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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150325T200000
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SUMMARY:The Oberon Community Middle Eastern  Show
DESCRIPTION:OREGON\nTHE OBERON COMMUNITY MIDDLE EASTERN MUSIC &amp\; DANCE 
 SHOW\nThe Blue Monk presents ARABESQUE every Wednesday at 8 PM. The band p
 erforms traditional Middle Eastern (Turkish\, Arabic\, Persian and Armenia
 n) Music and features all of the hundreds of local/regional Middle Eastern
  Tribal and Belly Dancers.\nArabesque and the weekly show will celebrate 2
 0 years in 2014. That means is it is the longest running Middle Eastern mu
 sic and dance show with live traditional Middle Eastern music anywhere aro
 und the globe. Michael Beach started the show in 1994 at The Green Onion i
 n Portland. Band members and venues have changed throughout the many years
  but the show remains the same:\nA weekly show\, any dancer can dance\, th
 ey sign up many months in advance\, they request the music they want and t
 he band plays for them as they dance. This rotation of dancers gives every
 one a chance to perform and the audience gets to see a different show ever
 y week. The band also plays lots of Open Dance music and the audience alwa
 ys dances.\nArabesque includes Michael Beach and Clark Salisbury from the 
 Portland based 2008 Grammy nominated Brothers of the Baladi. Brothers of t
 he Baladi are a national / international touring Middle Eastern / World Mu
 sic band.\nhttp://www.baladi.com/\nArabesque is: Brothers of the Baladi an
 d Arabesque founder Michael Beach (lead vocals\, doubek\, drums &amp\; miz
 mar)\, Clark Salisbury (oud &amp\; saz)\, Carolynn Eaton (Arabic accordion
  &amp\; kanoon)\, Kevin Bayliss (clarinet &amp\; oboe)\, Roberta Gannett (
 violin)\, Jerry Fugate (saz\, riq &amp\; def) and Albert McDonnell (acoust
 ic bass).\nThe show was recently renamed for Oberon. She was Michael Beach
 ’s partner and co-director in charge of all dancers from 1999 until 2011
  when she passed on.\n\n\n\n&nbsp\;
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CATEGORIES:Music/Folk/World
LOCATION:The Blue Monk\, 3341 SE Belmont Street\, Portland\, Oregon\, 97214
 \, United States
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