad!
and health food-oriented prod-
ucts are especially encour-
aged.
“We are delighted to partner
with the Conscious Alliance on
this project and increase the
amount of food,” said Columbia
Pacific Food Bank director Tra-
cie Smith, “to provide our mem-
ber agencies, as well as raise
the profile of hunger alleviation
programs in our community.”
The Conscious Alliance is a
grass-roots 501(c)(3) non-profit
based in Boulder, Colo., that is
working to help feed the hungry
across the United States. The
approach involves staging food
drives to redirect the abun-
dance and generosity that ex-
ists in music, art, and athletic
communities. The plans are to
continue running food drives
until a million pounds of food
have been collected and, from
there, a million pounds of dona-
tions per year.
For venue information, visit
the official Dead web site at
<www.dead.net>; for donation
information see <www.con
sciousalliance.org>. For more
information on the Columbia
Pacific Food Bank, call 503-
397-9708, in St. Helens.
Columbia Meadows 2004 shows
Some great shows are
scheduled for this summer’s of-
ferings at Columbia Meadows,
on Highway 30 near Deer Is-
land. Included among the acts
offered will be the following:
• The Warped tour, with tons
of punk bands on July 11 from
1 to 9:00 p.m.
• Countryfest, with Keith Ur-
ban, Carolyn Dawn Johnson,
Leanne Rimes, Restless Heart,
Alex, and Ted Mann on July 24
from noon to 10:00 p.m.
• Rockfest on July 28 from
noon to 11:00 p.m. This show
has not been confirmed at this
time.
• ZZ Top with special guests
Cross Canadian Ragweed on
August 3 from 8 to 11:00 p.m.
Tickets for all shows are
available from Double Tee Con-
certs, call 503-221-0288 or vis-
it their website at <www.dou
bletee.com>.
2004 Waterfront Blues Festival
features Jonny Lang, Keb’ Mo’
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Grammy Award winning
bluesman Keb’ Mo’ and Jonny
Lang will headline the 2004
Safeway Waterfront Blues Fes-
tival. The 17th annual blues
festival opens at noon on Fri-
day, July 2, and concludes at
9:00 p.m., Monday, July 5, at
Tom McCall Waterfront Park on
the banks of the Willamette
River in downtown Portland.
The second largest blues
festival in the nation, the Water-
front Blues Festival annually at-
tracts more than 120,000 fans
from across the U.S. The festi-
val offers close to 100 perform-
ances on four stages. This
year’s festival offers more
workshops, more Blues Cruis-
es on the “Portland Spirit,”
more films and more special
programming than ever before,
plus fabulous July 4 fireworks.
The 2004 Festival will cele-
brate the late Howlin’ Wolf and
spotlight the blues-based mu-
sic of Louisiana and Texas.
Admission is a daily dona-
tion per person of $5 plus two
cans of nonperishable food.
The festival is the major annual
fund-raiser for Oregon Food
Bank.
For more information and
schedules, visit the web site at
<www.waterfrontbluesfestival.c
om> or call 1-503-973-FEST.
Jonny Lang will be among
the performers at the 2004
Waterfront Blues Frestival.