The Northern California Bluegrass Society Walker Creek Music Camp Scholarship Fund is now collecting donations for the September 28-October 1 Fall Camp.
The Northern California Bluegrass Society, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization aka the Santa Cruz Bluegrass Society, accepts donations and disburses scholarships. 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 need a tax deduction may donate money directly to the camp.
Some Walker Creek Music Camp Kids
Information about the Fall Music Camp to be held at the Walker Creek Ranch near Petaluma can be found at Walker Creek Music Camp.
Ingrid Noyes, not NCBS, runs the twice-yearly camp.
Donations 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.
The Northern California Bluegrass Society will honor the volunteers and bands over the past year at Society events and projects at the NCBS Volunteer Thank You Party, set for Saturday, October 14 at an undisclosed location.
It is indeed the Party Of The Year! Look for your invitation to arrive soon!
The FREE Mountain Music Festival is set for Sunday, October 1, 2017 at Emma Prusch Farm Park, 647 South King Road in San Jose.
A great bluegrass band line-up will feature Bean Creek, The Goat Hills Girls, Sidesaddle & Co, Radio Rail, The Wildcat Mountain Ramblers, Banjo Twins, & The Santa Clara Valley Fiddlers Association.
The festival is presented by the Prusch Farm Park Foundation and the City Of San Jose. The Northern California Bluegrass Society welcomes this event to our area.
The San Francisco Bluegrass & Old Time Festival will return to San Francisco on Wednesday-Sunday, October 11-15, 2017. The revival of the fun bluegrass event will take place the week after the October 6-8Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival.
The SFBOT shows will be held in various venues, with the FREE closing Sunday concert set for at the Jerry Garcia Amphitheatre in McLaren Park.
The original festival (held 2000-2013) was organized by a quasi-independent committee of the Northern California Bluegrass Society. The revival is a project of several area bluegrass organizations, including the California Bluegrass Association. NCBS welcomes this event. Additional support will be provided by the San Francisco Parks & Recreation Department.
The Thursday Bluegrass Series at the Summit House Beer Garden & Grill will present great music with Mountain Drive August 31.
The FREE 6:00-8:30pm music program is presented by the The Summit House and welcomed by the Northern California Bluegrass Society. The Summit House serves fine food and drink in the Santa Cruz Mountains and is located at 23123 Santa Cruz Highway, six miles south of Los Gatos.
The Northern California Bluegrass Society will fete the volunteers and bands of the past year’s events and projects at the NCBS Volunteer Thank You Party, set for Saturday, October 14 at an undisclosed location. The highly coveted invitations will be out soon! Thanks for your support!
Delbert DotyDelbert Doty (left) with Don Pidd preparing the roof of the new San Benito County Historical Park stage in 2016.
Bluegrass lost two good friends and two leaders today — Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine publisher Pete Kuykendall of Broad Run, VA, and Delbert Doty of Hollister, CA, the longtime president of the San Benito County Historical Society. While neither was a NCBS member, both contributed to the success of the Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival.
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Pete Kuykendall was a bluegrass musician, songwriter, promoter, DJ, and journalist, who brought essential business skills to bluegrass music at an early time when professionalism was lacking and the development of the music was in doubt. He took over the newsletter of a small non-profit organization in the Washington, DC area and developed it into the national bluegrass magazine of record. He also co-founded the International Bluegrass Music Association and brought the concept of Leadership Bluegrass to the IBMA.
Pete Kuykendall (left) runs the Bluegrass Unlimited booth at a festival, with Ralph Stanley & Renfro Profitt.
When the NCBS’ fledgling GOF Festival caught Pete’s attention as a source of new west coast bluegrass energy, he and his wife Kitsy Kuykendall came all the way to California as a fully-paid vendor (turning down our offer of a free BU booth) to lend support — and credibility — to the new event. Kitsy saw The Waybacks on the GOF stage and booked them for a slot at the IBMA convention, the band’s first appearance at the national level.
Pete Kuykendall
Peter V. Kuykendall was 79 years old. Under the name Pete Roberts, he performed as an early member of the Country Gentlemen, and wrote numerous bluegrass songs, some of which were included in the soundtrack for the movie “Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?”
Pete’s funeral will be held on Wednesday August 30 at 10:00 am at the Moser Funeral Home in Warrenton, VA. Visitation will be on Tuesday evening from 3:00-5:00 and 7:00-9:00 p.m. at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, the family is asking for donations in his name to the Bluegrass Trust Fund or the International Bluegrass Music Museum.
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Delbert Doty played a significant role in building out the historical village at the San Benito County Historical Park, the new home of the Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival. His last major project was the new stage, which has been named in his honor by the SBCHS. He helped with the negotiations that brought the bluegrass festival to the park in 2016.
Delbert Leon Doty’s Celebration Of Life will be held on Friday, September 1 at 2:00pm at the historical park, 8300 Airline Highway, Tres Pinos.
The Northern California Bluegrass Society Walker Creek Music Camp Scholarship Fund is now collecting donations for the September 28-October 1 Fall Camp.
