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A Banjo, a Didgeridoo and Shakespeare, Too, in Southern Oregon
By Tom Adkinson


ASHLAND, Ore. – Ashland is widely known for its entertainment – primarily because of the famed Oregon Shakespeare Festival – but its variety can surprise you, too, proven by this busker’s one-man show on banjo and didgeridoo. Entertainer Marcus Fry added extra sounds with a string of tiny bells tied above one shoe and a metallic percussion instrument attached to the shoe on his other foot. His show was a guaranteed pedestrian-stopper – who wouldn’t be intrigued by the combination of the plinking of a banjo and the moans of a didgeridoo? His “stage” was down the street from the classic Ashland Springs Hotel and at the entrance to Lithia Park. The American Planning Association named the 100-acre park to its top 10 list of Great American Spaces.

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Banjo busker. Image by Tom Adkinson.

The 2018 Oregon Shakespeare Festival seasons continues through Oct. 28. Among the productions are “Othello,” “Romeo and Juliet” and “Henry V.” A divergence from Shakespeare is a production of “Oklahoma!” Credit that one to Rodgers and Hammerstein, not the Bard of Avon.

Trip-planning resources: TravelAshland.com, OSFashland.org, AshlandSpringsHotel.com, TravelOregon.com

Published August 3, 2018








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