Brigadoon of the Sixties: Revelry & Kerfuffles at the Oregon Country Fair - Softcover

Prozanski, Suzi

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1935516086 ISBN 13: 9781935516088

Publisher: Coincidental Communications, 2019

Synopsis

History of the Oregon Country Fair from 1980s to mid-1990s continuing the story started in "Fruit of the Sixties." Stories of wacky vaudevillians, talented crafters, marching musicians, and a wild assortment of volunteers who pull the fair together every year in consensus-driven community.

About this title

About the Author

Suzi Prozanski has interviewed hundreds of people to document the history of the Oregon Country Fair. Her most recent book-"Brigadoon of the Sixties: Revelry & Kerfuffles at the Oregon Country Fair"-continues the story where her last book-"Fruit of the Sixties: The Founding of the Oregon Country Fair"-left off. Both books together cover the fair's founding and first three decades. Suzi moved to Eugene from Texas with her husband, Floyd, in 1984. At their first Fair that summer, she "felt more at home" than she ever felt before in her life. She has not missed a Fair since. In 1990, she helped staff Gil Harrison's pottery booth in the Upper River Loop. She soon joined the Info Crew as a volunteer and later switched to the Fair Family News crew, which produces the Fair's monthly newsletter. She is honored to also serve as coordinator of the Fair's Jill Heiman Vision Fund Committee. The Vision Fund accepts donations during the Fair that provides grants to area nonprofit organizations serving people with basic needs. The fund honors Jill Heiman, the young attorney who originally helped the Fair buy its land in 1982. Through interviews and research, Suzi learned about Jill's selfless service and tireless work on behalf of cooperatives and nonprofits throughout this community, including the Fair. Inspired by Jill's efforts, the Vision Fund celebrates Jill's legacy of giving. Suzi worked for more than 20 years as a journalist for the Houston Post in Texas and The Register-Guard in Eugene. She also taught classes in reporting and editing at the University of Oregon School of Journalism and Communication. She expresses deep gratitude to all the kind, amazing and wonderful people who have agreed to be interviewed about their history with the Fair. The Fair community continues to inspire Suzi to be her best self.

Review

Praise for Fruit of the Sixties, predecessor to Brigadoon of the Sixties:
“For those of you already missing the Oregon Country Fair, journalist Suzi Prozanski offers up a way for the good vibe to continue all year long.”
— Katie Schneider, Special to the Oregonian
 

5 stars Captures the 1960s Spirit
“Even if you don’t know a soul mentioned in the book, reading it will give you an insider experience of the 1960s and ’70s that goes beyond the usual cliches about hippies.”
— Nancy Dean Nichols, reviewer on Amazon.com
 

“Fruit of the Sixties is a timely book on the founding years of the Oregon Country Fair, of great interest to the ever-renewing generations of Fairgoers.”
— “Downtown” Deb Trist, host of Dead Air radio program on KLCC
 

“This encyclopedic story of the Oregon Country Fair’s early days recalls Eugene’s Golden Age of Counterculture.”
— Don Bishoff, former Eugene newspaper columnist

Edition details

• Publisher: Coincidental Communications
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1935516086
• ISBN 13: 9781935516088
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 554
• Editor: Thoele Mike