The Royal Warbler

by Richard Mineards

Santa Barbara warbler Katy Perry has now got the official seal of royal approval!

The former Dos Pueblos High student, 37, is taking center stage along with fellow singer Lionel Richie and global opera star Andrea Bocelli at a concert at historic Windsor Castle celebrating King Charles III’s coronation next month.

More than 20,000 members of the public will attend the show 24 hours after the monarch’s crowning at Westminster Abbey, according to the U.K.’s BBC.

It comes less than a year after the concert to mark Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee, which included music from Duran Duran, Diana Ross , and Queen.

The dazzling show at Windsor will have a 70-piece orchestra, a house band made up of the massed Bands of the Guards’ Household Division, and the Countess of Wessex’s String Orchestra. Landmarks and locations around the U.K. will also be lit up with lasers, drone displays, and illuminations.

As for Katy, no doubt she is practicing her curtsy to His Majesty as I write. I am also reliably informed she will be bunking in Buckingham Palace during her appearance.

Not too shabby....

Polo Season Almost Upon Us

Santa Barbara Polo Club launches its 112th action-packed season on May 7, showcasing some of the most talented players from around the globe.

With a record number of teams and players at every level, the season is set to be one of the most memorable in the club’s history.

“The club has always been considered a world-class destination for polo players and enthusiasts alike,” says Texan John Muse, club president.

“It’s a place where players from around the world come to play top-tier competitions while experiencing the beauty of Santa Barbara. Our club’s long-standing reputation for providing a top notch polo experience, paired with a stunning backdrop of the Santa Ynez Mountains and the Pacific Ocean, is why it continues to attract players and spectators from all corners of the world.”

The season opens with the 12-goal series through June followed by the 20 or high goals in July and August culminating with the Pacific Coast Open.

The season closes in SeptemberOctober with the 8-goal series.

As to whether Prince Harry will be a regular part of his friend Argentinian ace Nacho Figueras’s Los Padres team – as he was last summer – that is still up in the air, but his participation did wonders for spectator numbers last year.

And for the 16th year, I have the onerous task of judging the club’s popular hat contest – so get your toniest tête toppers ready for the show.

One805 is Off to a Sunny Start at Sunstone

One805 – the local nonprofit dedicated to supporting First Responders across Santa Barbara County – gave supporters a foretaste of its flagship One805LIVE! gala event in September (that will include rockers Maroon Five at the Summerland oceanside estate of Oscar winner Kevin Costner) with a boffo bash to a crowd of 500 at the Sunstone Winery in Santa Ynez, raising $90,000.

The fun fête featured keyboardist Ed Roth and The Session Kings; a combo comprised of six in-demand session musicians who have worked regularly with major stars.

Roth, who has played with Ringo Starr, Annie Lennox, and Coolio, assembled a galaxy of major talent including vocalist Andy Vargas, lead singer of Santana for the last 20 years, guitarist Linda Taylor, who has played with Art Garfunkel, Tracy Chapman, Thelma Houston, Sheila E., and Christopher Cross; bassist Travis Davis who worked with Kiss, Toto, Chicago, and Alice Cooper; and drummers Leo Costa, whose past collaborations include Sérgio Mendes, Diana

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Ross, and will.i.am; and Rock Deadrick, who has worked with Diana Ross, Ziggy Marley, and Tracy Chapman.

Ubiquitous KEYT reporter John Palminteri and KLITE radio host Catherine Remak emceed the event, which also included an auction of guitars signed by Katy Perry, Robbie Krieger of The Doors, Adam Levine of Maroon Five and the entire band, a drum signed by Danny Seraphine, Grammy Awardwinning drummer of Chicago, and a helicopter trip and a champagne lunch at the historic Rancho Santa Barbara donated by Adam’s Angels. Among the hordes of guests, hosted by Sunstone owners Teddy and

Djamila Cabugos , were Alan and Lisa Griffiths Parsons , Dean and Susan Wilson , Donna Reeves , Maitland Ward , Adam McKaig , Rick Oshay and Teresa Kuskey , Keith and Mary Hudson , Drew Wakefield , Carol Marsch , former mayor Helene Schneider , Alastair and Ann Winn , Michael and Tracy Bollag , founders Richard and Kirsten Weston-Smith , Diana Starr Langley , Nick Fuchs , Christine Emmons , John Thyne , Sheriff Bill and Donna Brown , Montecito Fire Chief David Neels , and Santa Barbara City Fire Chief Mark Hartwig

A Mission of Art and History

Social gridlock reigned at the historic Santa Barbara Club when the Art Foundation of Santa Barbara staged How Art Helped to Save the California Missions, a two-part program with a talk by Jeremy Tessmer, curator of Vintage American Art at Sullivan Goss. The program explored the life and work of Henry Chapman Ford, who died in 1894, and the Santa Barbara Club’s collection of his 1,905 watercolors, oils, and etchings of all 21 California missions. After the lecture and lunch sponsored by Montecito Bank & Trust and the Miscellany Page 344

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