PERFORMANCE NOTES.Byline: The Register-Guard Balkan dance fest at the Vets' Club this weekend A Balkan Dance Festival with workshops and a free dance party will take place Saturday and Sunday at the Veterans' Memorial Building Ballroom, 1626 Willamette St. For the party at 7 p.m. Saturday, Trio Slavej and Friends will play folk music folk music: see folk song. folk music Music held to be typical of a nation or ethnic group, known to all segments of its society, and preserved usually by oral tradition. Knowledge of the history and development of folk music is largely conjectural. from Bulgaria, Macedonia, Serbia, Greece, Yugoslavia and Romania, as well as music of the Gypsies of the region. Michael Ginsburg, director of the Zlatne Uste Balkan Brass Band Balkan Brass Band is a distinctive style of music [1] popular throughout the Balkans, especially Serbia, the Republic of Macedonia and Bulgaria. The beats are usually fast, and the performers are usually Romani. of New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , will give a free talk about the Balkans at 11 a.m. Sunday. For information, call 726-7548 or 686-8093. Free saxophone concert Saturday in Salem A recital of Latin American saxophone music will be presented at 7:30 p.m. Saturday in Hudson Concert Hall at Willamette University Willamette’s College of Liberal Arts is the undergraduate school on campus. The oldest of the graduate programs is the College of Law, founded in 1883 and located in the Truman Wesley Collins Legal Center. , 900 State St. in Salem. The Willamette Valley The Willamette Valley (pronounced [wɪˈlæ.mɪt], with the accent on the second syllable) is the region in northwest Oregon in the United States that surrounds the Willamette River as it proceeds northward from its Saxophone Quartet - Mike Delamare, Richard Such, Andy Kronser and Randy Kem - will perform music by Astor Piazzolla, Heitor Villa-Lobos and others. Admission is free. Dance Africa and guests perform this weekend Dance Africa, the University of Oregon's African dance ensemble, will perform with guests Mondjou and Salif Kone at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Mondjou and Salif Kone are a brother and sister team born into the Griot griot African tribal storyteller. The griot's role was to preserve the genealogies and oral traditions of the tribe. Griots were usually among the oldest men. In places where written language is the prerogative of the few, the place of the griot as cultural guardian is still tradition of West Africa. The Griots are renowned for documenting events using dance and music. Performances are at the Dougherty Dance Theatre, third floor, Gerlinger Annex, 1484 University St. Tickets are $10 at the door, $5 for students and seniors. |
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