Photo Feature! Pink Martini feat. Oregon! Oregon! - Oregon Zoo (Portland, OR; Sept. 6, 2009)

text: melophobe / photos: Angel Priest (Pink Martini 1-16 + Oregon! Oregon! 17-29)

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melophobe was fortunate enough to have photographer Angel Priest on hand as Portland’s Pink Martini helped celebrate Oregon’s sesquicentennial with a rousing performance of Oregon! Oregon!. The basic plot revolves around two 1859 explorers, whose encounter with a witch, results in Oregon’s birth, with the catch that it will be swept into a bottle 100 years later without citizen intervention. Thomas Lauderdale helped create the new fourth act of this curious tale, and from Angel’s photos, it looked like an incredible show!

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4 comments thus far ...

  1. 1rebecca mikesell Wed Sep 23, 2009 | 10:23 am

    Wonderful, wonderful pictures. The type I always wish I had in my own album. We saw 3 of the 4 Oregon Oregon shows, and you captured the essence. Perfectly

  1. 2Ben Wed Sep 23, 2009 | 02:54 pm

    This looks incredible - I wish, like Rebecca, I had seen some of these performances. I guess I’ll have to wait for the bicentennial!

  1. 3charles fuller Wed Sep 23, 2009 | 09:22 pm

    can we purchase some of these pics from the Zoo?

  1. 4derek Sat Sep 26, 2009 | 05:30 pm

    Great post. Saw Pink Martini in their only date in Scotland in 2005. Fantastic show.

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