Northern California Bluegrass Society

Two Week Reminder: May 31 Is Deadline For 2012 Good Old Fashioned T-Shirt Designs

Michael Hall — Thu, 17 May 2012 05:00:32 +0000

You can win valuable prizes by designing the T-Shirt for the 2012 Northern California Bluegrass Society Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival.

Two Week Reminder: T- Shirt design due date is May 31, 2012.

Complete T-Shirt Contest Information

All You Need To Know To Go To The NCBS Atascadero Film Festival This Wednesday

Michael Hall — Wed, 16 May 2012 05:00:08 +0000

The Festival: Roger & Rosemary Siminoff will host the NCBS Film Festival at their home in Atascadero this Wednesday evening. Film Festival Director Michael Hall will emcee.

This is a 3-hour version of the festival held earlier this year as a part of the Northern California Bluegrass Society’s Bluegrass On Broadway Festival in Redwood City. The Atascadero showing is co-sponsored by the California Bluegrass Association. The event supports the artistic work of independent filmmakers and of the International Bluegrass Music Museum (IBMM) Oral History Project of Owensboro, KY.

The Films:

Fanning The Fire – Bluegrass For A New Generation (Alan Tompkins, Bluegrass Heritage Foundation, TX)

I Hear What You See – The Old Time World Of Kenny Hall (Chris Simon, Sageland Media, UT)

Bluegrass – A Documentary (Frank Grabowski, Mountain View High School, CA)

American Folk Dancing – A Week With Evo Bluestein (Chip Curry, Chrysalis Films, CA)

Strawberry Music Festival 30th Anniversary (Alec Oyung, CA)

Date & Time: Wednesday, May 16th, 2012, 7:00pm-10:00pm

RSVP Information & Directions: Roger and Rosemary Siminoff, Atascadero, CA, (805) 365-7111.

Admission: Free

Optional, But Useful: Bring a chair just in case we run out.

Weather: Inside: A pleasant 72 degrees! Outside: Sunny, High 95, Low 48.

NCBS Welcomes The Avett Brothers To Berkeley’s Greek Theater June 23

Michael Hall — Tue, 15 May 2012 05:00:10 +0000

The Northern California Bluegrass Society welcomes The Avett Brothers to the Greek Theater at UC-Berkeley for an Another Planet Entertainment concert on Saturday, June 23. Jackie Green will open the show.

Information & Tickets

Scott Avett, The Avett Brothers

Good Old Fashioned Radio With 27strings On KKUP Monday Night

Michael Hall — Mon, 14 May 2012 05:00:45 +0000

Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival Band 27strings will play live in the KKUP studios during Mike Russell’s Monday Night Bluegrass program, 6:00-9:00pm on May 14. The station can be heard in the South Bay and Monterey Bay areas at 91.5 FM.

27strings

Michael Hall of the Northern California Bluegrass Society will be a guest on the program and will have information about the upcoming NCBS Film Festival on May 16, the NCBS Boulder Creek Bluegrass & Old Timey Festival July 13-15, the NCBS Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival August 9-12, and about upcoming NCBS-sponsored concerts this summer with The Avett Brothers (June 23) and String Cheese Incident (July 14 & 15) at Berkeley’s Greek Theater.

Evie Ladin will be a call-in interview about her new CD on the show.

Boulder Creek Bluegrass & Old-Timey Festival Set For July 13-15 With Music & Art

Michael Hall — Sun, 13 May 2012 05:00:13 +0000

The weekend of July 13-15, 2012 will bring the NCBS Boulder Creek Bluegrass & Old Timey Festival to several venues throughout the small mountain town, 12 miles north of Santa Cruz on Highway 9.

The festival will begin on Friday night in Barry Tanner’s PASS Recording Studio, one block from the main drag in Boulder Creek. The cameras should be there from our local cable TV station, to be part of the Brookdale Bluegrass Hour that is shown every Monday night.

On Saturday morning, a FREE concert will be held at Boulder Creek Park, next to the the local swimming hole. In addition to the music, the street will be lined with arts and crafts as this festival has invited the local artists to be part of the show.

Beginning Saturday afternoon, the festival moves to Scopazzi’s Restaurant, then from 7:00-11:00pm the show moves to the Boulder Creek Recreation Hall for the big evening show.

On Sunday, we will be back at PASS Studios, followed by with an evening jam at the Boulder Creek Brewing Company.

The bands will include The Juncos, The String Slingers, The Driftless, Common Cents, Laura Lind, BanjerDan, Sons Of Jefferson, Cactus Bob & Praire Flower, Jean Butterfield, Regina Barlett, and more.

This will be the largest festival since we moved from the old Brookdale Lodge The weekend will be fun and we hope you will join us! More information is on the brookdalebluegrass.com website. NCBS has sponsored all Brookdale/Boulder Creek festivals several time each year since 1998.

– Eric Burman

NCBS Atascadero Film Festival To Present “Fanning The Fire” On May 16

Michael Hall — Sat, 12 May 2012 05:00:06 +0000

“Fanning The Fire — Bluegrass For A New Generation,” a documentary about the launch of a young Mexican-American’s bluegrass music career in Texas, will be on the program for the repeat of the 5th Annual NCBS International Bluegrass Music Museum Film Festival that was held earlier in 2012 in Redwood City.

The Wednesday, May 16 film festival will be hosted by NCBS members Roger & Rosemary Siminoff at their Atascadero home from 7:00-10:00pm. This FREE event requires an (RSVP) siminoff (at) siminoff (dot) net.

Filmmaker Alan Tompkins

In the film, Lucas White of Corsicana, Texas talks about learning to play bluegrass music and meets and eventually performs with his favorite bluegrass musicians at the Bloomin’ Bluegrass Festival near his hometown.

Filming Lucas White

The film by Dallas attorney & CPA and bluegrass musician Alan Tompkins is a project of the Bluegrass Heritage Foundation of Farmer’s Branch, TX and is Tompkins’ first cinematic project.

Film Festival Director Michael Hall will moderate the event.

Film Festival Details

NCBS TO Sponsor Summer Alt-Bluegrass Concerts In Berkeley

Michael Hall — Fri, 11 May 2012 05:00:09 +0000

The Northern California Bluegrass Society will sponsor 3 concerts of alt-bluegrass music at the Greek Theater At UC-Berkeley this summer. The concerts are presented by Another Planet Entertainment.

Saturday, June 23 — The Avett Brothers with Jackie Green.

Saturday, July 14 & Sunday, July 15 — The String Cheese Incident

Information & Tickets

NCBS Atascadero Film Festival To Screen Strawberry 30th Anniversary Documentary

Michael Hall — Thu, 10 May 2012 05:00:01 +0000

“Strawberry Music Festival 30th Anniversary” by Bay Area filmmaker and bluegrass musician Alec Oyung will be screened at a repeat of the 5th Annual NCBS International Bluegrass Music Museum Film Festival (that was held earlier this year) on Wednesday, May 16, 2012 7:00-10:00pm in Atascadero.

The event is FREE and open to the public, but an (RSVP) siminoff (at) siminoff (dot) net is needed.

Filmmaker Alec Oyung jams at Strawberry.

The 3-hour version of the NCBS film event will be hosted by Roger & Rosemary Siminoff. Moderator: Michael Hall.

The documentary was filmed at the 2011 Labor Day weekend event held at Camp Mather near Yosemite National Park. The Strawberry Music Festivals are held each Memorial Day and Labor Day.

Oyung is a Strawberry festival regular, an independent San Francisco-based video producer, a Berkeley native, and a graduate of UC-Santa Cruz. This was his first film to be shown at the NCBS festival.

San Jose Mercury News Interview

Complete Film Festival Information

Discount Advance Tickets Are Now On Sale For August 9-12 Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival

Michael Hall — Wed, 09 May 2012 05:00:00 +0000

Discount Advance Tickets are now on sale on this website for the 19th Annual Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival, set for August 9-12, 2012 at Bolado Park in Tres Pinos, 7 miles south of Hollister.

Everyone can save money by buying in advance. NCBS Members save even more.

The festival is a benefit for the Northern California Bluegrass Society.

Chip Curry’s Evo Bluestein Film To Be Screened May 16 In Atascadero

Michael Hall — Tue, 08 May 2012 05:00:43 +0000

Filmmaker Chip Curry

San Jose filmmaker and bluegrass musician Chip Curry’s documentary about Evo Bluestein’s elementary school folk dance week program will be screened on Wedneday, May 16 as part of the repeat of the NCBS International Bluegrass Music Museum Film Festival that was held earlier this year in Redwood City.

Evo Bluestein

The 3-hour version will be moderated by Michael Hall and held at the home of our gracious hosts Roger & Rosemary Siminoff in Atascadero beginning at 7:00pm. Your (RSVP) siminoff (at) siminoff (dot) net is required for this FREE NCBS event.

“American Folk Dancing — A Week With Evo Bluestein” examines the value of roots music and dance instruction for students in an era when arts education has been eliminated in many California schools. The documentary was shot at Buena Vista Elementary School in Walnut Creek. Bluestein is a Fresno-based musician and educator who has appeared at numerous California bluegrass and folk festivals over the past three decades. He began his music career as a young member of Fresno’s famed Bluestein Family.

The Bluestein Family

Producer & director Curry of Chrysalis Films has been making films for over 25 years. He has been experimenting with the art of moving imagery since his very first 16 mm project. He believes that story is the foundation upon which all great visual media is based. “My greatest joy is building a story from the drama, and color I see in the fleeting moments of daily life and assembling it as an indelible piece of moving art.” This is his first project selected for showing at the festival.

Curry’s musical career started in Tucson, Arizona in the 1970s when, with his five-string banjo, he led the Summerdog Bluegrass, Mariachi, and Swing Ensemble to a ten-year stint as the Southwest’s premiere string band. He currently plays several hundred shows a year in the Bay Area for children, seniors, and general audiences.

Film Festival Information

Evo Bluestein leads a student dance.