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Hayward Field – Eugene, Oregon – UofO track panorama
One of the most famous tracks in the world, Hayward Field doesn’t look its age (built in 1919) due to a renovation in 2004. The weather on the day I took this photo (last week) was typical for this part of Oregon–cloudy with occasional drizzle.
SOU Raiders football – #23 Mike Olson about to return one for a touchdown
OK, so today’s photo is not from the Super Bowl. It’s not even of the NFL. In fact, despite having attended hundreds of MLB games and even professional “football” games over the pond (AKA soccer), I have never been to an NFL game. So a local, college football photo is all I can come up with for you today.
Butterfly dancer – Huaxia Orchestra of the Henan Museum (Zhengzhou, China)
I’m in Eugene at the moment, visiting my parents, so I’m using a photo from “the cloud” today. I was going through some of my dad’s photos yesterday and came across hundreds of 35mm color slides from the 1950s that he took when he was stationed in Japan. These slides haven’t been looked at in decades (if ever), but I am hoping to convert them to digital and share some here. Stay tuned.
Zepparella in Eugene, Oregon @ McDonald Theatre
If you are in or near Tahoe/Reno or San Francisco or if you are traveling to one of these places this weekend, then you will want to check out Zepparella, the all-female Led Zeppelin cover band. Friday night they are playing at the Crystal Bay Casino and Saturday night they return home to play at Slim’s in SF. As an added bonus Clementine’s band “Stars Turn Me On” and “The Gretchen Menn Band” are opening both nights. You can’t see Clementine (the drummer) in the above photo, but Gretchen is the guitarist on the right.
Peeking through the curtains on the side are a couple of the members of Hell’s Belles who were also playing on the evening I took this pic. The next shows for Hell’s Belles will be in Oregon (Corvallis @ The Majestic Theatre on 2/15 and Bend @ The Old Mill on 2/16).
Zepparella / Hells Belles McDonald Theater poster
Kung Fu Flip @ Southern Oregon University
Another photo today from the performance of the monks of the Shaolin Temple which happened a week ago on the SOU campus.
In addition to Chinese Kung Fu by the monks of the Shaolin Temple, Monday night’s performance at SOU featured music, history, traditions, and dance from Huaxia Orchestra of Henan Museum, a museum that I have actually been to when I was in Zhengzhou.
Tonight this same show is taking place in the LaSells Stewart Center on the Oregon State University campus. If you are in or near Corvallis and plan to go, get there early. In Ashland the seats were filled within about 2 minutes of the doors opening and people were turned away.