NCBS Information Booth

The Northern California Bluegrass Society Information Booth will be at the CBA Father’s Day Bluegrass Festival in Grass Valley June 13-16 and at the Susanville Bluegrass Festival in Susanville June 20-23.

The booth will have information about all area bluegrass festivals and concerts, including those presented by NCBS. This is a free service for both promoters and fans.

Stop by and say hello to the friendly Info Booth volunteers!

Walker Creek Music Camp Jam With John Reischman

The Northern California Bluegrass Society, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization aka the Santa Cruz Bluegrass Society, runs the NCBS Walker Creek Music Camp Scholarship Fund for the new camp near Petaluma.

The fund collects tax-deductible donations and disburse scholarships for needy students at the camp. Donations are currently being accepted for the fall camp.

The CBA Winter Music Camp was discontinued beginning this year. However, the popular June California Bluegrass Association Music Camp in Grass Valley will continue to be held as in past years at the Nevada County Fairgrounds prior to the CBA Father’s Day Weekend Bluegrass Festival.

Ingrid Noyes, the former director of the CBA camps, will now hold two non-CBA music camps each year, in the fall and spring. The next camp will be held October 11-13 near at the Walker Creek location near Petaluma.

Walker Creek Music Camp Scholarship Fund

Donations for the NCBS fund can be sent to:

Northern California Bluegrass Society/
Santa Cruz Bluegrass Society
PO Box 390846
Mountain View, CA 94039-0846

Attn: NCBS Walker Creek Music Camp Scholarship Fund

Donations to the fund are tax-deductible as allowed by law. Donors should consult their tax advisors. The Federal Tax ID No. is 94-2907716.

Donors who do not seek a tax deduction may make donations directly to the camp. Complete Information: Walker Creek Music Camp.

Northern California Bluegrass Society Members will receive a discount to the International Bluegrass Music Association online seminar “Sponsorships 101,” taught by Al McCree of  Atticus Brand Partners. The May 16, 2013, 4:00pm (Pacific Time) seminar is part of a regular monthly series of professional webinars offered by IBMA.

Webinar Information (mid-page)

To register, call Taylor Coughlin at 615-256-3222.

Regular price: $40; NCBS Member Price: $20. NCBS is an International Bluegrass Music Association member organization and NCBS members receive the discount IBMA member price.

NCBS Membership Information

Michael Hall

Northern California Bluegrass Society President Michael Hall will help lead an International Bluegrass Music Association Leadership Bluegrass Retreat April 19-21, 2013 at Fall Creek Falls State Park in Tennessee.

The retreat will focus on some key long-range issues facing the IBMA organization and the bluegrass music community. Participants will represent associations, artists, agents, record companies, music retailers, publicists, teachers, festival and concert promoters, songwriters, print and electronic journalists, and broadcasters from around the world.

Hall is a Class Of 2003 Leadership Bluegrass graduate and a longtime IBMA volunteer. The NCBS is an organizational member of IBMA.

Mike Russell

Elicia Burton & The Fun Guys (Boulder Creek) will play live on KKUP Radio, 91.5FM in the South Bay & Monterey Bay areas, on Monday Night Bluegrass, 6:00-9:00pm on April 8, 2013. The band will be making its first appearance at the NCBS Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival in August.

Mike Russell is the program host and Michael Hall will be a guest host for the evening. Dixie Hall (Franklin, TN) will be a call-in guest to talk about her special bluegrass recording project The Daughters Of Bluegrass.