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GENERAL ADMISSION$30 adv. $35 door
SOCOFOSO/CBA Members $25 adv. $30 doorplease present current membership card
• Bring your instrument to jam •• Food & Beverage concession on site •
Children 11 years old and under are free when accompanied by an adult admission.
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March -April 2014Volume 19 No.2
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Sonoma County Bluegrass & Folk Festival, March 8th in Sebastopol
Adapted from an article by George Martin, Bluegrass Breakdown Febru-ary Edition
Two weeks before the official beginning of spring we kick off the festival season with the Sonoma County Bluegrass & Folk Festival, coming up March 8th at the Sebastopol Community Center.
Produced in cooperation with the California Bluegrass Association, the show promises to be an eclectic one, with long-time Bay Area favorites High Country provid-ing the classic bluegrass, and acclaimed bassist Missy Raines and her latest band The New Hip occupying the progressive slot.
In addition, singer songwriter Rita Hosking and her band Cousin Jack will present their bluegrass-flavored tunes from the Sierra foothills; Front Country, featuring Melody Walker on vocals, will offer a more progressive bluegrass sound, Hot Frittatas explores European and international cafe music, and the Mike Justis band fea-tures the original songs of Justis backed by acoustic and electric guitar, mandolin, resophonic guitar, harmonica and bass. Indie folk band Spark and Whisper brings their unique sound and original compositions to round out the day.
Gary Sugiyama will conduct a Hawaiian music perfor-mance/workshop in the Youth Annex adjacent to the center. Ukulele players are encouraged to join in. Jam-ming happens throughout the day with an Old Time jam in the main building during the dinner break. An Instru-ment Check-In Service is provided, so be sure to bring your instruments to jam!
This year Pack Jack BBQ will be on hand to provide succulent Texas-style BBQ that’s sure to stick to the ribs. Beer, wine and other beverages are for sale on site along with snacks and desserts at the Folk Society Booth. Be sure to stop by the booths to check things out and say hello.
Doors open at noon with bands playing from �:00-9:00 PM. Tickets are available at the door, but you will get the best discount if you purchase in advance. Folk Society Members receive a $5 discount off the regular price: $�5 in advance / $30 at the door Non-member price is $30 advance / $35 at the door. Advance tickets are available at People’s Music in Sebastopol, Last Record Store in Santa Rosa, or on the web at www.cbaontheweb.org. For more information, contact Mark & Colleen Hogan at 707-8�9-80�� or [email protected]
See you there!
Remembering Pete Seeger by Bill Amatneek Pete Seeger, dean of American folk music and mighty social and political activist, passed away in his sleep on January �7, at age 94.
He spent his life singing out for peace, justice, union-ism, socialism, racial equality, civil rights and the envi-ronment. He used his music – his songs, banjo, guitar and voice – to broadcast his message, one that began with Peace. He founded the modern American folk-music movement in the �930s and headed America’s first modern folk music group, the Weavers. His movement thrives to this day in the hands of all who play an acous-tic guitar or banjo, or sing their own songs. With his wife, Toshi, Pete started “Hudson River Sloop Clearwa-ter,” a non-profit that cleaned up New York State’s deeply polluted Hudson River.
His concerts were major sing-alongs that saw him teaching words, music, four-part harmony, and often the song’s backstory, to his audiences. He sang songs he wrote or co-wrote, “Where Have All the Flowers Gone,” “Kisses Sweeter Than Wine,” “The Water is Wide,” and “Turn, Turn, Turn” among others. He was a gifted melodist. Even sung a capella, his melodies carry Pete’s unabashed lyrics with grace. He introduced songs by Woody Guthrie, Leadbelly, Dylan, and other tunesmiths. He unearthed songs from rural America and around the world – people’s songs – and shared them with us. In this, Pete introduced America to the roots of her music and to world music as well.
He paid a price for his activism. Pete was interrogated by the House Un-American Activities Committee, branded a “Red,” blacklisted from television, and ostra-cized by mainstream media. But through Yankee deter-mination and his outsize power with song, and with his wife, Toshi, at his side, Pete was able to make his mes-sage, “love between my brothers and my sisters,” heard all over this land.
Why is Pete important? His message, like that of Gandhi, King, and Mandela, was peace and justice. Like them, Pete was an incorruptible moralist who sang out against the machine and conducted his very public life with humility. And like them, he never sold out.
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The LastRecord Store
1899 A Mendocino AveSanta Rosa CA 95401
Phone (707) 525-1963
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FOLK NOTES
Published bi-monthly 6 times a yearSonoma County Folk Society
PO Box 9659Santa Rosa CA 95405
707-86�-9446 -- www.socofoso.com
Pick’n Pot Luck recipeMini Cheesecakes - from Colleen Hogan
Makes 24 bite-size-cheesecakes Crust:�/3 cup graham cracker crumbs� ½ TB white sugar� TB butter or margarine, meltedFilling:� (8 oz.) package cream cheese, softened¼ cup white sugar� ½ tsp. lemon juice½ tsp. grated lemon zest (OPTIONAL)¼ tsp. vanilla extract� eggDirections:�. Preheat oven to 3�5 degrees. Grease a �4 cup
mini muffin pan, or use mini paper liners�. In a medium bowl, mix together the graham
cracker crumbs, sugar, and margarine with a fork until combined. Measure a rounded teaspoon of the mixture into the bottom of each muffin cup, pressing firmly. Bake in the pre-heated oven for 4-5 minutes, then remove and cool. Keep the oven on.
3. Beat together the cream cheese, sugar, lemon juice, lemon zest and vanilla until fluffy. Mix in the egg.
4. Spoon the cream cheese mixture into the muffin cups, filling each until 3/4 full. Bake at 3�5 degrees for �5 minutes. Cool completely in pan before removing.
5. If desired, top with a dollop of jam, fresh fruit, or other topping. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
In the beginning, our festivals...By Betty Nudelman
The Sonoma County Folk Festival started in �988 when the then director of activities at the Luther Burbank Center (now Wells Fargo Center) in Santa Rosa asked the Sonoma County Folk Society to put on a folk festival.A group had booked the Center for a festival during the rainy month of March, but suddenly backed out. I was then president of SCFS and had always felt I could create a festival. I jumped at the chance. LBC would pick the “headliner” and we were free to select other artists. LBC would pay the performers, cover insurance and deal with ASCAP (no mean feat). We had a terrific Board of Direc-tors who had good of ideas of artists who might par-ticipate. Many members of our board knew how to deal with the myriad of details involved in running a success-ful festival, about which I hadn’t the faintest clue.
Janette Duncan took over the kitchen, a difficult task to provide food for the artists and over �00 volunteers. She always said, “If you are not up on stage, being in the kitchen is the most creative place to be.” Not only did she turn out fabulous meals, but there was always music coming from the kitchen with Janette leading her musical assistants. (Chicken was generously provided by Petaluma Poultry owner Al Shainsky.)
Speaking of volunteers, a woman called me and intro-duced herself as Annie Hollister, recently arrived from Washington DC where she had coordinated the volun-teers for the Folk Festival on the Mall. She offered her services and she was terrific!
Someone suggested we should have folk dance work-shops in addition to instrument workshops but also folk dance workshops. Marilyn Smith who taught at SRJC was the perfect person to lead these.
Chip Dunbar ably dealt with the techies at LBC who were not going to listen to a woman who suggested that a rock sound was not acoustic folk.
I made a couple of mistakes that first year. I thought that having movies would work during the day. I select-ed some of Les Blank’s shorts about various folk musi-cians. I would have liked to see them, but unfortunately our audience preferred to attend the live performances. We had three stages going all day long, lots of jamming and a Big Evening show in the large auditorium. Another mistake was to have alcohol available in the Green Room all day long. By the second year I learned it should only be provided after the concerts.
My daughter Deborah created our logo which we copy-righted and SCFS still uses today.
We had a variety of people selling snacks, the Thin Man had a booth selling strings and instruments and many other local craft vendors appeared. SCFS sold records for the artists and took a fee of �0%. This was our only mon-etary income made from the Festival but the community goodwill was beyond value.
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North Bay Live (Schaef-Abel Productions)
For all show details, www.northbaylive.com FRED EAGLESMITH and the Traveling Steam ShowOccidental Center For The Arts Sunday, February 23, 2014concert 7:30 (doors 7:00)$25 Advance / $27 Day of Show
COMING SOON: Thursday, April 24, 2014Zoe Muth and the Lost High Rollersat Occidental Center For The ArtsFriday, May 2, 2014Chris Webster and Nina Gerberat Occidental Center For The Arts
New shows at the Occidental Center for the ArtsThe Claire Lynch Band.
Fri. March 14 @ 8 pm. Three time IBMA Female Vocalist of the Year on tour from Nashville with her stellar band brings their soulful songs and iconic stylings! $20
Janam (My Soul).
Sat. March 22@ 8 pm. Innovative ensemble of superb musicians, including Juliana Graffagna of Kitka, blends Balkan, Near East-ern, Appalachian roots and original music with stunning vocal harmonies. $20.OCA is located at Bohemian Hwy at Graton Rd., Occidental. For details: 707-874-939�; brownpapertickets.com; occidentalcenterforthearts.org. Wheelchair accessible.
Hear Ye! Hear Ye! Annual SoCoFoSo Membership Meeting!
The Board of Directors of the Sonoma County Folk Society hereby invites all members to the “annual” mem-bership meeting. For your convenience, the meeting will be held at the Sebastopol Grange, just prior to the next 5th Sunday Pickin’ Potluck. The meeting will start at NOON, and about �:00, we’ll either begin jamming OR begin eating—we’ll see whether growling stomachs or restless picking fingers dominate!
The meeting agenda hasn’t been set yet, but will defi-nitely include: recruiting members to become more active in our activities, listening to any new ideas for SoCoFoSo for �0�4, recruiting help for setting up and breaking down at our potlucks, possibility of producing shows locally, Jam Nation report, explanation of part-nership producing the �0�4 Cloverdale Fiddle Festival, website and newsletter issues and suggestions, and more. We hope that many of you members will attend, to both increase your awareness of how SoCoFoSo operates, and to bring new ideas and new voices to our organization!
Remember: NOON, March 30, 2014, at the GRANGE!
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Editor’s Eyeessays correspondence books scholastic & newsletters
Laurie Reaume
(707)869-9230
The Sebastopol Grange
Our new “home” for most upcoming 5th Sunday Pickin’ Potlucks is (drum roll, please) . . . . . The Sebastopol Grange Hall. This venue is easy to find and easy to drive to. The official address is 6000 Sebastopol Avenue, in Sebastopol, but to simplify directions, the building is on Highway ��, between Llano Road and Sebastopol.
Not only does the Grange have more capacity than SUBUD Hall, also the parking area is huge! The acoustics and building interior have recently been upgraded, and we are excited to “move in”. Working with the members of the Sebastopol Grange has been wonderful, and they even plan to co-sponsor and get involved in some of our events. We’ve made a new social connection here that will benefit all of us. Three of our four �0�4 5th Sunday potlucks/jams will be held at the Grange: March 30, June �9 and November 30. See you there!
SoCoFoSo’s “Jam Nation String Band”
Jo Parish-Koch here wishing everyone a successful and blessed �0�4. Our musicians/singers are still delighting the dear ones in assisted living, senior apartment complexes, rehabs, and upscale retirement communities. Our calen-dar is now into April for repeat and new performances.
We played for the Children’s Learning Center in Santa Rosa for approximately �5 children, finding that we enjoyed it as much as they did. We explained our instru-ments to them and they were allowed to touch, strum and get to know the Autoharp up close and personal. We were asked to play their graduation in June. Sooo cute!
JNSB will perform for the �00th Anniversary Graton flower Show at the historical Graton Community Building April �5 and �6th at ��:00-��:�5. Stop by and say hello to us if you go.
If you are a musician and looking for a fit you are wel-come to come visit our practice jam on Monday nights. Call me at 978-�699 for location and time.
Cloverdale Old Time Fiddle Festival April 5th, 2014
Not just a fiddle contest anymore, the Cloverdale Old Time Fiddle Festival has something for everyone with bands on two stages, workshops, jamming and of course the traditional Old Time Fiddle contest with contestants ranging from 6 to 80 years old. There are open divisions for non-fiddlers in mandolin and guitar as well. $�000 in prize money to be awarded! Early contest registration closes April �, but you can still enter up to one hour before competition the day of the festival.
Entertainment features some fine old time and bluegrass bands including Steep Ravine, Rocky Neck Bluegrass, The Roadoilers, Mt. Diablo String Band, and Debbie McClatchy, with an awesome Old Time Banjo workshop that you won’t want to miss!
Craft and food vendors will be on hand, with Lagunitas beer and local wines sold on site. RV and tent camping is encouraged Friday and Saturday nights, available on a first come, first serve basis. Call 707-894-339� for more camp-ing information.
When: Saturday, April 5 - 9AM to 6PM Where: Cloverdale Citrus Fairgrounds, � Citrus Fair
Drive, Cloverdale, CA 954�5 Tickets: $�9 at the door – General AdmissionContest Divisions: Old Time Fiddle – Age DivisionsPee Wee (8 and under)Jr-Jr (9-��)Junior (�3-�7)Adult (�8-59)Senior (60 and up)Open –All AgesTexas StyleTwin FiddlesWaltzGuitar Mandolin Whether you are coming to compete, jam, see the bands
or all of the above, the Cloverdale Old Time Fiddle Fes-tival is a unique experience that carries on the spirit of old time fiddling into the future. See the website at www.cloverdalefiddles.com for more information on registra-tion fees, forms and general festival information or contact Mark Hogan at 707-8�9-80�� if you have any questions.
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Other Upcoming events...
Kevin Russell Presents: Under the RadarFriday, February 7th at 6:30pmRuth McGowan’s (�3� E �st St, Cloverdale, CA)No Cover!The Rhythm RangersSaturday, February 8th at 9:00pmRedwood Cafe (8�40 Old Redwood Highway, Cotati, Ca)Small Cover!Get out your dancing shoes cause The Rangers are back in town! The RuminatorsSaturday, February �5th at 8:00pmGaia’s Garden (�899 Mendocino Ave., Santa Rosa, Ca)Small cover!The Rhythm RangersSaturday, March �5th at 8:00pmThe Twin Oaks Tavern (5745 Old Redwood Hwy, Penngrove, Ca)Small cover!The RuminatorsSaturday, March ��nd at 9:00pmRedwood Cafe (8�40 Old Redwood Highway, Cotati, Ca)Small cover!For details, contact Kevin at [email protected] or 707-824-1858.
Ukulele Undercurrents-by Gary Sugiyama
Gatherings where you live...Sebastopol Singing Ukuleles/SebastopolOpen song circle with shared leadershipbring 15 copies for others or use the two Santa
Cruz ukulele books (or the Daily Uke books/yellow & blue). Meets 1st Tuesday monthly at Coffee Catz at the Graven-
stein train station, 6761 Sebastopol Ave. 5:45-6:30 dinner and 6:30-8:30 sing and play.
Facilitator: Dan Gurney http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/sebastopolsingingukuleles/files
PetalukesFirst and third Monday of each month, 7-9 pm, the Petaluma Senior Center on Novak Drive, off Madison
Street on the south end of Luchessi parkhttp://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Petaluke/ Ukulelians/Santa Rosa Both Beginner & Intermediate classes the Person Senior Wing of the Finley Center, 2060 West Col-
lege Avenue, Santa Rosa. $2/class to Finley Ukulelians Beginners class Mondays 11-12 Ukulelians Intermediate class meets Wednesdays 12:30-
3......12:30 start includes a focused instructional lesson. Drop-in/OK to come late and leave early. Teacher: James Freund/Uke Ukester
Get weekly music list for both classes at the yahoo site http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/ukulelians/files
Ukestars/Sebastopol Sing along meets every Friday 10 am-12 noonthe Community Church in Sebastopol, 1000 Gravenstein
Highway North. Group book to buy and handouts. Some performances. Director: Vicki RenoUku-Hui/Forestville New group forming and will meet at 10:30am on Tuesdays
at Sandy McClure’s Forestville home. No fee. RSVP to Linda Webster at [email protected]. Intermediate players invited to join.
Healdsburg JamEvery Friday 12:45 pm - 2:15 pmHealdsburg Senior Center - 133 Mattheson St. All levels
welcome.West County Ukulele Club3rd Thursdays Union Hotel in Occidental 6-9pmhttp://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/westcountyukeclub/anta Cruz Ukulele Clubwww.ukuleleclub.comSave the Date(s)Amy Hanaiali’i Saturday, March 29, 2014 @ 7:00 PMNapa Valley Performing Arts Center100 California Drive, Yountville, CATickets: $25-$45The Hayward Festival is April 6 The Sebastopol Ukulele Festival is May 10Keep on Strummin’- Gary
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location !
PUT IT ON YOUR CALENDARS!
THE NEXT SoCoFoSo PICKIN’ POTLUCK
is Sunday March 30thTHE SEBASTOPOL GRANGE
6000 Sebastopol Avenue (on Hwy 12) SEBASTOPOL
1:00 P.M. TO 5:00 P.M.
For details call: 707-861-9446MUCH PICKIN’
MUCH POTLUCKIN’
MUCH FUN!
Intelligently engineered capos for the
discerning musician
www.shubb.com
707-843-4068
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A great opportunity for stardom! Would some of our members please share some of their favorite recipes for
the Pick’n Pot Luck column.They can be simple and easy, please email em to [email protected], Many thanks, Steve H
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Lessons • Lessons • LessonsFiddle Lessons: Contra and Square dance styles, Celtic, Scandia and
other International styles by ear and reading with music theory, Janette Duncan 707-570-2745
Lessons in guitar, old time banjo, piano and beginning accordion. With Ingrid Noyes, in Marshall, on the shores of Tomales Bay. For details: 415-663-1342 or e-mail ingrid�[email protected]
Kay Eskenazi loves to teach guitar, Folk, Blues, Jazz, Bossa Nova, Fingerstyle, Celtic and Classical styles. 707/869-9642 [email protected]
Music lessons at your location: note reading, theory, piano instruction for all ages. Laurie 707-869-9230
Steve Wharton teaches Bluegrass: banjo, Old Time banjo, dulcimer, and autoharp For details, 707-887-�5�8.
Play the String Bass: lessons in Sebastopol
Bill Amatneek 707-8�4-8084Mandolin lessons with Phil Lawrence in Sebastopol
All Styles--All Levels (707) 8�4-��98 or email: [email protected] banjo lessons with Mark Hogan at Peoples Music.
707-8�3-7664 or 8�9-80��Fiddle/Mandolin Lessons with David Garelick. All levels, Old
Time, Bluegrass, Cajun, Western Swing, Italian and Brazilian mandolin, Klezmer. In Santa Rosa, 5�6-7763, or email: [email protected]
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Turn Your Radio On KRCB:Our own NPR Station at 91.1 or 90.9 FM
Great programs of particular interest to folkies...KRCB is now offering some new programming, as follows;
• Lots of folk, singer-songwriter and light rock, Monday through Friday 9:00 to Noon with Brian Griffith and Noon to �:00 with Robin Pressman.
Mondays: 8:00 to �0:00 PM•Your Average Abalone, hosted by Johnny Bazzano,alternating with,•Mindy’s Mix, hosted by Mindy
Tuesdays 9:00 to ��:00 PM• Lady Spins the Blues, hosted by Mary Carroll
Wednesdays: 7:00 to �0:00 PM•Connections, hosted by Doug Jayne and alternating host, Allegra Broughton, Folk, Rock, Blues and Americana
Thursdays: 7:00 to �0:00 PM•Freight Train Boogie, hosted by Bill Frater,Roots, Country, Folk, Blues, Rock
Monday, �:00 PM, Tuesday, ��:00 PM and Sunday 9:00 PM•Thistle and Shamrock, Celtic music
Saturdays �:00 to 5:00 PM•Our Roots Are Showing, hosted by (alternating hosts) Robin Pressman and Steve DeLap. Folk, Acoustic,Singer-songwriter, Blues, Bluegrass
Sunday, ��:00 to �:00 PM
•New Orleans By the Bay, hosted by Linda Seabright Sunday �:00 to 3:00 PM
•Crossing Borders, hosted by Amy Contardi, World music
Turn Your Radio On KRSH:95.9FM“Krush Uncorked” Sundays 8-�� AM. Singer-songwriter acoustic and
unplugged music with Bob Sala
“Krush Americana” Monday evenings 7:00 to �0:00 PM. Old n’ new twang, Country, Americana and Roots Music with Bill Bowker
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Sonoma County Folk SocietyMembership Application
Annual membership $10 Individual $15 FamilyTwo Year Special! $17.50 Individual $25 Family
New Renewal
Make Checks Payable to: SoCoFoSo Mail to: SoCoFoSo, PO Box 9659, Santa Rosa, CA 95405
Name:Address:City: State: Zip: Phone:Email:(for office use)Exp date: Issued Card: Calendar: Database: Note:Contributions to the Sonoma County Folk Society are tax deductible to the extent permitted by law.
Membership begins and ends in the monthyou join or renew
Sonoma County Folk SocietyPO Box 9659Santa Rosa CA 95405-9659
•NEXT DEADLINE FOR ARTICLES•
April 10th
To Steve: [email protected]
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Acoustic Music Jams :THE REDWOOD CAFE
8�40 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati The Celtic Sessions, led by Janette Duncan
and Roxanne Oliva
�nd Sunday of the month from 3 to 5 PM.For details call: 585-3�38
Old Time Jam Hosted by Janette, Steve and Chris 4th Sunday of the month, 3 to 5 PM. Details, 570-�745
COFFEE CATZ 676� Sebastopol Ave, Sebastopol, On Hwy �� at the Train Station, east end of town. Check it out every Saturday afternoon from � to 5 pm.
Old-time, bluegrass, old country.MOUNTAIN HIGH COFFEE & BOOKS
�6�95 Hwy �75, Cobb, CA 954�6Old Time Jam – �nd Saturday of every month – 4-6pm • BLUEGRASS AND OLD-TIME JAM
The 4th Wednesday of every month, 7-9pm at Aqus Café in PetalumaFor info and details: 4�5-706-�997 or murphyjohn�[email protected]• SANTA ROSA TRADITIONAL FRENCH SESSION.
�nd Wednesdays, 7-9 PM,Gaia’s Garden Restaurant Traditional folk music of central France on unusual folk instruments (such as the hurdy-gurdy). For details, www.santarosafrenchsession.com.
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SANTA ROSA SLOW CELTIC SESSION3rd Wednesdays, 7-9 PM, Gaia’s Garden Restaurant, Santa Rosa.
Traditional celtic players of all levels welcome. www.srslowcelticsession.com.
Singer’s Circle... Meets 4th Friday of most months.
For information call Dennis Drury at 8�9-0883.
Dance Dance Dance... DANCE AWAY
Contra and English dancing every weekend! Live music, lessons and call-ers. For detailed info contact: NBCDS Dance Line (707) 5�7-9794 or www.nbcds.org or email: [email protected]
APPLE TREE MORRISWeekly in Sebastopol. Information: 8�9-3478 or
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Songwriters from near and far, come join the fun!
YOU ARE INVITED to come and join West Coast Songwriters competition, the 3rd Wednesday of every
month at Aqus Cafe in Petaluma. Sign-ups start @ 6:30, performing begins @ 7:00.
Hosts: Mark Rafferty & Jay Gottlieb. For more info about W.C.S., see our website,
www.westcoastsongwriters.org.
