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Article: SCHOOL'S OUT; KIDS ROCK ON.(Entertainment)(Creative camps and outings give students a chance to break out)
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- The Register Guard (Eugene, OR)
- Article date:
- March 25, 2004
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Byline: Lewis Taylor The Register-Guard
While some 13-year-olds were thinking about rolling out of bed Wednesday, River Donaghui was jamming with a dozen other future rock stars at the Music's Edge spring break camp at the Shedd in downtown Eugene.
"I like playing guitar, I want to play with more people," said Donaghui, guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for the fledgling rock band the Stairs. "I'm learning, not so much (technique), but playing in a group."
In another room, camp director Tim McLaughlin established the drum beat to a jazz-funk song, then a 10-year-old boy took a guitar solo, and a 16-year-old girl guitarist nodded her head to ...