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Shows of the 2002-2003 Season

Saturday, June 21, 2003

• TWO MAN BOB
  Amazing Guitar duo, fine singing & picking.
• BANAZ AL FET
  What is better than one belly dancer? Why 2 or 3 of course!!
• SAMSONITE & DELIGHT-YA
  Cheezy Accordion Madness that will have you rolling in the aisles!
• THE BINGO PAJAMAS
  Swingin' Jazz! Afro/Cuban rhythmic styles to Django & Grapelli.
• RACHEL BROWNING
  Portland's very own! Amazing soulfull & country singer belting out songs, sure to please!

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Saturday, May 17, 2003

• VAGABOND OPERA
  Accordion, Drums, Oboe, Sax, & More! Eastern European Music at it’s most compelling! TRY to sit still, I dare you!
• DAVID LIPKIND & NAN ALLEMAN
  Sharp & Sassy & all the Rage! Harmonicats & Songs to surprise and tantalize!
• MADAME KRISTINA ARMETTA
  Avec l’ensemble beatific! L’opera, L’lunacy, L’laughs!
• BUTTERBOYS
  Plucked from the 1930’s & Plopped on our stage!
• GREAT BIG TATERS
  Down from Seattle to add some Old Time spice to the Parlour!
• REUBEN NISENFELD
  Political Satire at it’s best. Shocking & Humorous!
• AD HOC STRINGBAND
  Good ole’ fashioned tunes and songs

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Saturday, April 19, 2003

• MUSICAL MARCHING EXTRAVAGANZA!
  Gigantesque Rhythm and Brass to put a snap in your fingers and a tap in your toes!
  
• MALDON MEEHAN & HER MAGIC FEET!
  Percussive dancing with live music to Amaze!
• RICK MEYERS
  Talented Multi-Instrumentalist! Five Flying Fingers times Two!
• WHISKEY PUPPY
  Wacky String Band, here to entertain with Musical Trix & Hi-Jinx!
• COMEDYSPORTZ IMPROV
  Portland’s Favourite Improv-a-ssarios back to laff you up!
• JEN AGOSTA
  Her Lovely Lilting Voice shall surely melt your heart!

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Saturday, March 15, 2003

• TRASHCAN JOE
  Ragtime & Jazz composed on instruments made of trash cans.
  The trash-can act that has the whole town talking!
• AZIZA
  Enticing & Talented Belly Dancer of the Universe 2002!
• KATE POWER & STEVE EINHORN
  The Inimitable & Artistic Musical Duo as you've Never Seen Them Before!
• SHICKY GNAROWITZ & the Transparent Wings of Joy
  Historical & Contemporary Eastern European Klezmer Music!
• COMEDYSPORTZ IMPROV
  Back again with more off the cuff hi-jinx & hilarity!!

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Saturday, February 15, 2003

• Enion Pelta and David Tiller of Taarka
  Violin & Mandolin, sure to make your head spin!
  Checkout the Taarka Yahoo-Group Website
• Haldeman's Oom-Pah Boyz
  Tuba, Accordion & More! OOM-PAH!!
• Sound Box
  Acoustic Swing Jazz played by Quick Fingered Masters!
• Lorna Miller
  Song Belting Sweetheart of Stumptown!
• The Rebels
  Rock-a-Billy, these fellows will have you twisting in your seat!!
• ComedySportz
  Rib-tickling improv from Portland's Favourite Improv-a-ssarios!!

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Saturday, January 18, 2003

• Michael Jodell, aka Ginger Martini
  Sultry Torch Songs Guaranteed to Steam up your Windows!
• Amoree Lovell
  Exotic & Mysterious Piano Chanteuse
• The Bill Martin Experience
  He plays the Tuba, He plays the Cello, He Calls Square Dances.
  Frankly, Miz Kitty doesn't know WHAT to expect!!
• Good Gaia's (Sid Brown, Steve Amdahl, Darshan)
  Middle Eastern Music & Dance sure to Tantalize & Hypnotize!
• Miss Cybelvis Monroe
  Is that Marilyn ... .is it Elvis ... and WHAT is with the Accordion ... or is it a Ukulele??

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Saturday, December 21, 2002

• Ben Bonham
  Wildly Talented One Man Band!!
• Gaida
  Gypsy Music from the Transylvanian Homeland
• Yascha Noonberg
  With His Tremendous Steel Drum & His Band!
• Ruby Ruth Oliver
  Velvety Voiced, Sultry Songstress
• Ned Folkerth
  Crazed & Talented ... No Telling What this Fellow will do!!

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Saturday, November 16, 2002

• Kristina Carlson
  Vaudeville Queen & Singer Extraordinaire
• Gadjo Djazz
  Four fine fellows, Playin' da Swing Djazz!
• Ken Waldman
  Fiddling poet from the Wild North, of Alaska!
• Vashti
  Exotic Belly Dancer, sure to thrill!
• Whistling Mitch Hider
  One man Vaudeville Whirlwind with Whistling & Ukulele-fication!
• Ex-Pious Players
  Old vaudeville skit from the late 1800's

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Saturday, October 19, 2002

• Brian Karlovik
  Comedia de Vaudevillia clown
• Cap'n James Cook
  Backporch tunesmith & artistic manipulator of the trashcanjo [Picture]
• Steve Heikkila
  Observationalist & aspiring curmudgeon
• Ali Ippolito
  Celebrated pianist tickling the ivories with ragtime & blues
• Kung Pao Chickens
  Django jazz [review]

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Saturday, September 21, 2002

• Brad Angus
  Irish Piper
• Anna Soderberg
  Comedia de Vaudvillia clown
• Jamie Stillway
  Ragtime & fingerstyle guitar
• Ex-Pious Players
  Old vaudeville skit from the late 1800's
• Foghorn Leghorn
  Portland's Fave Old-Time!