BRIEFLY.Byline: The Register-Guard Outdoor concert will feature Latin sounds Lo Nuestro Lo Nuestro is an awards show honoring the best of Latin music, presented by television network Univision. The awards began in 1989. Notable recipients include Gloria Estefan, Shakira, Selena, Celia Cruz and Juanes. is the first act of the 2005 Summer in the Parks Concert Series. The band will play Latin American folk music
The concert is part of the larger We Are Bethel celebration, which begins in the park at noon. Musicians will perform to aid African villagers For the second year, Eugene musicians will team up to present a benefit concert for Zimbabwe. Proceeds will benefit Nhimbe for Progress, a relief organization that provides hope, homes, food, school tuition and medicine to Zimbabwean villagers. Guitarist Paul Prince, who organized last year's show, is back in the lineup. Joining him will be Kudana Marimba marimba: see xylophone. marimba Xylophone with resonators under each bar. The original African instrument uses tuned calabash resonators. In Mexico and Central America, where it was brought by African slaves, the wooden bars may be affixed to a , Vakasara Mbira mbira or thumb piano African musical instrument consisting of a set of tuned metal or bamboo tongues attached to a board or resonator. The tongues are depressed and released with the thumbs and fingers to produce melodies and song accompaniments. Ensemble and the Kutsinhira Youth Ensemble. There also will be artwork and music for sale to benefit the group. The benefit will begin at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Cozmic Pizza, 199 W. Eighth Ave. The cover charge will be on a sliding scale slid·ing scale n. A scale in which indicated prices, taxes, or wages vary in accordance with another factor, as wages with the cost-of-living index or medical charges with a patient's income. from $4 to $10. Tracy Grammer to hold CD party at Oregon State Tracy Grammer will celebrate the release of her new CD with a show Saturday at the LaSells Stewart Center on the Oregon State campus in Corvallis. Grammer, who rose to folk fame as one half of the duo of Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer, released an EP last year called "The Verdant ver·dant adj. 1. Green with vegetation; covered with green growth. 2. Green. 3. Lacking experience or sophistication; naive. Mile." The new record, "Flower of Avalon," her first full-length record as a solo artist, is being released on the Signature Sounds label. Saturday's concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $11, $13 and $15, available in advance at the LaSells Stewart Center, (541) 737-2402, or at the door. The center is at 26th Street and Western Boulevard, across from Reser Stadium History and use The stadium was built in 1953 and named in honor of Portland businessman Charles T. Parker, who played a significant role in the initial fundraising. The stadium was renamed in 1999 to honor one of the school's major athletic donors, the Reser family, owners of . - The Register-Guard |
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