Jamboree organizers plan beefed-up events leading to festival

Robert Shamek, festival director for the Oregon Jamboree, stands at the Old Mill Property off 18th Avenue, where his organization will host the Santiam Smoke Show barbecue competition and Tune It Up Tuesdays starting next month. Photo by Scott Swanson

Sweet Home residents have the opportunity to enjoy some juiced-up events from the Oregon Jamboree, which began May 1 and will continue through the Aug. 1-3 country music festival.

“It’s funny,” said Jamboree Festival Director Robert Shamek. “Every Tuesday morning we have a staff meeting and it used to be all-Jamboree” but that’s no longer the case.

Now the organization, event planning as “Sweet Events,” is working on a variety of entertainment functions: the Santiam…

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