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Picnic with Shining Stars
June 3, 2006
Jubilee Park, Cave Junction - Southern Oregon
Music, Kids activities and entertainment, art, craft and food vendors, dancing, family, friends and more ...
HERE'S THE SCHEDULE:
10:00 am Ashanti Jiggens African Drumming
10:45 am Wally Aiken
11:15 am B Wishes and Kids
11:45 am Organic Thyme Machine
12:45 pm Sarah Austin and B Wishes
1:30 pm Sweet Island Thyme
2:45 pm Sparrow on Accordion
3:15 pm Rowdy James and the Handlers
5:00 pm Bye Bye Chinook
6:30 pm Dane Saavedra
7:00 pm The Tasty Trio
We had a great variety of artists and performers in 2005!
SATURDAY, JUNE 4:
Don't expect to see any musicians with congenitally deficient skin pigmentation in the band Albino! This Berkeley-based, 14-piece all-star ensemble honors the fiery legacy of Afrobeat inventor Fela Kuti by melding tightly-crafted arrangements and nuances of jazz harmony with propulsive, high energy grooves. For the innocent bystander, any visit to an albino! show inevitably becomes an all out booty-maneuvering experience. Formed in 2003, the members of Albino! hail from such diverse acts as Spearhead, CK Ladzekpo, and Hamsa Lila, among others. Since this group's inception, world-beat and jamband lovers alike have latched-on to the primary ingredient behind this band's truly broad appeal: Albino simply brings the house down every opportunity it gets!
Alfred Howard and the K23 Orchestra
http://www.alhowardk23.com/
Alfred Howard & the K23 Orchestra (AH&K23) is a unique blend of hip-hop, rock, Latin, spoken word and jazz-fusion. The band consists of six pieces including; keyboard/organ, guitar, electric bass, drums, percussion/vibraphone, and a lyricist. AH&K23 is based in San Diego and performs weekly with regular shows at Winston's, the Boom Boom Room in San Francisco, Flagstaff Brewing Company, the Whistle Stop Bar, Canes & the Belly Up.
AHK23 has won the San Diego Music Award for Best Hip-Hop Band 2 consecutive years (2003 & 2004). Alfred Howard has given readings at SDSU and UCSD and has won the UCSD Poetry Slam. He has read his poetry to assemblies at Torrey Pines, Sunset, Valley Center and La Costa Canyon High Schools. He has recently read his poem “America” on the High Sierra Music Festival Main Stage as well as opening for Bobby Kennedy and Senator Barbara Boxer at the SD Bay Keepers Convention.
Americanistan w/ bellydancers
Americanistan has been performing for over 14 years, in many different settings and from the West to the East Coast. Americanistan is dedicated to bringing you the very best of acoustic world music. Frankly, it isn't easy to gather, maintain, and play some of the world's most beautiful traditional musical instruments. Many of them have classical traditions behind them that involve years of study in order to master. And the instruments are delicate - they don't like climate change, they come with fragile reeds and breakable strings. But we think that the charm and magnificence of these instruments makes all the effort worthwhile.
So you can be assured that we will never cut any corners - no drum machines, no synths - in giving you the very best authentic, acoustic music ensemble we can attain. If we can't all be transported to a time centuries ago, where we sang, played and danced around the fire after a hard day's travel through the desert, at least we can do our best to recreate that experience in a way that is spiritually true to us all.
Our goal is to create exciting, dynamic, beautiful music for our audiences and for each dancer we play for. We strive to tailor the music to the dancer's preference, style, and skill. We pride ourselves on our reputation as the most "dancer-friendly" band ever.
We love and cherish each and every dancer that we play for, from the beginner to the most advanced professional. Together, the music and the dance create a sacred space, which the audience can also enter to experience the joy of the ancient and living art of bellydance. Late Night Bellydancing w/acoustic Americanistan www.americanistan.com
Behold...the Big Island Shindig!!!!! Based in Portland, Oregon, the B.I.S. combine the energies of their instruments causing a cosmic combustion of honey-sweet jam!
Consisting of Noah Bell on guitar/vocals, Nathan Day on guitar/vocals, Justin Fulbright on drums, Jim Montgomery on piano/organ, and Tyler Stauss on bass, the Shindig pack a powerful punch from their multi-style arsenal of tunes.
From blues to bluegrass, rock to funk, latin and jazz, the Big Island will grab a style, carve and chisel it, reshaping it into their own. Musically conscious and always listening, the B.I.S. create a live energy on stage that captures a room, leading listeners down a spiraling musical joyride! http://www.bigislandshindig.com/
Bye Bye Chinook
Bye Bye Chinook music is powerful fluid, and complex…inspired by nateru and the universe…Intimate and unbound. Bye Bye Chinook is Lauren Cressman - vocals and sax; David Scott - Guitars and Rob Cline - Drums and percussion.
http://www.byebyechinook.com/
Hearts of Harmony
November 2002, the three of us were deeply impressed to get together and sing....just sing! We are Linda Hutchens, Joanna Suzuki, and Linda Henson of Southern Oregon.
We worked up a few songs and began singing in Retirement Homes, Churches and Community Events, and to our dear Veterans. We have a lot of fun singing Vintage songs, Southern Gospel, Old Hymns and are more.
Slow Rollers
The Slow Rollers started out as a project between Jim Pomeroy and Nathan Zito. The band was rounded out and solidified with Nathaniel Nolan, Peter Boone, and Joel Boutwell. The Slow Rollers brings a tight performance with a mix of Rock-and-roll and Delta Blues. The goal of the band is to put out the best American Rock-and-roll they can make and play it live for music fans across the country.
SUNDAY, JUNE 5:
Dell 'Arte Theatre
Amha Baraka
Amha Baraka & JahKuumba, the latest addition to the bay area since Feb '04. Officially now Sonoma County's hot new roots /dancehall reggae act. Lead singer Amha Baraka has been at the helm as lyricist/vocalist for this band for the past 15 years. Originating from Wash .D.C. ,has performed on stages from the east to the west coast. His latest cd is titled " For the Love of Jah" available @ Cdbaby.com under reggae genre.
Uprite Dub Orchestra is a six-member band featuring a solid rhythm section of guitar, bass and drum kit complemented by tenor sax, trombone, and trumpet with occasional appearances of keyboards, melodica, and the upright bass. Drawn together by their love of instrumental music and the lengths to which it can be explored, the Uprite dub sound is a cross breed of Jamaican beats loosely based in the dub styles pioneered at Channel 1 studios and Lee Perry’s Black Ark.
State of Jefferson
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