BRIEFLY.Byline: The Register-Guard Dixieland jazz festival Noun 1. jazz festival - a festival that features performances by jazz artists festival, fete - an organized series of acts and performances (usually in one place); "a drama festival" is this weekend in Seaside SEASIDE - Eleven bands in five venues might make it worth the drive to the North Coast this weekend for the 24th annual Oregon Dixieland Jubilee. The event features old time jazz bands from California, Canada, Missouri, Portland, Connecticut and Washington. Last year it drew 2,000 people to the coastal town, a news release says. Among those slated to play are the Blue Street Jazz Band, Bob Schulz Frisco Jazz Band, Uptown Lowdown Jazz Band The Uptown Lowdown Jazz Band is a Dixieland jazz band from the Bellevue, WA area. Started in 1971 by Bert Barr, it has performed continuously since that time now appearing at over 25 festivals and concerts annually throughout the United Stated and abroad. , Cornet Chop Suey, Parlor Jam featuring Brady McKay, Claire McKenna and the Seaside High School Seaside High School is a secondary school located in Seaside, California. The school first opened in 1963. Average annual enrollment is 1,400 students, attending grades 9–12. The school serves the communities of Monterey, Marina, Sand City, Seaside, and Del Rey Oaks. Jazz Band. The "Afterglow afterglow small amounts of light emitted by a phosphor after the stimulating radiation has ceased. Seen in x-ray intensifying screens and fluoroscopic screens. " program at the Best Western Oceanview features a special Italian buffet after Sunday's closing ceremonies, the release says. It costs $25 and features live music by the Titan Hot 7. The five venues this year are the Convention Center Main Hall, Convention Center Exhibit Hall, Convention Center Riverview Room, Best Western Oceanview Resort and the newly added Seaside Elks Club. A shuttle will run between the venues. The cost for the festival is $65 for the three-day badge. Today only is $25; Saturday all-day is $40; Saturday night only is $25; and Sunday's all-day pass is $20. For more information, visit www.jazzseaside.com or call toll-free (800) 394-3303. Shedd features different kind of bluegrass bluegrass, any species of the large and widely distributed genus Poa, chiefly range and pasture grasses of economic importance in temperate and cool regions. In general, bluegrasses are perennial with fine-leaved foliage that is bluish green in some species. band High energy alternative bluegrass quartet Crooked Still will give its take on traditional American tunes Sunday at the Shedd. "The unlikely combination of banjo banjo, stringed musical instrument, with a body resembling a tambourine. The banjo consists of a hoop over which a skin membrane is stretched; it has a long, often fretted neck and four to nine strings, which are plucked with a pick or the fingers. , cello and double-bass with spooky backwoods melodies drives this low lonesome lone·some adj. 1. a. Dejected because of a lack of companionship. See Synonyms at alone. b. Producing such dejection: a lonesome hour at the bar. 2. band," a release says. "Crooked Still manages to amp up its ancient American songs in unplugged yet groove-crazed ways." The band does it all without drums and electricity. The show starts at 7:30 p.m. at 285 E. Broadway. Tickets are $18 to $28. - The Register-Guard |
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