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General Announcements
Attention seniors graduating with Honors and High Honors! Please stop by and see Ms. Pramenko if you received notification from her to do so. It is very important regarding reading your name correctly at both Awards Convocation and Graduation.
Students â€" do you want to have a voice in actions and decisions made at Arapahoe? Before enjoying a relaxing summer, here’s an opportunity we hope you will consider. The Arapahoe School Accountability Committee is seeking 3 students to serve on this committee for next year. The committee meets once a month during the school year and is a valuable experience and opportunity for you to make a difference at Arapahoe. Please consider joining SAC! Applications are available from Mrs. Minnotte in the Attendance Office. Application deadline is May 25th.
Seniors the time is here! This is a reminder to check both the library & bookkeeping lists around the building, to make sure that you don’t have a fine or overdue book. If you have a fine, come on down to the library or bookkeeping and get it paid. The deadline to resolve your fines is this Thursday, May 18th. You registration card will be held if you have any outstanding fines. Do not let a fine keep you from picking up your cap and gown!
FBLA members- come for an end of the year party Wednesday May 17. Bring a favorite ice cream topping and join us. Announcements of officers will be made at the meeting. Meeting will be in S1 after school.
If you are unscheduled 6th hour on Tuesday, please come out and help plant in the garden along Dry Creek Road. It is not required but help would be appreciated! The planting will most likely continue after school.
This Sunday, May 21st, our Dry Creek Dixie Dawgs will be performing with Canadian professional trumpeter, Bria Skonberg, at the Denver Jazz Club’s May Youth Jam Session! The UCD Claimjumpers will also be performing. The sets run from 2 until 5pm at the Westminster Elks Lodge. Tickets are just $7.00, and all proceeds will benefit The Dry Creek Dixie Dawgs. Come find out why this combo won a 2006 National Downbeat Magazine Outstanding Jazz Performance Award!! This will be the final performance of the year for the 2005-06 Dry Creek Dixie Dawgs. Please see any Dixie musician, or stop by the band office, to buy advance purchase tickets.
Are you interested in exploring the Chinese language? An intensive Chinese course taught through a simulated adventure for interested Arapahoe students will be held at Euclid Middle School the week of July 29 through August 5. The course will be taught by Dr. Robert Blair, Brigham Young University professor of linguistics. Additional information is available from the main office.
Mrs. Pepe will have Taylor Atkinson’s yearbook in Room S6 Tuesday through Friday of this week. If you would like to sign it, please stop by anytime.
Students who still need to pick up their yearbooks can do so from 6-7 a.m., during 4th hour and at lunch as well as after school until 3 p.m. Books need to be claimed no later than noon on Thursday!!! Late fees will apply after Thursday.
A new study shows that too much stress the night before finals can cause serious damage to one's mental health. So instead of last minute cramming and massive amounts of caffeine, come to the first ever Student Film Festival. That's right, after many delays and end of year projects, it's time to watch those films that a small part of you submitted. The fun starts at 2:30, Thursday May 18th. Featured films include: The Volvo Diaries, Absolut Voder, and DDR: The Real Revolution. See you Thursday.
Athletics
Congratulations to the Boy's Swim team who took first place at Continental league championships this weekend. The Warriors performance was highlighted by the addition of four new state qualifiers. Jeff Trefz, Jeff Nadel, and Andy Cozzette all became state qualifiers in the 500 free. Dave Baugh swam a much sought after state time in the 100 breast. Outstanding swimmers were Rob Newell 1st place, 200 Im and 4th place 100 back, Chris Wiggin 2nd place 200 Im, 5th 100 back, Eric Anderssen 1st place in both 50 free and 100 free Ian, Francis 2nd place 100 breast, 4th place 200 IM, Vinny Crispino 2nd place 50 free, Nick Anderson 2nd place 100 free, Jeff Trefz 5th place 500 free, 5th place 200 free, Jeff Nadel 6th place 500 free, Rick Levy 8th place 100 fly. The warriors relay teams brought back a first in the 200 medley and the 200 free relays. Eric Wallace and Corey Riedel came in 4th and 5th with their diving scores. Way to go Boys. Arapahoe will be sending 14 boy's to the state competition on Thursday and Friday.
Arapahoe Boys Varsity Lacrosse plays Denver East tonight in the semi-round Englewood High School. Game is at 7:30. Adult price is $7 and students are $5. We need all the Arapahoe fans to come out and cheer your team on. A win tonight sends us to Invesco field Saturday for the State Championship. GOOD LUCK WARRIORS!!!
A reminder to all boys and girls track and field participants, uniform check in is today after school in the cage area. If your track stuff is not checked in today a fine will be issued in your name to the bookkeeper.
My annual foray to Marin for their county fair is always topped off by catching a slightly faded in rank live act working the fair circuit, but last night's provided the most rocking set of any act I've seen there ever.
Over the years I've caught the Temptations, Peter Frampton, Grand Funk, KC & The Sunshine Band and even Johnny Cash in the lil' white tent next to the lake. The main event is always preceded by a stroll through the carnies and their colorful lighted rides and of course a look at local blue ribbon winning pies, floral arrangements , arts and crafts. A mandatory stop is the local agricultural exhibits, which was complemented this year by the color commentary of the lead judge checking out all the fresh young cows. He was in the middle of the corral wearing the mandatory garb of plaid shirt and dusty oversize blue jeans while intoning into a wireless mic " Look At The Excellent Teat Placement On That One, Perfectly Plump Mammaries and A Stylish Rump..."
Then after some Cajun Shrimp On A Stick, I got a chance to catch Joan Jett again, and I'm happy to report the broad is rocking as hard as ever...
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts took the stage at 7:30 sharp , with group tuning up while Joan danced around to a pre-recorded track from her new album"Sinner". I was glad she had lost the blonde skinhead look of awhile back and was sporting some dark bangs, a sleeveless leather mini vest top and got down to business. I noticed her longtime manager Kenny Laguna on tambourine & keyboards behind her, looking a bit like Letterman's sidekick, Paul Shaffer.
Laguna has a bit of rock n roll history to him, being part of the bubblegum rock scene back in the 60's, performing with the Archies, 1910 Fruitgum Co, as well as Tommy James and The Shondells ( where Joan's live set staple Crimson & Clover originally started life).
Archies/Ohio Express - Yummy Yummy Yummy
Kenny went on to produce for Tony Orlando, Darlene Love, Bill Medley of the Righteous Bros. as well as The Lemon Pipers, and Ohio Express. By the mid 70's and stabs at the charts with David Essex and Edwin Starr his only real production success was a Dr. Demento show novelty hit by Little Roger & The Goosebumps called "Stairway To Gilligan's Island", that predates the popular mash up concept by about 25 years...
Little Roger & The Goosebumps - Stairway To Gilligan's Island
By the late 70's, with those buublegm daze behind him, Laguna worked with Beserkely Records, producing Greg Kihn and Jonathon Richman. Around this time he found a former Kim Fowley protege named Joan Jett , who was leaving the disfunctional mess of The Runaways and the shadows of blonde lead vocalist Cherie Currie to start her own band.
The Runaways - Cherry Bomb
Suzi Quatro - Daytona Demon
Joan had been a big fam of glam rocker Suzi Quatro ( aka Leather Tuscadero on Happy Days) and was eager to rock her way to the top with a group of gals that loosely coalesced around the scene at Rodney Bingenheimer's English Disco. However after a few years of slugging it out on the dismal club circuit the Runaways had run their course and Joan, the most road ready of the bunch, was ready to keep on rockin... and to this day almost 30 years later, she's the only one still rolling.
At 47, she has more onstage energy than slew of performers half her age, and has a legacy of hits and near misses that make her a true queen of the scene. Whether playing for the troops at USO shows overseas, a Warped Tour crowd in Phoenix , a Biker Convention in Sturgis, or a Gay Parade gathering in San Jose, Joan has a huge and diverse audience. She's also resisted the efforts of marketers to get her music for commercials and endorsements, refusing to waterdown or corrupt her image by taking money for something she can't in good conscience sell. She once mentioned in an interview that no one thanks you when you go to bed at night for turning down an easy, but sleazy million dollars.
Joan Jett - You Don't Know What You've Got
Her first solo record featured "Bad Reputation" a track whose video came out on MTV blatantly mocking all the labels that turned her down, forcing her to start her own label Blackheart Records just to get the album released.
Joan Jett - Bad Reputation
Joan Jett - Cherry Bomb
Joan Jett - Roadrunner
Over the years she's always had to work on a DIY basis, and lately has developed a slightly more political outlook with her new album. One of her songs goe about blatantly tackling the geopolitical sh*tstorm on "Riddles" with soundbites from the poetry/press conferences of one Donald Rumsfeld. Another song to look for from her new album is "Change The World", which could go right along with anything from the Pete Seeger back catalog, just with a more metal bite to it. Five is another edgy track co-written by Kathleen Hannah of Bikini Kill/Le Tigre.
Amongst the cover songs chosen for inclusion on her new "Sinner" album, are Sweet's "AC/DC" and Paul Westerberg's "Androgynous". The Replacements cover has been a staple of her live sets over the past few years, and Jett duetted with Westerberg some years back on a Cole Porter tribute of "let's Fall In Love" on which Brian Baker played guitar as well. "Androgynous" is just one of the four songs featured in this live concert excerpt mp3 lifted from a live DVD she put out a few years back.
Joan Jett - 4 song live excerpt
featuring Paul Westerberg's "Androgynous", her own S&M theme "Fetish", Iggy Pop's "Wild Child" & and Sly Stone's "Everyday People"
from "Live In The Rockies DVD"
remaining tourdates for Joan Jett & The Blackhearts this summer
07/04 Peoria Sports Park Phoenix, AZ
07/06 Coors Amphitheatre Chula Vista , CA
07/07 Fairplex Park Pomona, CA
07/08 Pier 30/32 San Francisco, CA
07/09 Save Mart Arena Fresno, CA
07/11 Seaside Park Ventura, CA
07/12 Dodger Stadium Lot Los Angeles, CA
07/13 Sleep Train Amphitheatre Lot Marysville, CA
07/14 Idaho Center Amphitheatre Boise, ID
07/15 Gorge Amphitheatre Seattle, WA
07/16 Columbia Meadows Portland, OR
07/18 Thunderbird Stadium Vancouver, BC
07/20 Roseau County Fair Roseau, MN
07/22 Utah State Fairgrounds Salt Lake City, UT
07/23 Invesco Field Denver, CO
07/25 UMB Bank Pavillion Maryland Hts, MO
07/26 Riverbend Music Center Cincinnattii, OH
07/27 Post Gazette Pavillion Burgettstown, PA
07/28 Toms River Festival Toms River, NJ
07/29 Comerica Park and Street Detroit, MI
07/30 Tweeter Center Tinkley Park, IL
08/01 Darien Lake Fields Darien, NY
08/02 Fitchburg Airport Fitchburg, MA
08/03 Tweeter Center At the Waterfront Camden, NJ
08/04 Montage Mountain Scranton, PA
08/05 Nassau Coliseum Uniondale, NY
08/06 Englishtown Raceway Old Bridge, NJ
08/08 Verizon Wireless Amp Lot Charlotte, NC
08/09 Verizon Wireless Amp Lot Virginia Beach, VA
08/10 Nissan Pavillon Lot Bristow,VA
08/11 Tower City Ampitheatre Cleveland, OH
08/12 Park Place Barrie, ON
08/13 Parc Jean Drapean Montreal, QC
09/01 Woodstock Fair Woodstock, CT
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The night before last I was scanning the local listings looking for something to do, and who to my surprise should I come across but Lil' Brian and The Zydeco Travelers. This band first came to my attenton almost some years back with a release on Rounder that highlighted their fun & uniquely American blend of funk & zydeco. Well it was time for Lil' Mike & Lil Brian to meet...
Based out of Barrett Station Texas near Houston these bayou bred cats are unabashed fans of the down and dirty south funk & hip hop, but also can work a mean traditional accordian / scrub-board vibe with the best of 'em. They call this blend of Zydeco & Funk " Z-Funk " ...Check em out if ya get a chance, as they are great, hard working and energetic live act that can kick out the serious jams . The music is like a bastardized blend of The Meters featuring Zigaboo Modeliste & the ghost of Clifton Chenier...
The scrub board guy is worth the price of admission alone, I'd have to call him Scrub Doggy Dogg for his look, and his onstage demonically possessed demeanor is somewhere else altogether...
Here's the title track from their latest release on Tomorrow Recordings "Funky Nation"
Lil' Brian & The Zydeco Travelers - Funky Nation
Summer 2006 Tour Dates
July
5-6 Crystal Bay, NV Stage Lounge
7 Mount Shasta, CA Stage Door Cabaret
8 Quincy, CA Black Hawk Solar Cookout
12 Evergreen, CO Little Bear Saloon
13 Santa Fe, NM WilLee's Blues
14 Durango, CO Scoot'n Blues
15 Telluride, CO Telluride Cajun Festival
20 Pisa, Italy (Calcinaia) Blues Festival
21 Atri, Italy (Teramo) Green Hills Blues Festival
22 Brindisi, Italy Brindisi Blues Festival
23 Potenza, Italy Good Morning Mr. Blues Fest
24 Pontedera, Italy Musicastrada Festival
26 Zara, Croatia TBA
27 Macerata, Italy (San Severino) San Severino Blues Festival
28 Pula, Croatia Castle Blues Festival
29 Forli, Italy (Modigliana) Strade Blue
30 Citta' Della Pieve, Italy (Perugia) Trasemino Lake Blues Festival
August 2006
6 Decatur, IL Decatur Celebration
10 Sioux City, IA The Chesterfield
12 Galena, IL Eagle Ridge Resort & Spa
18 Richmond, VA Inn of Virginia "Arthur's"
19 Cockeysville, MD Hot August Blues Festival
24 Huntsville, AL Humphrey's
26-27 Atlanta, GA Six Flags Over Georgia
September 2006
13 Rochester, NY Dinosaur BBQ
14 Syracuse, NY Dinosaur BBQ
16 Stamford, CT Blues on Bedford
17 Bladensburg, MD Chick Hall Surf Club
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