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The
Coffee Gallery
Backstage
Saturday
February 28, 2009
7:00 PM
$15.00
The
Coffee Gallery Backstage
Altadena, CA
(626) 398-7917
www.coffeegallery.com
If you are in this neigborhood, please join us for a very special evening at a very special place. Bob Stane gets great acts. We feel privileged to be included in his line-up. Seating is limited. Call for reservations! (Even if you're not in the neighborhood, come on up if you can ! Should be a great night!)
Rancho San
Diego Public Library
First Tuesday Concert
Series
Western Music Program
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
6:30 PM
11555 Via Rancho San Diego
El Cajon, CA 92020
Phone: 619-660-5370
Thomas Guide Grid: [1272-A4]
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At the Red
Barn
Wynola Pizza Express
Saturday, March
21, 2009
6:00 - 9:00
PM
4355 Highway 78
(On the way to Julian from Ramona)
760 765-1004
www.wynolapizzaexpress.com
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Lakeside Library
Cowboy Poetry Event
Saturday - April 25, 2009
Free
Lakeside Library
9839 Vine Street
Lakeside CA
(619) 443-1811
Sam Hinton Folk Festival
May
9th, 2009
FREE FESTIVAL ADMISSION
Old Poway
Park
14134 Midland RD
Poway, CA
Music all
day on the Gazebo and at the Open Mic on the Park Stage!
What a fabulous park. Good food on site as well. And a farmer's market right
next door.
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Lou
Curtis (center) joined Trails & Rails on stage for a classic
Western song
at the 2008 Sam Hinton Folk Festival.
Meals on Wheels Annual Awards Dinner
May 19, 2009
(Private Event)
Cowboy Lawyers
Cuyamaca Horse Camp
(Private Event)
May 23. 2009
Rebuilding Together San Diego
Western Barbecue Celebration
(Private Event)
May 28, 2009
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At the Red
Barn
Wynola Pizza Express
Saturday, May
30th, 2009
6:00 - 9:00
PM
Free
4355 Highway 78
(On the way to Julian from Ramona)
760 765-1004
www.wynolapizzaexpress.com
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National Trails
Day
Rancho de los Penasquitos
Adobe
Ranch House
If you didn't know this
historic adobe was hiding over near Black Mountain Road,
come find this San Diego treasure! Lots happening the whole day.
Saturday June 6th,
2009
10:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Free
Los Peñasquitos
Canyon Preserve
(off Black Mountain Rd)
12020 Black Mountain Road
San Diego, CA 92129
(858) 484-7504
The first Saturday every June is designated National Trails Day (NTD) in the United States. On that day every year more than a million hikers, bikers, equestrians, and others take part in thousands of events nationwide in celebration of America's trails. These events include new trail dedications, workshops, educational exhibits, equestrian and mountain bike rides, rollerblading, trail maintenance, and hikes on America's favorite trails. http://usparks.about.com/cs/hikingtrails/a/trailsday.htm
San Diego County's first Mexican land grant includes an 1823 adobe ranch house constructed by the Commandante of the San Diego Presidio. In 1846, Rancho los Penasquitos was the first place of rest for General Stephen Watts Kearny and his Army of the West after the Battle of San Pasqual. Enlarged in 1862 as the gracious home of a celebrated Yankee river boat captain and his wife, the niece of California's last Mexican governor, Pio Pico, the building and site comprise a National Historic and Archaeological District. The beautiful canyon locale within a 3700-acre open space preserve offers hiking, biking and equestrian trails.
http://earlysandiego.org/FT00sites.html#6ranchopena
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JOIN
THE CELEBRATION!
The
Seventh Annual
OLAF WIEGHORST MUSEUM
WESTERN HERITAGE DAYS
June 6th and June 7th, 2009
Free to the Public!
All authentic
WESTERN music! Did you think that Western and Country music were
the same? Actually they are quite different. Hear old and new Western
music all weekend. Also Indian Dancing, Buffalo Soldiers, Mountain
Men, Gun-Fighter Reenactments (and gun safety demonstrations!),
western vendors, pony rides, the Wells Fargo Stage Coach, a children's
area and much more. Free - with lots of parking in the nearby Civic
Center lots. And did we mention the food and the beer garden? (They
aren't free, but you might want some anyway...)
Trails & Rails
to perform
Sunday June 7th, 2009
131 Rea Ave - El Cajon,
CA
(619) 590-3431
www.wieghorstmuseum.org
Craft makers - Artists - Children's Pavilion
Western Reenactments
Mountain Men Encampment - Buffalo Soldiers
Blacksmiths - a custom cowboy Hat Maker
Olaf's Cantina - Good Grub
Also
featuring: Ken Graydon, Jon Messenger, The Tumbling Tumbleweeds,
Tanya Rose, Tom Hiatt, Marvin O'Dell, Judy Taylor, George Dickey
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Walt
Richards, Paula Strong and Ken Wilcox
performing at the 2009 Wieghorst Western Heritage Days.
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La Mesa Library
One Year Anniversary
Saturday June
20, 2009
1:00 PM
Free
La Mesa Library
8074 Allison Avenue,
La Mesa, CA
(619) 469-2151
Trails & Rails Duo
(Walt & Paula)
Father's Day Celebration
at
the
Pacific
Southwest Railway Museum
in
Campo
June 21, 2009
11:00 AM - 2:30 PM
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The Red Barn
at
Wynola Pizza Express
FREE!
Saturday July
4, 2009
6-9 PM
4355 Highway 78
(On the way to Julian from Ramona)
760 765-1004
www.wynolapizzaexpress.com
What better way to end a beautiful 4th of July day in the mountains or visiting Julian than to have pizza (and whatever you think goes best with that!) while listening to cowboy, train and blues songs by award-winning Trails & Rails!
Americana at its best!
Darlington House
July 15, 2009
A Trails & Rails fund-raiser concert was held at the historic Darlington House on July 15, 2009. This beautiful La Jolla home is available for weddings, receptions and social events by contacting the Social Service League of La Jolla. For information about future fund raisers, or hosting your special event there, please call 858 454-7625.
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The
Coffee Gallery
Backstage
Saturday
July 18, 2009
7:00 PM
$15.00
The
Coffee Gallery Backstage
Altadena, CA
(626) 398-7917
www.coffeegallery.com
If you are in this neigborhood, please join us for a very special evening at a very special place. Bob Stane gets great acts. We feel privileged to be included in his line-up. Seating is limited. Call for reservations! (Even if you're not in the neighborhood, come on up if you can ! Should be a great night!)
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Western Music Association Meeting
July 19, 2009
Autry National
Center of the American West
4700 Western Heritage Way,
Los Angeles CA
(across from the Los Angeles Zoo in Griffith Park)
(323) 667-2000
http://www.museumoftheamericanwest.org/
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Walt & Paula
in the rotunda of the
Autry Museum of Western Heritage
Walt's Instrument
Workshops,
Autry National Center of the American West
Saturday July 25, 2009
Banjo Workshop: 9:00
AM -12:00 PM
Mandolin Workshop: 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
$25 per workshop
or
$40 for both
Emmy-winning arranger and receiver of multiple Top Five Instrumentalist of the Year nominations by the Western Music Association, Walt Richards is a sought-after instructor with students coming to his San Diego studio from all over the Southwest and beyond. Walt will be offering two hands-on instrumental workshops. Both workshops will be suitable for those interested in western, folk, celtic, roots, blues and bluegrass music. Beginning and Intermediate players are encouraged to attend. Bring an instrument and a recording device. Your instrument's set up/playability will be checked and you will receive handouts of the material covered in the workshops.
Bring your 5-string banjo on Saturday morning for a session that will explore both Clawhammer/Frailing and Fingerpicking styles. Basic chords and banjo fills will be covered. You'll need your mandolin for the afternoon session. We'll look at using the mandolin for melodic leads as well as for rhythmic accompaniment. Walt will cover mandolin chord forms which allow you to easily play in any key.
~ Workshop Bonus ~
Do you have an old banjo or mandolin in the closet? Bring it with you for an evaluation of playability and approximate value. Repair and appraisal resources will be shared.
All proceeds from these
workshops will benefit the
California Chapter of the Western Music Association.
Autry National
Center of the American West
4700 Western Heritage Way,
Los Angeles CA
(across from the Los Angeles Zoo in Griffith Park)
(323) 667-2000
http://www.museumoftheamericanwest.org/
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Poway Public Library
August 1, 2009
2:00 PM
13137 Poway Rd
Poway, CA 92064
(858) 513-2900
Orange County Transit Authority
Crossing To Safety - Underpass Dedication
August 27, 2009
4 PM - 7 PM
Orange Station
134 N. Atchison,
Orange, CA
Saturday
& Sunday
September 19th & 20th, 2009
Trails & Rails will perform on
Saturday the 19th at 2:30 PM until 3:45 PM
Free!
Frank
Lane Park
2640 Farmers Road
Julian, CA
www.julianbluegrassfestival.com
Twelfth
Annual Poway
Train Song Festival
Saturday
October 10, 2009
10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
FREE
Trails & Rails will be on the following stages:
GAZEBO STAGE ~ 10:00 AM
GREEN PARK STAGE ~ 1:00 PM
Old Poway Park
14134
Midland Road
Poway, CA
The annual Train Song Festival is held at Old Poway Park in Poway, California. The free event, co-sponsored by the City of Poway and San Diego Folk Heritage, features live musical entertainment with songs inspired by the railroads. This one-of-a-kind event brings to life the history of American rails, songs that were inspired by the freedom to travel, the tragedies and triumphs of the railroad men, and the adventure of the hobos and other traveling folk, whose lives have been entwined with the trains.
During the day, in addition to the great train-related music, The Poway Midland
Railroad gives train rides aboard its 1907 Baldwin Steam Engine; The
Poway Station Model Railroad Club displays model trains in Templars Hall;
Old Poway Park's western gun-fighting teams re-enact train robberies;
children can have their faces painted, make train crafts, hear stories
and see toy train displays and The Heritage Museum provides an historical
train display.
San
Diego Folk Heritage
www.SDFolkHeritage.org
National Endowment for the Humanities
NEH Poster Program
'Picturing America'
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Thomas Hart Benton (1889—1975),
The Sources of Country Music, 1975.
Acrylic on canvas, 72 x 120 in. (182.9 x 304.8 cm.).
Courtesy of the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum, Nashville, Tenn.
Art © Thomas Hart Benton and Rita P. Benton Testamentary Trusts/UMB Bank Trustee.
Picturing America is a K-12 teaching tool created by the National Endowment for the Humanities. The tool consists of 40 art-historic images of paintings, sculpture, drawings, decorative objects and architecture that represent several centuries of U.S. history. Used singly, chronologically or thematically, the images provide gateways to cross-curriculum learning in social studies, history, writing, literature, geography, civics, and other subjects.
http://picturingamerica.neh.gov/
Serra Mesa Library
October 14, 2009
6:00 - 8:00 PM
9005 Aero Dr
(between John J Montgomery Dr & Sandrock Rd)
San Diego, CA 92123
(858) 573-1396
www.sandiego.gov/public-library
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Vaquero Days
Trails & Rails
will play the traditional
Friday Night Concert
October 16, 2009 - 7:00 PM
Descanso Town Hall - $15.00
as well as perform on
Saturday
October 17, 2009
12:35 - 1:20 PM
Merigan Meadow
Descanso, California
Ranch Roping, Ranch Horse Competitions, Live Music & Cowboy Poetry, Horsemanship
Demos, Cowboy Gift Show, and BBQ
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The Red Barn
at
Wynola Pizza Express
Saturday October 24, 2009
6 - 9 PM
4355 Highway 78
(On the way to Julian from Ramona)
760 765-1004
www.wynolapizzaexpress.com
What better way to end a beautiful autumn day in the mountains or visiting Julian than to have pizza (and whatever you think goes best with that!) while listening to cowboy, train and blues songs by award-winning Trails & Rails!
Americana at its best!
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Oasis
at
Macy's Mission Valley
October 30, 2009
1:00 - 3:00 PM
Oasis at Macy's Mission Valley
1702 Camino del Rio North - 3rd floor
San Diego, CA
(619) 574-0674
(classes for ages 50 and up)
www.oasisnet.org/Cities/SanDiegoCA/FindClasses.aspx
(Class # 173, or check the Theater/Music box and scroll)
Tombstone
Western Music Festival
School
Program
Friday ~ November 6th, 2009
Elementary students studying western history enjoy hearing music of the era and seeing it played on acoustic instruments. Trails & Rails share songs that the settlers brought with them, that cowboys made up as they worked the trail drives, that people wrote later about cowboy life, and that the movies and television programs of the 1900s made popular.
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to students at General Myer School in Tucson AZ.
"The songs are really cool! I can't wait till I can hear you play live!"
Sincerely, |
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Tombstone Western Music Festival
November 7 & 8th, 2009
Schieffelin Hall and the Streets of Tombstone, AZ
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Look for our CDs in Tombstone's Old West Bookstore.
http://www.TombstoneWesternMusicFestival.org/
Arizona Cowboy Symposium
November 13, 14, & 15th, 2009
SANTA CRUZ COUNTY
FAIRGROUNDS
SONOITA, ARIZONA
Western Music
Cowboy Poetry
Four Stages of Entertainment
Western Trade Show
Chuck Wagon Cook-Off
Chili Cook-Off
Presented By
ARIZONA RANCH HANDS /
WMA
520-743-9328
tcmr@cybertrails.com
http://www.arizonacowboysymposium.org
Camping available
on Fairgrounds 520-455-5553
For Additional Lodging Info.
http://www.sonoitaelginchamber.org
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Western Music Association
Showcase & Awards Show
November 17- 23, 2009
Albuquerque, New Mexico
The Marriott Albuquerque
2101 Louisiana Boulevard NE
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87110
505 881-6800
Thursday, November 19, 2009
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
SONG ARRANGING FOR HARMONY SINGING
Presented by KG & The Ranger and Trails & Rails
Tips and techniques to create effective harmony arrangements. You have an idea how to find the harmony lines in a song – now learn how to use them to create dramatic and powerful arrangements. This workshop is not meant to teach the technical aspects of harmony chord theory but instead will focus on how to go beyond that to use harmony to build creative personalized arrangements of songs.
Friday, November 20, 2009
2:00 – 2:50 PM
Stage 3
Host: Eli Barsi
Performers: Rockin’ M Wranglers, Nevada Slim & Cimarron Sue, Trails & Rails
Saturday, November 21, 2009
12:00 – 12:50 PM
Stage 3
Host: Trails & Rails
Performers: Dean Cook, Richard Lee Cody, 3 Trails West
San Diego Folk Heritage Concert
December 5th, 2009
Templar's Hall
7:00 pm
Admission: $15
($12 members)
Old Poway Park
14134 Midland Road
Poway, CA
San Diego Folk Heritage
(858) 566-4040
SDFH@san.rr.com
Advance Ticket Sales: TicketWeb.com
See ya next year!