The NCBS Bluegrass News July 24, 2011
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- GOF Cheap Ticket Deadline Is Monday, July 25
- Three Fun NCBS August Events
- Candidates For August 13 NCBS Board Election
Always Thinkin’ At The End: Gathering The Bluegrass Community
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Good Old Fashioned Discount Advance Ticket Deadline July 25
The last day to purchase discount advance tickets to the August 12-14 NCBS Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival is Monday, July 25, 2011.
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Join Your Friends For Three Fun NCBS August Weekend Events
The Northern California Bluegrass Society has a busy August planned. Join us for these fun events:
Old Time Music Campout In The Country, Sebastopol.
August 5-7. Donations accepted. We will have both kinds of camp music at this first-time event:
Jammin’ and
Pickin’. Laura Lind is our gracious host. Day-only visitors are welcome to join the campers.
(RSVP) twocondors (at) aol (dot) com.
Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival, Tres Pinos (7 miles south of Hollister).
August 12-14. Small - Fun - Easy - Good. What more could you want in a festival? Our 18th year of showcasing the top California bluegrass bands and musicians. Ya’ll come!
Johnson Farm Pickin’ Party, Boulder Creek.
August 27. FREE. The Johnson Family, the Abbott Family, and the NCBS Family welcome you to our 11th annual afternoon of bluegrass music in the mountains. A beautiful farm, good music, and good friends. Check it out.
NCBS Board Elections Set For Saturday, August 13, 2011
The annual election for the Northern California Bluegrass Society Board of Directors will be held on Saturday, August 13, 2011, 10:00am-5:00pm at the Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival, Bolado Park, Tres Pinos, CA. and by mail. Details are in the August issue of Bluegrass By The Bay magazine. The following candidates have qualified for the ballot: Nancie Barker, Eric Burman, Jessica Evans, Penny Godlis, Michael Hall, Brenda Hough, Jennifer Kitchen, Ron Rose, Mike Russell, & Dave Williams.
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Always Thinkin’ At The End: Gathering The Bluegrass Community
We have said it before: “Rock is a kind of music; bluegrass is a kind of community.”
The Bay Area bluegrass community is gathering together to help out some of our folks in need. A July 20 fire destroyed the San Francisco residence of Brewglass Boys Pam Brandon (aka Belle Monroe) & Tom Drohan, and Gayle Schmidt of the Hired Hands & the Toodola Ramblers. Keeping their lives rolling while their home is rebuilt over the next year is going to take a bit more than a few bucks in the tip jar. The area bluegrass associations, promoters and musicians are joining forces to stage a few benefit shows to help out — we will have the details soon. Hey, folks, thanks for your support!
- Michael Hall
NCBS Content Editor
(This e-newsletter was sent to NCBS members on July 24.)
