**ElderAudience is growing to include the Mid-Willamette Valley! Please

spread the word to senior facilities in Salem, Corvallis and Albany that

ElderAudience is also a resource for them! In the coming weeks, new

listings will appear for entertainers and others in the Mid-Valley area.

Also, some of those already listed on ElderAudience are available to

travel to the Mid-Valley. I will do my best to identify listings with

particular geographic limits, and I have also started a Mid-Willamette

Valley category on ElderAudience. If you know of performers, speakers or

destinations based in the Mid Valley that might be suitable, please send

them my way, by having them contact me at info@elderaudience.com. Thanks!
NEW LISTINGS!
**New listing!In a “one-man-show” Charles M. Province recreates an

old-time Radio Show populated with impressions of various celebrities and

entertainers from the “good old days.” Shows include dramatic readings,

soap operas, musical numbers, original commercials, and jokes from the

bygone era of live radio! Charles is also available to bring “W.C.Fields”

to your special engagement! (see pic on his website)
**New Listing! Magician Steve Peterson has been performing his Minor

Miracles Magic show for over 50 years, appearing at fairs, corporate

events and private parties.He offers strolling close up magic as well as

stage shows. Steve is Corvallis-based, but is is available to travel

Portland to Eugene. Read more about Steve’s Minor Miracles Magic show

under the Novelty and Variety Shows categories on ElderAudience, and

arrange for him to entertain at your next event!
**Just listed! A fascinating place to visit: The Mission Mill

Museum in Salem. The Mission Mill Museum is devoted to preserving and

sharing the history of the 1834 Oregon Methodist Mission, 1843 Oregon

Pioneers and the Thomas Kay Woolen Mill, which produced wool products from

1889 to 1962.The Mill has been designated an American Treasure by the

National Park Service! See preserved Mission houses, an Oregon Trail

settler’s house, a historic church and the structures, equipment, and

original water-powered turbine of the Thomas Kay Woolen Mill with related

artifacts. Museum exhibits change frequently–going on now and into May,

see the “Facing Statehood” Exhibition, which celebrates Oregon’s

sesquicentennial, and interprets the pre-statehood years of Oregon.Lots of

other events and activities are described on the Museum’s website at

www.missionmill.org. Please check out Museum Mill Museum’s listing under

Museums or Outings and arrange a trip! There is also a museum store as

well as a cafe on site for tea or lunch.
**Just listed! New Century Players is a community theatre in Oregon City.

It is presenting the famous play, TWELVE ANGRY MEN: “A young man has just

stood trial for the fatal stabbing of his father. It looks like an

open-and-shut case until one of the jurors begins opening the others’

eyes.” Performance dates: February 5, 6, 11, 12, 13, at 7:30 PM , and

February 7 & 14 at 3PM Tickets: $10 for seniors, and Group Discounts

available!Read more about New Century Players in our Theatre category, or

go to their website at www.newcenturyplayers.org.

**New listing! Portland Lace Society is a group of lacemakers from the

greater Portland/Vancouver area, who are available to travel to your

facility for demonstrations of their craft.They want you to know that this

“dying art” is alive and well. The group members are VOLUNTEERS, so there

is no charge for their visits. Please read their listing under the

Education/Instruction, Speakers, or Hobbyists categories (and see the

gorgeous picture).
OTHER NEWS!

** The Just for Fun Singers, who are listed on ElderAudience, continue to

be available, but are no longer travelling to facilities beyond the

Mid-Willamette Valley because they are based in Salem.This mixed part

choral group of about 90 singers “sing for the fun of it because it keeps

us young!” Their ages range from 50 to 94. For 2010, their musical theme

is “Let All the World in Every Corner Sing”. Just For Fun’s performances

are NO CHARGE, although they gratefully accept donations. Read about Just

For Fun Singers in ElderAudience’s Music category.

**Anyone out there interested in participating in a Beanbag baseball

competition with other senior living communities? Michele from Courtyard

Village in Raleigh Hills has asked me to spread the word: “Do you have a

bean bag baseball team? Would you like to play teams from other

communities? Hi, I’m Michele, the activity director from Courtyard

Village-Raleigh Hills. We have a team which would love to play others. If

there is enough interest, would people be interested in a “league” for

the summer? We would have to come up with general rules for playing one

another.Please join the PortlandVancouverSeniorActivitiesDirectors group on

yahoo at

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PortlandVancouverSeniorActivitiesDirectors

We can set up a playing schedule or we could keep it “loose”

(independently call each other for a game).Hope to chat with some of you

on the yahoo group about this! Thanks.”
** It can be a bit overwhelming to look through all the listings in our

Music category, but when you have a moment, click on Matthew Kern! The

Oregonian has praised Matthew’s piano music as “wildly romantic” and

“wonderful”.Matthew began playing the piano at the age of three. You may

well have heard him play, as he served as the house pianist for the

Nordstrom in downtown Portland for nearly ten years! He has performed at

numerous local venues including Pazzo Ristorante, the Multnomah Athletic

Club, the Waverly Club, the Racket Club, the Hilton Portland, Portland’s

White House, the Heathman, Benson, and Governor Hotels, the Portland City

Grill, and many, many more.Matthew was raised on the music of Frank

Sinatra, Nat King Cole,Ella Fitzgerald and jazz greats such as Louis

Armstrong.He has also released 2 CD’s. Contact Matthew Kern for a program

at your facility or event!

**Now is the time to look ahead to St. Patrick’s Day! A fine way

to celebrate it is with Beltaine, the group featuring hammered dulcimers,

guitar, flute, marimbula and vocals. The Beltaine trio plays Celtic and

traditional music from around the world, and they keep it lively with

spritely tunes, stories and jokes!Beltaine performs throughout the

Northwest at many events. Check out their listing under Music or Holidays

and arrange a St. Paddy’s Day celebration at your facility!Their own

website is www.beltainemusic.com.

**ElderAudience-listed Elvis Tribute artist Mark Stevenz has been winning

Elvis contests all over the place!Recently, he competed in a two night

Elvis contest at Spirit Mountain Casino, on what would have been Elvis

Presley’s 75th birthday.Wearing a spectacular black & white jumpsuit

replica of one that Elvis wore in the early 1970′s called the Cisco Kid,

Mark received a standing ovation for his rendition of “My Way” the first

night which landed him in the top three. The top three contestants from

Friday night were then asked back for the finals on Saturday. On

Saturday, Mark came out in Leather, a replica of the leather outfit Elvis

wore in the “1968 Comeback” TV Special. A fast and edgy “Jailhouse Rock”

and a powerful rendition of “If I dream” led Mark to a final showdown

between the top two contestants. Ray-vis of Portland, OR chose to sing the

popular gospel song “Peace in the Valley” and Mark chose the powerful

gospel song “How Great Thou Art”. Sending chills thoughout the crowd,

Mark nailed the highs and lows of the powerful song and received two

standing ovations to garner him the win.This past October, Mark also

received first place when he competed against 15 other “ELVII” at an Elvis

Contest in Gresham.And in late February, he will be traveling to Yuma,to

compete in the Elvis Tribute Artist contest at the ELVIS EXPO FESTIVAL. In

addition, he hopes to compete at the “Chinook Winds Casino Ultimate Elvis

contest preliminary” in Lincoln City, OR at the end of April and the

“Ultimate Elvis Contest preliminary” @ the Penticton Elvis Festival in

Penticton, BC in late June. The winner of each Ultimate Elvis Contest

Preliminary qualifies to compete in the finals of the “Ultimate Elvis

Tribute Artist” national contest in Memphis, TN (sponsored by Elvis

Presley Enterprises). The winner of the national contest receives of the

$20,000, along with the title of “The Ultimate Elvis” and a contract with

Legends in Concert in Las Vegas.Amid all this, Mark is still performing

locally and available to entertain at your facility–so please check out

his listing (Elvis Tribute Artist Mark Stevenz-Mark and The Memphis

Kings)under Music!

**What about some old time fiddle music to cheer us up in this

dreary,drizzly weather? Oregon Old Time Fiddlers, who are listed in the

Music category, is a a group of musicians who play and promote the old

time fiddle music of years ago. They say about themselves: “This is the

music grandpa and grandma used to listen and dance to. We provide a warm

and delightful performance down memory lane!” You can read more about them

at their own website, oregonoldtimefiddling.org. Contact them to arrange a

program at your facility or event!
***ATTENTION ALL ACTIVITIES DIRECTORS! New Yahoo group starting for Senior

Activities Directors in the Portland/Vancouver area! To join, go to this

address on the web:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PortlandVancouverSeniorActivitiesDirectors/

(sorry, it’s long, I know)This group is a central place for activities

directors to exchange ideas and collaborate on activities of mutual

interest. Less formal groups (or even other official ones) may exist

already. Feel free to use this forum in addition if you like! May this

Yahoo group serve as a tool for activities directors to strengthen their

communication with peers at other facilities and devise exciting and fun

ways to work together for the benefit of seniors!
That’s all for now. Hope you have a wonderful week!
Pam
Pam Waldman

pam@elderaudience.com

(503)245-7583

www.elderaudience.com

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