Jim Pepper Native Arts Festival 2015: The Events and Useful Information
Jim Pepper
The Event Info
The 3rd annual Jim Pepper Native Arts Festival will take place on Saturday, September 26 at Parkrose High School, from 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
This is an outdoor event. There will be dancing on the grass and views of the mountains from the festival grounds. There will be NO admission charge, but donations will be requested to support our mission.
The Jim Pepper Native Arts Festival’s mission is to improve access to music education in Jim Pepper’s name in these several ways:
• Fundraising and awarding Jim Pepper Remembrance college scholarships to worthy music and dance students in Jim’s home neighborhood, the Parkrose School District, and to Native American and First Nations students living on or off reservation anywhere in the USA and Canada.
• Providing performing opportunities for student musicians at the Jim Pepper Native Arts Festival.
• Providing a free all-ages concert for the community at Parkrose High School in Portland, Oregon
Jim Pepper (Kaw/Creek) (1941-1992) grew up in Parkrose and attended Parkrose schools. His Kaw Indian name Hunga-che-ada translates to Flying Eagle. He became a tenor and soprano saxophone player, composer and bandleader of international significance, creating a unique, innovative body of work that continues to inspire and influence musicians across the United States and Europe. His tenor saxophone is in the permanent collection of the National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution, and among his many honors are his induction into the Native American Music Awards Hall of Fame and the Oregon Music Hall of Fame.
See more at: http://www.jimpepperfest.net/index.html
The Performers
This year's headliner is Jan Michael Looking Wolf.
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Jan Michael Looking Wolf - vocals, flutes
Nathan Myers - guitars
George Robnett - percussion
Four-time Native American Music Awards winner Jan Michael Looking Wolf (Kalapuya) is an enrolled member of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde that resides within his indigenous homelands in Oregon.
See more at: http://www.jimpepperfest.net/theperformers.html
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