NCBS Walker Creek Scholarship Fund Makes Awards To Spring Music Camp Students

The NCBS Walker Creek Music Camp Scholarship Fund has awarded tuition assistance to help some young Northern California musicians attend the spring camp near Petaluma.

The scholarships will assist two young adults and one 10-year-old attend camp. These students would not have been able to be at the camp without the fund’s help.

Thanks to the Generous Donors and to the NCBS Walker Creek Music Camp Scholarship Committee. The fund will soon begin collecting donations to help deserving students who want to attend the upcoming fall camp. Thanks for your support of local bluegrass music education!

Ingrid Noyes runs the camp each spring and fall.

Some Class Openings Remain At Spring Walker Creek Music Camp April 13-16

There are some openings left in the class for the April 13-16, 2023 Walker Creek Music Camp. Registration is now open. Ingrid Noyes runs the camp each spring and fall at the Walker Creek Ranch, Petaluma. 

The Northern California Bluegrass Society is now collecting donations for the NCBS Walker Creek Music Camp Scholarship Fund. NCBS/SCBS is an Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3) Organization. The NCBS Walker Creek Scholarship Fund Committee awards scholarships twice each year to assist deserving students. The next round of scholarships will benefit attendees at the 2023 spring session.

Send donations to: Northern California Bluegrass Society/Santa Cruz Bluegrass Society, PO Box 390846, Mountain View, CA 94039-0846. Donations may be tax-advantaged.

Camp Information: Walker Creek Music Camp

Friday March 10 Is Last Day To Support Pisgah Banjo Raffle For Arnold Shultz Fund

The deadline to purchase raffle tickets for a custom-made banjo from the Pisgah Banjo Company is Friday, March 10. Here is the Raffle Tickets & Information.

Pisgah Banjos is excited to offer a chance to win a unique custom banjo! Raffle tickets are $20 each. All proceeds will benefit the Arnold Shultz Fund, a scholarship fund dedicated to people of color pursuing traditional, old-time, and bluegrass music. The first $10,000 raised in the raffle will be gifted to the Black Banjo Reclamation Project of Oakland from the Arnold Shultz Fund to support a gourd banjo building workshop in the black banjo community.

The prize is a custom-built Pisgah Banjo made from blonde Curly Maple, featuring a Dobson tone ring, 12″ pot, slotted headstock, and brass plated s-scoop with an engraved image of Arnold Shultz. Pisgah Banjos chose to benefit the Arnold Shultz fund as a way to help re-appropriate the history of the banjo.

The Arnold Shultz Fund is a project of the IBMA Foundation, which is affiliated with the International Bluegrass Music Association. NCBS is a longtime organizational member of the IBMA and NCBS past president Michael Hall is a member of the Foundation’s board of directors.

IBMA Announces AJ Lee & Blue Summit As A Top Act At World Of Bluegrass Convention

NCBS’ own AJ Lee & Blue Summit has been named one of the top acts to perform at Bluegrass Live! — the huge concert that concludes the International Bluegrass Music Association’s World Of Bluegrass Convention, set for September 26-30, 2023 at the Raleigh Convention Center in Raleigh, NC.

Bandleader AJ Lee of Santa Cruz is a member of the Northern California Bluegrass Society Board Of Directors. NCBS is a longtime organizational member of the IBMA.

AJ Lee & Blue Summit at the World Of Bluegrass.

Raffle To Benefit Arnold Shultz Fund Deadline Extended To March 10

The deadline to purchase raffle tickets for a custom-made banjo from the Pisgah Banjo Company has been Extended To March 10. The previous deadline was February 28.

Raffle Tickets & Information

Pisgah Banjos is excited to offer a chance to win a unique custom banjo! Raffle tickets are $20 each. All proceeds will benefit the Arnold Shultz Fund, a scholarship fund dedicated to people of color pursuing traditional, old-time, and bluegrass music. The first $10,000 raised in the raffle will be gifted to the Black Banjo Reclamation Project of Oakland from the Arnold Shultz Fund to support a gourd banjo building workshop in the black banjo community.

The prize is a custom-built Pisgah Banjo made from blonde Curly Maple, featuring a Dobson tone ring, 12″ pot, slotted headstock, and brass plated s-scoop with an engraved image of Arnold Shultz. Pisgah Banjos chose to benefit the Arnold Shultz fund as a way to help re-appropriate the history of the banjo.

The Arnold Shultz Fund is a project of the IBMA Foundation, which is affiliated with the International Bluegrass Music Association. NCBS is a longtime organizational member of the IBMA and NCBS past president Michael Hall is a member of the Foundation’s board of directors.