CTVLC BENEFIT CONCERT! + NEWS + Ch 97 Schedule Sun April 8 thru Sat April 14 Community TV on AT&T Cable

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>Community Television of Lane County

>CTV.members&friends;@thinkvideo.com >CTVLC BENEFIT CONCERT! + NEWS

+ Ch 97 Schedule Sun April 8 thru Sat April 14 Community TV on AT&T; Cable

>Wed, 4 Apr 2001 01:32:46 -0800 > >Hi CTVLC Members and Friends, >

>Community Television of Lane County is holding a series of benefits on

>Sundays in April at Chez Ray's as part of its Spring fundraising and

>membership drive. Doors open at 8:30 with music from 9 pm to midnight. >

>Admission is on a sliding scale of $3 to $10. The $10 admission comes with >a

free membership in CTVLC and helps build your community media station >Channel

97. >Chez Ray's is located at 44 West 10th Ave in downtown Eugene (across from

>the Atrium and the Actor's Cabaret Theatre) > >*The benefits at Chez Ray's

will feature a different musical flavor each >week, with the first on April 8th

catering to mostly accoustic and folk >music. Olen Kent will MC and perform as a

duo, Honey Vizor, Ed Cole, James >Rust, and Pete Christie are also scheduled to

perform. > >*On April 15th the talented and diverse 6-piece latin band Lo

Nuestro >headlines. Lo Nuestro plays Cuban, Carribean, and South American

rhythms >and tunes. > >*April 22nd is Rock &; Roll night with the Danged and

others. > >*On April 29th, David Lamond performs his Hawaiian Elvis act and

Olen Kent >and his band wrap things up. > >All contributions to CTVLC are tax

deductible and can be sent to 1430 >Willamette >#321, Eugene, OR 97401. Annual

Memberships are $10.00. Please Call >341-4671 about classes or submitting

programming for play on Ch. 97. > >Community Television of Lane County, the

nonprofit organization that >operates Ch. 97 and the Community Television

Studio behind Sheldon H.S. by >contract with local governments, subsists on

$15,000 annually provided by >Eugene and Lane County. By comparison

similar-sized facilities in Oregon >have much larger budgets (Salem about

$250,000 and Portland about >$500,000). > >Even this $15,000 government funding

is never certain and CTV needs to >become more self sustaining. Additional

funding above and beyond this base >level is needed to expand services and

acquire extra equipment. The >channel and studio are run by an all volunteer

crew and board. > >CTVLC now offers regular classes in video production,

digital and analog >editing, and studio production. Five cameras are available

for field >projects to certified users, a studio, and four editing facilities

>(including a new I-Mac computer with IMovie software). Over 30 regular >series

air every week on the channel, which offers round the clock 24/7 >programming. >

>Thanks for your support. Looking forward to seeing you at Chez Ray's!

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