In Good Company - Northwest Dance Project

PORTLAND’S “BEST DANCE COMPANY” - 2015 WILLAMETTE WEEK

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AT T H E P E R FO R M A N C E

IN GOOD DEC 17 + 18 / 7:30PM COMPANY AT REVOLUTION HALL

Photo / Christopher Peddecord Dancers / Lindsey McGill + Franco Nieto

WELCOME TO IN GOOD COMPANY Thank you so much for joining us for our first performance in Portland’s newest and most historic venue, Revolution Hall, and for our latest company-made In Good Company show!

Each year, we turn our winter show over to our incredibly talented and creative company members — they craft every step, they pick the music and costumes, and together they develop the charming and clever show narrative for you to experience and enjoy.

ENVISIONED, CREATED, AND LED BY SARAH SLIPPER, WE REMAIN DEDICATED TO PROVIDING CHOREOGRAPHERS THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING THEIR ARTISTIC DRIVES AND DREAMS TO FRUITION FROM THE STUDIO TO THE STAGE AND CHARTING THE FUTURE OF CONTEMPORARY DANCE.

“... ONE OF THE HOTTEST DANCE COMPANIES IN AMERICA.” – Portland Stage Reviews

While this may just seem like a fun idea — which it certainly is and we always enjoy the fantastic results — giving dancers the chance to choreograph and produce an entire show is an incredibly important professional development opportunity for them. By throwing themselves (sometimes literally) into the work on both sides of the stage, they continue to fill their artistic cups and gain valuable professional experience they will carry with them for the rest of their careers and lives — wherever their futures may take them (but we certainly don’t want any of them going anywhere anytime soon).

We can’t express enough just how much we admire and cherish our world-class dancers.

They are the lifeblood of NW Dance Project and inspire us in everything we do. We were honored earlier this year to receive our fourth Princess Grace Award (for dancer Ching Ching Wong), and we are delighted to welcome our newest company member, Kody Jauron, to our family.

We are also honored to have been personally selected by Paul King and Walter Jaffe, co-founders of White Bird, to take part in the American Dance Platform performances happening at the legendary Joyce Theater in New York City. Our shows are January 14th and 16th and we are thrilled to take the company to the most iconic contemporary dance stage in the country. We know they are going to wow the crowds…you should join us!

Finally, we’d like to extend a heartfelt thanks to our friends here at Revolution Hall. We first met Jim and Kevin when we had our studio just steps away from their first venture, Mississippi Studios, and we were thrilled to learn they were opening up this fantastic new space shortly after we moved into our beautiful new Creative Center and home just a few blocks away at the corner of NE 10th Avenue and Davis Street. It’s great to be their neighbors again and we are honored by their deep partnership and generous support.

As we head into the close of 2015 — a year of great challenges, successes, growth and rewards for NW Dance Project, we hope to have your support as well. As a non-profit, we simply cannot do all we do without your support. Individual donations — which are taxdeductible and qualify as Oregon Cultural Trust matches — are the most critical funding source for any charity, and we hope you will include NW Dance Project in your year-end giving.

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Thank you for again being here, we hope you enjoy the show, and thank you for supporting great new dance made right here in Portland!

Sarah Slipper

Scott Lewis

Artistic Director

Executive Director

PRESENTS

IN GOOD COMPANY ARTISTIC DIRECTOR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Sarah Slipper Scott Lewis

DANCERS Samantha Campbell Lindsey McGill Julia Radick

Kody Jauron Franco Nieto Viktor Usov

Elijah Labay Andrea Parson Ching Ching Wong

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PLEASE NOTE: Cameras and recording devices are not permitted in Revolution Hall. Smoking is not permitted in Revolution Hall or in the building.

NW DANCE PROJECT

Photo / Christopher Peddecord Dancers / Kody Jauron + Elijah Labay

2015–16 SEASON

NW DANCE PROJECT WAS FOUNDED IN PORTLAND IN 2004

BY PRINCIPAL DANCER, AWARD-WINNING CHOREOGRAPHER, AND ACCLAIMED DANCE MENTOR SARAH SLIPPER, AND IMMEDIATELY BEGAN MAKING A SPLASH AND A NAME FOR ITSELF BY DOING THINGS A BIT DIFFERENTLY IN DANCE. Our dedication to providing dancers and dance makers the resources and artistic freedom needed to create and take new, inspired dance works to the stage led Dance International Magazine to proclaim that we are “changing the way dance is created” and established NW Dance Project as “a laboratory, factory and repository for risk-taking new works from the next generation of choreographers from Europe, and North America.”

NW Dance Project has grown into a world-class contemporary dance company and an international leader in the creation and premiere of significant new contemporary dance works.

We commission gifted choreographers from around the world to create on our classically trained yet daring and fearless professional company, giving them full artistic freedom and all the resources needed to bring their artistic drives, inspirations and dreams to fruition and to the stage. With over 175 new dance works created and premiered in Portland to date — more than any other company in the country — NW Dance Project truly is “the ‘it’ company…one of the most dynamic dance troupes in the country” (Oregon Public Broadcasting) and “an essential part of the city’s arts scene” (The Oregonian), with “some of the best dancers you will ever see.” (Calgary Herald) And while Portland gets to experience our works first, the world is watching.

NW Dance Project took the Audience Award at the prestigious 25th annual Hannover Choreographic Competition in Germany in April 2011. Later the same year, we were picked the winner, out of nearly 200 entrants from around the world, of the 2011 Sadler’s Wells Global Dance Contest, and as the winner, enjoyed two soldout, standing ovation London performances in June 2012 as part of the Cultural Olympiad.

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We are so proud that four of our talented company dancers have been awarded the most prestigious award in dance — The Princess Grace Award — while with us: Andrea Parson in 2010; Franco Nieto in 2012; Viktor Usov in 2014; and most recently Ching Ching Wong in 2015. Now nearly half our company are Princess Grace Award winners — something no other company can say.

Audiences in Oregon, New York, Seattle, Arizona, Los Angeles, and beyond have been similarly wowed by the company’s touring performances. Last year, we had an extremely successful Canadian tour with packed, standing ovation performances in Vancouver, Banff, and Edmonton, and we also had a string of spectacular performances in Germany. Most recently, the company performed in Mongolia at the invitation of the U.S. State Department, and later this season we will tour to New York, Colorado and Utah. NW Dance Project is proud to represent Portland and further our city’s glowing and growing reputation as a destination for dance and inspired new works of art.

We are equally proud of the work we do in our cherished local community that occurs off the theater stage.

Our innovative and interactive Dance Moves outreach program brings free dance classes and workshops to thousands of at-risk and low-income young members of our community each season. Our Arts Access initiative provides numerous fully accessible, professional dance performances locally each season, even drawing a record breaking, 4000-strong crowd to the Washington Park Rose Garden Amphitheater to experience the company perform select works from our all-original-repertoire.

NW Dance Project is also an extraordinary and comprehensive training center for all dancers. We hold open community classes for adults and youth seven days a week in our beautiful new Creative Center at 211 NE 10th Avenue, as well as special opportunities for professional and pre-professional dancers such as our signature LAUNCH project and our esteemed Summer Dance Intensive.

NW Dance Project believes in dance. We believe everyone can dance and anyone can appreciate the beauty and power of human movement. We believe that dance can, and should, touch and enrich each and every person’s life. And with tonight’s special performance, we believe you’ll agree.

“SARAH SLIPPER IS TRULY GIFTED. THIS IS WHAT DANCE SHOULD BE ... SHE FOUND THE POINT AT WHICH THE FORM OF DANCE (STEPS, TECHNIQUE, FEET, PERFORMANCE) COMBINE TO CREATE A WORK OF ART.” - The News Record

Photo / Christopher Peddecord Dancers / Andrea Parson + Franco Nieto

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR / SARAH SLIPPER Sarah Slipper was born and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia, and received her professional training at the Royal Ballet School in London, England and the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School.

In 1980, she made her professional debut with the Royal Winnipeg Ballet as a corps de ballet member, and became one of the company’s leading dramatic ballerinas. Sarah worked closely with many internationally renowned directors, choreographers and teachers, including Arnold Spohr, Rudi van Dantzig, Hans van Manen, Jirí Kylián, Agnes de Mille, Galina Yordanova, and Alla Savchenko.

Sarah was noted for her classical line and dramatic abilities, dancing the principal roles in classical ballets such as Swan Lake, Les Sylphides, Giselle, and The Nutcracker. In addition to the classical repertoire, she received worldwide acclaim for her performances of contemporary ballets, most notably Nobert Vesak’s The Ecstasy of Rita Joe and the award winning Belong pas de deux. After Sarah left the stage, she continued her passion for music and drama, studying theatre at the honours level at the University of Winnipeg, and

in Oxford, England. During the 1996/97 season, she served as ballet mistress of Alberta Ballet, and from 1997/99 as ballet mistress of Oregon Ballet Theatre.

Sarah’s command of classical and contemporary styles is demonstrated in her active role of teaching and coaching younger dancers. As a guest master teacher, Sarah has worked with the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, Washington Ballet, Ballet Austin, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, The Jefferson Dancers and the Dance Departments of the University of Utah, Cornish College of the Arts, and the University of Iowa. An award winning independent choreographer, Sarah is presently based in Portland, Oregon, creating dance worldwide. She has worked with prominent dance companies including the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, Cincinnati Ballet, Oregon Ballet Theatre, Nashville Ballet, Washington Ballet, Ballet Jorgen, Louisville Ballet, BalletNY, Alberta Ballet, Ballet Pacifica, Cornish Dance Theater, NW Dance Project and The Jefferson Dancers. She was awarded the Grand Prize for Choreography at the International Choreographic Competition

Saint Sauveur 2000 for her ballet Shattered Night, which was created on the Royal Winnipeg Ballet. During her choreographic residency at Festival des Arts in Quebec, Canada, her ballet A River In A Dry Land, was described by the Montreal Gazette as “one of the finest choreographies produced in residency.” Sarah’s works have been described as “absolutely remarkable ... grippingly pits breezy romanticism against a sinister undercurrent.” (The Oregonian) and “... a complete, enclosed world, a somber yet hopeful winter landscape across which the three couples thread in a long, smoothly unfolding skein of dance.” (The New York Times) A Fine Balance, her pas de deux created during NW Dance Project’s inaugural season, was a finalist for the prestigious Benois de la Danse award in 2006 and was performed at the Bolshoi Theatre as part of the award’s gala celebration. Sarah is currently working on several new creations and serves as the Artistic Director of the NW Dance Project.

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WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL YEARBOOK

Collin Baxx

Vanessa Booboo

Camilla Downing

“Are jazz hands ever inappropriate?” – Collin Baxx

“No matter how you feel, get up and show up...and world peace.”

“It needs to be about 20% cooler.” – Rainbow Dash

aka Viktor Usov

Voted Most Likely To Revive a Production of “Cats,” Using Actual Cats

aka Lindsey McGill

– inspired by Regina Brett

Voted Most Likely To Discover World Peace

aka Julia Radick

Voted Most Likely To Manage a Hot Topic

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John Hustleback

Mingus “Ming” Khan

Valerie McDorian

“You miss 100% of the shots you never take.”

“...” – Ming Khan

“Together, we can make change.”– Valerie McDorian

aka Elijah Labay

– Wayne Gretzky

Voted Best Legs

aka Ching Ching Wong Voted Most Likely To Destroy

aka Andrea Parson

Voted Most Likely To Rule a Nation.

Cynthia Perkins

Fred Uranus Smith

Austyn Van Angelo

“If you can dream it, you can do it.” – Walt Disney

“Life is like riding a bicycle.

To keep your balance you must keep moving.”

“Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.”

aka Samantha Campbell

Voted Best Attitude

aka Franco Nieto

– Albert Einstien

Voted Most Likely To Discover Atlantis

aka Kody Jauron

– Pablo Picasso

Voted Most Likely To Have an Etsy Account

DANCER BIOGRAPHIES SAMANTHA CAMPBELL

Samantha Campbell is from Salt Lake City, Utah. She attended the University of Utah as a Ballet major and graduated with a B.F.A. in May 2007. She was a member of Utah Ballet for three years while at the University, danced with Alabama Ballet and danced on scholarship at the Lou Conte Dance Studio (Hubbard Street Dance Chicago).

Samantha has danced original roles in NW Dance Project works by Didy Veldman, Lucas Crandall, Sarah Slipper, Donald McKayle, James Canfield, Patrick Delcroix, Wen Wei Wang, Andrea Miller, Pedro Dias, Loni Landon, Benoit-Swan Pouffer, Noam Gagnon, Edgar Zendejas, Maurice Causey, Lauren Edson, Carla Mann and Minh Tran.

KODY JAURON

Kody hails from Phoenix, Arizona where he began his formal dance instruction at age 15 with Andrew Needhammer. Shortly after, Kody furthered his pre-professional studies with the Miami City Ballet School and Ballet Austin’s Professional Division Trainee Program where he was honored to become a recipient of the Sarah & Ernest Butler Scholarship. After one year at Ballet Austin, Kody was promoted to an apprentice to the company where he danced for two additional seasons.

Kody has supplemented his training at Lou Conte Dance Studio’s scholarship program, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, The School at Jacob’s Pillow, Springboard Danse Montréal, and most recently at NW Dance Project’s LAUNCH: 10. Prior to joining NW Dance Project, Kody danced with DanceWorks Chicago under the tutelage of Julie Nakagawa and has been a featured guest artist with the Ruth Page Civic Ballet, Evansville Ballet, and Salt Creek Ballet. He has had the opportunity to perform works by Aszure Barton, Nelly van Bommel, Thang Dao, Christian Denice, James Gregg, Felix Landerer, Joshua Manculich, Jirí Pokorný, Ihsan Rustem, and Yin Yue.

ELIJAH LABAY

Elijah Labay, born in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, started training at Ballet Arts Academy in Spokane, Washington.

In 2004, Elijah joined Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet Professional Division and then attended

the Fellowship Program at The Ailey School on full scholarship. He received a Professional Advancement Award at Jacob’s Pillow to work with Aszure Barton, Helen Pickett, and Tero Saarinen.

In 2009, Elijah joined Florida Dance Theatre directed by Carol Erkes and had the opportunity to choreograph Kaos in Wonderland. Elijah attended NW Dance Project’s LAUNCH: 4 project where he worked with choreographers Loni Landon and James Gregg. He was featured in NW Dance Project’s premiere of André Mesquita’s duet, A Short History of Walking, and in other original NW Dance Project works created by Patrick Delcroix, Ihsan Rustem, Lucas Crandall, Pedro Dias, Loni Landon, Sarah Slipper, Noam Gagnon, Olivier Wevers, Carla Mann and Minh Tran.

LINDSEY MCGILL

Lindsey McGill was born in Houston, Texas. She began her formal dance training under Elizabeth and Rosemary Molak in Orange County, California and continued training at the Houston Ballet Academy under the direction of Ben Stevenson, Clara Cravey and Priscilla Nathan Murphy. Since graduating from Houston Ballet Academy, Lindsey has worked with Jane Weiner’s Hope Stone Dance, Michele Brangwen Dance Ensemble, iMEE, Dominic Walsh Dance Theater, O Dance, NobleMotion Dance, The Next Stage Project, KDNY and Dayton Contemporary Dance Company 2. She has also had opportunities to dance in projects by a number of independent artists including Jhon R. Stronks, Paola Georgudis, Teresa Chapman, Amy Ell’s Vault and Freneticore. Lindsey participated in NW Dance Project’s LAUNCH: 5 project.

FRANCO NIETO — 2012 PRINCESS GRACE AWARD WINNER

Franco Nieto was born and raised in Vancouver, Washington. Franco was an athlete playing football for seven years before making his choice to dance. Franco began his training at Vancouver School of Arts and Academics, and Columbia Dance, later studying under Tracey Durbin as a student and an assistant in Portland. Franco graduated from Point Park University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with a B.F.A. in Jazz in 2009. Franco has danced original roles in NW Dance Project works by Didy Veldman,

James Canfield, Sarah Slipper, Luca Veggetti, Pedro Dias, Maurice Causey, Wen Wei Wang, Andrea Miller, Noam Gagnon, Loni Landon and Lauren Edson.

In August 2012, Franco was one of only six dancers in the U.S. to win a Princess Grace Award for Dance. Franco received a full page feature in the February 2014 issue of Dance Magazine.

ANDREA PARSON — 2010 PRINCESS GRACE AWARD WINNER

Andrea Parson began her early dance training in Hillsboro, Oregon, at NW Conservatory of Dance under the direction of Anita Mitchell. She received her B.A. from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles in 2008. Andrea has taught dance throughout Oregon and Washington and has participated in workshops with the Joffrey Ballet, San Francisco Conservatory of Dance, anoukvandijk dc and the NW Dance Project. She has danced original roles in NW Dance Project works by Patrick Delcroix, Sarah Slipper, James Canfield, Luca Veggetti, Pedro Dias, Ihsan Rustem, Andrea Miller, Aszure Barton, Noam Gagnon, Benoit-Swan Pouffer, Maurice Causey, Lucas Crandall, Wen Wei Wang, Alejandro Cerrudo, Cayetano Soto, Loni Landon, Edgar Zendejas, Carla Mann and Minh Tran. In June 2010, Dance Magazine named Andrea their dancer “On the Rise.”

The following month, Andrea received her biggest career honor to date, winning a 2010 Princess Grace Award for Dance and she appeared on the cover of Dance Spirit Magazine in Febuary 2011, which did a feature on her and another on the company.

JULIA RADICK

Julia Radick was born and raised in New York City. She graduated from LaGuardia Arts High School and earned her BFA in Dance from the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. She has also trained at North Carolina School of the Arts, Boston Ballet, Alonzo King LINES Ballet, and with Batsheva. Julia has danced original works by Nathan Trice, Brunilda Ruiz, James Sutton, Cherylyn Lavagnino, Aszure Barton, and Kate Weare. She was a member of the Yomoco and has performed with Classical Contemporary Ballet Theatre. Julia is a certified Mind Body Dancer™ yoga instructor. Julia took part in NW Dance Project’s LAUNCH: 7 project.

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DANCER BIOGRAPHIES VIKTOR USOV — 2014 PRINCESS GRACE AWARD WINNER

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Viktor Usov was born in Uzhgorod, Ukraine.

Immigrating to the United States, he began his dance training in Portland with John Gardner at Portland Festival Ballet.

Viktor began his extensive training with Sarah Slipper at the age of 14 and was a featured member of The Jefferson Dancers. Viktor attended The Juilliard School on scholarship. After graduating with a BFA in Dance in 2010, Viktor moved to Germany to dance as a soloist with Johannes Wieland at the Staatstheater Kassel. Viktor returned to dance with NW Dance Project in 2013. He has had the privilege of performing works by José Limón, Paul Taylor, Jerome Robbins, Sarah Slipper, Johannes Wieland, Aszure Barton, Donald McKayle, James Canfield, Lucas Crandall, Wen Wei Wang, Stephanie Thiersch, Chris Haring, and others.

Viktor has been awarded a 2014 Princess Grace Award, in Dance making him the third member in NW Dance Project to receive this coveted honor.

CHING CHING WONG — 2015 PRINCESS GRACE AWARD WINNER

Ching Ching Wong was born in Manila, Philippines, but since the age of three calls southern California her home. She began her dance training at Allegria Dance Theater under the direction of Alia Harlan. She received her B.F.A. in Dance Performance and minor in Education and Psychology & Social Behavior from the University of California, Irvine. During her UCI days, she was a member of Donald McKayle’s Etude Ensemble and also performed works by Jodie Gates, Molly Lynch, Lisa Naugle, Rennie Harris and William Forsythe’s Artifact Suite. Ching Ching participated in NW Dance Project’s LAUNCH: 3 & LAUNCH: 4 projects, and has danced original roles in new NW Dance Project works by Didy Veldman, Patrick Delcroix, Wen Wei Wang, Ihsan Rustem, Pedro Dias, Lucas Crandall, Loni Landon, Noam Gagnon, James Gregg, Lauren Edson, Tracey Durbin and Minh Tran. Ching Ching has been awarded a 2015 Princess Grace Award, in Dance making her the fourth member in NW Dance Project to receive this coveted honor.

Company Portraits / Paul Thacker ©

NW DANCE PROJECT STAFF

Artistic Director Sarah Slipper

Executive Director Scott Lewis

Company Manager Katie Holliday

Education & Outreach Coordinator Caitlin Warren

Studio Staff Bradley Forkner + Christine Maxwell + Lindsay Spoonmore

Lighting Designer/Technical Director Jeff Forbes

Stage Manager Thyra Hartshorn

Costume & Wardrobe Management Lindsey Reif

Accompanists Tiffany Barclay + Ethan Meier + Jeremy Reinhold + Susan Schroeder

Graphic & Web Design Rachel Beckwith + Christopher Peddecord

Web Support Christopher Peddecord

Photography Blaine Truitt Covert + Christopher Peddecord

Videography Ralph Davis, Action Video + Christopher Peddecord

Health & Wellness Dr. Katharine Zeller

Physical Therapy West Portland Physical Therapy Clinic

Acupuncture Anna Brook

Accounting Richard Winkel, CPA

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS

DANCE TEACHERS Renee Adams Kim Ames Diana Bustos Samantha Campbell James Canfield Lucas Crandall Jason Davis Kerry Davis Michelle Davis Mariecella Devine Tracey Durbin John Gardner Ikolo Griffin Mary Hunt Tracy Julias Mari Kai Juras Lindsey Matheis Christine Maxwell Lindsey McGill Franco Nieto Sara Parker Andrea Parson Julia Radick Maki Schwartz Katie Scherman Rachel Slater Sarah Slipper Gerard Theoret Kitty Tibbals Viktor Usov Caitlin Warren Ching Ching Wong

Pierre-Laurent Baudey Jacqueline Cape Alan Jones Gary Leavitt Scott Lewis Mark MacDonald Melissa MacDonald Steven C. Neighorn Sarah Slipper Jane Tighe John Tracy Peter van Bever Serena Zilliacus

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

Sarah Slipper

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Scott Lewis

COMPANY MEMBERS

Samantha Campbell Kody Jauron Elijah Labay Lindsey McGill Franco Nieto Andrea Parson Julia Radick Viktor Usov Ching Ching Wong

Program Cover Photo / Christopher Peddecord Dancer / Samantha Campbell

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Studio Support Annabelle Lefebvre + Christine Maxwell + Abby Parker + Alex Schooling + Lindsey Stennett + Jovian Watson Mollner

Company Portraits Donated

By Paul Thacker Flowers Donated By La Vie Flowers

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Rylen Feeney Nick Fish & Patricia Schechter Melissa Flores Karen Fogg For Paws Andrea Frey Rosa Garcia Sheila Garcia Ann & Amy Mae Garrett Alan, Magda, & Sofia Gerencer Laraine Gladstone Molly Glass Michael L. Glover Julie Glover-Walsh Sylvia Golden Leslie Goldstein & Michelle Valentino Sabrina Gomez Doug & Theresa Gosslee Grace Espirity Photography Green Salon Leslie Grollman Robert Grossnickel Corey Guinnee Mark Haim Rebecca Harrison & Delaney Skiles Jennifer Heilbronner Kirsten Heming Melissa Hogan Kathryn Holland Tim Horn Debbie Hutchins Ashley Imboden Innerscape Art Classes Kelly Jeske Trish & Jeff Jilot Heidi Kaczmarek Clare Kenny Hanna Kiel Laine Koch Paula Koeller Jennifer & Zach Laney Matthew Latterell Lauretta Jean’s Le Pigeon Jean Leavenworth Kirsten Lee Pamela & William Lemus Sidne Lewis Laura Liggett Fuchsia Lin Michael & Michele Linn Jonathan & Vida Lohnes JoAnn Lusky Kelli Lutje Christy Lutz The MacFee Donohoe Family Melissa Maebori Meredith Maislen Susan Martin Katy Mayo-Hudson McMenamins Laurie McVay Meat for Cats & Dogs Douglas Meddaugh Linda Milne Lynn Minneman Megan Moody John & Gretchen Morris Cat Moscibrocki Laura Mullen Lindsay Nall Emily Nemeth David Nijhawan Petra Nomina Oaks Park Roller Skating Rink Oregon Ballet Theatre Maynard E. Orme Dennis & Suzie Ott Kelly Pagnac Jean Parson Susan Peres Esther Petrocine

Milena Petrovic Megan Pingree Pistils Nursery Portland Art Museum Huon Quach Susan Rankin Gary Rawson & Julie Zehetbauer Bren Reis Alicia Richards Jo Riemenschneider Ristretto Roasters Nathanael Roe Roman Candle Baking Co. Amie Rose Kimberly Ross Susan Russell David & Kate Sacamano Kim Sapunar Dinice Scheihing Robin Scholetzky & Matthew Lachmann Penelope Schott & Eric Sweetman Sarah Schwarz Jayne Scott Elizabeth Scovel Susan Seamens Diana Shenk Julie Sheppard Sara Short Susan Shugerman Michael Siegel Sidecar 11 Tani Smihula Timothy Speth & Inge Aldersebaes Kemba Staley Tracy Streebel Laura Stockman Carrie Taylor Teote Cheyenne Terbrueggen Bob Thayer Simon Thompson Susan Ticknor Francine Tocci Abby Torgeson

Kelley Tralle Ashley Trimble Melissa Ullom Viktor Usov Donna Vanderwegen Cherie Vedal Tim Williams Pat & Norma Weathersby Jennifer Wells Wild Roots Wendy Wilkinson Sara Wiseman Gwendolyn Wong Nick & Karen Wutzke Kathy Young Yin Yue Fredrick Zal Holly Zapf Venus Zaron

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