FREE Admission � � �� Mulford Gardens Community Art & Music Festival Sat 10am - 5pm September 29th Booths of Fine Art & Handmade Crafts, 50 Painting, Drawing, Jewelry, Sculpture, & Photography • Good Festival Food • Children’s Craft & Game Area provided by the Girl Scouts A Celebration of the Creative Arts - Art & Music under the trees This will be a Saturday you never forget. Anything can happen but you can be sure that good music, good food, and a whole bunch of friendly people will be a part of it. Enjoy the whole day or just come to see your favorite type of music and view fantastic art. There will be something for everyone including many booths selling early Christmas presents and unique handmade items. We’re sure you will be amazed at the talent and creativity of all of the artists. There will even be a full size railroad motor coach. The California Donor Network and the Food Pantry will be there. The Girl Scouts will provide entertainment for the kids. Did I say it’s all FREE? Special thank you to our favorite local 2012 Festival Sponsors.... MARINA SUPERMARKET Musical Entertainment by Six Local Bands 10 - 10:40 am The Other Pluckers Folk - Bluegrass 10:50 - 11:30 am Canyon Johnson Bluegrass 11:40 -12:20 noon The Butterﬁeld Brothers Bluegrass 12:30 - 1:50 RepeatRock’n Offenders Roll 2 - 3:20 Spidermeow Experimental - Folk - Rock- Psychedelic 3:30 - 5pm Fog City Band Blues - R&B - Funk - continued on page 2 Gardeneer - September 2012 10 - 10:40 am THE OTHER PLUCKERS Five local San Leandran people playing good-timey music on guitars, basses, mandolins, and sometimes banjos. With good harmonies and smiles on their faces, they will be playing music that makes them feel good. And when they feel good, it’s contagious. You’ll be dancin’ before you know it. Lee VegasGuitar, Mandolin & Vocals, Ed “King” GonzalezBanjo, Mando & Vocals, Adam Carlebach- Bass & Bass Fiddle, and let’s not leave out the canaries of Bluegrass; sisters Kathy Breen and Paula Guivens. -Vocals DON’T MISS IT. 10:50 - 11:30 am CANYON JOHNSON Canyon Johnson is a newly formed and highly proficient bluegrass band from the SF Bay Area performing the songs of the Stanley Brothers, Hazel Dickens, Flatt & Scruggs, and more. The six band members include: Patti Finney - guitar, vocals, Amy Scher - fiddle, vocals, Eric Charles - mandolin, vocals, Jeff Caton - guitar, vocals, Bob Regent - banjo, vocals, Jim Duber - bass. . 11:40 - 12:20 noon BUTTERFIELD BROTHERS Here is a band of brothers that make bluegrass twang turn green with envy. Jerry, Kean, and Shawn Butterfield. Jerry has been playing the mandoline forever and knows enough music to fill all seven hours of music at the festival. These guys have been entertaining Livermore for a long time. Mandolin, Harmonica, Guitar and great harmonized vocals. 12:30 noon - 1:50 REPEAT OFFENDERS Rock and Roll - What else can be said. These guys come from the land of Guitars and Drums. Don’t worry about getting a good seat because their show will have you dancing song after song after song. Carl Segelke - Drums, Mike Robinson - Lead Guitar Tim Boyce - Lead Guitar and Vocals, Steve Moore - Rhythm Guitar, Rick Olson - Vocals, Darryl Wood - Vocals, Dave Mercucio - Bass Guitar Page 2 Gardeneer - September 2012 Page 3 2:00 - 3:20 SPIDERMEOW Spidermeow is a psychedelic folk-rock band from Oakland California, by way of Knoxville Tennessee, Pleasanton California, and Jakarta Indonesia. Taking cues from the golden age of California Rock, Spidermeow blends sweetly stinging extrapolative guitar and vocals, nimbly swinging percussion grooves, and creatively buoyant rock solid bass into an avant-roots stew. Tasty and nutritious!! Ron Guensche, Ivel Ravail, Anthony Pulsipher 3:30 - 5:00 FOG CITY BAND One of the Bay Area’s premier powerhouse bands poised to transform any occasion into a special event. Your function will shift into the fast lane of fun when Fog City’s high energy style and song selection create those infectious beats that make you want to move your feet. Fog City’s full spectrum band includes a complete compliment of seasoned musicians along with a horn section that sizzles. Simone Cox - vocalist, Brian James - vocalist, Stewart Hall - drummer, Michael McPheeters - trumpet, Gregg Cook - guitar, Glen Douglas - bass, Steven Baird - sax, Nicholas Mitrofanoff - keys. Simone Cox vocalist with Fog City Band Fine Art & Handmade Crafts “Celebration of the Creative Arts” Paintings on studio wall by June Le is the theme of this festival. All the art our exhibitors are sharing is made by their own hands. Here is just a sample of the wide variety of art and craft booths ... hand painted glassware, one of a kind cards, fused glass jewelry, mosaics, photography handcrafted lotions & soaps, handmade neck wraps, paper dolls, crocheted blankets, oil, watercolor & acrylic paintings, garden art, origami art... Garden Art birdbaths made from teacups by Porfie Paramo Laura Sanchez displaying some of her handmade jewelry Start your Christmas shopping early... find that special gift Gardeneer - September 2012 �� Page 4 � � �� highest in the county at 10%! Only Councilman Bill Stephens voted ÒNOÓ. Steve Cassidy, candidate for Mayor in November, spoke against this tax proposal. Joe Shafter of West Ave 130th, moves large gazebo The San Leandro School Board avoted a $50 million bond issue on the ballot to repair Burrell Field out to front of park to create stage to forput the festival. and other athletic facilities. The City makes no secret THANK YOU JOEY. WE COULDN’T HAVE DONE IT that it wants Burrell Field for more development at Marina shopping center. (Some of us still call it ÒPacific High School).Ó If I (Audrey) recall correctly, WITHOUT YOU!!!! the last two bond measures were supposed to repair Burrell Field. PUBLIC MEETINGS MGIA Board 2011 - 2012 Steve Modifer President San Leandro City Council: Earl Vasconcellos Vice President 1st & 3rd Mondays/ each month The Oakland Treasurer Zoo has been renovated and improved. There are new animals, Rae Vasconcellos City Council Chambers, City Bo Johansen including a baby Secretary eland! It is a great place to visit for kids and adults and much Hall Janet Porrill Secretary easier to getFinancial to than the San Francisco Zoo. It is located at 9777 Golf Links Road, Mayor - Stephen Cassidy Jean Morris Gardeneer Editor Oakland. Phone 510-632-9523. Michael Gregory, Dist. 1 Ursula Reed, Dist. 2 Allison Modifer Web Design Diana Souza, Dist. 3 Joyce Starosciak, Dist. 4 Audrey Albers Board Member Pauline Russo Cutter, Dist. 5 Jim Prola, Dist. 6 Chuck Porril Board Member Board of Zoning (BZA) M.G.I.A. General Meeting: OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Kaiser Permanente Medical1st Center broke ground for the six-story & 3rd Thursday/each month Tuesday, September 25th, 7:30pm , Last Tuesday of hospital at Merced and Marina early this month. It will City Council Chambers, City Hallhave 264 each Month art facilities. It will acute care rooms, 40 emergency rooms, 10 operating rooms many School state-of-the Sanand Leandro Board: 1st &facilities 3rd Tuesdays/ each month, 7pm be a 24-hour emergency facility. However, no acute-care pediatric will be included, which was Advertising information: City CouncilItChambers, City Hall the reason forCall theJanet protest by the nurses at the groundbreaking ceremony. is anticipated to be ready Porrill 510-352-6258 for occupancy by 2014. Medical support buildings will be built later. There will be parking lots for 2100 MGIA Club House Rentals vehicles. Mulford Gardens Food Pantry Bo Johansen 510-206-4249 Groceries for familys in need. 4th Saturday of each month, next one is Are you looking for aof quaint, clean place for We were sorry read of the death of Ron Musgrove, founder Applied Fusion. Heyour was a September 22nd, to 10-noon. Bridge/Card Club, Garden Club, Exercise, Mens/ critic of San LeandroÕs over-spending. His rational arguments will be missed. Our Womens group or Bunko game nights? Our LOCAL condolences CHURCHES IN SAN LEANDRO are extended to his family at this difficult time. Club House is available for daily rentals as well • Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Church as weekend/evenings. Call Bo Johansen for 2500 Bermuda Ave., 510-483-731 information on rentals: 510-206-4249. • The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Ave., There is a new13901 gameBancroft in town!! Los510-357-9192 Pericos Market, locatedShare in theyour former Ideal Market space on Marina news, ideas, recipes, comments, • Life Change Baptist Church and Doolittle recently opened for business boasting and a weddings, clean andanniversaries, well lit storebirthdays, specializing in Mexican parties, awards, Aurora Drive., 925-755-8710 food products.13067 We wish them much success and welcome special them to the neighborhood! events and we will make every effort to print • Faith United Methodist Church it. 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