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Celebration of Life and Memorial Hoot Honoring Bob Kroll

Please join us on March 29 to celebrate Bob Kroll’s life in word and song.

We will gather at Borchard Center, where Bob hosted the Fireside Concert Series for over twenty years.

Stan Cadranel will serve as Master of Ceremonies and will lead the Memorial Hoot.  There will be a sign-up sheet at the entrance for those wishing to participate in the hoot.

If you would like to share a finger-food-type snack, it will be welcome and appreciated.

When: Friday, March 29, 2024, 7 to 10 pm (doors open at 6:30 pm)

Where Borchard Center, 190 Reino Rd, Newbury Park, CA 91320

RSBP by March 20 to help us plan seating capacity.  Please call or text 805-907-8318 or email katlynch904@gmail.com

Opportunity to Share Acoustic Music at the Stagecoach Inn Museum on April 20!

The Stagecoach Inn Museum has a special Arts and Crafts festival on April 20, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 PM. They would like to have acoustic music song circles throughout the day and have reached out to Songmakers. 

All volunteer musicians will get free admission to the Stagecoach Inn. We are suggesting two hour shifts for our Songmaker volunteers:

– 10:00 a.m. to Noon
– Noon to 2:00 PM
– 2:00 – 4:00 PM

If you are interested, please select one of the two hours shifts and RSVP to David Steinhart at dstein1209@yahoo.comno later than March 25. Thank you!

Kenney Grove Campouts

There are still sites available for the March and May campouts.  March 21-24, May 2 – 5 and

May 30-June 2.  Information and reservation links can be found here:

https://songmakers.org/special-events

Saturday is the most popular day to come for the day and stay into the evening.  The ice cream social is at 1:00, potluck is at 5:30 and the evening concert starts at 7:00.

Camping in Landers, April 18-21

The Gelencsers are inviting Songmakers to camp on their property in Landers near Yucca Valley for a weekend of making music.  Details: We have a cabin on 5 acres of land suitable for dry camping with plenty of room for RVs, SUVs, and tents.   We use solar panels for lights and charging our electronic devices and we bring water for cooking, washing, and flushing the toilet.  You may arrive anytime after noon on Thursday, April 18th, and stay through noon on Sunday, April 21st.  For those who don’t wish to camp, there are rental properties not far from our place listed on Airbnb.com and hometogo.com.  For more information and meal contributions, contact: Janice at 909-374-2630 or singfolk@yahoo.com.    

2024 Topanga Banjo & Fiddle Contest

Notes:

  • If you are aware of any LIVE or virtual song circle or performance that will welcome Songmaker participation (or want to host one), please provide the info to the webmaster for inclusion to the calendar. Do you know of an upcoming musical event that may be of interest to our readers? Please provide a write-up with dates & website &/or other pertinent information and send to: webmaster@songmakers.org.
     
  • Joining Songmakers is not accomplished via Meetup. The www.songmakers.org list of events will continue. Songmakers membership is only $10 per year per family / household – join via https://songmakers.org/member-registration

Additional event links are listed by Folknik at  https://www.sffmc.org/community-folk-calendar/

A list of virtual Song Sessions: https://www.bostonsongsessions.org/virtual-sessions

Old Time & Celtic Music Calendars. The latest revisions on the oldtimeSF & celticSF groups.io groups. To join these groups go to https://groups.io/g/oldtimesf & https://groups.io/g/celticsf. Also available via: https://www.berkeleyoldtimemusic.org/ – select “Monthly Calendar of Old Time Music” under the About menu AND here https://sites.google.com/site/davbrown2/celtic Join the CelticSF group via https://groups.io/g/celticSF

 

Covid Guidelines 6/11/2023

The Board of Directors of Songmakers, has decided that hosts of live events are now entitled to use their judgment regarding Covid risk. Please respect any rules or restrictions stated in the event announcement by the host. If you are feeling ill, please do not attend live events.

CA Dept of Health Guidelines: https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/COVID-19/Guidance-on-Isolation-and-Quarantine-for-COVID-19-Contact-Tracing.aspx

CDC recommendations: https://www.cdc.gov/