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Letter to The Editor
from July 7, 2023
DANA HARBOR
GEORGE GREGORY, San Clemente
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I know that the Dana Point City Council and Orange County Board of Supervisors could care less about my fiscal difficulties paying my inflated slip rents and troubling relocation off the main channel, but everyone should
DANA POINT ROCKS
BY ANTHONY SMALL
program brings Capistrano Unified School District music students backstage at local concerts to meet headlining acts, moments after they’ve rocked thousands!
Sage now studies Songwriting and Music Business at Belmont University in Nashville.
The series’ Rock and Roll finale will feature Marc Ford, former lead guitarist for Black Crowes, whose solo catalog features some of the best guitar work you’ll ever hear. Ford and Phil Jones released a beautiful album this year, Neil Songs, covering Neil Young songs.
Jones, who played drums and percussion with Tom Petty, will be on the kit at Summer Jams! Local Americana band Mojave Ghost is slated to open the show, following their recent appearance on KLOS.
City of Dana Point’s iconic Summer Concerts in the Park returns to Sea Terrace Park, Sundays from July 9 to Aug. 13. These free, family-friendly concerts feature two bands each date, including tributes to Journey, The Rolling Stones, Foo Fighters and others.
Dana Point Harbor is set to have a “Live Music on the Wharf” series in the Hansen Courtyard on Thursdays from 4-6 p.m. I look forward to playing the series on Aug. 31 and Sept. 21.
Thank you to both REDO Vintage & Maker’s Market and Dana Point ArtFest for the opportunity to play my music and, more importantly, amplify local emerging artists such as Andrew Lavin, Sidney Bowen, Molly Bergman and Randall Winvick.
Ohana Festival three-day and Sunday tickets (Foo Fighters headlining) are sold out, but you can still get single-day tickets for Friday (The Killers) and Saturday (Eddie Vedder, The Chicks). The weekend care about the encroachment of slips into the main channel where citizens play. festival at Doheny State Beach runs from Sept. 29 through Oct. 1. Tickets can be purchased at ohanafest.com.
This includes kids sailing in youth programs, outriggers and many standup paddleboarders, along with just cruisers and boat hoppers socializing in our public waterway.
I guess the exclusive pre-qualification of lies resulted from the marina’s “no public interest” plan, except for their plan of overbuilding and overcharging.
Hope everyone enjoyed their Fourth of July on the waterway, as it may have been your last.
The Dana Point City Council has disbanded the Arts and Culture Commission and started a new Arts and Culture Ambassador program to promote arts and culture programs in town. Councilmembers felt this new arrangement will be more efficient, allowing more collaboration and diversity of contributors and events.
Join me in applying to be an Ambassador, online at danapoint.org.
Anthony Small is Executive Director and co-founder of Music Preserves Foundation, a local musician and Ambassador of Music for Dana Point Sister Cities International. Small and his family have lived in Dana Point for 25 years. DP
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