Underground Art & Music Festival

October 6th, 2007 10 am - 9p.m. - Oxygen Studios (tattoo and urban art) is hosting "Bend's 1st Annual Underground Art and Music Festival." Lowbrow vendors, food, beer garden, local dj's spinnin' la' funky beats, breakdancing and skate demos. A live painting will be performed by exclusive local artists, as well as a public tag wall to create and define your own skills. Not to be missed!

Steel Drums in Bend

An Oregon maker of steel drums will be at the Bend Fall Festival next month according to a friend of Dale Largent:

STEEL DRUMS MAKERS AT THE BEND FALL FESTIVAL OCT. 7-8, 2007

Good friends we have met doing arts shows this summer will be coming to the Bend Fall Festival to sell their wonderful hand made steel drums! They are Michael and Linda Perkins and call their business FANCY PANS Steel Drums and Percussion. We had the pleasure of visiting their fabulous shop outside of Eugene, Oregon. It was just amazing to see what it takes to create a good sounding steel drum! The Perkins also perform as a family and offer seminars all over the country. I'm sure the percussion community of Bend will be interested in checking out these amazing instruments and meeting Michael & Linda.

When you stop by their booth at the fall festival, be sure to let them know you got this email.
Blessings, Debra Fisher

(I've corrected some spelling in the announcement)

Dave Visiko drum classes

Drum class announcements from David Visiko:

Learn a complete West African Drumming Rhythm (Dunun parts and jembe accompaniements) in five weeks. Drop-ins welcome at $10 a class for 2 hours of drum instruction. Save money by paying $40 nonrefundable at class #1 for 5 weeks of instruction. Class 1 of 5 starts September 24th 2007. 6:00 p.m.

Location behind 155 Hawthorn Ave. Take 97S Hawthorn exit, take a left on
Harriman and turn left into the second parking lot entrance. The street is an alleyway and the 500 SQ foot building has a blue gray color with entrance to the alleyway.

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Classes are starting up in Redmond again at Santiago's Yerba Matte shop
Thursday's Starting September 27: 6:00-8:00 p.m.
528 SW 6th St
Redmond, OR 97756
(541) 504-8870

Drop-ins welcome at $12 a class for 2 hours of drum instruction. Save money by paying $50 nonrefundable at class #1 for 5 weeks of instruction. Class 1 of 5 starts September 24th 2007. 6:00 p.m.

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Central Oregon Community College Adult learning West African Drum classes starting:
Wednesday, September 26: 7:30-9:30
Please contact COCC for details

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Central Oregon Community College Family drum circle class-Adults and their youth team up to learn a West African Rhythm while enjoying group cohesiveness with drums.
Starting Tuesday October 9

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Instructor (David Visiko) has learned and continually studies from Djembe Masters Mamady Keita & Famoudou Konate and has gone to Guinea, West Africa to study. He has also has played in three Drumming troupes, studied the last 6 years and has taught the last two. Thanks for supporting this musical, cultural art form.