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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WOW Hall events 12/9 to 12/16/10

In the Gallery: Portrait Paintings by Taylor Warne: through December.  

 

Friday, December 10

Ozric Tentacles with Reeble Jar

Psychedelic Rock

Doors 8:30 pm; showtime 9:00

Tickets $15 advance, $18 door, available at C D & Game Exchange, C D World, House of Records, U. of O. Ticket Office, WOW Hall and www.ticketweb.com

www.ozrics.com

http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=3241505

 

Saturday, December 11

Membership Appreciation Dinner

Doors 7:00 PM

Admission free for CCPA members, $10 guests of members, memberships available at the door $15 or more

 

Sunday, December 12

10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Admission free.

 

Friday, December 17

Accordion

Doors 8:00 pm; showtime 9:00

Tickets $10 advance, $12 door, available at C D & Game Exchange, C D World, House of Records, U. of O. Ticket Office, WOW Hall and www.ticketweb.com

http://www.monstersofaccordion.com

http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=3264115

 

Saturday, December 18

Hard Rock

Doors 7:30 pm; showtime 8:00

Tickets $7 advance, $8 door, available at C D & Game Exchange, C D World, House of Records, U. of O. Ticket Office, WOW Hall and www.ticketweb.com

http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=3340835

Food, Clothing, Music, Fellowship

11:00 am - 3:00 pm

Free

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE STOP: 12/11/2010

 

On Friday, December 10, the Community Center for the Performing Arts and KRVM jubilantly welcome to the WOW Hall Great Britain’s legendary Ozric Tentacles along with Eugene’s own Reeble Jar.

 

One of the most influential bands to emerge from the UK’s festival scene, Ozric Tentacles layer ambient and ethereal landscapes with freeform dub trips, incredible rave grooves and psychedelic progressive rock.  Over the course of 25 years, the  band has flourished through lineup changes, spawned several side projects (including Eat Static and Nodens Ictus), created their own record label (Dovetail & Stretchy), put out close to 25 albums, scored a hit single and sold over a million albums worldwide.  

 

A campfire at the Stonehenge free festival in 1983 witnessed the birth of Ozric Tentacles.  It was there that composer and band leader Ed Wynne (guitar & keyboards) and brother Roly Wynne (bass) stumbled upon keyboardist Joie Hinton and drummer Nick 'Tig' Van Gelder.  After a session of warming their bones and discussing imaginary breakfast cereals, the group went on to perform an impromptu late jam session.  Sometime during the epic six hour performance, an audience member inquired as to the name of the band.  Randomly thinking back to the group’s former conversation, visions of ridiculous mythical mueslis entered Ed’s mind, and consequently he replied “Ozric Tentacles”. 

 

From that very first jam session, a musical compatibility was evoked that has since been a trademark of the Ozric Tentacles.  It's a signature blend of hippy aesthetics and raver electronics with spiraling guitars, textured waves of keyboards, midi, samplers and super-groovy bass and drum rhythms.  The band swiftly claimed their place as a staple of the UK's burgeoning festival scene, and are now credited as one of the influential musical linchpins of the scene.  

 

1984 saw the band's first cassette release, Erpsongs -- recorded at home on a barely more than a domestic hi-fi and lined with hand drawn covers.  1986 was a very productive year for the band with three cassette releases, Live Ethereal Cereal, Tantric Obstacles and There Is Nothing.  The latter featured  more ethnic elements; scales, styles and samples gathered by Joie on visits to India and Ed on trips to Thailand became deeply entwined with the band's sound.

 

Following the departure of the group’s second synth player, Tom Brooks, in 1987, Ed found himself forced to fill the sonic gap by focusing more on his own synthesis and keyboard skills.  This shift would prove to be not only a success for Ed, swapping seamlessly between guitar and keyboards, but the ethereal sounds of his Sequential Circuits Pro-One synth and Roland D-50 keyboard would essentially become the molecular base of the Ozrics’ DNA.  

 

1988 saw the band's most cohesive and endearing of the early cassette releases, Sliding Gliding Worlds.  Around the same time, drummer Tig evaporated, and Ozrics’ recruited Merv Pepler, a 21 year old phychobilly drummer from Somerset.  Six months later the band closed the tape only period with a collection of odds and ends from the 1985 - 89 time period, Bits Between The Bits.  The live performances from this time have become something of folklore amongst the hardcore fan-base.  Tape trades amongst these fans has reached the feverish dedication shown by Deadheads in the USA.

 

  Realizing that signing with any of the established companies would inhibit their creative freedom, in 1989 the band formed their own record label, Dovetail Records.  Their first major release available on CD, vinyl (and cassette), Pungent Effulgent, is a blinding example of the live experience and the raw energy the Ozrics put into every performance.  In 1991 the band’s first and only single was released.  “Sploosh!” scored the group a #1 in the indie charts, and spilled the band into the mainstream.  The single was released just as dance music was exploding in the UK and the ravers embraced its hypnotic pulse.  The subsequent album Strangitude took the music to a new level.  With the band's 1993 release Jurassic Shift, which debuted at #11 on the British indie chart and climbed into the Top 10 in the National Album Charts, the Ozrics found themselves heralded in publications such as NME and Melody Maker.   Last year Ozric Tentacles released The Yumyum Tree -- their first studio album  since 2006’s The Floor’s Too Far Away.  It follows on from the previous year’s live CD/DVD set, Sunrise Festival.

 

Tickets are $15 in advance, $18 at the door, and are available at C D & Game Exchange, C D World, House of Records, U. of O. Ticket Office, WOW Hall and www.ticketweb.com.  Doors open at 8:30 pm and showtime is 9:00.  The WOW Hall is located at the corner of 8th and Lincoln in Eugene and is open for all ages (6-11 half price at the door when accompanied by parent or adult guardian; five and under no charge).  Adult refreshments are available downstairs.  For more information please call 687-2746.

 

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE STOP: 12/12/2010

On Saturday, December 11, the Community Center for the Performing Arts hosts the WOW Hall Membership Party -- celebrating thirty-five years as caretaker of the historic Woodmen of the World Hall with musical guests The Whiskey Chasers, Eagle Park Slim, Kef and Basin & Range.  The event features an amazing array of food and beverages donated by Eugene’s finest producers and restaurants.

 

Doors open at 7:00 pm for the annual Membership Party.  Last year eighty-nine area restaurants and other businesses contributed prepared food, beverages and other items for a buffet-style dinner and a similar number are expected to this year.  Expect to find two rows of serving tables covered with breads, salads, hot and cold main dishes, pizzas, snacks and desserts.  New dishes are presented throughout the event, so you don’t need to come early to get a great meal.  The basement will also be offering an assortment of nibbles as well as some special deals on adult beverages that have been donated for the occasion.  And on the Main Stage we are pleased to offer a fantastic and diverse lineup of performers:

 

 

The Whiskey Chasers are Gracin Dorsey (mondo/vox), Kevin Davison (guitar/vox), Tony Cipoli (banjo), Cindy Ingram (washboard), Seth Kimmel (bass) and Gregg Volstedt (dobro).  They play bluegrass tunes and old school country classics about trains, lost love and whiskey drinkin' with a few crowd pleasing spirituals thrown in for good measure.  The Whiskey Chaser’s treasure trunk of originals combine fast pickin' and powerful harmonies with the feeling of a small town grange picnic on a summer day.

 

 

The word “legend” gets used way too often in the music publicists’ jargon, but in this case it is justly deserved.  It is the CCPA’s great honor to present our friend and neighbor and a true local legend -- Eagle Park Slim.  A recipient of the Eugene Rainy Day Blues Society’s “Rooster Award” for Lifetime Achievement, Eagle Park Slim has been playing his brand of rhythm, blues and soul across the country since 1954.  He developed his sound and style learning from greats and playing his music at his mom's club, The Village Tavern, in Eagle Park, Illinois.  After playing for many years in the St. Louis area, Slim ventured out to Denver, Colorado.  There, his Mile High Blues Band took the city and area by storm, belting out the real blues throughout the 1970s.  In 1980, the road called him again and he headed west to Oregon.  He fell in love with Eugene, as it reminds him of his hometown in Eagle Park. He's made it his home ever since.  Eagle Park Slim’s reputation as Eugene’s resident bluesman grew and grew as the years went by.  Generations of performers have been influenced and mentored by Slim.  Eagle Park Slim's life story is a fascinating one -- one you'll be able to read about one day in his autobiography -- now in the works.

 

 

The word "Kef" refers to that spirit and energy shared by a group of people in celebration.  It is a Turkish concept and term that has become naturalized across the Balkans throughout the former domain of the Ottoman Empire.  That same cultural force left an indelible mark on the music of the Balkans.  Today a multitude of ethnic groups  play and dance to music that is an amalgam of Turkish influences and indigenous regional styles.  Kef, the band, has been performing for dancers, festivals, cafes and bars since 2007.  Their music is a sampling of the regional genres found across the Balkans, from Bulgarian wedding music to Serbian brass band, from 1960s radio-style orchestrations to melody/drone-based village music.  Most of the repertoire comes from the folk tradition, learned from recordings or directly from notable musicians in the Balkan music community.  Band members are: Alex Lowe (trumpet), Sharon Rogers (accordion and vocals), Cody Simmons (trumpet and truba), Ken Sokolov (percussion) and Dan Gibson (bass).

 

 

Basin & Range is a constantly evolving entity, difficult to label, undeniably funky, occasionally reckless and sure to get your body moving in ways you cannot practice.  These four misfits draw on a wide variety of influences, merging elements of funk, psychedelia, hip hop and dirty electro-grit into a sound that is wholly original.  Instrumental by nature, B&R has been wrecking dance floors all over the Northwest since 2005, bringing a new spin on instrumental dance music.  Band members are: Phil Allen (drums/samples), Mark Macomber  (alto sax/keys), Dan Mahoney (electric guitar/keys) and Johnny Schlea (electric bass/keys).

 

The Community Center for the Performing Arts was incorporated thirty-five years ago to save the Woodmen of the World Hall and keep it available to the community.  On December 10, 1975, the WOWATHON began with live entertainment 24 hours a day for five days in order to raise the down-payment.  Today, the Hall remains community-owned and democratically operated.  The CCPA completed payment on the mortgage in 1983, and in 1996 the building was officially designated a historic landmark.  The organization enjoys a broad base of community support, as demonstrated by the membership list published in this issue.  Hundreds of others have completed training as WOW Hall volunteers, a large number of them area teenagers.  Each year the Membership Party serves to thank the supporters of the CCPA, a nonprofit (501c3) arts organization.  A short program includes an introduction to the CCPA board of directors and staff and recognition of all those who donated to support the event.  

 

Admission to the Membership Party is free for CCPA members.  Memberships are available at the door for $15 or more.  Members may bring bring guests at a cost of $10 for adults, $5 for ages 6-11; five and under free.  Doors open at 7:00 pm with The Whiskey Chasers at 7:15, Eagle Park Slim at 8:15, a short program at 9:00, Kef at 9:15, and Basin & Range 10:15ish.  The WOW Hall is located at the corner of 8th and Lincoln in Eugene and is always open for all ages.  For more information please call 687-2746.

 

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE STOP: 12/17/2010

 

Saturday, December 11:

West African Dance with Andrea Yansane

11:00 am - 12:30 pm

 

Monday, December 13

African Dance Fundamentals & Core Strengthening with Andra Yansane 

7:00 - 8:15 pm

 

Wednesday, December 15

West African Dance with Andrea Yansane

 

 

Tuesday, November 30

7:30 PM

$18 Advance

$20 Door

$25 Reserved

Old Timey Music / Dance Performance

http://www.myspace.com/theindigobellydance

 

Thursday, December 2

5:00 - 7:00 PM

Free

 

Friday, December 3

(Square Peg Concerts rental)

7:00 PM

$16.50 Advance

$20 Day of Show

Rock-Funk-Swing

http://www.daddies.com

http://www.myspace.com/cherrypoppindaddies

 

Saturday, December 4

8:30 PM

$5 Door

Folk

http://www.myspace.com/unklenancyandthefamilyjewels

 

Monday, December 6

7:00 PM

$12 Advance

$14 Door

Singer-Songwriter

http://www.myspace.com/frazyford

http://www.reverbnation.com/tylerfortier

http://www.myspace.com/ivanandalyosha

 

Tuesday, December 7

7:30 PM

$17 Advance

$20 Door

Rock

http://www.theposies.com

http://www.myspace.com/theposies

http://www.brendanbenson.com

http://www.myspace.com/brendanbenson

http://www.aqueductisgoodmusic.com

6:30 PM

Meets at Allann Brothers Beanery on 5th

 

Thursday, December 9

6:30 PM

Meets at Growers’ Market Build. (454 Willamette)

 

Friday, December 10

8:30 PM

$15 Advance

$18 Door

Rock

http://www.ozrics.com

 

Saturday, December 11

7:00 PM

Free to CCPA Members; guests of members $10

http://www.myspace.com/whiskeychasers

http://www.eagleparkslim.com/fr_home.cfm

http://balkanmusic.org/

http://www.myspace.com/basinandrangeband

 

Friday, December 17

8:00 PM

$10 Advance

$12 Door

Accordion

http://www.monstersofaccordion.com

http://www.myspace.com/jasonwebley

http://cornmo.com/

http://www.squeezeboxgoddess.com/

http://www.myspace.com/squeezeboxgoddess

http://www.theblastingcompany.com/

http://www.aeonnow.com

http://www.myspace.com/aeonnow

 

Saturday, December 18

7:30 PM

$7 Advance

$10 Door

Hard Rock

http://www.myspace.com/tigress.music

http://www.purevolume.com/tigress

http://www.tigresstheband.com/

http://www.myspace.com/elenora

http://www.myspace.com/foreverendstodaymusic

http://www.myspace.com/herdeathandafter

11:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Music, Food, Clothing, Fellowship

http://www.freepeopleeugene.com

 

Tuesday, December 21

5:00 - 7:00 PM

http://www.freepeopleeugene.com

 

Friday, December 31

7:30 PM

$10 Advance

$11 Door

Bohemian Dub

http://www.facebook.com/MediumTroy

http://www.myspace.com/mediumtroy

 

Saturday, January 1

6:30 PM

$8 Advance

$10 Door

Hard Rock

 

Saturday, January 15

(KRVM rental)

7:30 PM

Fundraiser / Live Broadcast

http://www.krvm.org

Noon-5:00 PM

 

Wednesday, January 19

7:30 PM

$12 Advance

$14 Door

Rock

http://www.killrockstars.com

 

Saturday, January 22

9:00 PM

$10 Advance

$12 Door

Reggae

http://www.indubiousmusic.com/fr_intro.cfm

 

Sunday, January 23

8:30 PM

$13 Advance

$15 Door

Hip-Hop

http://www.myspace.com/listentomac

http://www.facebook.com/macmillerfans

 

Tuesday, January 25

(Mike Thrasher Presents rental)

7:00 PM

$12 Advance

$15 Door

Rock

http://www.mikethrasherpresents.com

 

Thursday, January 27

7:00 PM

$18 Advance

$20 Door

$25 Reserved

http://www.asylumstreetspankers.com

 

Saturday, January 29

6:30 PM

$5 U. of O. Students

$7 Public

 

Sunday, January 30

7:30 PM

$12 Advance

$14 Door

Folk Rock

http://www.thewoodbrothers.com

http://www.carsieblanton.com

 

Tuesday, February 8

7:30 PM

$12 Advance

$14 Door

Rock

http://www.marcyplayground.com

 

Tuesday, February 15

(Square Peg Concerts rental)

7:00 PM

$15 Advance

$18 Day of Show

http://www.squarepegconcerts.com

 

Friday, March 4

9:00 PM

$15 Advance

$18 Door

Rock

http://www.coldwarkids.com

 

Wednesday, March 9

6:30 PM

$15 Advance

$15 Door

Seated Show

http://www.kakiking.com

http://www.myspace.com/kakiking

http://www.last.fm/music/Kaki+King