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Show THE SAN JUAN RECORD Wcdnenday, February 27, 2002 - Rap 8 A in Bluff gala Olympic celebration she told stories in festival The community of Bluff began its celebration with the dedication of the new Bluff Community Center, January 12. Both Dine and Anglo members of the community gathered to celebrate the completion of the new Center and to pay homage and thanks to Linda Richmond, whose dedication and hard work were in- schools: Mexican Hat Elemen- tary, Whitehorse H.S., and Albert R. Lyman Middle School. Dustdown was a musical celebration organized by Tom Rice, which brought together two groups from southwest Colorado: Big Timber, a bluegrass group which strumental in bringing the February 28 Thursday three San Juan County Business meeting of descendants of Jens Nielsen, Blanding LDS South Chapel. tured Larry Boyce and Paul Scott, among others, and The Beautiful Losers, a band headed by Chuck Berry. Visitors and locals alike listened and boogied the sounds of live music. The groups appeared at the Bluff Community Center, February 2. Juana la Capilla, a band project to fruition. Richmond spent hundreds of hours over the course of the past four years, and raised more than $200,000 to complete the project. Richmond was given a standing ovation at the ceremony, at which past Service Area Chairman Stan Johnson read an ofTicial proclamation of thanks and Chilean poet Hector Ahumada read from his many odes to Bluff. featuring Capilla has played at the val, brought storytellers South Main 401 Blanding, UT 84511 35167812815 Sunny Dooley and Win Blevins to the Blanding Arts Center February 1. The event was ed by people from around the county and the region, and featured stories and music from both Native Ameri- can and Anglo pioneer tradition. Dooley is an esteemed n and Navajo storyNew from Mexico. In teller addition to participating in the well-know- an to Bluff locals. Juana la tion with Heather Young ofthe Blanding Storytelling Festi- well-attend- Afro-Caribbe- sounds, came to the Bluff Community Center, February 9, and presented sounds familiar Nizhoni Bridges, in coopera- PAUL R. MACDONALD D.D.S. fea- -- Great Gourd Show in Bluff for the past four years. Visitors came from around the Four Corners for the event, which continued until late in the night. A most unusual show was presented in Bluff, February 21 with the classical sounds of Logan, Utah musicians Nicho- house. It was Bluffs first taste of classical music in a performance venue. The two musicians, from Utah State University, were presented in Bluffas part of a program by Nizhoni Bridges and the Utah Arts Councils Arts in Education program. Morrison and Timmons were in southeast Utah as part of Nizhoni Bridges InReach Program, which brought them to Whitehorse High School and Albert R. Lyman Middle School, to work with music students from those two schools. The second half of the show g was Casper, a reggae group from Hopiland. We counted more than 120 people from around the Four Corners area: Hopi, Navsyo and Ute tribal members joined Bluff locals and other Anglo audience members in a whole lot of Casper was the recipient of The Naaward-winnin- bootie-shakin- g. tive American Music Awards Album of the Year" for their 2nd CD, Sounds of Reality. southern San Juan County schools as part of Nizhoni Bridges InReach Program (see accompanying story). Blues musician Mark Galbo and artist Suzanna jazz-fol- k Ninichuck will perform in the Bluff Community Center, at 7 p.m. to round out this Olympic Celebration. and meBringing lodic original tunes, these two artists promise to attract auMarch 1, up-tem- po dience members from around the Four Comers. The Excel School Steel Pan Ensemble will join Canadian artist Kinnie Starr, March 7 at the Bluff Community Center. 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