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About the opry and board
The Emerald Valley Opry invite you to join us on the second Saturday of each month to enjoy some great country music.

Information #’s are:

 

Dallas 514-1575

Alan 463-8481

Joyce 688-0937

Shannon 461-6926

Kathy 688-0534

Frank 914-0586

Lonnie 688-0433

If you have a question or wish to suggest something please get in touch with one of us. We strive to get 5 different types of  bands each month with a blend of ones who have been on before and new ones. We do need to remember these bands are giving of themselves for no pay and many travel from out of town to perform.If they have a CD you might think about buying one to help with their cost of travel. The admission  money is given to the Bethel school music programs to help keep music alive for our youth.

Intermission

For those of you that do not know the food and drinks are being done by different school groups to help earn money for their programs and this money goes to that group. Many of the youth and their parents do this to help earn extra to keep the cost down  for different school programs

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1801 Echo Hollow Rd. Eugene Oregon

There are two parking areas the north and the south if these happen to be full there is parking at the Echo Hollow Swimming Pool to the south or across street at St. Mark church.You may also park on Dove Lane

 

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Joyce is EVO treasurer and takes care of the advertising and web site.

 

Joyce has been with the opry most of the time since it came to Powers. She was one of group that helped get it started here in the Bethel district. She has lived in this area since 1969 and her children went to school here and still live in area. Joyce is retired but does volunteer work for the opry, church and Carmelite Nuns. She does not play music but has been involved with it for over 43 years and enjoys being part of EVO.

 

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Kathy On

Kathy On

Kathy On has lived in the Bethel area for 21 years she is married and has two daughters.

Kathy is retired from Peace Health after 32 years. She is now working at Willamette High School currently Educ. Assistant in Counseling Center.

Kathy has been involved with the bands at Willamette for years helping in many areas and is still the “color guard mom” for the marching band.

Kathy hopes to be able to help the opry board with working with the district and hopes to get other parents involved

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Lonnie and Dawn

Our newest board member is Lonnie Wiese. We will have pictures and a write up soon. Lonnie joined us at our May board meeting. He and his wonderful wife Dawn  live in the area and will be a great help.

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We have our 7th board member as of Nov. 12,2007. We wish to welcome FrankWalden.
I will be putting his writeup on as soon  as I get it. Welcome Frank!!!!!!!!

  We have volunteers that help every month which we are very thankful for. Dawn Wiese, Jennifer Cooper, Tony Cooper, Fay Eoff, and Dan Parrish.  Also we have a great sound man Tom Coates. These people along with our house band members and the board give of themselves every month to help bring the opry to Willamette. Thank you.

Opry Board members emails
Dallas McCord  
Alan Corbeth 
Joyce Putnam
Shannon Cooper
Kathy On
Lonnie Wiese
 
Use these emails to reach the board member or the Emerald Valley below will reach the baord.

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Dallas is chairman of board, he is also doing the booking for the opry. You may email through site or call him if interested.

 

Dallas and PJ McCord sing with that close harmony you can only get by being married. They are international recording artists with four CD's to their credit and counting.

Dallas has been in show business as an actor, stuntman, screen writer, poet, song writer, emcee, gunfighter, and musician.

PJ is an accomplished artist with pencil and water color.

She has a degree in graphic art design.

PJ and Dallas both believe that music speaks louder than words and they love to share their music
 
AWA Small area Disc Jockey of the Year 2007
KNND 1400AM Sunday's 1PM to 4PM

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Alan Corbeth and wife Leonie

Alan is EVO vice chairman and manages the opry band for us.

 

Alan Corbeth has worked in the broadcasting and recording industry for over thirty-five years.  Alan helped build one on the largest nationally syndicated radio programs in this country, “Coast to Coast AM” with Art Bell and George Noory.  .   

  Alan is working as a broadcasting consultant on a part-time basis.   Prior to that, he served as Senior Vice President with Premiere Radio Networks.  Alan built and managed a local radio station in Southern Oregon where he helped to established Chancellor Broadcasting and Talk Radio Network.  He worked for National Public Radio in Washington, DC, Israel Radio in Tel Aviv, Israel, and Capitol Radio in London, England.  He started his recording and broadcasting career with a large independent recording studio in New York City, and later worked for RCA and CBS Records in London, England

 Mr. Corbeth currently resides in Eugene with his wife Leonie. 

 

Alan went down this spring to see the radio show he started Art Bell, achieve the "Lifetime in Broadcasting Achievement" award.  It is nice to see something he started receive this.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Shannon and Ron Cooper

Shan is in change of the admission and prizes, if you have anything you would like to donate please contact her either by phone or email through web site.

Shannon Cooper was born and raised here in Eugene. She attended Bethel schools  for 12 years. Both her and Ron graduated from Willamette in 83.She attended Lane community college here and then she and Ron married. They spent almost 23 years in the Airforce until Ron retired and they came home to Eugene. Now they are parents of a student here at Willamette and their daughter graduated from here. She was raised with country western music with her dad Paul and his brothers and always helped with the opry when home on leave. Both Shannon and Ron have stepped up and helped with EVO since returning to Eugene. She hopes to get more of the Bethel parents involved.