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JUNE 2014 | Volume 2 • Number 6 1030 High Street, Auburn • www.auburnjournal.com

In This Issue Father’s Day BlueGrass Festival7-9 Miners Foundry11-13

Where Music & Muesli Collide15 Paula Poundstone16

Music in the Mountains21-25 Party in the Park26-27

Winefest 201428-29

Calendar of Events32-34

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Fatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day Blue Grass Festival 2014

June 12-15 2014 Clockwise from top left, The Foghorn Stringband, Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band, Laurie Lewis, Kathy Kallick, Junior Sisk and Ramblers Choice, The Roland White Band, The Deadly Gentlemen, Matt Dudman of the Pleasant Valley Boys and Town Mountain.

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o the bluegrass community, it doesn’t matter how you came to like the music. They figure once you’ve been bitten by the bug, you’re in. For Rick Cornish, it happened purely by accident. “Thirty-eight years ago, I had a friend who played harmonica, I played guitar and we used to play the blues together,” he said. “The guy calls me one day at work and says ‘Listen, whatever you’re planning this weekend, forget it, because we are going to a bluegrass festival. There’s blues and grass and, to make it even better, it’s in Grass Valley.’” The two drove up on the Friday afternoon of the second Father’s Day Bluegrass Festival in 1977, fully expecting to join a hemp-loving, Howlin’ Wolfworshipping pack of blues hounds. They set up camp and when the music started that evening they knew instantly that it was not blues. “I had no idea what bluegrass was,” Cornish said. “The Beverly Hillbillies were about it for me. But I was immediately smitten by the bluegrass

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bug in a very, very big way. It changed my entire life; no exaggeration, my entire life has been formed from that early evening experience in 1977, which was purely a mistake, an accident.” Cornish, who lives in Sonora, joined the California Bluegrass Association (CBA) and served as its CEO for 11 years, before stepping down two years ago. He has not missed a Father’s Day Bluegrass Festival since he first stepped foot in the Nevada County Fairgrounds nearly four decades ago. Bluegrass state With 3,000 members, the CBA services the area from the Oregon border to Bakersfield. “We don’t do anything south of the Grapevine because there are five different bluegrass organizations that have Southern California carved up pretty well,” he said. They don’t, however, have the kind of membership that the CBA does, nor do they hold “the foremost bluegrass festival on the West Coast,” according to Cornish, who said the local event is certainly the a publication of the auburn journal

oldest in California, and definitely the purest. “We have a festival that features almost exclusively traditional bluegrass and what’s called old time music,” he said. “We don’t do any other kind of music and we do almost no bluegrass except for traditional. That’s wasn’t necessarily unique 35 years ago, but gradually most of the festivals have morphed into ones that are primarily about bluegrass but have other kinds of music.” He said that festival planners can automatically increase the gate by 30-40 percent by having simply one big name country act. “Most promoters can’t pass that up,” he said. “It’s more than a temptation; it’s become a financial reality. We have been able to duck that by hook or crook.” One way they have found to survive is not to compete with their Southern California counterparts but to work with them. The Huck Finn Festival, east of Los Angeles, also takes place on Father’s Day. “That has been advantageous for us,”

Cornish said. “They both go four days. We work together behind the scenes and bring a band west and split the weekend. We take them Thursday and Friday, they have them Saturday and Sunday, or reverse.” And though their music is tied intrinsically to Appalachia, bands are more than happy to hightail it to the West Coast. It’s not just the appeal of California — though that does play a huge part in it — but most are aware that besides the D.C. metro area, the San Francisco Bay Area is the secondlargest market for recorded bluegrass music in the U.S. “It’s a big deal,” Cornish said. “Big acts back east know that they will do a better job with their careers if they can attract the attention of fans out here.” The next generation It’s not just the bands that worry about a fan base. The CBA sees the writing on the wall and they’re not LOL about it. The biggest challenge, according to Cornish, is their membership demographic. “We are getting old,” he said. “I am 66 and got into the music 38 years ago. I was a young parent, just exactly the member we are looking for now.” Board member Montie Elston, from Marysville, agrees. That’s why he feels the “Kids on Bluegrass” program is so vital to their association. “It’s the heart of us being able to continue bluegrass into the future,” Elston said. “A way to get kids involved. It’s a positive affirmation for their music, whatever their level. Almost every kid gets to perform onstage.” Kids on Bluegrass began 25 years ago when CBA member Frank Solivan put together a group of young musicians to play on the main stage. Still at it, Solivan meets with children 13-18 years old the Thursday of the festival and by Friday they have an hour set ready to perform. “The kids, my goodness,” Elston said. “From Frank Solivan’s own son, who was in the U.S. Navy band, there are a number of alumni who are now adults and have gone on to continue with music in their lives. Not just bluegrass, sometimes in other worlds. It’s amazing to see these people grow up.” And become bluegrass fans, they hope. After all, as Cornish freely admits, the music is not for everybody. “Bluegrass music is — people hate to hear me say this — it is not universally enjoyed by people,” he said. “It actually offends a lot of people. It’s nasally, kind of old fashioned, there’s that whole kind of redneck bigotry connotation to overcome.” That being said, those who do fall for the folksy finger picking do so head first. “We don’t have a lot of casual members,” Cornish said. “It’s like there’s a visceral connection to that kind of music. For a small percentage of people, there is something intrinsically compelling and moving about the music. Not the schtick that goes with it, not the cultural things, but the melody, the blending of the lyrics, the story lines.” Common roots Besides the bluegrass, the Fathers’ Day Festival also features what’s known as “Old Time” music, a close cousin and constant companion. Jonathan Lyerly, fiddle player for Nevada County’s “hardest working band,” Ragged But Right, explained the subtle difference.

From left, Al Ferguson, banjo; Karel Hendee, bass; Jonathan Lyerly, fiddle, guitar; James Carlson, mandolin. Courtesy photo.

“Old Time music is a communal type of music, mainly played for one’s own pleasure, sitting on the porch with friends and neighbors and at dances,” he said. “By contrast, bluegrass is generally a more performance oriented music. Often the structure of the songs feature playing the melody, the musicians then play solos on banjo and mandolins.” Ragged But Right, whose members all live in Grass Valley, will play on the main stage for the first time this year. They consider themselves an old time version of a jam band, a bit unique in their improvisational style. “We are not the type of band that creates an arrangement and that’s the end of it,” he said. “We create the song fresh every performance. While the melody and all that is structured, within that we do a lot of rhythmic counter play, a lot of syncopation. We leave all that open for each performance.” While they share a history and many of the same instruments (fiddle and banjo form the basis for old time; banjo and mandolin for bluegrass), the styles and techniques are quite different, as Lyerly explains. “The bluegrass style is three fingers using picks,” he said. “Thumb picking down, two fingers up in a pattern. Old Time is defined by ‘frailing’ or clawhammer, all down strokes. We use an open back banjo, for a warm organic sound, a ‘bum-tiddy’ rhythm.” 24/7 jam The fiddle had its roots in Irish and Scottish ancestry; the banjo was an African instrument. The melding happened in the South, when the two cultures lived in close proximity and heard each other. Nowadays, walk through the Nevada County Fairgrounds at any hour of the day during Father’s Day weekend and you’ll be hard-pressed not to hear a melding of melodies and musicianship rising up from the legions of festival-goers. “When the stage shuts down at 11 p.m. you can walk a publication of the auburn journal

through that property and find easily 35-40 different jams going on simultaneously,” Cornish said. “There is always a jam going on at the Nevada County Fairgrounds, a week before it begins to the night it ends.” The best part, he said, is you are sure to find a jam suited to your skill level. And all are welcoming. “It’s a participatory event,” he said. “The venue is just a glorious, glorious spot on earth. The Ponderosa pines, the lake … the place if just magical. Take that in combination with the best available bluegrass talent in the world that has been booked for four days, it’s a winning combination.” Elston likens it to a giant family reunion, where you see folks you only see once or twice a year, usually around bluegrass events. “It gives people a sense of belonging to something bigger than themselves,” he said. “It’s a family you’ve chosen, not born into.” By birth or by choice, the road to bluegrass is not as important as the journey that begins once you’ve arrived.

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When: Thursday, June 12, through Sunday, June 15 Where: Nevada County Fairgrounds, 11228 McCourtney Road, Grass Valley, Single day tickets: $35-$55 adults, $15-$25 teens (16-18) Three day pass: $130 adults, $55 teens Four day pass: $160 adults, $70 teens Children 15 and under free with a paid adult admission Info: fathersdaydfestival.com

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miners foundry cultural center honors past, looks to future By Paul Cambra | Foothills Entertainer

hey used to manufacture heavy machinery here. Now they book heavy metal bands. They made gate balls for the Hoover Dam. Now it’s the scene of balls and proms and dances. Steel beams that form the spire atop TransAmerica Building were made here. Now, it’s memories that are made here. Memories from the 47 weddings a year, youth theater camps, dance classes, art shows and live concerts that keep the halls of the Miners Foundry Cultural Center bustling with 21st century relevance. “We believe that all the loving emotions people feel at events, whether it’s a concert, a wedding, a memorial, a prom or a nonprofit fundraising event, are absorbed by the walls and reflected back on each person who enters the Foundry,” said Gretchen Bond, executive director. “Our rich history provides us with a rich experience.” A history that dates back to 1855, when the Ironworks Foundry and Blacksmith Shop repaired heavy machinery and hauled it to mining camps by teams of horses and oxen. Of course, as with many buildings of that era whose businesses were built around fire, it burned down, only to be rebuilt (and renamed Miners Foundry) and thrive as a steel fabricator for industries far and wide. It wasn’t until the 1970s that the building made the transition from industrial to cultural, when two graphic artists from San Francisco saved it from demolition and turned the foundry into

a museum, creating a venue for the performing arts and events in the process. “In addition to cultural events, Foothill Theatre Company, KVMR Radio and Music in the Mountains were founded here,” Bond said. “Many changes have happened inside the Foundry since the 1970s — new roof, new restrooms, new stage with sound and lights and most recently a new, 2,500-squarefoot dance floor in the Osborn/Woods Hall.” Last month saw blues, reggae and a Celtic band playing Grateful Dead music. This month it’s tributes to Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd and Bob Marley, with the Wailers coming through to perform “Legend” in its entirety. Craft fairs, psychic fairs, plant sales and fashion shows -- they’re all part of what keeps the Foundry thriving as a centerpiece in the community. “If you can dream it, the Miners Foundry can be used in that way,” said operations manager Cherylynn Allen. “My particular favorite way to use it is with our big concert events, such as Fright Night or Dark Star Orchestra. The space is so versatile; we can accommodate more than 700 people in a dynamic way. When the Stone Hall is filled with people, they make magic with their presence, their intentions and their energy.” Lots of people means lots of business for the community. “The Miners Foundry brings a significant financial viability to the entire county,” Allen said. “By attending events here, our patrons bring business to local restaurants, shops, bed-and-breakfast inns, a publication of the auburn journal

catering companies and rental companies.” In 1990 the Foundry was donated to the Nevada County Cultural Preservation Trust and designated for cultural, historical, business, social and community events. Rental options include the Stone Hall, Foyer, Upper Gallery, Osborn/Woods Hall, Conference

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Room and kitchen. But events alone are not enough to cover the costs that a site like this incurs. “Funding is a challenge,” Bond said. “While we are very busy, and the building is used every week of the year, we depend on donations Please turn to page 13

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from the community to ensure we can continue to preserve this community treasure. The Foundry is a State Registered Historic Landmark and inside a National Trust District — we are charged with not only ensuring the Foundry is available for events and for bringing arts and culture to the community, but we are also responsible for the preservation of this historic building. Rental income and ticket sales do not cover the costs of running this unique landmark.” Unique enough to appeal to many a bride-tobe, as the Foundry hosts nearly a wedding a week. And according to event coordinator Kat Kress, each wedding is unique, as are the couples getting married. “We’ve had formal weddings, steampunk weddings, cowgirl weddings, circus weddings, and vintage weddings, just to name a few,” Kress said. “Weddings are becoming increasingly more personalized and the Foundry offers a rustic and elegant setting that allows the unique taste and style of each couple to shine through.” Kress said she can’t think of any type of event that hasn’t been held here or that they wouldn’t be open to exploring. “The founders of the Miners Foundry were creative visionaries open to any idea that utilized the space and created benefits for the community,” Kress said. “We continue to honor their legacy by carrying that tradition forward.” The Foundry is on the historic walking tour of Nevada City and has displays that interpret the history from the days of the Maidu to present. “Everyone who enters the Foundry can not only see the history but they can feel it,” Bond said. “It’s as though the stone walls in the Stone Hall can talk!” If so, they might want to remind people that the Foundry needs their support and they accept donations of any size. “The monthly option is a great way to support the Foundry on a continual basis and is affordable for nearly everyone,” Bond said. “There are more than 50,000 people that come through the building each year and if 10 percent of them donated $5 a month we would be able to further improve the building, take risks on bigger shows and increase our small staff. The Foundry is such an asset to the community and it’s a great way to support us.”

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oachella. Lollapalooza. Bonnaroo. Sasquatch. For those who think I’m swearing at them in Portuguese … those are music festivals. Quite famous ones if you’re well versed in this sort of thing. But what about the lesser-known music festivals around the country? Who knows where Dillo Day or Mucklewain take place? (Evanston, Ill., and Pinewood, Tenn.) There are a couple of “gatherings” (Gathering of the Juggalos, Gathering of the Vibes), a few that are quite up-front about things (Buzzfest, Buzz Bake Sale, SmokeOut Festival) and some whose names are just plain silly (Kanrocksas, Rocklahoma). They’re also not limited to rock. There are festivals devoted to classical (Mostly Mozart Oregon Bach Festival) and country (MerleFest, Texas Thunder, Downtown Hoedown) and so on. And what’s up with Newport? The tiny town in the tinier state of Rhode Island seems like it wants to corner the market on music festivals. There’s the Newport Music Festival, the Newport Jazz Festival, the Newport Folk Festival and the Newport Pop Festival, but that one’s in Costa Mesa. Around here, some of you local folks might have enjoyed Outside Lands in Golden Gate Park, or Bottle Rock in Napa or even Nerdapalooza in Eureka. As for myself, you’d have to take all of the bands from all of the “Day on the Greens” I attended to even come close to Paul Cambra the lineup at one of these events. Bottle Rock has 60 bands. Sixty! But times have changes since I went to my one and only three-day music festival in 1982: The US Festival in San Bernardino. Back then you only had one stage, so the 20 acts that played were seen by everyone … who wasn’t hanging out in the beer garden. I took a radio-station chartered bus down there with a couple of buddies and set up a tent in a parking lot, along with roughly a quarter-million other people on any given day. How we managed to find that tent every night after the show as over, I still can’t figure out. But I can still recall the red dirt being kicked up in swarms as people danced to the B52s, David Byrne doing laps around the stage in his oversized suit, Ray Davies waiting for the sun to go down before the Kinks took the stage (and infuriating Bill Graham in the process) and Sunday morning breakfast with the Dead. The brainchild of Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, the US Festival was meant to be a merging of music and technology and people, lots of them. For all of the cutting-edge computers and electronics that were showcased that weekend, the one new invention that was not obsolete by the following year was the “outdoor rain,” those perforated PVC misters that got us through those 100-degree days. But you don’t need to travel far anymore to enjoy three days of music. The Fathers’ Day Bluegrass Festival is in Grass Valley this month, with Worldfest coming in July and the American River Music Festival and the Celtic Festival to arrive in September. Grab a buddy, pitch a tent, find a mister and enjoy.

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When did you realize that you had the difference between just being funny around the water cooler omedian Paula Poundstone first garnered versus being able to take the stage on Carson? attention in San Francisco comedy clubs “Well I suppose to anyone else it’s gaining access in the early ’80s, catching the eye of Robin and practice. I was lucky enough to have a comedy Williams, who not only guided her career but gave scene in Boston sort of rise up around me, not really her a standup spot on an episode of a Saturday around me but amidst of where I lived. Then they had Night Live he hosted. open-mic nights and anybody that wants to can go Soon she was getting the nod from Johnny Carson up and do five minutes. The audience got in for free on The Tonight Show. For the last three decades, back then, so we had big audiences. I got started Poundstone’s observational humor has been heard doing that and just kept working at it which was the at comedy clubs across the country, HBO specials key to the whole thing.” and TV shows like Hollywood Squares, Home Movies Were there certain comedians who really and The Late, Late Show. Poundstone has also influenced your take on authored a book, There is humor? Nothing in This Book That I “Well, I don’t know that I am Meant to Say, won two Cable like anybody that I was fond of Ace Awards for her comedy as a kid, but my parents had specials, and released a live the Bill Cosby albums … 11 of CD, I Heart Jokes. She is also which I stole when I left home. a regular panelist on the hit And when I was young, I was NPR game show, Wait, Wait, lucky enough to be allowed Don’t Tell Me. to stay up when Laugh In was I spoke recently with on and so I was a huge — still Poundstone from her home am — huge Lily Tomlin fan. I in Los Angeles, and asked don’t do anything like either about her career, comedy of those people but I certainly and her upcoming show in loved the sound of laughter Grass Valley. and I love the comedy stuff We are really excited from the time I was a little kid.” for you to come up to the Who is your crowd? foothills. Have you been up Do you know what your here before? audience breaks down to? “Absolutely, yes I have “Not exactly. I know been there. In fact, I was in that I work through three Grass Valley … I did a New generations on a lot of nights. Year’s there maybe a year I don’t work to tons and tons or two ago, and across the of young people but, often street from the hotel where families come to my shows, it’s I stayed, I went and ordered not replete with families … I’m some food from this little deli not The Wiggles.” and they were putting the Paula Poundstone Where do you see comedy food in the bag and I said, heading? ‘No don’t put it in a bag; “Because I work alone, I don’t watch other acts. I will feel guilty if I take a bag,’ and they said ‘No, People ask me all the time who I like of the new no, it’s a biodegradable bag.’ She said sometimes comics, and I don’t know any of them. I’m happy for people bury them and then dig them up to see them them all but I don’t know any of them, I really don’t degrading. And I thought, ‘Boy, I must be welcome know. I think it’s good news that there are a lot of entertainment in this place.’” things that are less taboo then they once were and I read that that Robin Williams was instrumental that, in a large part, is due to comedy. You know, in discovering you. laughing at stuff is a great way to understand it and “Yea that’s true. I started out in Boston, and took take the omen off of it.” the Greyhound bus around the country to see what There seems to be a lot of misogyny in comedy. clubs are like in different cities. I ended up falling in Did you encounter any? love with the comedy scene in San Francisco. This “People never said to me that they thought women was like in 1980 and Robin was a part of that scene, weren’t funny. I didn’t get hired as much as the other and he just ... introduced me to his management and guys when I first started out, but I don’t know if I could brought me on shows with him, and has been very put my finger on because I was a woman, necessarily. supportive ever since.” I think I decided a long time ago that my goal is to just work at being better and better at it. If I concern

myself with why someone doesn’t like me or why I am kept out of this arena or another -- especially if I tell myself it’s because of my gender or my size or my hair color or because of this or that -- it tends to take the focus off of working to be better and better at what I do. I’ve benefited from it because there have been shows that were ‘women this’ or ‘women that,’ and I always have mixed feelings about doing that, because I felt like that to some degree that sort of ghettoizes it. It makes it seem likes there is a vast difference between being a female comic and being a male comic, which clearly there isn’t — I mean it’s just silly. When I used to work clubs where there was an opening act, a middle act and a headliner, you kind of worked your way up that little chain and you get a little bit more money as a middle than you do as a the opening act and then a bit more money as a headliner than you did a middle act. A lot of time guys would come up to me and say, ‘Well, how do you tell so-and-so to hire me as a headliner,’ or, ‘How can I do middle instead of emcee,’ and I used to say, ‘Forget about that. It doesn’t matter. It matters zero. All that matters is getting on stage and improving what you’re doing and getting really good so the guy is going to look like an idiot for not hiring you.’ You become somewhat undeniable. I think it has to be about the product itself and the relationship with the audience. To me when I do a job and somebody comes up to me and they say, ‘Man, I haven’t laughed that long in a really, long time and I really needed it,’ I am like ‘Score!’ You know I lifted somebody’s burden for a few seconds.” How did you get involved with Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me, which you are just hysterical on? “Thank you. Really in the most boring of ways. They called me up and asked me. I had never heard of it; this would be about 13 years or so ago. They sent me an audio tape which I had laying on my island in my kitchen, and I had a nanny at the time who saw the tape and said, ‘Oh, I love that show; you have to do that show.’ So I did.” On Facebook you were talking about Stephen Colbert replacing Letterman, and I was surprised a woman wasn’t even being offered it. And then Craig Ferguson announced that he’s leaving his show. “Yes, which I am really disappointed by. I mean the other two have made sense — what has it been 100 years now — but not Craig Ferguson. Maybe he didn’t want to be the guy who’s leaving after 100 years, I don’t know.” Have you ever been approached about doing a late night show? “Nope. Nor probably would I be. I am an acquired taste.

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t’s only 485 miles from Cuba to the United States, but the folks who put on the summer concert series from “Music in the Mountains” are going to take two weeks to get there. Mind you, there are stops along the way. The Silk Road, the Nordic countries, forays into Liverpool, Scotland and France (via Moscow). But all of the programs between “Feste del Caribe” and “Happy Birthday USA” take place in Nevada County “Music from around the world is kind of our theme this year,” said Cristine Kelly, executive director of Music in the Mountains (MIM). “We’ll have Celtic fiddles, a Beatles tribute; for ‘Tales from the Exotic East’ we will have a real Bedouin tent outside.” Youth is served The summer kicks off with the “Young Composers Project,” where students from sixth grade through college who have studied music notation, dictation, theory, history, conducting and composition will perform their original chamber pieces spread over two nights in June. Part of the project was meeting with educators at Sierra Streams Institute where they learned about the plight of the salmon

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and string quartet playing Caribbean inspired classical pieces.” The Orchestra Series From Lemony Snicket to George Gershwin, a lot of ground is covered culturally if not geographically in the Orchestra Series, five concerts at the Amaral Center in the Nevada County Fairgrounds. The family concert features a short piece inspired by the aforementioned children’s author in “Nathaniel Stookey’s Lemony Snicket: The Composer is Dead.” Murder mystery included. “Young Geniuses” will explore the work of teenage composers. “Mozart, Mendelssohn and Arriaga — known as the Spanish Mozart — in my view, the greatest teen composers of all time,” Nowlen said. “We put their music together with our young composers’ ‘Prelude to Yuba Salmon’ and teen violinist Ray Anthony Trujillo.” “Tales from the Exotic East” is based on Scheherazade and the woman who told the story of the 1,001 Arabian Knights. “It’s an incredibly evocative piece,” Nowlen said. “A group of Bedouin will reenact with a tent to really give the sense to where those events might

Summerfest 2014 “Young Composers Project” When: 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 11, and Friday, June 13 Where: Peace Lutheran Church, 828 W. Main St., Grass Valley Tickets: $10 adults, youth free “Feste del Caribe” featuring the Cuban Jazz trio Gardenia Azul (cq) When: 7 p.m. Thursday, June 19 Where: The Center for the Arts, 314 W. Main St., Grass Valley Tickets: $45 adults, $5 youth “The French Connection” When: 7:30 p.m. Thursday, June 26 Where: Amaral Center at the Nevada County Fairgrounds, 11228 McCourtney Road in Grass Valley Tickets: $25 adults, $5 youth

Audience members dance to the music at Concerts Under the Stars at the outdoor stage on the Great Lawn at the Nevada County Fairgrounds (from last summer’s Queen concert). This year there are four concerts on the great lawn which are part of the Concerts Under the Stars Series.

have taken place.” “Nordic Fantasy” is a Scandinavian-inspired concert, with works by Mendelssohn, Greig and Gade, and featuring pianist in residence Konstantin Soukhovetski. “The Grieg piano concerto is a beautiful piece,” Soukhovetski said. “Sort of an over the top romanticism with the coolness of a Norwegian temperament. You can hear the glaciers in the music.” Next up is “Gershwin Extravaganza” featuring Rhapsody in Blue. Soukhovetski will also be sitting in on this one. “I always love playing it,” he said. “I had to convince people that a Russian pianist can play American music. When I play Gershwin I throw out the classical routine and play like a jazz pianist, with a Cole Porter, Apollo Theater, cigarette dangling out of my mouth vibe. And I’ll certainly wear something blue.” Soukhovetski will also take center stage during “The French Connection,” a chamber concert featuring Faure’s Piano Quartet in C minor, where he will be joined by a violin, viola and cello player. Concert Under the Artistic advisor Pete Nowlen conducts the orchestra at a previous Music in the Mountains concert. Nowlen is responsible for much of the Stars The great lawn at SummerFest programming. the Nevada County Fairgrounds is the setting for the Concerts Under the Stars, and the range of entertainment is almost as expansive. “Grand Fiddler’s Rally,” featuring Scottish fiddler Alasdair Fraser, celebrates, well, the fiddle. More than 150 musicians, singers and dancers will be in on the fun. A slightly smaller crew, as in four, as in “The Fab Four: The Ultimate Tribute,” will

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“Wet Ink,” featuring composers Jerry Grant, Howard Hersh, Durwynne Hsieh, Motoshi Kosako and Mark Vance When: 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 2 Where: Amaral Center at the Nevada County Fairgrounds, 11228 McCourtney Road in Grass Valley Tickets: $25 adults, $5 youth

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“Nathaniel Stookey’s Lemony Snicket: The Composer is Dead” family concert and interactive music faire When: 11:30 a.m. Saturday, June 21 Where: Amaral Center at the Nevada County Fairgrounds, 11228 McCourtney Road in Grass Valley Tickets: $10 adults, youth free “Young Geniuses,” exploring the mind of the composer as a teenager When: 3 p.m. Sunday, June 22 Where: Amaral Center, Nevada County Fairgrounds, 11228 McCourtney Road in Grass Valley Tickets: $15-$50 adults, youth free “Tales from the Exotic East” When: 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 25 Where: Amaral Center at the Nevada County Fairgrounds, 11228 McCourtney Road in Grass Valley Tickets: $15-$55 adults, $5 youth Please turn to page 25

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“Nordic Fantasy” When: 3 p.m. Sunday, June 29 Where: Amaral Center at the Nevada County Fairgrounds, 11228 McCourtney Road in Grass Valley Tickets: $15-$55 adults, $5 youth “Gershwin Extravaganza” featuring Rhapsody in Blue and music from Porgy and Bess When: 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 1 Where: Amaral Center at the Nevada County Fairgrounds, 11228 McCourtney Road in Grass Valley Tickets: $15-$55 adults, $5 youth

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delight fans of all ages with their spot-on versions of Beatle classics, complete with costume changes. And these guys have truly been around the world, entertaining audiences in Japan, Malaysia, Hong Kong, The United Kingdom, Germany, Mexico and Brazil. You might see folks dressed as Harry Potter or Yoda for “A John Williams Spectacular” where the MIM Orchestra and Chorus will perform music from the famed movie composer (Jaws, E.T., Star Wars, Harry Potter). And for the Fourth of July (on the third, make a note) it’s the orchestra and chorus again for “Happy Birthday USA,” with tributes to Broadway and Hollywood, because, after all, they are a part of this country too. “People will be impressed with the setting and the friendliness of the experience,” Kelly said. “It’s really joyful. This year we’ll have our first woman conductor ever. Unique to MIM is not just a professional ensemble but a large community chorus, more than 90 voices.” Close to home The penultimate concert is what’s known as “Wet Ink,” which is newer works from local composers. This year’s lineup features music by Jerry Grant, Howard Hersh, Durwynne Hsieh, Motoshi Kosako and Mark Vance. “It’s fantastic. It pretty much can only happen in Nevada County,” Nowlen said. “We have a great many composers who have retired here or chosen to be here with their career as a composer. It’s all pieces composed in the last few months or last few years.” Music in the Mountains has been going on for 33 years, starting as a classical music summer fest and growing from there. In addition to the pop and chamber music, the organization reaches out to youth in the community through programs like Young Composers, Peers Performing 4 Peers and Music Live, which brings a professional brass quintet, piano

Concert Under the Stars

“Grand Fiddler’s Rally,” featuring Scottish fiddler Alasdair Fraser When: 8 p.m. Saturday, June 21 Where: Great lawn, Nevada County Fairgrounds, 11228 McCourtney Road in Grass Valley Tickets: $25 adults, $15 youth “The Fab Four: The Ultimate Tribute” When: 8 p.m. Friday, June 27 Where: Great lawn, Nevada County Fairgrounds, 11228 McCourtney Road in Grass Valley Tickets: $49.50 premium. $32.50 general admission advance, $35 gate, $15 youth, $80 family pass. Picnic tables available $80. “A John Williams Spectacular” When: 8 p.m. Saturday, June 28 Where: Great lawn, Nevada County Fairgrounds, 11228 McCourtney Road in Grass Valley Tickets: $39.50 premium. $27.50 general admission advance, $30 gate, $15 youth, $75 family pass. Picnic tables available $80.

Resident pianist Konstantin Soukhovestski. Photo credit: Peter Schaaf

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“Happy Birthday USA,” celebrating Broadway, Disneyland, and the Good Ol’ U.S. of A. When: 8 p.m. Thursday, July 3 Where: Great lawn, Nevada County Fairgrounds, 11228 McCourtney Road in Grass Valley Tickets: $20 advance, $25 gate, youth free. Picnic tables available $80

Bridge, Lunch, Tunes and Games

Monday, June 30 Enjoy a morning of cards and games followed by lunch. After lunch are a musical interlude, a mini fashion show, and a raffle. Proceeds support Music in the Mountains concerts and programming. Info: (530) 265-6124, info@musicinthemountains. org

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oots reggae and horn-driven soul funk. If that doesn’t get you on your feet, you must be tired from running your kids from the bounce houses to the pony rides to the climbing wall to the face painters and the craft booths. No worries, margaritas are

nearby. Such is life at Party in the Park, Auburn’s annual celebration of music, food and all around fun. Free to all comers (though there is a charge for some of the children’s activities, and food and drink will be for sale) the party takes place in Auburn Regional Park on what is typically a warm Friday evening in June. “We’ve never had funk at Party in the Park,” said organizer Scott Holbrook. “And Pure Roots brings a combination of old and new school reggae. We are always trying to keep the music fresh. We’ve done Americana, reggae, zydeco, country … we try to get bands that attract younger groups and still keep Grandma and Grandpa happy.” Holbrook is a board member of the Auburn Recreation District (ARD). With his experience as a part-time concert promoter, he enjoys the challenge of bringing quality, accessible music to the masses. “When I see all of the happy faces, I get a ton of satisfaction,” he said. “If I can present serious musicians in a beautiful park setting, I am combining my two passions, ARD and live music. It’s always magical; it’s always fun.” Pure Roots, from Santa Cruz, play what they call “roots reggae with a message.” “We are trying to convey a message through our music to better educate and spread love amongst the world,” drummer Jeff Allgrove said. “We want people to take a look at this new band out of Santa Cruz and expect to see us on festival lineups.” Tim Bain, guitarist for Mojo Green, grew up in Colfax and is no stranger to Placer County parties. “This sounds like a great time,” Bain said. “We definitely consider ourselves comfortable as a festival band. Our main goal is to get people to dance. We’re very high energy; we’re really into connecting with the crowd. It’s all about encouraging people to cut loose and let it all go on the dance floor.” That should not be a problem, as the expansive lawn beckons barefoot boogeying. “Festivals are usually highly anticipated events, and the energy from the audience kind of gets carried on to the artist,” Allgrove said. “You really feel the energy at a festival; it brings out the best in any musician.”

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And so far it’s brought out the best in Auburn and her surrounding communities. The crowd ranges from extended families to fans of the bands. Beer and wine and then some are sold in the food court, but problems are few and far between. “I have never seen an incident there, never,” said Bart Ruud. “That’s a testament to our law enforcement. You see a happy crowd, people who come year after year, arrive early to throw their blanket down and stake out a spot from where they might view the stage. It’s a good event for Auburn.” Rudd has spent most of his Party in the Park hours manning the barbecue for one of the many service clubs that sell food and drink. This year in the food court, in addition to grilled meat, you’ll find everything from pizza to veggie wraps. “When you have something like this, service clubs make a few dollars and that goes back into the community in scholarships and assistance to the community,” Ruud said. “It’s really good; it brings outside money in, a substantial amount I would venture to guess.” Keith Nesbitt, a member of the Auburn City Council, said he likes the idea of outside money finding its way to local charities and needs. And while it is a free event — and parks and picnic baskets go hand in hand — anything you spend at, say, his Rotary Club’s booth, will be put to good use in the community. “I spend half the time working the Rotary booth and the other half listening to music,” Nesbitt said. “Most of the music I’ve liked, but regardless, it always seems to be a nice, warm evening. My son was into heavy metal and was just starting to discover reggae last year. It was uplifting to see him enjoying real music for a change.” If you don’t like the music this year there’s a good chance it will be different next. Whatever the act, though, the people keep coming out and the event’s reputation keeps growing. Grownups dance, kids play, kids dance, grownups play. “It’s all good,” Ruud said. “It gives people a social evening, an adventurous evening. The band they maybe never heard of, it could be a different genre of music, but it’s free and if they don’t like it they can leave.” But chances are they won’t. Too much positive energy going on.

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resh off a successful extended winter entertainment season, Naggiar Vineyards announces their 2014 Winefest summer season. Winefest – a celebration of wine, food, and music – is comprised of Tribute concerts, numerous celebration events, and the continuation of their popular Friday and Saturday night live complimentary music. “It starts with the wine, but people are passionate about the music” says Naggiar Vineyards co-owner Mike Naggiar. “And then there’s the food. The expansion of our food service last year has been very successful and it is now an exciting constant for our customers.” Naggiar Bistro Chef Georgia Gross has been integral to the transformation of Naggiar Vineyards from an exceptional Tasting Room to a popular, full service, destination winery. Georgia’s innovative, hand-crafted dishes have surprised and delighted diners in the area. While the food is a much talked about part of Naggiar’s growing success, it is the wine that takes center stage. The release of this season’s new wines will be celebrated with a New Release Party on Saturday, May 17 from 1:00 to 4:00 pm. There will be music by the band No Taboo, barrel tastings and the introduction of six new vintage wines. There is no cost to attend this event and a delicious meal centered on extra crispy fried chicken is available for pre-purchase (a vegetarian option will also be available). It is strongly recommend that you pre-purchase meals for this event, as Naggiar cannot guarantee the availability of meals for sale on the day of the event. Following on the heels of their New Release Party, Naggiar offers its first Tribute show of 2014 on May 31 – a tribute to the music of the Rolling Stones featuring Unauthorized Rolling Stones. Recognized as the leading Rolling Stones Tribute band in the world, and considered by Stones’ insiders and die-hard fans alike as “better than the real thing”,

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complimentary live music from 6:00 to 9:00 pm on Friday and Saturday evenings. To enhance their fine wines, the Naggiar Bistro offers farm to table cuisine all weekend with a menu that changes every few weeks to tempt the palette with seasonal offerings. Naggiar Vineyards is family owned and operated and located on 135 acres at 18125 Rosemary Lane in the south county area of Grass Valley. Their estate grown, produced and bottled wines focus on 17 Rhone, Italian and Bordeaux varietals. You can reach the Winery and Tasting Room at 530-268-9059 or online at www. naggiarvineyards.com.

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LeGacy presents “From the Cavern and On,” celebrating the 50th year of the British invasion, at 8 p.m., June 6, 7, 14, 20 and 21; 7 p.m. June 12 and 19; 2 p.m. June 1 and 8; in the Nevada Theatre, 401 Broad St., Nevada City. Tickets: $18 advance, $20 at the door. Info: (530) 268-5419. End of Ever will play a free community concert at 7 p.m. Sunday, June 1, at The Center for the Arts, 314 W. Main St., Grass Valley. Billy Bensing and Kellie Garmire open. Info: (530) 274-8384 ext. 14, thecenterforthearts.org. Pioneer Presents: Premiere performances of Binns Melander’s music by The Dolanc String Quartet and pianist Chi-Xin Kao at 3 p.m. Sunday, June 1, at Pioneer United Methodist Church, 1338 Lincoln Way, Auburn. Tax deductible donations gratefully accepted. Info: 530-885-9009. Johhnyswim plays at 8 p.m. Friday June 6, at The Center for the Arts, 314 W. Main St., Grass Valley. Tickets: $20 members, $22 non-member. Info: (530) 274-8384 ext. 14, thecenterforthearts. org. Paula Poundstone will perform at 8 p.m. Saturday, June 7, at The Center for the Arts, 314 W. Main St., Grass Valley. Tickets: $50 members, $55 non-member. Info: (530) 274-8384 ext. 14, thecenterforthearts.org. Music in the Mountains’ “Young Composers Project” at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 11, and Friday, June 13, at Peace Lutheran Church, 828 W. Main St., Grass Valley. Tickets: $10 adults, youth free. Info: (530) 265-6124, info@musicinthemountains. org. Father’s Day Bluegrass Festival. Grass Valley, June 12-15 True West, a drama by Sam Shepard, at 8 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays through June 28, with a 2 p.m. matinee on Sunday, June 22, at the Synthetic Unlimited Opera House, 120 Joerschke Drive, Grass Valley. Info: (888) 95-SHOWS, syntheticunlimited.org. Ages and Ages will play at 8 p.m. Friday, June 13, Off Center Stage, 315 Richardson St.,

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Grass Valley, as part of the Discover Series. Brett Shady opens. Suggested donation: $10 member, $12 non-member. Info: (530) 274-8384 ext. 14, thecenterforthearts.org. Zepparella, all-girl tribute to Led Zeppelin, at 9 p.m. Friday, June 13, at the Miners Foundry Cultural Center, 325 Spring St., Nevada City. Tickets: $20 advance, $25 at the door. Info: (530) 265-5040, minersfoundry.org. Marc Cohn performs at 8 p.m. Sunday, June 15, at The Center for the Arts, 314 W. Main St., Grass Valley. Tickets: $45 members, $50 non-member. Info: (530) 274-8384 ext. 14, thecenterforthearts. org. Music in the Mountains’ “Feste del Caribe” featuring the Cuban Jazz trio Gardenia Azul, at 7 p.m. Thursday, June 19, at The Center for the Arts, 314 W. Main St., Grass Valley. Tickets: $45 adults, $5 youth. Info: (530) 265-6124, info@ musicinthemountains.org. Party in the Park from 5-10 p.m. Friday, June 20, at Auburn Regional Park, 3770 Richardson Drive, Auburn. Music by Pure Roots and Mojo Green, food, beer and wine, kids’ zone, crafts a publication of the auburn journal

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Saturday, June 21, on the great lawn, Nevada County Fairgrounds, 11228 McCourtney Road in Grass Valley. Tickets: $25 adults, $15 youth. Info: (530) 265-6124, info@musicinthemountains.org.

“Gunsmoke: Discipline Comes To Dodge,” an interactive comedy murder mystery at 6 p.m. Sunday, June 22 at Naggiar Vineyards, 18125 Rosemary Lane, Grass Valley. Prepaid reservations required. Call (530) 268-9059 for prices and reservations. Music in the Mountains’ Orchestra Series is “Young Geniuses,” exploring the mind of the composer as a teenager, at 3 p.m. Sunday, June 22, in the Amaral Center at the Nevada County Fairgrounds, 11228 McCourtney Road in Grass Valley. Tickets: $15-$50 adults, youth free. Info: (530) 265-6124, info@musicinthemountains.org. Music in the Mountains’ Orchestra Series is “Tales from the Exotic East” at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 25, in the Amaral Center at the Nevada County Fairgrounds, 11228 McCourtney Road in Grass Valley. Tickets: $15-$55 adults, $5 youth. Info: (530) 265-6124, info@musicinthemountains.org. Music in the Mountains’ “The French Connection” at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, June 26, in the Amaral Center at the Nevada County Fairgrounds, 11228 McCourtney Road in Grass Valley. Tickets: $25 adults, $5 youth. Info: (530) 265-6124, info@ musicinthemountains.org. Pato Bantan, provides a positive a beat to keep you on your feet at 9 p.m. Thursday, June 26, at the Miners Foundry Cultural Center, 325 Spring St., Nevada City. Tickets: $20 advance, $24 at the door. Info: (530) 265-5040, minersfoundry.org. Music in the Mountains’ Concert Under the Stars is “The Fab Four: The Ultimate Tribute,” at 8 p.m. Friday, June 27, on the great lawn, Nevada County Fairgrounds, 11228 McCourtney Road in Grass Valley. Tickets: $49.50 premium. $32.50 general admission advance, $35 gate, $15 youth, $80 family pass. Picnic tables available $80. Info: (530) 265-6124, info@musicinthemountains.org. Music in the Mountains’ Concert Under the Stars is “A John Williams Spectacular,” at 8 p.m. Saturday, June 28, on the great lawn, Nevada County Fairgrounds, 11228 McCourtney Road in Grass Valley. Tickets: $39.50 premium. $27.50 general admission advance, $30 gate, $15 youth, $75 family pass. Picnic tables available $80. Info: (530) 265-6124, info@musicinthemountains. org.

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