From: Bob Fennessy, Publicist
541-687-2747 / Mes: 687-2746
                                                                           
 
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                        WOW Hall events 12/12 to 12/19/19
                                                                       
 
Box Office Hours: Noon – 6:00 pm Monday through Friday
 
In the Gallery:“Stupid Monsters” -- Works by Davis Koier; through December
 
 
Thursday, December 12
SHOW CANCELED: Julia Nunes, Elizabeth and the Catapult, Chase Burnett
 
Saturday, December 14
WOW Hall Membership Party: Dan Mahoney, Gumbo Groove Duo, The Muddy Souls, Cap’n Trips Plays Bob Dylan
Membership Appreciation Dinner Party
Doors 7:00 pm
Free for WOW Hall members; memberships available at the door $15 - $40 or more sliding scale
JOIN NOW
 
Thursday, December 19
Oergon Country Fair Elders Meeting
6:00 pm
 
Friday, December 20
Heliotrope Tour: Russ Liquid
EDM
Doors 8:00 pm, showtime 9:00
Tickets $15 advance, $20 day of show, available at UO Ticket Office, WOW Hall and www.ticketweb.com
BUY TICKETS
 
Saturday, December 21
Solstice Dance with DJ Joanna
Dance Ritual
Doors 6:45 pm, dance at 7:00
$10 - $15 suggested donation.
 
 
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                        STOP: 12/15/2019
 
 
On Saturday, December 14, the Community Center for the Performing Arts celebrates its 44th Anniversary at the WOW Hall Membership Party, featuring entertainment by Dan Mahoney, Gumbo Groove Duo, The Muddy Souls and Cap’n Trips Plays Bob Dylan.  A buffet dinner will feature food and beverages prepared by some of Lane County’s best restaurants and suppliers!
 
Dan Mahoney is a guitarist from Eugene specializing in Gypsy and Latin jazz.  He is a graduate from the University of Oregon School of Jazz Studies, an accomplished classical guitarist, multi-instrumentalist and music educator.  You may know him from his work with psychedelic rock and funk bands such as Bazil Rathbone, Basin & Range and Goldfoot.  For the past two years he has been developing a new sound and approach focused on acoustic guitar and improvisation.  Aside from his solo guitar performances, you can see him playing alongside his new jazz projects, Tug and the Heart Strings and The Whiteaker Hot Club.  This summer Dan joined the teachers’ corps of the WOW Hall’s Music’s Edge Summer Rock Camps.  "Aside from performing, I've always had a passion for teaching,” says Dan.
 
            Gumbo Groove, playing as a duo at the WOW Hall's Membership Party, is an adventure in genre bending.  Snatches of David Grisman-like riffs give way to New Orleans second line simmers, while shades of The Grateful Dead can be heard wending amongst the chordal carousings.  “We call it Folk-Fueled Fungrass, played on traditional acoustic instruments,” they declare.  Frank Sprouse (guitarist) writes and arranges the band's mostly original music. His influences include Dave Matthews, Monte Montgomery and Steve Kimock, with a nod to Jerry Garcia. He enjoys playing out over multi-textured grooves, and his dexterous acoustic playing takes Gumbo Groove to unique places. Steve Mosher (acoustic bass) builds his own instruments and speakers, all amazing to behold, and he's just as comfortable playing four strings as six or eight. With a long history of band membership from jazz to rock with all stops in between, he provides a solid and complex foundation for the musical explorations of Gumbo Groove. His musical vocabulary is deep, and his influences range far and wide, from Phil Lesh to Stanley Clarke.
 
            Acoustic American roots music from Eugene, The Muddy Souls are Jacob John (guitar), Austen Slone (mandolin), Julianna Meares (double bass) and Pete Romanelli (guitar).  They play songs by Django Reinhardt, David Grisman, Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton and Radiohead as well as writing some of the best originals West of the Mississippi.  Their concerts are an acoustic blend of folk, bluegrass, country and chaos.  This year The Muddy Souls participated in the WOW Hall’s Eugene LIVE! Northwest Showcase series and, out of 26 acts, they were the winners!  Currently the band is enjoying their winnings -- recording their second album at Ninkasi Studios, with their fearless leader James Book at the controls... stay tuned for album release party details!
 
Cap'n Trips have been playing together for eleven years now.  They are Eugene's first band to pay tribute to the Grateful Dead's Jerry Garcia. "Trips" has played the OCF Community Village, the Country Fair related Spring Fling and Teddy Bear Picnic, as well as venues throughout Oregon.  Cap'n Trips plays Bob Dylan was formed two years ago to pay tribute to the early music of Dylan.  Their sets mainly focus on the period Bob first went electric.  "Trips" draws heavily from the albums Bringing It All Back Home, Highway 61 Revisited and Blonde on Blonde.  Tom Lemmon (lead vocals, guitars, harmonica) and Marcy Andrews (mandolin) play in the bands Cap'n Trips, Hot Tuna Tribute Band and The Tributaries.  Ken Sokolov (drums) has played in The Klezmonauts, Beat Crunchers and The Crawdads of Pure Love, among many others.  Trey Longstreth (bass & back up vocals) has played in The Surfonics, Tourheads Caravan and Ras Gabriel’s 4/word Band.  Sean Jackson (keyboards & back up vocals) plays in many other projects including Token Rhymes, Level Vibes and Major Lingo.
 
            The Community Center for the Performing Arts was incorporated to save the Woodmen of the World Hall from demolition 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 a down payment.  Today, the Hall remains community-owned and democratically operated thanks to a broad base of community support.  Each year around this time the Membership Party serves to thank the supporters of the CCPA, a nonprofit (501c3) arts organization. Last year eighty-five area restaurants and other businesses agreed to contribute prepared food, beverages and other items for a buffet-style dinner and this year we hope to see a similar number of restaurants participating.  Admission to the Membership Party is free for current members; memberships are available at the door for $15 to $40 or more. 
Doors open at 7:00 pm, Dan Mahoney at 7:20, Gumbo Groove Duo at 8:00, The Muddy Souls at 8:40 and Cap’n Trips Plays Bob Dylan at 9:30.  To become a supporting member of the WOW Hall, or to check your membership status, visit the office or call 541-687-2746 during office hours (noon -6:00 M-F).  The WOW Hall is located at 291 W. 8th Ave. (the corner of 8th and Lincoln in Eugene) and is open for all ages.  Adult refreshments are available downstairs.  For more information please call 541-687-2746.
 
 
 Classes, Meetings & Workshops at the WOW Hall 12/12 to 12/19/19
 
Saturday, December 14:
Dance Empowered with Cynthia Healey
9:00 – 10:00 am
 
Sunday, December 15:
Coalessence: Community Ecstatic Dance
10:00 am – noon
 
Monday, December 16:
Dance Empowered with Cynthia Healey
5:30 – 6:30 pm
 
Tuesday, December 17:
Coalessence: Community Ecstatic Dance
6:00 – 8:00 pm
 
Wwdnesday, December 18:
Dance Empowered with Cynthia Healey
5:30 – 6:30 pm
 
 
Calendar of Upcoming Events
 
Tuesday, December 3
Volunteer Orientation
7:00 PM
WOW Hall Programming & Publicity Committee
5:30 PM
 
Wednesday, December 4
Facilities Committee
5:30 PM
 
Thursday, December 5
CharlestheFirst
Tsuruda
VCTRE
(1988 Entertainment Presents rental)
8:00 PM
$21 Advance
$26 Day of Show
Hip-Hop
https://soundcloud.com/charles-thefirst?fbclid=IwAR16SItC9tbAcw1sDjQmU-_9gKTAtzD2mv9zDD2CkcRKN2N6zNcJETOFnwg
 
Friday, December 6
YOB
Earthless
Blackwater Holylight
8:00 PM
$10 Advance
$15 Day of Show
https://www.yobislove.com/
 
Saturday, December 7
“On the Wild Path – Medicine Stories For Our Time”
(Cascadia Quest rental)
6:30 PM
Tickets $10 and up
Music-storytelling-ceremony / Benefit for Cascadia Quest
http://www.cascadiaquest.org
 
Sunday, December 8
Free People
11:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Food, Clothing, Music, Fellowship
Free
 
Monday, December 9
WOW Hall Personnel Support Committee
5:30 PM
 
Wednesday, December 11
John Craigie
Nicki Bluhm
7:00 PM
$18 Advance
$23 Day of Show
Singer-Songwriter / Seated Show
https://johncraigiemusic.com/
https://www.nickibluhm.com/splash/
 
Thursday, December 12
SHOW CANCELED:
The Holidays CAN Be Fun:
Julia Nunes
Elizabeth and the Catapult
Chase Burnett
 
Saturday, December 14
WOW Hall Membership Party:
Cap’n Trips plays Bob Dylan
The Muddy Souls
Gumbo Groove Duo
Dan Mahoney
7:00 PM
Free for WOW Hall Members
Memberships $15-40 at the door.
Membership Appreciation Dinner Party
https://www.facebook.com/CapnTripsBand/
https://www.facebook.com/TheMuddySouls/
https://gumbogroovemusic.com/
http://www.mahoneysmusic.com/
 
Monday, December 16
WOW Hall Board of Directors Meeting
6:45 PM
 
Thursday, December 19
OCF Elders Meeting
6:00 – 9:00 PM
 
Friday, December 20
Heliotrope Tour: Russ Liquid
8:00 PM
$15 Advance
$20 Day of Show
EDM
http://www.russliquid.com/
 
Saturday, December 21
Solstice Dance with DJ Joanna
7:00 PM Sharp
$10 0$15 Suggested Donation
 
Wednesday, December 25
Merry Christmas!
Office Closed
 
Tuesday, December 31
Dominat3 Album Release Party
Liquid Smoke
3111E
Cameron Daye
Hosted by Abaddon
(The Listen Movement rental)
8:00 PM
$10 Advance
$15 Day of Show
Hip-Hop
https://www.facebook.com/0fficialDominat3/
https://www.instagram.com/officialdominat3/
https://music.apple.com/au/album/the-life-of-a-gemini-radio-edit/1451940162
 
Wednesday, January 1
Happy New Year!
Office Closed
 
Thursday, January 9
Merkules
Endr Won
Sethrow
(Sethrow Music Presents rental)
8:00 PM
$20 Advance
$21 Day of Show
$75 Meet & Greet
Hip-Hop
https://merkulesmusic.com/
 
Friday, January 10
Jam Into the Dead II:
Cap’n Trips
Token Rhymes
8:00 PM
$8 Advance
$8 Day of show
Jam Rock
https://www.facebook.com/CapnTripsBand/
https://www.facebook.com/tokenrhymes/
 
Saturday, January 11
Polar Fest 2020:
Zavy
Toddie B
HD
Prznt
Artis Ray
2MuchPesto
(Plug in the Box Presents rental)
6:00 PM
$12 Advance
$15 Day of Show
Hip-Hop
https://soundcloud.com/officialzavy
https://soundcloud.com/toddieb
https://open.spotify.com/artist/57kVlVXJYheaFNXA91qP4w
https://soundcloud.com/fuckarisray
 
Tuesday, January 14
Theo Katzman
Rett Madison
7:30 PM
$20 Advance
$25 Day of Show
Singer-Songwriter
https://www.facebook.com/RettMadison/
https://www.theokatzman.com/
 
Friday, January 17
LDW performing Talking Heads and Original Music
8:00 PM
$15 Advance
$20 Day of Show
Talking Heads & Original Music
https://www.facebook.com/ldwband1/?eid=ARAJPEp1v7DOiA2AtyR4viQs2TPdFBKSpx2ZGOwwxKb0eS3NtbMJE3S1Qkij6K5C0k5XgWDW3QjZEA49
 
Thursday, February 6
Minnesota
Thelem
EASTGHOST
Abelation
Thook
(1988 Entertainment Presents rental)
7:00 PM
$15 Early Bird
$20 Advance
$25 Day of Show
Hip-Hop
https://www.facebook.com/minnesotabass/?eid=ARCnQAfVfrAwnI9G9qYTogJ1A9Xxz8qoxNc5bf3S31TQ8TGSjM7DLAE_YRQG4ft_u6nGHJ8hLzb1vu1q
 
Wednesday, March 18
Brent Faiyaz
7:00 PM
$20 Advance
$20 Day of Show
Hip-Hop
https://brentfaiyaz.com/
 
Wednesday, April 1
Elohim
8:00 PM
$20 Advance
$23 Day of Show
Electro-Pop
https://elohimxelohim.com/
 
Thursday, April 2
of Montreal
Locate S,1
7:00 PM
$20 Advance
$25 Day of Show
Singer-Songwriter
https://www.ofmontreal.net/