Frank Solivan II, Belle Monroe, IBMA, Early Fall Bluegrass Festivals and more bluegrass news
Michael Hall
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8/10/06
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- Frank Solivan II Saturday At The Great Room, Los Gatos
- TONIGHT: Belle Monroe's Brewglass Boys At The Atlas
- IBMA Ticket Deadline Tomorrow; Airfare Sales On Now
- Early Fall Bluegrass Festivals
Plus, Angelica Grim and Pacific Ocean Bluegrass
and the rest of this week's bluegrass news, below.
Always Thinkin' At The End: New Officers, Old GOF
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SATURDAY: Frank Solivan II Of The US Navy Band Plays The Great Room
There is nothing better than hearing a great bluegrass musician playing
up close and personal in an intimate music performance space. Fans of
Frank Solivan II and his band will have a rare chance for just such an
opportunity Saturday, August 12 at the home of Robert Cornelius in the
Santa Cruz Mountains. The day will be filled with private and group
lessons, followed by dinner and the Great Room concert, all separately
ticketed. Frank's bio basically runs from "Kids On Stage at Grass
Valley" to "US Navy Bluegrass Band at the White House." And now -- "The
Great Room!" Frank will bring along his brand new solo album, "Selfish
Tears." Reservations (required): (408) 353-8347. Info:
http://www.TheGr8Room.com http://franksolivanii.com .
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Belle Monroe & Her Brewglass Boys At The Atlas Cafe, San Francisco
Just back from winning the bronze medal in the Rockygrass Bluegrass
Olympics, SF's own Belle Monroe & Her Brewglass Boys will play 8:00pm
tonight at the Atlas Cafe, 20th at Alabama, San Francisco. FREE. Before
next year's Rockygrass band contest (so we hear), the band plans to do
something they didn't have time for this year: Practice.
http://www.brewglassboys.com
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IBMA Cheap Ticket Deadline Tomorrow; CA To TN Airfare Sales
The IBMA World Of Bluegrass Convention runs September 25-October 1 in
Nashville. Last day for cheap tickets is tomorrow, Friday, August 11.
Nashville is a Southwest Airlines city (as are San Jose, Oakland and
Sacramento). United Airlines has a fall fare sale that ends on August
18 with a nice price from San Francisco to Nashville. Check around:
other air carriers are competing for the privilege of whisking you to
The Music City next month. International Bluegrass Music Association
http://www.ibma.org
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The Early Fall Festivals
AUGUST
12 -- Bowers Mansion Bluegrass Festival, Carson City, NV.
12-13 -- Temecula Bluegrass Festival, Temecula
19 -- NCBS Volunteer Party (private), Undisclosed Location
25-27 -- Summergrass Bluegrass Festival, Vista
31-Sept. 4 -- Strawberry Fall Music Festival, Camp Mather
SEPTEMBER
9 -- NCBS Johnson Farm Pickin' Party, Boulder Creek
14-17 -- Berkeley Old Time Music Convention, Berkeley
15-17 -- Bluegrassin' In The Foothills, Plymouth
23-24 -- King's River Bluegrass Festival, Sanger
25-Oct. 1 -- IBMA World Of Bluegrass Convention, Nashville
OCTOBER
7-8 -- Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, San Francisco
20-22 -- CBA Fall Campout, Colusa
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This Week's Bluegrass News:
- Angelica Grim
- Dr. Elmo
- Johnson Farm
- Join The CBA
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- Scott Gates, Angelica Grim, & Pacific Ocean Bluegrass in concert at
the High Desert Center For The Arts, Eighth & C Streets, Victorville,
Saturday, August 26, 7:00pm. http://www.PacificOceanBluegrass.com . CD
sales benefit Kids On Bluegrass programs throughout California. A real
nice cause, we think! We hear these kids pick real nice, too.
- Dr. Elmo & Wild Blue perform tomorrow, Friday, August 11, 6:30pm at
the Tam "Creekside Fridays," held at The Log Cabin, 60 Tennessee Valley
Road, Mill Valley. FREE. Excellent BBQ dinner available. The Good
Doctor's rule: "Every Day Is Christmas Day Somewhere." As becomes a man
of enduring principle, Elmo will strictly follow this rule on Friday
evening in Mill Valley. Info: Tam Community Services District (415)
388-6393, http://www.carltone.com .
- The NCBS Johnson Farm Pickin' Party will be held on Saturday
afternoon, September 9 at the lovely Johnson Farm on Two Bar Road, just
north of Boulder Creek off Highway 9. (1) FREE, (2) Best afternoon of
bluegrass each year, (3) Be there. http://ncbs.us
http://www.farmerrob.com
- The California Bluegrass Association is our statewide organization
that promotes bluegrass music. Everyone likes the many great CBA
projects. My personal Top 5: (1) Bluegrass Breakdown, (2) Grass Valley
Festival, (3) Supergrass, (4) Kids On Stage, (5) CBA promotion of the
entire California bluegrass community at the IBMA convention. Join the
CBA: http://www.cbaonthe web.org .
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Always Thinkin' At The End: New Officers, Old GOF
At its organizational meeting this week, the new NCBS board of
directors elected Mike McKinley, president; Jim Cossey, vice-president;
Mike Fisher, treasurer; and Brenda Hough, secretary. That leaves the
rest of us as your 2006-2007 NCBS bluegrass offensive line: Penny
Godlis, Susy Varian, Gary Mansperger, Michael Hall, and Mary Kennedy.
Congratulations to all!
The board also carefully considered all points of view (including the
many, many helpful comments from NCBS members) and decided to make no
significant changes in the Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival for
2007. All together now: Mark your calendars *IN INK*: Friday-Sunday,
July 13-15, 2007...mh
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Michael Hall hal...@gmail.com Discover Bluegrass!
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