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| Shannon Cooper and husband, Ron |
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Shannon
is the Correspondence Secretary. She and
Ron are in charge of the booking for the Emerald Valley Opry. 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 Air Force 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.
| Jennifer Rose |
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Jennifer
is a board member of the Emerald Valley Opry and coordinates prizes, volunteers
(including scholarship applicants), and front operations at the Emerald Valley
Opry. She has
volunteered with the Opry for 10+ years. She is mom to the Opry Mascot, Paul
Anthony. She has graduated from Portland State with the Bachelors in Social
Science and is currently teaching at Head Start.
| Richie Stiles |
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Richie is a board member of the Emerald
Valley Opry
| Thank You to Our Volunteers! |
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Our work would not be possible
without the work of our dedicated board and volunteers, who are not paid for
their countless hours of dedicated service each month!
Volunteers have helped out in a
great many ways: providing supplies, helping with admission and raffle tables,
set up and tear down of each monthly event, sharing the word of our show in
public, and many other tasks. Because of this invaluable contribution, we're
eager to say a big public "Thank you volunteers!” - some of whom are
listed below: Fay Eoff
[front end support]
Dan
Parrish [support]
Tom
Coates [sound and lights]
Royal
Yoakum [sound and lights]
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| Alan Corbeth and wife, Leonie |
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Alan is EVO Chairman and House Band Manager. Alan
Corbeth has worked in the broadcasting and
recording industry for over thirty-five years. He helped build one on the
largest nationally syndicated radio programs in this country, “Coast to Coast
AM” with Art Bell and George Noory. Prior to that, he served as a 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 as Director of Technical Production for National
Public Radio in Washington, DC, Israel Radio in Tel Aviv, Israel, and Capitol Radio
in London, England. During his seven years in England, he also worked for
CBS and RCA records. Alan started his recording and broadcasting career
with a large independent recording studio in New York City. In 2008, Alan
was invited to Chicago to introduce Art Bell into the Radio Hall of Fame.
Alan currently resides in Junction City with his wife Leonie.
| Lonnie Wiese and his wife, Dawn |
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Lonnie is the secretary. During shows, Lonnie
is often found at the admission table. Lonnie
has been on the board for 7 years. He and his wonderful wife Dawn live in Eugene.
| Joyce Putnam |
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Joyce
is the treasurer and takes care of the advertising . 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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