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The dates for the 2025 camp outs, and the approximate dates when you can reserve your site. Ventura Co are listed below. Parks says you can reserve 180 days in advance, but I just checked and reservations for KG are currently open through December 21, which is almost a week less than 180 days from today. We tried to space these well, not bump into holidays, and not start when it’s too early and cold! 

Spring Break
March 27-30, 2025
[Reserve c. Sept 18, 2024]

Spring Fling
May 1-4, 2025
[reserve c. Nov. 2, 2024]

Summer Camp
June 19-22, 2025
[reserve c. Dec. 21, 2024]

Fall Out
October 16-19, 2025
[reserve c. April 4, 2025]

To make reservations up to 6 months in advance, go to https://www.venturaparks.org click on Camping & RV at the top, Select Kenney Grove Park and find your site. 

Sally Charette

Zing Went the 4-Strings

Alan Ferentz and his partner Christine Rock Weber were featured in the Summer 2024 issue of Ukulele Magazine!  I am reposting the portion of the article which features them below:

The story of Alan Ferentz and Christine Rock Weber began at a ukulele festival in a California seaside town. If one were to write them into a ukulele romance novel, it might read something like this: Both possessed a deep passion for the ukulele. As they strummed, they discovered their hearts were harmonizing as beautifully as their instruments. In the enchanting world of the ukulele, their love story unfolded.

 “I met Alan while taking his ukulele class at a local community college,” says Rock Weber. “He invited me to the San Diego Ukulele Festival in 2011. The energy and sense of community blew me away.” Over the next 13 years, the couple attended more ukulele festivals, retreats, and campouts than they can count on both their hands and feet together.

“Playing and singing together bonds a relationship in an extraordinary way,” says Ferentz. Their circle of ukulele friends grew with each festival they attended together. 

“We’ve also made friends with many festival instructors,” says Rock Weber. “They’ll come to our house and stay with us, and we’ve become friends. You don’t find that in other music circles.”

The entire article can be viewed here:

https://ukulelemagazine.com/stories/fest-friends-the-life-changing-magic-of-ukulele-festivals

Kenney Grove Campouts

Oct 17-20  – “Fall Out”  This is the last campout of 2024

To make reservations up to 6 months in advance, go to https://www.venturaparks.org , click on Camping & RV at the top, Select Kenney Grove Park and find your site. 

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.

Music in the Mountains

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