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                             2010 Events

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Roxy Anne Gem & Mineral Annual Show & Sale

55th Annual - Gems, jewelry, lapidary, minerals, fossils, outstanding exhibits, demonstrations, dealers, lectures, family fun, food and more!

Admission:  Adults $3.00
                      Students (6-12) $1.00
                      Kids (under 12) FREE!

Location:  Medford Armory
                   1701 S Pacific Hwy
                   Medford, OR 97501

Crater Rock Museum
For more information call 541-878-1445
or visit www.craterrock.com 

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Rogue Valley ChoraleThe Way We Were

The Rogue Valley Chorale is celebrating its 35th season, bringing outstanding choral music to Southern Oregon. Selected to represent Oregon in Salzburg, Austria, to commemorate Mozart’s 250th anniversary, the group has also been featured in Carnegie Hall and throughout Europe.

The Chorale’s final concert of the season will focus on songs reflecting on our past, using spirituals and folk songs from the era of Simon & Garfunkel, Pete Seeger, Bob Dylan, and others. Soloists, ensembles, instruments, and who knows what else will bring an authentic feel to the Chorale’s presentation.

Time:  Saturday 7:30pm
            Sunday 3:0pm

Craterian Ginger Rogers Theater
23 South Central Avenue, Medford, OR 97501
541-779-3000
www.craterian.org 

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Youth Symphony of Southern Oregon - Spring Concert

The Youth Symphony of Southern Oregon’s dedicated young musicians perform symphonic classical music with skill, insight and enthusiasm. Founded in 1988, the mission of the YSSO is to provide exceptional performance experiences under the leadership of professional conductors and music coaches and to foster a lifelong appreciation of classical music and the arts. Next year marks the YSSO’s 21st season of performances in the Rogue Valley.
Youth Symphony of Southern Oregon
Concert series performances feature all of the YSSO’s three ensembles: Youth Strings, Youth Orchestra and Youth Symphony. The ensembles include young musicians (ages 8-23) from throughout the region who present masterful performances of works for orchestra.

Audiences will be impressed by the technical and interpretive abilities, and the musical and performance skills of these extraordinary musicians.

Time:  7:00pm

Tickets: General Admission - $8.00
               Seniors/Students - $5.00

Craterian Ginger Rogers Theater
23 South Central Avenue, Medford, OR 97501
541-779-3000
www.craterian.org 

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Enjoy the fine art of regional artists in the Rogue Valley's largest juried outdoor art fair. Musical performances, special exhibits, workshops and children's activities enhance this springtime celebration, which also includes a wide variety of floral displays perfect for Mother's day gifts.  

Vogel Plaza
Main & Central Downtown Medford
For more information call 541-608-8524
www.visitmedford.org/AIB.htm

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Rogue Valley Opera - The Marriage of Figaro by W.A. Mozart
Perfomed in English

Rogue Valley OperaMatrimony! Mayhem! Mozart! Mozart’s masterpiece and one of the world’s most beloved comic operas will be the high point of Rogue Opera’s 2009-2010 Season. Performed in English, Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro will feature professional opera singers from across the country, a full orchestra and chorus, with beautiful period costumes and sets.   The Marriage of Figaro includes the characters we loved in The Barber of Seville, all grown up, with grown up problems that have to be resolved in one crazy day. Throw in a teenager with a major crush, a tipsy gardener, and schemers and dreamers looking for love and you have one of Mozart’s finest and funniest operas!

Time:  Friday,  May 14 - 8:00pm
            Sunday, May 16 - 3:00pm

Adult Tickets:  Section A -  $43.00
                            Section B -  $35.00
                            Section C -  $27.00

Youth  Tickets:  Section A -   $22.00
     (0-18)               Section B -   $15.00
                              Section C -   $10.00

Presented by: Rogue Opera

Craterian Ginger Rogers Theater
23 South Central Avenue, Medford, OR 97501
541-779-3000
www.craterian.org 

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3rd Friday ArtWalk 3rd Friday Art Walk

In Downtown Medford visit the art galleries during 3rd Friday Art Walks.  The galleries are open every third Friday from April through December from 5:00pm to 8:00pm., art receptions includes, appetizers, music, and meeting local artist who love to talk about (and sell) their art.  Open galleries and shops include: Rogue Valley Art Gallery, AMBUS Contemporary Art, Art du Jour Gallery, Corks Wine Bar & Bottle shop, Grilla Bites Organic Restaurant, Hagen's Fine Art & Framing, Larson's Home Furnishings, 38 on Central,  Yesterday's Blossoms and Verve Pilates and Movement Studio.

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Viva Voce Community Sing-Along

Are you a sensational shower singer or a contemplative campfire crooner? Do you treasure your collection of albums from the 60s and 70s…and still remember all the lyrics? Then you won’t want to miss the next Viva Voce Community Sing-Along! Evolving from a nostalgia-filled concert in the 2003-2004 Spotlight Series, this free event brings together multiple generations in celebration of the best tunes of those tumultuous times. Song leaders Rick Soued and Tish McFadden invite audience members to choose from a song list of over 100 classic folk and rock titles in the band’s repertoire and join in. Where were you in ’62? It doesn’t matter. Just plan to be here on May 21, 2010!

Time:  7:00pm

Admission:  FREE

Presented by: Craterian Performances

Craterian Ginger Rogers Theater
23 South Central Avenue, Medford, OR 97501
541-779-3000
www.craterian.org 

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Sons of the San Joaquin

sons-sanjoaquin.jpg (32685 bytes)No singing group conjures the cowboy’s life more authentically than Jack, Joe, and Lon Hannah, the Sons of the San Joaquin. With their rich, burnished vocal blend — honed through a lifetime of family singing — and zealous devotion to traditional Western music, the Sons of the San Joaquin offer a sublime slice of the Old West, “performing in a style as wide-open as an afternoon loping across Montana” (The New York Daily News).

Time:  7:30pm

Adult Tickets:  Section A -  $25.00
                            Section B -  $22.00
                            Section C -  $19.00

Youth  Tickets:  Section A -   $19.00
     (0-18)               Section B -   $16.00
                              Section C -   $13.00

Presented by: Rogue Opera
Sponsored by:  Avista & Western States Insurance

Craterian Ginger Rogers Theater
23 South Central Avenue, Medford, OR 97501
541-779-3000
www.craterian.org 

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Rogue Valley Soccer Cup Tournament Rogue Valley Soccer Cup

Hundreds of soccer players from all over the west cost merge upon Medford each Memorial Day Weekend to play in this annual tournament.  Sponsored by the Rogue Valley Cup Soccer Association.  

Various Playing Fields 
541-772-9104
www.rvcupsoccer.com

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Youth Symphony of Southern Oregon

The Youth Symphony of Southern Oregon’s dedicated young musicians perform symphonic classical music with skill, insight and enthusiasm. Founded in 1988, the mission of the YSSO is to provide exceptional performance experiences under the leadership of professional conductors and music coaches and to foster a lifelong appreciation of classical music and the arts. Next year marks the YSSO’s 21st season of performances in the Rogue Valley.
Youth Symphony of Southern Oregon
Concert series performances feature all of the YSSO’s three ensembles: Youth Strings, Youth Orchestra and Youth Symphony. The ensembles include young musicians (ages 8-23) from throughout the region who present masterful performances of works for orchestra.

Audiences will be impressed by the technical and interpretive abilities, and the musical and performance skills of these extraordinary musicians.

Time:  3:00pm

Tickets: General Admission - $10.00
               Seniors/Students - $5.00

Craterian Ginger Rogers Theater
23 South Central Avenue, Medford, OR 97501
541-779-3000
www.craterian.org 

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Pilots of the Carabiner - Starthistle fly-in. 2010 Starhistle Fly-In

For a quarter of a century, foot launch aviators have been flocking to Southern Oregon to partake in the flying, fun, and fellowship of the Rogue Valley Hang Gliding Association's Annual Starthistle Meet / Fly-in.

Location:  Woodrat Mountain, Ruch OR

Rogue Valley Hang Gliding and Paragliding Assoc.
P O Box 1292
Medford, OR 97501
www.rvhpa.net

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Friday,
Saturday,
Sunday nights

Champion Raceway - Street Legal Drags

Champion Raceway1st - Test & Tune, Gamblers Race Orientation

7th
- Friday Night Street Legal Series #3

8th
  - ET Championship Series #1

9th
- ET hampionship Series #2 / Land of the Leaders #1

14th - Friday Night Street Legal Series #4

21st - Friday Night Street Legal Series #5

22nd  - ET Championship Series #3

23rd - ET hampionship Series #4 / Land of the Leaders #2

28th - Friday Night Street Legal Series #6

Gates open at 5:00pm - Time trials at 6:oopm

Tickets:   Adults                                                                  $10.00
                Children under 10                                                FREE
                Car/Driver (race or test & tune)                        $25.00
                 Car/Driver (Jr. Dragster w/driver under 10)   $15.00

Champion Raceway Jackson County Sports Park
6900 Kershaw Road, White City, OR  97503
541.830-DRAG
www.championraceway.com

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Saturday's

Southern Oregon Speedway Southern Oregon Speedway

1st - Modifieds, Pro Stocks, Super 4's, Dwarfs, Mini Stocks, Destruction Derby

8th - "Mother's Night at the Races" Moms $2 off - Sprints, Modifieds, Pro Stocks, Dwarfs, Street Stocks

12th -  Test & Tune (4:00pm - 8:00pm)

15th
- Modifieds, Super 4's, Dwarfs, Mini Stocks, Thrill Cars are Back!!
         
22nd - Late Models, Modifieds, Pro Stocks, Street Stocks, Mini Stocks
               
26th
-  Test & Tune (4:00pm - 8:00pm)

28th
- Test & Tune

29th - Art Pollard Memorial Pro Stock 50” with Super 4’s, Dwarfs, Mini Stocks, Destruction Derby

Tickets:    Reserved Seating -                                          $20.00
                  General Admission
                                 Veterans & Wheelchairs w/ID         $5.00
                                  Adult                                                 $10.00
                                  Seniors (60+)                                       $8.00
                                  Children (0-9)                                    FREE

*Special Events prices may vary

Southern Oregon Speedway
Jackson County Sports Park
6900 Kershaw Rd, White City, OR 97503 
541-826-6825
www.sospeedway.com

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2/19-10/31
Check listing for performance dates

Oregon Shakespeare Festival - 2010 Play Schedule  Oregon Shakespeare Festival
  • Hamlet
            February 19 - October 30; Angus Bowmer Theatre
  • Pride and Prejudice
            February 21 - October 31; Angus Bowmer Theatre
  • Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
             February 20 - July 4; Angus Bowmer Theatre
  • She Loves Me
             April 21 - October 30; Angus Bowmer Theatre
  • Throne of Blood
             July 21 - October 31; Angus Bowmer Theatre
  • Well
             February 25 - June 18; New Theatre
  • Ruined
             March 24 - October 31; New Theatre
  • American Night
             June 29 - October 31; New Theatre
  • Twelfth Night
             June 1 - October 8; Elizabethan Stage
  • Henry IV, Part One
            June 2 - October 9; Elizabethan Stage
  • The Merchant of Venice
            June 3 - October 10;  Elizabethan Stage

Oregon Shakespeare Festival

15 S. Pioneer St., Ashland, OR  97520
541-482-433
www.osfashland.or

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4/28-5/30
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Camelot TheatreFrost / Nixon

by Peter Morgan, Starring Doug Warner and Paul R. Jones.

It's 1977. British talk show host David Frost has become a lowbrow laughingstock. Richard Nixon has just resigned from the U. S. Presidency in total disgrace over Vietnam and the Watergate scandal. Determined to resurrect his career, Frost risks everything on a series of in-depth interviews with Nixon in order to extract an apology. The cagey Nixon, however, is equally bent on redeeming himself in his nation's eyes. In the television age, image is king, and both men are desperate to outtalk and upstqge each other as the cameras roll. The result is the interview that sealed a president's legacy.

Camelot Theatre Company
101 Talent Ave., Talent, OR 97540 
541-535-5250 
www.camelottheatre.org

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