General Information - Attractions Scheduled for 2009 - After the Event
This is event is being hosted by the NoNahme Clan of the Northern California Flute Circle.
It is the same Spring Flute Festival that has been successfully hosted by the NoNahmes
in 2007 and 2008 and should not be confused with any other flute event being held in the
Georgetown or Garden Valley area in the Spring.
The Georgetown Divide Recreation District has given permission
for vendors to set up Friday night, May 8, if they wish to do so.
6:00 AM - The grounds are open for those vendors who did not arrive
the night before.
9:00 AM - The festival opens for the public and the music begins.
Vendors should be set up and all cars and trucks out of the park
by this time to avoid any problems with vehicles versus foot traffic.
6:00 PM - The public leaves and the vendors take down.
8:00 PM - All is ready for the night.
Please take note of the fact that no RVs will be allowed on the festival site
(with the possible exception of one for security and aiding the ill), except
to unload or load. Camping at the site is not permitted either.
Please click on Accommodations
if you have not done so already.
Carol Martin, a professional photographer, has created a CD containing 97 photos (jpgs) taken at the Spring Flute Festival of April 21, 2007, in Georgetown, California, and 37 photos taken at the Concert that night. The NoNahme Clan is selling copies of this CD. Half of the money for each sale is going to Carol for her efforts on our behalf - and Carol is donating the other half to the NoNahme Clan to help pay the expenses for the Spring Flute Festival in April, 2009. The price for each copy of the CD is $10, which includes sales tax and mailing expenses.
The photo below is a reduced example of Carol's expertise.
When ordering a copy, please be sure to send your name and address with a check or money order made out to Carol Martin. Lew Price is handling the sales and the copying of the Carol's CD, so please send your order to:
Thanks in advance for your help.
The NoNahme Clan will be practicing at the Golden Gecko in Garden Valley on days when the weather is tolerable with some exceptions (the Gecko has a larger shelter behind it now).
At these practices and at any future events featuring the NoNahme Clan, the Clan will be selling CDs (albums) of various popular Native American flutists and possibly other items. Proceeds of the sales will help to cover the expenses for the 2009 Festival.
Attractions Scheduled for 2009
The Spring Flute Festival in 2009 will be a one-day event.
Both previous Spring Flute Festivals sponsored by the NoNahme Clan were very successful.
The location will
be the Garden Valley Park in Garden Valley, California, in the beautiful
forested foothills northeast of Sacramento.
The primary purpose of the festival is to have fun. The side-effects of this fun are creating music, showing others how to make their own music, promoting Native American culture, and providing a place and time for some to sell and others to buy flutes, drums, and other items of Native American culture.
Your Hosts
Hosting, is the
NoNahme Clan of the Northern California Flute Circle (NCFC).
Please click on the above link to see the history, general philosophy,
and how to become a member of the NoNahme Clan.
Our thanks to the Garden Valley Community Association which has allowed us have the
festival under their insurance umbrella.
Admission
The event will be open to the public and no admission is
required. However, donations are needed
to cover the hosts' costs.
Guest Registration
Those attending the festival will find a booth near the stage where they may register as
guests, sign up for workshops, give donations for future festivals, and obtain verbal information.
Children
Parents are responsible for their children. The public is invited to this
event at no charge. However, the event is primarily for flute enthusiasts.
Should a child damage a personal instrument or an item being sold,
the child's parents will be charged for the damage.
Restrictions
Alcoholic beverages, drugs, and smoking are not allowed at this event.
Performers will be playing and the airwaves are being reserved for them. Consequently, amplified sound from other instruments, loud drums, radios, and any other sound-producing devices will not be permitted. Drumming will not be permitted during stage performances. However, drum makers may demonstrate by drumming when there are no performances onstage - and drumming at workshops (which are remotely located from the stage) will be permitted at all times.
Cell phones often will not work here in the big hills.
Attractions
Booths selling Food, Herbs, Art, Crafts, and Musical Instruments
Music featuring Voices, the Native American Flute, the Australian Didgeridoo,
Drums, & Rattles
Workshops for both Young People and Adults
Booths with Free Information
Parking
There is parking is around the perimeter of the park and at the nearby parking lot.
Vendors, performers, or those giving workshops may park temporarily near their booth site
or workshop area - only long enough to unload or load.
Eating
Aside from the food vendors at the event, there are a places to find food in Garden Valley
within walking distance and in Georgetown a few miles away.
Keeping the Area Natural and Clean
The park and the parking areas must be kept
clean and devoid of garbage of any kind. Littering or vandalism of any kind is
prohibited. Witnesses to any such incidents
are encouraged to report them to the security people. Should litter be detected,
please place it in one of the containers provided for that purpose even if the litter
is not your own. Thanks in advance.
Overnight Accommodations
There is no room for parking RVs at the park and camping is not
allowed either.
For a list of places to stay overnight, please click on the following.
Accommodations
Concert
Their will be an ongoing concert on the stage in the park. There
will be no seats so those who wish to sit must bring their own chairs and pillows.
Listeners may be shopping while the music is happening. In case of
showers, the performers will have a roof over their
heads. However, members of the audience should bring their
umbrellas. Needless to say, there will be no charge
for the concert and the amateur performers will not be paid. There will be
a blanket dance for donations to the professional performers and other donations will
be welcomed.
Afterward
Following the event, several activities are possible which allow socializing among
fluties. We highly recommend the Garden Valley Park as a place to meet friends
and play flutes. There is another park in Lotus, and one in Coloma where there
is a gold rush museum and
Sutter's Mill where gold was first discovered. Georgetown itself is a major
tourist attraction with various eating establishments and shops. There are
also local people who would be happy to have you meet at their spacious locations.
Performances
Beginning at 10:00 AM,
there will be "amateur" performances on the stage.
Those who wish to perform should come to the stage and let us know how long
they wish to perform. Times for performing may be limited according to how
many performers we have.
Workshops
Be sure and look at the workshops scheduled if you plan to attend one.
Check the schedule to see when the workshop begins.
Upon arriving at the festival, sign up at the Northern California Flute Circle
table near the stage for any workshop
you plan to attend. Most of the workshops will be held in the small area across
the creek from the vendor area. Unless instructed otherwise, about
10 minutes before the workshop is to begin, be at the designated
assembly area.
Those attending workshops should bring their own
chairs or blankets to sit upon.
See Workshops for more information.
Workshop Instructors
If you wish to have a workshop at this event, contact us with your name, address,
phone number, and e-mail address if you have one. Let us know what your
workshop is about and any particulars that your think we need to know.
Vendors' Instructions
If you have already been one of our vendors, please contact us with you name, address, telephone number, and e-mail address if applicable. We need to know that you are coming. There will be a vendor flat fee somewhere between $15 and $25, which will depend upon the number of vendors we have. If we have many vendors, the fee will go down - if we have less, the fee will go up.
If you have not been a vendor at this festival before, in addition to the above information, please send us a description of what you plan to sell and snapshot of your booth. Generally speaking, booths selling factory-produced items will not be allowed.
See Vendors and Other Booths Scheduled for 2009 for more information.
Weather
In the past, the weather in Garden Valley for most of May has been sunny. The forecast as of May 3, is for sunny days in the low 80s from Friday, May 8, lasting thru Sunday, May 10. The forecast does not go beyond May 10. However, should there be inclement weather, those providing workshops should provide their own rainproof booths and attendees should have their own umbrellas. Vendors are encouraged to use rainproof booths.
The performers on-stage will be sheltered by the stage roof. However, members of the audience should carry umbrellas if it looks like the weather will be "iffy".
People should monitor the local TV weather channels for a forecast.
In my experience, the national weather channel is virtually useless for predicting
weather here in the foothills.
Directions
Garden Valley is on Marshal Road between Highways 49 and 193. One may go to Placerville and turn on Highway 49 toward Auburn, or go to Auburn and turn on Highway 49 toward Placerville. Specifically, the event is at the park on the corner of Marshall Road and Garden Valley Road.
If you go on Highway 49 from Placerville, go through Coloma, across the river, and Marshall Road comes up on the right at the light with the Coloma Club on the right. Take Marshall Road upward and then down (about seven miles) to the first stop sign. Garden Valley park is on the right just past the stop sign and this is where the festival is being held.
If you go on Highway 49 from Auburn, go across the river and up until you arrive at Cool. Turn left at the light on to Highway 193. Approximately seven miles later, you will arrive at Greenwood. Turn right on Greenwood Road and follow it until it meets Marshal Road in Garden Valley (about 5 miles) at the first stop sign (see the firehouse on the left). Turn right on Marshal Road and in about half a mile, the Park will appear on the left (where the festival is being held).
Coordinator
Charlie Rosenau (530) 333 - 2590 chrosenau@earthlink.net
What follows is a listing of the vendors, workshops, and activities to be found at the Spring Flute Festival in May of 2009. We hope to see you there.
The Flute Circle events are more like family affairs with a lot of trust between members. However, there have been occasions when trust is violated by an interloper from outside the group. One of my flutes was stolen on one occasion, on another occasion someone used guile to attempt to steal several flutes from several members as well as a number of my books. Such antics usually cause grief to the perpetrator in the long run. We publish the person's name (or turn him in to the authorities) and he is blacklisted thereafter.
According to Tom of Stellar Flutes, about two and half years ago a man who calls himself either Roderick Harris or Roderick Jimmy took Tom for over a $1,000. Tom's friend told him that Roderick is still buying flutes from Lowell Newland, but Tom has not been able to find Lowell to warn him.
If anyone knows Lowell, please warn him or have him contact one of us. If you are selling flutes or other wares, beware of con men - and you might like to check a customer's ID and record it along with the address if you don't know that customer. Because NA flutemaker's and flute players follow guidelines that are akin to a religion, there is more of a curse than usual that goes with unethical or illegal activities. As a result, the con man may be caught more easily - but you could still lose because the con man is not usually a flutie - so he sells what he stole at a profit before he is caught.
Rose's Garden Cafe in Garden Valley will be selling lumpia and smoothies.
Bill Timothy will be selling beaded flute wraps. We recommend Bill's exquisite choices of color combinations, designs, and number of beads used for each wrap. Any artist who can spend so much time and energy on beadwork must love what he does. Bill Timothy's Flute Wraps
The Northern California Flute Circle will have a table along with its hosting
NoNahme Clan, selling items such as T-shirts, Native American flute & drum CDs,
photo CDs taken at the festival in 2007, the new low-priced C flutes ($25 each), etc.
Northern California Flute Circle
NoNahme Clan
John Stillwell will be selling some superbly beautiful flutes. If you haven't seen them, you should visit his website. www.atflutes.com
The Fairy Ring Mushroom Company (twin sisters) will be selling drums, flutes, jewelry, and original fine arts. www.fairyringmushroom.com
HAD TO CANCEL.
Brent Haines (Woodsounds) will be selling his exquisite flutes.
Brent and Gary Leatham have formed a partnership which is Woodsounds.
See the website for more information.
www.woodsounds.com
HAD TO CANCEL.
Peggy Gomez will be selling UDU drums made of gourds, gourd rattles,
Native American chokers with matching flute jewelry, and more.
www,artistsites.org/crowwomanarts/#
Jan & Charlie Rose will be selling Jan's baskets made of Native materials. Her pine needle baskets are excellent examples of craftsmanship and she might even explain how she makes them if you ask.
Stephen DeRuby will be there with his beautiful flutes, including the innovative new
Deep Mystic Flutes and Deep Mystic Drones with EZ-REACH TM. You may check them out at
www.deruby.com
HAD TO CANCEL.
Jeanne and Jim Callaway (Eagle Heart Flutes) will be selling flutes, flute bags,
Eagle Heart CDs & DVDs, dream walker buffalo drums, drum bags, antler-horn-shell-stone
jewelry & dream catchers, and spirit boxes.
Eagle Heart Flutes
HAD TO CANCEL.
Linda Angel Gonzales will be selling beautiful flute bags, stylish metal and wood flute holders, and Moyo Drums.
HAD TO CANCEL.
Don Schulz will selling drums and rhythm instruments as well as giving
workshops on drummaking (see workshops below).
www.thedifferentdrum.net
HAD TO CANCEL.
Vance Pennington (Waking Spirit Flutes), flutemaker and teacher, will be selling
his flutes to flute makers of all levels and selected performing and recording artists.
He will also have flute bags and other flute accessories.
www.wakingspiritflutes.com
Brian Revheim (Napa Valley Flutes) will be selling Native American flutes.
www.nvflutes.com
Lew Price will have most of his books and CDs for sale which include
eight books on
flutemaking, two on flute physics, one on flute evolution, and one on music theory -
as well as copies of his flute design software on CD. He may also have a few
flutes to sell.
www.lewpaxtonprice.us
Mark Purtill (Anasazi Dream Flutes) will be selling some beautiful flutes that
can be viewed on his website.
www.anasazidream.blogspot.com
Judy Houle will have Native American style items which will included beaded flute wraps.
Don Martinez will have beautiful Native American style flutes for sale.
www.paintedspirit.com
The Main Street Cafe from Georgetown will be selling Papa's Mexican Wraps, Ham & Cheese Wraps, Veggie Wraps, Chicken & Bacon Wraps, Cookies, and Soft Drinks.
David Blonski will be selling didgeridoos, low-priced Native American flutes,
and CDs.
www.timelessproductions.com
William Two Crow will be selling dream catchers, walking sticks, peace pipes, rattles, fans, beadwork, and similar type Native American items.
Eric Ray will be selling his CDs, rattles, some hand drums, some small promotional flutes, and some of his selected wooden flutes. He will also be performing on stage at 2:00 PM.
There should be another drum maker selling his wares, but we did not get his information
aside from the fact that he will be at the festival.
Some of the workshops are free. Others are being presented for a fee and are
being given on a first-come-first-served basis. When a fee is involved, we have decided
that those attending should pay either upon arriving or after the workshop has been given
according to whatever is agreed between the instructor and the student.
Checks for workshop attendance
should be made out to the person presenting the workshop or his business name.
Those attending a workshop should bring a chair, blanket, or some other means of
sitting unless they prefer to stand.
Upon arriving at the festival, sign up at the Northern California Flute Circle's table
for any workshop you plan to attend.
Please check this webpage periodically. In any case, we plan to keep the beginning
flute workshop starting time at least 2 1/2 hours before the advanced flute playing
workshop starting time. The workshop schedule is given below.
Please look farther
down for the details regarding each workshop.
Kathi Cameron and Sherry Martin will be giving a free workshop,
especially for young
people, on playing the Native American flute. Kathi is a music teacher and Sherry is
a registered nurse. Both enjoy the Native American flute. Flutes in the key
of C over middle C will be given to those attending for use during the workshop.
The performance of the flutes provided exceeds that of many
high-priced Native American style flutes even though each is sized for young hands.
This workshop is designed for young people who are twelve years old or less.
However, since we have had a cancellation of the usual beginning flute workshop for adults,
adults are welcome to sit in on this workshop. If the number of attendees should exceed 12,
another class may be scheduled at a later time. Each student must bring something
upon which to sit.
If the student wishes to keep his or her flute, there is a $10 fee for the flute
for those twelve years old or under and a $25 (the usual discount price) fee for those over
twelve. If the student already has a suitable flute, he or she may bring it.
Kathi or Sherry will collect fees in advance for those who wish to keep their flutes.
Each session of this workshop should last from 1 to 2 hours. Parents are
invited, and if not present, are expected to pick up their young ladies and gentlemen at
the end of each session.
Lisa Halpin has volunteered give a beginning flute playing workshop for adults
for $25.00 for 1 1/2 hours. Lisa is well qualified to teach this workshop and it is
kind of her volunteer after Mike had to cancel.
Mike's workshop has been cancelled. He will be in Europe as a consequence of his new job.
Lisa Halpin will give a similar workshop instead - see above.
Brent's workshop has been cancelled.
No time is set yet for this workshop, but it will be given only once early in the morning
to allow time for flute buyers to use the information effectively.
This workshop is a free public service by Brent - there will be no charge for those
attending.
Multiple Grammy winner, Mary Youngblood, and Arts Therapist, Steve Branco,
will be giving a workshop called Music, Healing, and the Native American Flute.
The workshop will last for two hours and the starting time will provided later.
Cost for the workshop will be $65 per person.
Don's workshop has been cancelled.
13 inch Elk Drum $120
Anyone interested must contact Don prior to the event (no later
than April 28) with full payment for the drum they choose.
Don will bring all required items on the day of the festival.
Should anyone want another kind of hide (Buffalo, Moose), this can be
done, but Don will need payment and reservation before April 24.
No children under 8 years old will be allowed. Any child
under 12 years old must be accompanied by a parent.
Don may be contacted as shown below.
A Different Drum
Don will not have a booth (The booth is committed to the Davis Whole
Earth Festival for the weekend). He will have only a couple of tables
and perhaps some market umbrellas. Class will be contingent upon
number of people signed up for class. There need to be four people
minimum for the class to be held.
Lisa Halpin will be giving a 1 1/2 hour workshop called You Can Du-Et,
showing how to play well with others, which flutes go well together, how to begin and
end, how not to hit bad notes, and how to play with/against each other. Cost for
the workshop is $35.00 per person.
Lisa has also volunteered to give a beginning flute playing workshop for adults for
$25.00. Workshop will last 1 1/2 hours.
David Blonski has volunteered to give a workshop on playing the didgeridoo.
The time for it will either be 10:30 AM or 3:30 PM. You can check with the information
booth or David for the correct time and further details. David is an excellent player
and teacher for the "didge".
Workshop Schedule
10:00 AM - Mary Youngblood and Steve Branco - Music, Healing, and the Native American Flute
10:30 AM - David Blonski's didgeridoo workshop (this time could change)
11:00 AM - Kathi Cameron & Sherry Martin - Beginning Flute Playing (for those under age 12)
11:00 AM - Lisa Halpin's beginner's flute playing workshop for adults
3:15 PM - Lisa Halpin - You Can Du-Et
3:30 PM - David Blonski's didgeridoo workshop if it has not been given earlier.
Marla Porter has volunteered to be Mistress of Ceremonies.
9:00 AM - Flag Raising (Frank Clark - veteran)
9:15 AM - Opening ceremony.
*9:45 AM to 10:30 AM - Performances by players in the Northern California
Flute Circle and other talented people.
10:30 AM - Blanket Dance for donations to featured professional performers.
*11:00 AM to 12:00 AM - Performances by players in the Northern California
Flute Circle and other talented people (This may be allowed to overrun).
1:00 PM - Jon Johnson, a man who gives a fabulous performance and plays ten
instruments will be speaking and playing until 2:00 PM.
2:00 PM - Eric Ray, a great performer on the Native flute - and his daughter
on the Mother Drum - will be playing until 3:00 PM.
*3:00 PM to 6:00 PM - Performances by players in the Northern California
Flute Circle and other talented people.
[*Those talented people who have volunteered so far are:
Known musical compositions/arrangements that you may expect to hear:
Mark Purtill - Flutes
Performances were given by the feature performers,
Jon Johnson and Eric Ray. Various members of the
NCFC also performed. Last but far from least,
Mary Youngblood performed and conducted a jam session
with various NCFC members.
The Festival went well. The vendors were happy and
want to come next year. We almost broke even moneywise
which is what we wanted. We had a lot of fun.
Mary Youngblood graced us with her presence and her jam session
with the rest of the NCFC family was an unexpected highlight.
General Information -
Vendors -
Performances & Schedule
Those desiring to give a workshop should contact Charlie Rosenau
(530-333-9470 or chrosenau@earthlink.net). Those who wish to attend a
workshop should contact Lew Price (530-333-9470 or lewprice@softcom.net).
Mike Oitzman, the working "chief" of the NCFC, will be giving a two-hour
beginner's flute
playing workshop. There will be no charge for the workshop, but those attending
will be required to buy Mike's book/CD for $20.00.
Those attending should bring their own flutes and chairs or blankets to sit on.
This workshop is for adults and young people age twelve and over. Young people under
age twelve should attend the workshop being given by Kathy and Sherry shown above.
Mike's workshop has been cancelled. He will be in Europe as a consequence of his new job.
Brent Haines (Woodsounds)
will teach a workshop on Purchasing Flutes. As many
people at the festival will be buying flutes, Brent will be explaining methods of testing
flutes - not to show that one flute is better than another, but to help the player learn
how to best play a particular instrument, and to then decide if the flute voice, dynamics,
and resonance are what they want. Many people will apply what they learn to their
flute purchasing decision and will come back and show Brent the flutes they have purchased
and why they purchased those flutes.
www.woodsounds.com
Brent's workshop has been cancelled.
www.maryyoungblood.com
Sign-ups to date: Jarrett Brunette
Don Schulz will be giving a two-hour workshop on drum making.
Each participant will leave with his/her own still-wet, hand-tied drum. You
choose you own type of drum according to the following.
15 inch Elk Drum $140
18 inch Elk Drum $160
20 inch Elk Drum $200
8073 Forest Glen Way
Citrus Heights, CA 95610
(916) 835-1863
Don's workshop has been cancelled.
General Information -
Vendors -
Workshops
The Star Spangled Banner (Danielle Fisher)
<885-2979>
Honoring the veterans.
Kathryn Costigan,
Marion (Doc) Cole, Charlie Rosenau, Norma Swain, Lynn Bradshaw, Lisa Halpin,
Don Roberts, Lew Price, Rex Gideon, Kathi Cameron, Marla Porter, Peggy Taylor,
Dan DiCicco, Jarrett Brunette - and we expect to have many more volunteers from
the other clans of the NCFC and from other flute circles.]
Zuni Sunrise
The Eagle and the Condor
Amazing Grace
General Information -
Vendors -
Workshops -
Performances & Schedule
Vendors Who Were Present
Vance Pennington - Flutes
Brian Revheim - Flutes
Stephen DeRuby - Flutes
Lonnie Murphy & Loren Parlee - Flutes
David Blonski - Flutes & Didgeridoos
Jose Cabeza - Flutes
NoNahmes - Flutes & T-Shirts
Linda Angel Gonzales & Rick Dunlap - Moyo Drums, Flute Bags, Flute Holders
David Ferrier - Drums
William Two Crow - Various Native American Items
Jan & Charlie Rose - Pine Needle Baskets
Jason Williams & Liz Butterfield - Drums
Eric Ray - Flutes & CDs
Loping Wolf - Flutes, CDs, and more
Rose's Garden Cafe - Food
Main Street Cafe - Food
Judy Houle - Jewelry
Don Martinez - Flutes
Peggy Gomez - Gourds & more