The Concert in the Park is again returning this summer. The Tualatin Hills Park & Recreation District, with the help of the Raleigh Park Neighborhood Association (RPNA), will hold a free concert. Tualatin Hills Park and Recreation District is planning a series of neighborhood concerts in various parks throughout the district. Our own Raleigh Park has again been selected to host one of these very special events! Mark your calendar for Thursday August 15th from 6 to 8 PM. Curtis Salgado will be the headliner for our concert (for more informationhttp://www.thprd.org/events/summerconcerts.cfm?eventid=702).
Curtis Salgado -- Burst out of the Pacific Northwest thirty years ago as lead singer for The Robert Cray Band, then briefly fronted Roomful Of Blues before embarking on an impressive solo career. Clean Getaway, his first release since he survived life-threatening hepatic disease and received a liver transplant, cements his reputation as one of the best blue-eyed Soul singers on the planet.
Sara Jackson-Holman will open the concert with warm and soulful melodies.
It is literally from out of the blue that pianist/singer-songwriter Sara Jackson-Holman was launched onto the national music scene. For the then 20 year-old Whitworth University piano and writing student from Bend, Oregon, nothing could have prepared her for the trajectory her life was about to take; propelling her from student life, to recording her first CD, to hearing her debut single Into the Blue (from her debut album When You Dream) close out the ABC hit show Castle in the emotional Season 2 finale, all in a matter of months. Recently, her songs have been placed in MTVs Chelsea Settles and CWs Ringer, Her debut; garnered rave reviews and comparisons to chanteuses Adele, Amy Winehouse and Feist.
For more information or questions regarding the Concert in the Park, contact Debra Fife, Coordinator of Volunteer Services and Special Events for the Tualatin Hills Parks and Recreation District. Her phone number is 503-645-6433; you can reach by email at dfife@thprd.com.
Mark your calendars and get your tickets now to attend the fourth biennial Raleigh Park Garden Tour! The tour will take place on Saturday, June 1st, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Behind garden gates visitors will have the unique opportunity to view eight beautiful and diverse privately owned gardens in the Raleigh Park neighborhood, all within biking or walking distance of each other.
Cost of tickets is $15 in advance and $17 the day of the tour. Use ticket form below or order on-line at www.raleighparkgardens.com. Proceeds will benefit the Raleigh Park Elementary School and West Slope Community Library gardens.
Raleigh Park Garden Tour Ticket Order Form
Name________________________________________________
Telephone_______________ email:________________________________
Number of tickets_____ @ 15 each =__________
Send in this form and your check, made payable to the Fir Grove Garden Club, to RPGT, PO Box 25565, Portland, OR 97298, or deliver to Raleigh Park Elementary School office: 3670 SW 78th, Portland, OR 97225. Or you may order online at www.raleighparkgardens.com. Please come to the school front porch on the day of the tour to pick up your ticket(s), garden guide and map.
The General meetings of the RPNA are generally held each second Monday of alternating months starting January 20xx (to be determined) from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM at the West Slope Library (3678 Southwest 78th Avenue, Portland, OR 97225).
The Board meetings are generally at 6:30 to 7 PM before the General meeting. On months when no General Meeting is held, the Board meets on the second Monday from 6:30 to 8 PM also at the West Slope Library (3678 Southwest 78th Avenue, Portland, OR 97225).
The Raleigh Park Neighborhood consists of some 1600 homes and businesses from Beaverton-Hillsdale Highway on the south to Canyon Drive on the north, SW White Pine Lane on the west, and Scholls Ferry Road on the east. All neighbors are welcome to attend meetings, including our local businesses and residents who own or rent their homes within the neighborhood.