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E N & P C MARCH 2015 THEATER ART WINE DINING MUSIC EVENTS Time Traveler’s explore the “Green Fields of  Ame r i ca

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E

N amp P C

MARCH 2015

THEATER ART WINE DINING MUSIC EVENTS

Time Travelerrsquosexplore the

ldquoGreen Fields of Americardquo

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In This Issue

06 GREEN FIELDS OF AMERICA

Time Travelers not short on tall tales

10 SPRING HOPHappy days at the gymnasium

1 2 MIKE AMARALrsquoSCALIFORNIA BEACH BOYSTribute band creates good vibrations

1 6 THE SHORTIESImprov comedy rocks Rocklin

1 8 JUNIOR BROWNCountry music star a throwback

20 TEA FOR THREE LADY BIRD

PAT AND BETTY Elaine Bromkarsquos one woman show

24 MOVE OVER STARBUCKS

Check out some local coffeehouses

26 MUSIC OF THE BRITISH ISLESAuburn Concert Band tacklesBeatles and beyond

21 VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHAAND SPIKESierra stagesrsquo offer a Chekhovian spoof

VOLUME 3 ISSUE 3

MARCH 2015

CONTRIBUTING WRITERS

Paul Cambra

Matthew Whitley

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part of this publication may be reproducedwithout written permission of the publisher

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County EntertainerA publication of Gold Country Media

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J

oe and Paula McHugh have been crisscross-ing the country for years bringing their showldquoGreen Fields of Americardquo to the heartland

and all that surrounds it

But the stories they tell are not from the road atleast not the highways and byways of the 21stcentury No the stories they tell are ones thathave ben passed down through the generationsCall them legends call them lore call them talltales if you will

Joe and Paula call themselves ldquoThe Time Trav-elersrdquo and their show will take you on a journey

from the 13 colonies to the 1930s when the dustbowl and depression sent folks on yet anotherwestward migration

ldquoWe donrsquot gloss over historyrdquo Joe McHugh saidldquoTherersquos a fair amount of humor some of it is

very touching and all are characters that weretalked about back in the dayrdquo

Like Sagamore Johnson who shaved his beardto collect the gold akes mdash the ones he got fromwashing in the American River mdash to go see LolaMontez perform

Or Confederate General Albert Sidney John-ston who bled to death during the battle of Shi-lo in 1962

ldquoWe give them a real authentic look at the timerdquoJoe said ldquoThere are a lot of real historical anec-

dotes a lot of them straight out legends and talltales Kind of like Mark Twain half history halfTwainrdquo

Joe McHugh was a city kid raised in what hecalls ldquoa pretty rough inner cityrdquo of Patterson

New Jersey When he was 20 he bought a smallfarm in West Virginia and lived without electrici-ty for four years It was there that he discoveredold-time mountain music

ldquoThe people learned tunes directly from theirparents or aunts and unclesrdquo he said ldquoSomeballads go as far back as Elizabethan England Ifell in love with that musicrdquo

And with storytelling which was once very inte-gral to the cultural life of our country he saidAfter having told these stories for many years henow speaks at conferences about the art of sto-

rytelling in the electronic age and how it impactsthe younger generation

ldquoWersquore so industrialized the way we tell storiesrdquohe said ldquoYou make it for me and wersquoll buy it fromyou But people kind of know that this way exists

EXCELLENT ADVENTUREJo an Paulrsquos Courtesy photos

Paula and Joe McHugh play a courtingdulcimer ldquoYou play it together One

plays melody the other harmonyrdquoPaula said ldquoItrsquos a way people courtedYou play together to see how well you

got along If they play well togetherthey might look at each other in a

different wayrdquo

By Paul Cambra

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how we tell stories rather than turning it over tosomeone elserdquo

FIDDLING WITH IMAGERY

Paula McHugh met Joe through the old-time mu-sic community She was involved in square danc-ing he played the ddle He was also on the roada lot with his storytelling act

ldquoWhen we got together I didnrsquot want to be leftalone all the time so I learned to play the banjordquoshe said

That was 25 years ago Apparently they didnrsquotneed a courting dulcimer to test their compatibil-ity But they do play one now

ldquoThe courting dulcimer you play it togetherrdquo

Paula said ldquoOne plays melody the other harmo-ny Itrsquos a way people courted You play togetherto see how well you got along If they play well

together they might look at each other in a dif-ferent wayrdquo

Paula looks at ddle tunes in a way not manyothers do About six years ago intrigued by thetitles of these traditional musical pieces she be-gan bringing them to life on canvas

ldquoArkansas Traveler What the heck is thatrdquoshe said ldquoI nd the history behind it The title

takes me to whatever subject it is then I re-search it to nd something Photography onlygoes back so farrdquo

A little more than a dozen of her paintings willserve as a backdrop to their performance All are

inspired by the names of old-time ddle tunesShe will soon tackle folk songs which at least havelyrics to point her in some direction

But for ldquoThe Time Travelersrdquo direction is lesslinear While the McHughs left western Pennsyl-vania for Auburn in 1988 then moved to Neva-da City in 2003 before settling in WashingtonState their journey has been one of imagina-tion and inspiration

ldquoThe whole idea of time travel we think this stuffisnrsquot really gone itrsquos sort of still aroundrdquo Joe said

ldquoWhen you tell their stories they are almost inthe room with you I remember the old men whotaught me the tunes back in the rsquo70s I still feelthem there when I play Itrsquos not nostalgia itrsquos a liv-ing history and we remind people that we own itItrsquos our memory itrsquos our DNArdquo

TIME TRAVELERS ALL ABOUT THE lsquoARTrsquo OF STORYTELLING

ldquoOff to Californiardquo

Joe and Paula McHugh The Time Travelers

ldquoBuffalo Huntingrdquo

GREEN FIELDSOF AMERICA

WHO The Time TravelersJoe and Paula McHugh

WHEN 730 pm FridayMarch 13

WHERE State Theatre985 Lincoln Way Auburn

COST $15

INFO (530) 852-2708infoplacertheaterorg

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As the lyrics go ldquoyou can rock it you canroll it you can slop and you can stroll it atthe hoprdquo

Not sure if they ldquosloprdquo anymore and for mostpeople who came of age in the 1950s ldquostrollrdquotakes on a whole new meaning But for anyonewho wants to relive the glory days of school danc-

es mdash decades before bumping grinding andtwerking were to rear their ugly rears mdash then theSpring Hop is the place for you

ldquoThere is always something to do in Auburn in thesummertime but we were looking for a fun mdash andaffordable mdash winter activityrdquo said Sheryl Peters-en recreation services manager with the AuburnRecreation District (ARD) ldquoLast year we had awonderful time and everyone kept saying lsquoare yougoing to do it again this yearrsquordquo

Well theyrsquore back and so are dance instructorsArny Messersmith and Billie Prowant who willlead a one-hour lesson in East Coast Swing rightbefore the hop begins

ldquoItrsquos the easiest dance that I can teachrdquo Messer-smith said ldquoLessons donrsquot require a partner as werotate to give everyone a chance I would say inan hour wersquoll have you dancingrdquo

He said East Coast Swing has about 20 steps asopposed to West Coast Swingrsquos 200 But with EastCoast you throw your partner in every directionand that takes up a lot of oor space But therersquosstill enough room for the Auburn Outlaws rollerderby team to get around

ldquoThey were all over the gym oor last year zoom-ing in and out of people with trays on their shoul-dersrdquo Messersmith said

Those trays held food and drink mdash the local LionrsquosClub will be cooking hot dogs and brats mdash andthe Outlaws will serve as car hops There will bea swing dance contest and a hula hoop contestpoodle skirts aplenty and Frankie and the Fable-tones will provide the music

ldquoYou donrsquot have to come as a couplerdquo Petersensaid ldquoCome as friends come in groups Come inperiod dress Some came last year just to listen tothe musicrdquo

Messersmith suggests leather soles as you slideyour feet a lot and while they are know as ldquosockhopsrdquo less and less people are going shoeless

these daysldquoI grew up with a family that dancedrdquo he saidldquoMy grandmother used to take me German andItalian and Belgian dances in San Francisco We allwent together as a family When I had kids theirfriends at school couldnrsquot believe they were goingout dancing every weekend with their dadrdquo

And though the ARD Spring Hop is a 21 and old-er event that didnrsquot stop the demographic fromskewing young

ldquoThe great thing about last year was that therewere just as many young adults as oldrdquo Prowantsaid ldquoAnd it was the younger dancers who wonthe dance contest Even for young people who

donrsquot dance that much just see how much funyou have when you get out thererdquo

So remember cats and chicks if yoursquore lookingfor a place where you can swing it you can grooveit you can really start to move it hellip best go to theSpring Hop

DIG OUT THAT

POODLE SKIRT ITrsquoS

TIME TO DANCEBy Paul Cambra

Lersquos g t th hop

Come in yourrsquo50s garb and be ready todance at this yearrsquos Spring Hop

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WHEN 7-10 pm Saturday March21 Free dance instruction from 6-7pm in the Stella Room

WHERE Recreation ParkGymnasium 123 Recreation DriveAuburn

TICKETS $12 two for $20 Ages21 and older

Music by Frankie and theFabletones Dance contests

beer and wine food costumesencouraged

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Mike Amaral has surfed ndash or body surfed ndashin 75 percent of the locales named in theBeach Boysrsquo song Surnrsquo USA

So who better to head up a tribute to the South-ern California ambassadors of surf and sun

ldquoI had always wanted to do either a Beatles ora Beach Boys tribute band because I love themboth so muchrdquo said Mike Amaral who foundedthe California Beach Boys close to a decade agoldquoSo two of my cousins and I decided to go withthe Beach Boysrdquo

Cousins of course just like the original band Andwhile the Beatles are famous for their three-partharmony the Beach Boys sing in four-part andthat requires a lot of practice

ldquoWe have charts taken from the originals and weall have our assignmentrdquo Amaral said ldquoBut youhave to have guys that not only like the BeachBoysrsquo music but are willing to put in the time towork on the harmoniesrdquo

Based in the San Jose and Santa Cruz area MikeAmaralrsquos California Beach Boys play up and downthe coast in Arizona Colorado even Canada

ldquoWe were escorted on stage by the Royal Canadi-an Mounted Policerdquo Amaral said

There are six band members and Amaral handlesthe Mike Love role as lead singer He has playedmusic professionally since he was 14 but tooka break at age 22 to raise a family and pursue asteady career in law enforcement He returned tothe stage in 1995 with an oldies band Flashbackbut the surf sounds beckoned

ldquoI grew up an enormous fanrdquo he said ldquoI went toall of their concerts at the San Jose Civic Centerrdquo

And some of his current audience members may have

been there too At least thatrsquos what they tell him

ldquoAfter one concert and 85-year-old gentlemancomes up to me and says lsquoLook at me Do you re-member me Hawthorne 1964 hellip I saw you prac-tice in your garagersquordquo Amaral said ldquoHe thought we

MIKE AMARALrsquoS CALIFORNIA BEACH BOYS MAKE STOP IN AUBURN

By Paul Cambra

THEY GET AROUND

were the Beach Boys One lady told us she hadnrsquotseen us in 40 years and we sounded just as goodThank you very much I saidrdquo

Another woman told their bass player she saw himplay 40 years ago

ldquoTrouble is hersquos only 38 years oldrdquo Amaral said

But theyrsquoll gladly live with those mistaken identi-ty moments as long as they get to keep playingThey are three cousins and three close friends andthey get along really well Maybe more so than theoriginals

ldquoWersquove got all-white guitars and champagne spar-kle drums and the vertical striped shirtsrdquo he saidldquoPeople love that clean look Itrsquos all about the ap-pearance and the showmanship When we comeout people clap they like the way we look We got

stripes in light blue dark blue red pink hot pinkhellip we change them throughout the showrdquo

The typical audience covers a wide range of agesboth young and old music fans seeking good vi-brations Wouldnrsquot it be nice to be a part of it

Mike Amaral in car founded the California Beach Boys because he liked theirmusic so much The band consists of three cousins and three close friends

Courtesy Photos

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WHEN 730 pmSaturdayMarch 28

WHERE The State

Theatre 985 LincolnWay Auburn

TICKETS $25

INFO

(530) 852-2708infoplacertheaterorg

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People who need to give presentations atwork try it Writers use it to loosen up andget more creative Empty nesters take

classes because well what else are they goingto do

Itrsquos improvisational comedy mdash better know asimprov mdash and itrsquos gaining a foothold in South

Placer County at a place called Blacktop Comedyin Rocklin

ldquoImprov takes an opennessrdquo said co-founderBetsaida Lebron ldquoItrsquos all about saying lsquoyes andhelliprsquo You want to be able to agree and support whois there but not just be a yes man You have tobuild on what they saidrdquo

Lebron started building her improv resume beforeshe realized she was doing it

ldquoGrowing up there were four of us and we werealways doing skits and songs at churchrdquo she saidldquoWe never had much of a plan just a very roughoutline People told us how fun and entertainingwe were and we had no idea that it was improvrdquo

After college she randomly took an improv classand thought lsquowhatrsquo

ldquoIrsquod been doing it my whole life I just didnrsquot know

itrdquo she said

Enter Paul Burke who for years watched WhoseLine is it Anyway but never for a minute thoughtlsquoOh thatrsquos something I could dorsquo

ldquoI randomly found a drop-in improv class inSacramentordquo Burke said ldquoI began readingand studying about it attended classes in SanFrancisco festivals in Chicago and Los Angelesrdquo

Then six years ago he had the opportunityto study at the iO Theater Chicago and at TheSecond City

ldquoI came back and met Betsaida and we foundout we shared an improv vision and we openedBlacktop Comedyrdquo he said

What started in Roseville in 2011 has just relocated

to fancier digs in Rocklin In addition to the weeklySaturday show ldquoThe Shortiesrdquo they also haveclasses throughout the week for children andadults

Theater Kids Teen Improv Improv 101-301Playground Improv hellip there is something for allages and abilities

ldquoSome people are curious and just interested intrying improvrdquo Lebron said ldquoItrsquos kind of like a

By Paul Cambra

Comedy withou ne

WHAT Comedy t for the entire family

WHEN 7 pm Saturdays

THE SHORTIES WHERE The Showdown Theater 3101Sunset Blvd Suite 3A in Rocklin

TICKETS $5 each $15 families

INFO (916) 749-3100

Paul Burke

Photos by Paul Burke

Betsaida Lebron

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time to explore their creative side And some arealready actors looking for an edge at auditionsrdquo

And then therersquos ldquoBelly Laughsrdquo

ldquoA belly dancer was looking for space to teachone night a weekrdquo Betsaida said ldquoWe thoughtlsquohow fun would it be to merge them togetherrdquo

Now once a month belly dancers take the stagewhile the improv performers watch from thewings Then itrsquos their turn to entertain

ldquoOne guy started shimmying and shaking tryingto get into skinny jeans and be a part of the fadrdquoBetsaida said

Improv is all about the inspiration Be it the movesof a belly dancer or a shout from the audience allthe performer needs is a jumping off point

ldquoThe Shorties get ideas from the audiencerdquoBurke said ldquoFrom a location mdash like the beach orStarbuckrsquos mdash or a feeling they had today a lineof dialogue or a text message we will use thosewithin the scene We just focus on creating in themoment Every show is totally differentrdquo

The 7 pm show is for families guaranteed to be

clean The 830 show well they donrsquot try to beblue but they are making this up on the y Theyuse a rotating cast of performers usually eight to10 on any given night

ldquoItrsquos a really diverse group and really they usuallynd usrdquo Burke said ldquoThey come through ourclasses like Teen Playground More than anythingwe love having a team of people who share asame mindsetrdquo

Audience participation at The Shorties isencouraged but not required They promise theywill not pick on anyone who chooses just to sitback and enjoy the show But you may want tooffer a suggestion should they get stuck

ldquoAnd you will get stuckrdquo Burke said ldquoWhen itdoes happen you breathe through it You think lsquoIhave to be funny I have to be cleverrsquo but thatrsquoshow you get stuck in the rst place Slow down

listen to what was said last respond to it and it willall be goodrdquo

lsquoTHE SHORTIESrsquo IMPROVE

UPON IMPROV

THEATER KIDS (AGES SECONDTO FIFTH GRADE)

bull Basic improv and theater skills

TEEN IMPROV

bull Create SNL-type sketches

IMPROV 101 201 301

bull Adults interested in trying improv

TEEN PLAYGROUND

bull Bring a favorite game and make new friends

PLAYGROUND IMPROV

bull Drop-in workshop for adults

BELLY LAUGHS

bull The show that blends sexy with funny

BLACKTOP COMEDY

Lori Wynant shares with the dangers ofsky diving with Kevin Brown

BETTER CALL JUNIOR

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By Matthew Whitley

Hersquos labeled country music mdash and he is mdashbut hersquos so much more A listen through

his catalogue and you hear country rockhonky-tonk swing mariachi Tex-Mex bluegrassand rhythm and blues mdash even a bit of Hawaiian

He even invented a double necked ldquoguit-steelrdquoallowing him to play and switch between electricguitar and lap steel guitar on the same instrument

Then therersquos that voice a deep baritone and astyle that harkens back to an earlier era hellip cleanhonest and un-ironic hellip like the music of George

Jones or Ernest Tubb who Brown has often beencompared to in style

Brown 62 will bring his act to The Center for theArts in Grass Valley near the end of this monthWe had a chance to talk with Brown and we askedhim how he got to be a country music star

WERE YOU EXPOSED TO A LOT OF COUNTRYMUSIC GROWING UP

ldquoNot really My parents liked classical and I wasmostly raised on that I watched the TV and thatrsquoswhere I got into that kind of musicrdquo

WHY DO YOU THINK YOU WERE DRAWN TOCOUNTRY MUSIC AS OPPOSED TO THE POP-ULAR MUSIC OF THE DAY

ldquoI was drawn to popular music at the time I re-member when the Beatles hit and then the bandsthat followed Thatrsquos what the teenagers at school

would be talking about I kind of discovered Er-nest Tubb on my own watching the TV I never

told any of my friends as I donrsquot think it wouldhave gone over too wellrdquo

DO YOU REMEMBER IF THERE WAS A SPECIF-IC ALBUM WHERE YOU SAID lsquoTHIS IS WHAT I WANT TO DO THIS IS ITrsquo

ldquoNo we didnrsquot buy albums back then And a coun-try album I wouldnrsquot have any idea as to whereto buy that So it was all television I watched Er-nest Tubbrsquos show and then the Buck Owens show

Jimmy Dean had a show that came out of Wash-ington DC I would eventually buy an album ofa rock person or something but those were ex-pensive and I didnrsquot have any money I would buysingles once in a while you know the little 45 andagain it wasnrsquot country as I wouldnrsquot know whereto buy onerdquo

DO YOU REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME YOUPERFORMED

ldquoYes It was at a Boys Scout Jamboree at AndrewsAir Force Base in Maryland I was about 8 or 10years old and I was strolling around the differentcamp sites me and another guy sort of like min-strels which is what we sort of felt like doing Lit-tle did I know that is what I would be doing forthe rest of my life Anyway we stopped at one ofthese campsites and it was the top brass of theJamboree They said lsquocome on down tonight andperformrsquo So we actually got a stage with a micro-

phone and there was about 7000 Boy Scouts outthere and I was hooked I have been chasing thebright lights ever since I still get nervous perform-ing but I donrsquot think I was nervous that night I justremembered being thrilledrdquo

THE SOUND YOU HAVE IS ALMOST CLASSICCOUNTRY VERY UNGUARDED AND SINGINGSTRAIGHT TO THE AUDIENCE

ldquoWhatrsquos good about the older music is itrsquos very di-

rect and honest and it had sentiment in there thatwas considered corny but the cornball is part ofthe honesty itrsquos part of the lsquohey this is how I feelrsquoyou know My music is not just limited to countryIrsquom not a purist in any way I just like signing to anaudience and singing your heart out You knowhow blues tells the audience that you feel badCountry will tell you how you got thererdquo

I FIRST HEARD YOU ON THE CHRIS ISAAKSHOW IN THE LATE rsquo80S EARLY rsquo90S WITH

KD LANG IT WAS MODERN AND BEAUTIFULCOUNTRY MUSIC AND I REMEMBER YOU BE-ING A PART OF THAT SOUND WHEN IT CAMEOUT WHAT IS YOUR TAKE ON COUNTRY MU-SIC NOW

ldquoOh itrsquos the same take Irsquove had on it since thelate rsquo60s Everybody talks about what their idea

of country music is and everybody has a differ-ent idea Country music can mean anything nowWhat I do now is label mine as lsquoginger brown guit-steel musicrsquo Itrsquos a combination of all types of mu-sic mdash country rock and some othersrdquo

AMERICA IS SUCH A BLEND OF DIFFERENTPEOPLE IT STANDS TO REASON THAT MUSIC WOULD REPRESENT THAT AS WELL

ldquoYes When I do something I try and do it in an

honest way and give the song what it requiresWhen I say I have a lot of styles in my music itdoesnrsquot mean I use them all at once People loveto see me go nuts on that guitar but you haveto do what the song calls for Now the problemcomes when yoursquore trying to do everything onevery song all the time You never get anywherethat way There are guys out there that say lsquoOK Ican play an Ernest Tubbrsquos song and put a BB Kingblues guitar solo in itrsquo and feel like they have re-

ally discovered something and to me that is notsaying anything You havenrsquot done anything butwater down a good song Not that I donrsquot like BBKing he just does not mix well with Ernest TubbThatrsquos where musicianship comes inrdquo

WHAT DO YOU THINK CONTRIBUTED MOSTTO YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF MUSIC

ldquoCovering other peoplersquos songs and working withother people Working in the country and western

clubs doing country songs that were popular atthe time A lot of them I didnrsquot like but I playedthem as best as I could And then I started writ-ing songs which really put me in another place Icould really be myself I wasnrsquot a cover artist any-more Most of the stuff on my records are stuffthat Irsquove written so Irsquom very proud of thatrdquo

DOES SONG WRITING COME EASY TO YOUOR IS IT A DIFFICULT PROCESS

ldquoItrsquos very difcult More difcult than one maythink Itrsquos easy to write bad songs and hard towrite good ones I have thrown away over half ofthem I could put several weeks into a song that just isnrsquot any goodrdquo

HOW DID YOU COME TO INVENT THE GUIT-STEEL

ldquoMichael Stephens of Stephens Guitars theymake them and we have sold a few of them I have

seen a couple of people playing them and itrsquos kindof strange like watching somebody dance withyour wife lsquoWait a minute yoursquore not supposed tobe holding that mdash thatrsquos my instrumentrsquordquo

BETTER CALL hellip JUNIOR

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SO ITrsquoS A BLEND OF TWO TYPES OFGUITAR SOUND

ldquoNo they are two complete and differentinstruments You have the guitar neck and thesteel guitar neck so I am switching instrumentsas I sing I am basically doing the part of threeguys on stage hellip singing guitar and steel guitarPut a little foot pedal down there on a bass drum and Icould be a one man bandrdquo

HOW DID YOU GET INVOLVED IN FILMS AND TELE-VISION

ldquoPeople who are fans ask me to do it Vince Gilliganliked what I did so he asked me to be on the X-FilesGilligan did Breaking Bad and is now doing BetterCall Saulrdquo

BETTER CALL SAUL DEBUTED RECENTLY ANDBECAME THE MOST WATCHED CABLE SHOWIN HISTORY FIFTEEN AND A HALF MILLIONPEOPLE HEARD YOUR THEME SONG THIS PAST WEEKEND

ldquoWell I didnrsquot play on the show they aired it rightafter they nished Breaking Bad as a promotion forsomething It wasnrsquot a theme song to the series Vincehad actually wrote it with three of his friends A verywell-written song written with me in mind I was veryattered by that We just got back from the premier inLA did the red carpet played the party and showed themovie It was a lot of funrdquo

SO WHAT SHOULD YOUR FANS EXPECT WHEN

YOU PERFORM AT THE CENTER FOR THE ARTSIN GRASS VALLEY

ldquoOh a unique experience I guess I mean I just domy own thing and if they havenrsquot seen me beforethey will be pleasantly surprised mdash itrsquos original I ambringing a full band including my wife who playsrhythm guitarrdquo

Photos by George Brainard

You know how

blues tells the

audience that

you feel bad

Country willtell you how

you got there- Junior Brown

BEHIND EVERY GREAT MAN

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Elaine Bromka received a letter from agentleman who attended her one-wom-an show ldquoTea for Threerdquo and wrote that

when she took her curtain call he asked theperson next to him where the other two ac-tresses were

ldquoIt wasnrsquot the rst time Irsquod heard thatrdquo Bromkasaid ldquoI am nding the essence of each womanI have a feeling of each voice but I really go forwhere the energy originates moves throughthe bodyrdquo

The three bodies she inhabits on stage belongto three former rst ladies mdash Lady Bird John -son Pat Nixon and Betty Ford The play which

she co-wrote with Eric H Weinberger is a char-acter study that is both funny and moving

ldquoItrsquos really an exploration of what it was liketo suddenly wake up and yoursquore in the WhiteHouserdquo Bromka said ldquoIn two of those cases itwas really suddenrdquo

Bromka a veteran of stage and screen mdashboth large and small mdash recently worked withlegendary impressionist Rich Little in the PBSshow ldquoThe Presidentsrdquo where she starred aseight rst ladies opposite Littlersquos commandersin chief

ldquoRich and I were out at lunch and he was sittingthere staring at his hands and I asked lsquowhat areyou doingrsquordquo she said ldquoHe said lsquoReagan holdshis thumbs like this like a bearrsquordquo

Itrsquos the little things that make or break a good

impersonation she learned While not neces-sarily an impressionist herself she is a peoplewatcher mdash and listener mdash and in two years shespent with the National Theatre of the Deaf shelearned a lot about the non-verbal

ldquoThe body doesnrsquot lierdquo she said

Bromka went to the museum of TV and radioand studied video tapes of all three women

Doing so she said she learned a lot about theirpersonalities

ldquoAll three were very smart and easy to underes-timaterdquo Bromka said ldquoFor Lady Bird imaginefollowing in the footsteps of a star She was not

as glamorous as Jackie but she did wonderfulthings with Head Start and beauticationrdquo

Pat Nixon she said was harder because sherarely opened her mouth

ldquoThey called her lsquoPlastic Patrsquordquo she said ldquoThatrsquosnot plastic those are the eyes of a very guard-ed watchful person Someone who experi-enced a lot of pain They say she was one ofthe warmest rst ladies one-on-one Pat wentto 80 countries on her own as a one-on-oneambassador she just didnrsquot want to get in frontof groupsrdquo

And then therersquos Betty Ford

ldquoBetty was a live wire she said whatever shethoughtrdquo Bromka said ldquoBut Betty broke openhuge issues like womenrsquos rights and breastcancer awarenessrdquo

Many of the lines in the play are direct quotesfrom the rst ladies She said while the playcovers a lot of ground itrsquos not by any means ahistory lesson

ldquoThis is really a Valentine to all threerdquo Bromkasaid ldquoItrsquos a human story about the human el-ement One audience member said lsquoit lets youwalk in their shoesrsquordquo

And for Bromka the shoes t just ne

ONE-WOMAN SHOW LOOKS AT LIVES OF

THREE FORMER FIRST LADIES

By Paul Cambra

BEHIND EVERY GREAT MAN

TEA FOR THREE mdash LADYBIRD PAT AND BETTY

WHEN 730 pm SaturdayMarch 21 3 pm Sunday March 22

WHERE The State Theatre985 Lincoln Way Auburn

TICKETS $20

INFO (530) 852-2708infoplacertheaterorg

Elaine Bromka on PatNixon ldquoThey say she wasone of the warmest rst

ladies one-on-onerdquo

Elaine Bromka on Betty FordldquoBetty was a live wire she said

whatever she thoughtrdquo

Elaine Bromka onLady Bird JohnsonldquoImagine following

in the footsteps ofa starrdquo

VANYA AND SONIA AND

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By Paul Cambra

MASHA AND SPIKE

WHEN 8 pm Fridays and Saturdaysthrough March 28 2 pm Sunday

March 15 and 22 (7 pm ThursdayMarch 5 preview)

WHERE Nevada Theatre 401 BroadSt Nevada City

TICKETS $25 general $35 reserved($15 Thursday preview)

INFO (530) 346-3210sierrastagesorg

Whether yoursquore familiar with Chek-hov not too familiar or you think hersquosthe guy who sat next to Sulu on the

Starship Enterprise it doesnrsquot matter Chances areyoursquoll like this play

ldquoThe playwright said he took Chekhov and puthim in a blenderrdquo Jeffrey Mason said ldquoYou donrsquotneed to have any Chekhov background to un-derstand or enjoy this play but if you do Therersquosmore fun to be hadrdquo

Mason is directing the Sierra Stages production ofldquoVanya and Sonia and Masha and Spikerdquo a 2013Tony Award-winning play by Christopher DurangThe characterrsquos names are all from Anton Chekhovplays The mood is very ldquoChekhovianrdquo mdash sad andlonely characters in a country house a visitor com-ing and shaking things up mdash but really folks you

donrsquot need to know Chekhov to enjoy this playldquoItrsquos funnyrdquo Mason said ldquoThe situations are fun-ny the characters are funny they are dealing withproblems anybody can relate to Family issues Itrsquosa very well-crafted playrdquo

He said it is the single most popular play on theregional theater circuit this season with no lessthan 27 different productions

ldquoI donrsquot know of another play that has been thispopular this soonrdquo Mason said ldquoEverybody is en- joying it everywhererdquo

Robert Rossman plays Vanya ldquoprobably the san-

est one of them allrdquo he said

Vanya is in his 50s lives with his adopted sister isnot very sociable doesnrsquot go out and has neverheld a job And hersquos the sane one

But to his defense he and his sister have been tak-ing care of their parent who both had Alzheimerrsquosdisease Now that they are gone their other sis-ter who has been supporting the family throughher career as an actress is coming home That

ratchets the dysfunction meter up a few notchesldquoMasha doesnrsquot come home very often but thistime she comes home and tells them she is goingto sell the houserdquo said Susan Mason who playsMasha ldquoThey have never lived anywhere else

They donrsquot know how to live anywhere elserdquo

And Masha brings her very young boyfriendSpike home with her fueling the jealousy be-tween her and her plain sheltered adopted sister

ldquoSonia is a kind of the pathetic onerdquo said actressSharon Winegar ldquoShe plays pathetic but she isnot truly pathetic She likes to wallow in self pitybut at the same time she is very sweet and charm-ing in her misery She has wonderful things hap-pen to her throughout the course of the play Yound yourself rooting for her adoring herrdquo

None of the three principal players can fully re-late to the sibling rivalry of Vanya and Sonia andMasha Winegar got along quite well with her sis-ters and Mason is an only child But Rossman seeshimself as sort of the eccentric in the family

ldquoThey all have normal kinds of jobs and look atme as the guy who does all of the weird theatricalstuffrdquo he said

Much to the delight of the director

ldquoI could have cast the play two or three timesrdquoJeffrey Mason said ldquoIt was an unusually stronggroup who auditioned I consider myself verylucky in a relatively small town like ours the num-ber of people that are involved in theaterrdquo

So if you enjoy a good Chekhov story yoursquoll get afew more of the jokes than most

ldquoSome of the references are right in your facesome are more subtlerdquo Susan Mason said

If you havenrsquot read any of his stories or plays wor-ry not

ldquoItrsquos not blatantly Chekhovrdquo Rossman said ldquoItrsquos

just a comic romprdquoAnd if yoursquore still convinced that the only Chekovthat matters is a star eet navigator well theremay actually be a character or two here yoursquodidentify with

THEY PUT THE lsquoFUNrsquo INDYSFUNCTION

Photo by David Wong

Robert Rossman Sharon Winegar Susan Mason and Casey Burkestar in the Sierra Stages production of Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike

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IN YOUR DAILY GRIND

When yoursquore in need of coffee there arecertainly a lot of choices Sure youcould buzz through the drive through

and have your McBeverage handed to you andbe done with it

Or you could hit one of many locally-owned cof-fee shops and cafeacutes each with their own ambienceand deacutecor and really soak up the wide variety of lo-cal avor in a way that no corporate chain ever can

Here in the foothills you can bike up to the Trail-head Coffee in Penryn and sip an espresso conpanna while you have your bicycle worked on Orlounge on a Victorian sofa under a glass chande-lier at the Cafeacute Mekka in Nevada City Or minglewith judges and lawyers while grabbing a cappuc-cino at the Courthouse Cafeacute in Auburn Or evenplay a round of bocce ball while you sip your mac-chiato at The Flower Farm in Loomis

Whether your choice is black coffee or a nonfat

soy latte yoursquoll nd lots of choices in Placer andNevada County Here is an unbiased sampling toconsider Cranking up Ella Fitzgeraldrsquos cover ofldquoBlack Coffeerdquo while you drive there is optionalbut highly recommended

PUTTING LOCAL FLAVOR

NEVADA CITY Cafeacute Mekka237 Commercial St Nevada City (530) 478-1517

Cafeacute Mekka is easily the most eclectic and funkyof the coffee houses I visited The Gold Rush-erabuilding is lined with tables and vintage sofasbooks and art even a piano in the corner Mekkahas a huge drink menu with beans from TempleCoffee in Sacramento as well as baked goodsmade by DeGroot Bakery Mekka rotates artshows monthly has open mic nights music andpoetry with limited seating outside The SummerIce a blend of chocolate caramel and espresso isa denite must try

Three Forks Bakery and Brewery 211 Commercial St Nevada City (530) 470-8333threeforksnccom

Open since August Three Forks merges a bak-ery with a brewery providing coffee and micro-brews along with pizza and sandwiches Its beansare from local roaster Fable in Grass Valley Themodern sleek-looking space with some outdoorseating offers a new take on both the traditionalbakery and the microbrewery

GRASS VALLEY Carolines Coffee Roaster 128 South Auburn St Grass Valley (530) 273-6424 carolinescoffeecom

Carolines is a family-owned coffee house in Grass Valley with specialty-roasted coffee includingtheir own house blend as well as scones pas-tries quiches gourmet olives and sandwichesCarolines has a warm and friendly vibe with asmall outdoor seating area located on the groundoor of the classic Madison Lodge Building

AUBURNThe Courthouse Cafeacute1425 Lincoln Way Auburn (530) 889-1373

Sitting directly across the street from the AuburnCourthouse is The Courthouse Cafeacute a 1930s con-verted bungalow which makes for an intimatehome-like setting complete with a small replaceand reading areas Its beans are from Santa CruzCoffee and the baked goods are made fresh dai-ly Obviously a popular spot for the lawyers and judges needing caffeine x before court the cafeacuteis a denite hot spot in the mornings The Court -house Cafe is part of the Placer 360 art scene and

By Matthew Whitley

Bicycle memorabilia lines the wallsof the Trailhead Coffee and CyclingL i P

Photo by Matthew Whitley

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features local art year round and a small outdoorseating area

Depoe Bay Coffee Company 893 High St Auburn (530) 889-1021 depoebay-coffeecom

Conveniently located right down the street fromthe ofces of the Foothills Entertainer mdash muchto the relief of the staff mdash the Depoe is Down-

town Auburnrsquos go-to spot for a cup of Joe Thecafeacute has a couple of different seating areas roaststheir own beans and serves bakes goods break-fast and sandwiches Depoe Bay offers live musicevery other Sunday as well as local art

PENRYN

Trailhead Coffee and Cycling Lounge2210 Taylor Road Penryn (916) 663-1501 coffee-andbikescom

The Trailhead located directly across from GrifthQuarry Park is both a coffee house and a full bicy-cle shop Co-owner Jerry Cannon is a competitivecyclist who has merged his two passions into onebusiness Decorated with Tour de France memo-rabilia and vintage gear the shop pays homage toall things bicycle Cyclists can have repairs doneon their bikes while hanging out on the wood-

en patio drinking one of the Trailheadrsquos specialtyroasts The cafeacute offers pastries and baked goodspower and energy bars and breakfast burritos

LOOMIS

The Flower Farm Nursery9280 Horseshoe Bar Road Loomis (916) 652-5650 owerfarminncom

The Flower Farm is a cafeacute set in one of the arearsquosmore beautiful and pastoral settings The facilityalso operates a bed and breakfast host eventsand weddings operates a nursery and gift shophas a waterwheel pond bocce ball court and gar-dens Also on the property is Casque Winery allsurrounded by citrus orchards and gardens Thecafeacute menu features ingredients taken right offtheir farm In the fall and winter they sell pump-kins and Christmas trees hellip how many cafeacutes dothat

ROCKLIN

Origin Coffee and Tea2168 Sunset Blvd Rocklin (916) 787-5676 orig-incoffeeorg

Origin Coffee and Tea is a nonprot coffee housewhose sole mission is to raise money and aware-ness to end human slave trafcking At Origin all

of the employees donate their time and the mon-ey raised goes to the Grace Network Rescue Thebeans they carry are free trade and roasted locallyOrigin offers table and couch seating in a modern

but sparse environment There is live music in-cluding benet concerts Itrsquos coffee with a cause

ROSEVILLEShady Coffee and Tea325 Douglas Blvd Roseville (916) 742-4117 sha-dycoffeeandteacom

Shady Coffee and Tea is a small cafeacute and eateryclose to Downtown Roseville that offers specialtyroasts including Mast Espresso beans and En-

timos Coffee from Citrus Heights Shady offerssandwiches salads breakfasts beer and wineThey also have a nice-size back patio a drive-upwindow art on the walls and open mic on Fridaynights Be sure and try the Affogato vanilla beanice cream topped with espresso

Lounge in Penryn

Emmit Johnston Grass Valley resident andbarista at Carolines Coffee in Grass Valley

Photo by Matthew Whitley

From left Joe Fernandez VinceMUSIC FROM THE BRITISH ISLES

FROM CELTIC TO BEATLES

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AUBURN CONCERT BAND PLAYS MUSIC FROM THE BRITISH ISLESBy Paul Cambra

Think British invasion and you go straight to1964 But the music of the United Kingdomand Ireland has been crossing the Atlantic

for centuries From Baroque to folk ddles tofes the rich musical history of the British Isles canbe traced back to the polyphonic melodies of thelate middle ages

But this month itrsquos all about the brass hellip and thewoodwinds hellipand the percussion

ldquoBrass bands have been popular in Britain sincethe 1800srdquo said Craig Thomas trumpeter withthe Auburn Concert Band ldquoToday they are oneof the most popular forms of music in Englandrdquo

The Auburn Concert band will present ldquoMusicfrom the British Isles ndash from Celtic to Beatlesrdquo fortwo free performances this month The 40-pieceensemble will take on everyone from Gustav Holstto LennonMcCartney

ldquoWersquore not just playing a Beatles song itrsquos a sym-phonic workingrdquo said conductor Tom CandlishldquoYou know how Hey Jude sort of rocks out at theend The arranger takes that same idea but addsa counter melody underneath Itrsquos a mix of the

original material with material for an orchestra Itrsquosnot the way the Beatles played it They are a rockband we are a concert bandrdquo

They will however step slightly out of the box forthese shows adding a piper Chuck Jamison fora medley of bagpipe tunes which they will ac-company And Jamison who plays drums for thecountry and western band Dust in My Coffee willbring his band mates to do a two-song Celtic setin the middle of the show Country Celtic if youwill

ldquoThe Auburn Concert Band is very enthusiasticabout the variety of music we are playingrdquo Can-dlish said ldquoItrsquos not just serious music all of thetime We are mixing it up with folk tunes and poppieces The audiences we play for have really ap-preciated thatrdquo

Yoursquoll hear Brian Borursquos March one of Irelandrsquosoldest traditional folk songs Yoursquoll hear DannyBoy which Candlish calls ldquothe epitome of concertband musicrdquo And then therersquos Those MagnicentMen in their Flying Machines from the 1965 mov-ie and McNamararsquos Band which was a top-10 hitfor Bing Crosby

And if yoursquore not leaving the show humming theending to Hey Jude chances are yoursquoll be whis-tling the Colonel Bogey March better known asthe theme song to The Bridge on the River Kwai

ldquoThe British Isles have certainly contributed to themusical history of this countryrdquo Thomas said ldquoItrsquosamazing when you go back the fact that therewere craftsman making these instruments so mu-sicians could play these beautiful and elaborate

classical piecesrdquo

Thomas the trumpeter has his own personal con-nection to the UK

ldquoI have a couple of cornets that I bought fromsomeone in Englandrdquo he said ldquoThe characteris-tics of the British horn are a little different moresoft and mellow In describing the differencebetween a cornet and a trumpet the trumpet Iwould describe as having a bright and projectingtone and the cornet a softer more mellow tonerdquo

From bright to mellow and a few stages in be-tween this British invasion mixes history with har-mony

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WHEN 7-9 pm Wednesday March 4

WHERE Newcastle School 8951 Valley View Drive Newcastle

WHEN 7-9 pm Wednesday March 11

WHERE The State Theatre985 Lincoln Way Auburn

COST Free

INFO auburnconcertbandnet

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In This Issue

06 GREEN FIELDS OF AMERICA

Time Travelers not short on tall tales

10 SPRING HOPHappy days at the gymnasium

1 2 MIKE AMARALrsquoSCALIFORNIA BEACH BOYSTribute band creates good vibrations

1 6 THE SHORTIESImprov comedy rocks Rocklin

1 8 JUNIOR BROWNCountry music star a throwback

20 TEA FOR THREE LADY BIRD

PAT AND BETTY Elaine Bromkarsquos one woman show

24 MOVE OVER STARBUCKS

Check out some local coffeehouses

26 MUSIC OF THE BRITISH ISLESAuburn Concert Band tacklesBeatles and beyond

21 VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHAAND SPIKESierra stagesrsquo offer a Chekhovian spoof

VOLUME 3 ISSUE 3

MARCH 2015

CONTRIBUTING WRITERS

Paul Cambra

Matthew Whitley

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County EntertainerA publication of Gold Country Media

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J

oe and Paula McHugh have been crisscross-ing the country for years bringing their showldquoGreen Fields of Americardquo to the heartland

and all that surrounds it

But the stories they tell are not from the road atleast not the highways and byways of the 21stcentury No the stories they tell are ones thathave ben passed down through the generationsCall them legends call them lore call them talltales if you will

Joe and Paula call themselves ldquoThe Time Trav-elersrdquo and their show will take you on a journey

from the 13 colonies to the 1930s when the dustbowl and depression sent folks on yet anotherwestward migration

ldquoWe donrsquot gloss over historyrdquo Joe McHugh saidldquoTherersquos a fair amount of humor some of it is

very touching and all are characters that weretalked about back in the dayrdquo

Like Sagamore Johnson who shaved his beardto collect the gold akes mdash the ones he got fromwashing in the American River mdash to go see LolaMontez perform

Or Confederate General Albert Sidney John-ston who bled to death during the battle of Shi-lo in 1962

ldquoWe give them a real authentic look at the timerdquoJoe said ldquoThere are a lot of real historical anec-

dotes a lot of them straight out legends and talltales Kind of like Mark Twain half history halfTwainrdquo

Joe McHugh was a city kid raised in what hecalls ldquoa pretty rough inner cityrdquo of Patterson

New Jersey When he was 20 he bought a smallfarm in West Virginia and lived without electrici-ty for four years It was there that he discoveredold-time mountain music

ldquoThe people learned tunes directly from theirparents or aunts and unclesrdquo he said ldquoSomeballads go as far back as Elizabethan England Ifell in love with that musicrdquo

And with storytelling which was once very inte-gral to the cultural life of our country he saidAfter having told these stories for many years henow speaks at conferences about the art of sto-

rytelling in the electronic age and how it impactsthe younger generation

ldquoWersquore so industrialized the way we tell storiesrdquohe said ldquoYou make it for me and wersquoll buy it fromyou But people kind of know that this way exists

EXCELLENT ADVENTUREJo an Paulrsquos Courtesy photos

Paula and Joe McHugh play a courtingdulcimer ldquoYou play it together One

plays melody the other harmonyrdquoPaula said ldquoItrsquos a way people courtedYou play together to see how well you

got along If they play well togetherthey might look at each other in a

different wayrdquo

By Paul Cambra

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how we tell stories rather than turning it over tosomeone elserdquo

FIDDLING WITH IMAGERY

Paula McHugh met Joe through the old-time mu-sic community She was involved in square danc-ing he played the ddle He was also on the roada lot with his storytelling act

ldquoWhen we got together I didnrsquot want to be leftalone all the time so I learned to play the banjordquoshe said

That was 25 years ago Apparently they didnrsquotneed a courting dulcimer to test their compatibil-ity But they do play one now

ldquoThe courting dulcimer you play it togetherrdquo

Paula said ldquoOne plays melody the other harmo-ny Itrsquos a way people courted You play togetherto see how well you got along If they play well

together they might look at each other in a dif-ferent wayrdquo

Paula looks at ddle tunes in a way not manyothers do About six years ago intrigued by thetitles of these traditional musical pieces she be-gan bringing them to life on canvas

ldquoArkansas Traveler What the heck is thatrdquoshe said ldquoI nd the history behind it The title

takes me to whatever subject it is then I re-search it to nd something Photography onlygoes back so farrdquo

A little more than a dozen of her paintings willserve as a backdrop to their performance All are

inspired by the names of old-time ddle tunesShe will soon tackle folk songs which at least havelyrics to point her in some direction

But for ldquoThe Time Travelersrdquo direction is lesslinear While the McHughs left western Pennsyl-vania for Auburn in 1988 then moved to Neva-da City in 2003 before settling in WashingtonState their journey has been one of imagina-tion and inspiration

ldquoThe whole idea of time travel we think this stuffisnrsquot really gone itrsquos sort of still aroundrdquo Joe said

ldquoWhen you tell their stories they are almost inthe room with you I remember the old men whotaught me the tunes back in the rsquo70s I still feelthem there when I play Itrsquos not nostalgia itrsquos a liv-ing history and we remind people that we own itItrsquos our memory itrsquos our DNArdquo

TIME TRAVELERS ALL ABOUT THE lsquoARTrsquo OF STORYTELLING

ldquoOff to Californiardquo

Joe and Paula McHugh The Time Travelers

ldquoBuffalo Huntingrdquo

GREEN FIELDSOF AMERICA

WHO The Time TravelersJoe and Paula McHugh

WHEN 730 pm FridayMarch 13

WHERE State Theatre985 Lincoln Way Auburn

COST $15

INFO (530) 852-2708infoplacertheaterorg

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As the lyrics go ldquoyou can rock it you canroll it you can slop and you can stroll it atthe hoprdquo

Not sure if they ldquosloprdquo anymore and for mostpeople who came of age in the 1950s ldquostrollrdquotakes on a whole new meaning But for anyonewho wants to relive the glory days of school danc-

es mdash decades before bumping grinding andtwerking were to rear their ugly rears mdash then theSpring Hop is the place for you

ldquoThere is always something to do in Auburn in thesummertime but we were looking for a fun mdash andaffordable mdash winter activityrdquo said Sheryl Peters-en recreation services manager with the AuburnRecreation District (ARD) ldquoLast year we had awonderful time and everyone kept saying lsquoare yougoing to do it again this yearrsquordquo

Well theyrsquore back and so are dance instructorsArny Messersmith and Billie Prowant who willlead a one-hour lesson in East Coast Swing rightbefore the hop begins

ldquoItrsquos the easiest dance that I can teachrdquo Messer-smith said ldquoLessons donrsquot require a partner as werotate to give everyone a chance I would say inan hour wersquoll have you dancingrdquo

He said East Coast Swing has about 20 steps asopposed to West Coast Swingrsquos 200 But with EastCoast you throw your partner in every directionand that takes up a lot of oor space But therersquosstill enough room for the Auburn Outlaws rollerderby team to get around

ldquoThey were all over the gym oor last year zoom-ing in and out of people with trays on their shoul-dersrdquo Messersmith said

Those trays held food and drink mdash the local LionrsquosClub will be cooking hot dogs and brats mdash andthe Outlaws will serve as car hops There will bea swing dance contest and a hula hoop contestpoodle skirts aplenty and Frankie and the Fable-tones will provide the music

ldquoYou donrsquot have to come as a couplerdquo Petersensaid ldquoCome as friends come in groups Come inperiod dress Some came last year just to listen tothe musicrdquo

Messersmith suggests leather soles as you slideyour feet a lot and while they are know as ldquosockhopsrdquo less and less people are going shoeless

these daysldquoI grew up with a family that dancedrdquo he saidldquoMy grandmother used to take me German andItalian and Belgian dances in San Francisco We allwent together as a family When I had kids theirfriends at school couldnrsquot believe they were goingout dancing every weekend with their dadrdquo

And though the ARD Spring Hop is a 21 and old-er event that didnrsquot stop the demographic fromskewing young

ldquoThe great thing about last year was that therewere just as many young adults as oldrdquo Prowantsaid ldquoAnd it was the younger dancers who wonthe dance contest Even for young people who

donrsquot dance that much just see how much funyou have when you get out thererdquo

So remember cats and chicks if yoursquore lookingfor a place where you can swing it you can grooveit you can really start to move it hellip best go to theSpring Hop

DIG OUT THAT

POODLE SKIRT ITrsquoS

TIME TO DANCEBy Paul Cambra

Lersquos g t th hop

Come in yourrsquo50s garb and be ready todance at this yearrsquos Spring Hop

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WHEN 7-10 pm Saturday March21 Free dance instruction from 6-7pm in the Stella Room

WHERE Recreation ParkGymnasium 123 Recreation DriveAuburn

TICKETS $12 two for $20 Ages21 and older

Music by Frankie and theFabletones Dance contests

beer and wine food costumesencouraged

INFO (530) 863-4615auburnreccom

WHEN 7-8 pm Tuesdays March31 through April 21

WHERE Canyon View CommunityCenter 471 Maidu Drive Auburn

COST $40 person

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F R E E i P a d M i n i

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Mike Amaral has surfed ndash or body surfed ndashin 75 percent of the locales named in theBeach Boysrsquo song Surnrsquo USA

So who better to head up a tribute to the South-ern California ambassadors of surf and sun

ldquoI had always wanted to do either a Beatles ora Beach Boys tribute band because I love themboth so muchrdquo said Mike Amaral who foundedthe California Beach Boys close to a decade agoldquoSo two of my cousins and I decided to go withthe Beach Boysrdquo

Cousins of course just like the original band Andwhile the Beatles are famous for their three-partharmony the Beach Boys sing in four-part andthat requires a lot of practice

ldquoWe have charts taken from the originals and weall have our assignmentrdquo Amaral said ldquoBut youhave to have guys that not only like the BeachBoysrsquo music but are willing to put in the time towork on the harmoniesrdquo

Based in the San Jose and Santa Cruz area MikeAmaralrsquos California Beach Boys play up and downthe coast in Arizona Colorado even Canada

ldquoWe were escorted on stage by the Royal Canadi-an Mounted Policerdquo Amaral said

There are six band members and Amaral handlesthe Mike Love role as lead singer He has playedmusic professionally since he was 14 but tooka break at age 22 to raise a family and pursue asteady career in law enforcement He returned tothe stage in 1995 with an oldies band Flashbackbut the surf sounds beckoned

ldquoI grew up an enormous fanrdquo he said ldquoI went toall of their concerts at the San Jose Civic Centerrdquo

And some of his current audience members may have

been there too At least thatrsquos what they tell him

ldquoAfter one concert and 85-year-old gentlemancomes up to me and says lsquoLook at me Do you re-member me Hawthorne 1964 hellip I saw you prac-tice in your garagersquordquo Amaral said ldquoHe thought we

MIKE AMARALrsquoS CALIFORNIA BEACH BOYS MAKE STOP IN AUBURN

By Paul Cambra

THEY GET AROUND

were the Beach Boys One lady told us she hadnrsquotseen us in 40 years and we sounded just as goodThank you very much I saidrdquo

Another woman told their bass player she saw himplay 40 years ago

ldquoTrouble is hersquos only 38 years oldrdquo Amaral said

But theyrsquoll gladly live with those mistaken identi-ty moments as long as they get to keep playingThey are three cousins and three close friends andthey get along really well Maybe more so than theoriginals

ldquoWersquove got all-white guitars and champagne spar-kle drums and the vertical striped shirtsrdquo he saidldquoPeople love that clean look Itrsquos all about the ap-pearance and the showmanship When we comeout people clap they like the way we look We got

stripes in light blue dark blue red pink hot pinkhellip we change them throughout the showrdquo

The typical audience covers a wide range of agesboth young and old music fans seeking good vi-brations Wouldnrsquot it be nice to be a part of it

Mike Amaral in car founded the California Beach Boys because he liked theirmusic so much The band consists of three cousins and three close friends

Courtesy Photos

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WHEN 730 pmSaturdayMarch 28

WHERE The State

Theatre 985 LincolnWay Auburn

TICKETS $25

INFO

(530) 852-2708infoplacertheaterorg

MIKE AMARALrsquoSCALIFORNIABEACH BOYS

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Installations Mobile Networking Parallels-VMFusion Troubleshooting

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auburnsymphonycom

auburnsymphonyofficegmailcom

AuburnSymphony

Pick up season ticketsor individual concerttickets today

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People who need to give presentations atwork try it Writers use it to loosen up andget more creative Empty nesters take

classes because well what else are they goingto do

Itrsquos improvisational comedy mdash better know asimprov mdash and itrsquos gaining a foothold in South

Placer County at a place called Blacktop Comedyin Rocklin

ldquoImprov takes an opennessrdquo said co-founderBetsaida Lebron ldquoItrsquos all about saying lsquoyes andhelliprsquo You want to be able to agree and support whois there but not just be a yes man You have tobuild on what they saidrdquo

Lebron started building her improv resume beforeshe realized she was doing it

ldquoGrowing up there were four of us and we werealways doing skits and songs at churchrdquo she saidldquoWe never had much of a plan just a very roughoutline People told us how fun and entertainingwe were and we had no idea that it was improvrdquo

After college she randomly took an improv classand thought lsquowhatrsquo

ldquoIrsquod been doing it my whole life I just didnrsquot know

itrdquo she said

Enter Paul Burke who for years watched WhoseLine is it Anyway but never for a minute thoughtlsquoOh thatrsquos something I could dorsquo

ldquoI randomly found a drop-in improv class inSacramentordquo Burke said ldquoI began readingand studying about it attended classes in SanFrancisco festivals in Chicago and Los Angelesrdquo

Then six years ago he had the opportunityto study at the iO Theater Chicago and at TheSecond City

ldquoI came back and met Betsaida and we foundout we shared an improv vision and we openedBlacktop Comedyrdquo he said

What started in Roseville in 2011 has just relocated

to fancier digs in Rocklin In addition to the weeklySaturday show ldquoThe Shortiesrdquo they also haveclasses throughout the week for children andadults

Theater Kids Teen Improv Improv 101-301Playground Improv hellip there is something for allages and abilities

ldquoSome people are curious and just interested intrying improvrdquo Lebron said ldquoItrsquos kind of like a

By Paul Cambra

Comedy withou ne

WHAT Comedy t for the entire family

WHEN 7 pm Saturdays

THE SHORTIES WHERE The Showdown Theater 3101Sunset Blvd Suite 3A in Rocklin

TICKETS $5 each $15 families

INFO (916) 749-3100

Paul Burke

Photos by Paul Burke

Betsaida Lebron

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time to explore their creative side And some arealready actors looking for an edge at auditionsrdquo

And then therersquos ldquoBelly Laughsrdquo

ldquoA belly dancer was looking for space to teachone night a weekrdquo Betsaida said ldquoWe thoughtlsquohow fun would it be to merge them togetherrdquo

Now once a month belly dancers take the stagewhile the improv performers watch from thewings Then itrsquos their turn to entertain

ldquoOne guy started shimmying and shaking tryingto get into skinny jeans and be a part of the fadrdquoBetsaida said

Improv is all about the inspiration Be it the movesof a belly dancer or a shout from the audience allthe performer needs is a jumping off point

ldquoThe Shorties get ideas from the audiencerdquoBurke said ldquoFrom a location mdash like the beach orStarbuckrsquos mdash or a feeling they had today a lineof dialogue or a text message we will use thosewithin the scene We just focus on creating in themoment Every show is totally differentrdquo

The 7 pm show is for families guaranteed to be

clean The 830 show well they donrsquot try to beblue but they are making this up on the y Theyuse a rotating cast of performers usually eight to10 on any given night

ldquoItrsquos a really diverse group and really they usuallynd usrdquo Burke said ldquoThey come through ourclasses like Teen Playground More than anythingwe love having a team of people who share asame mindsetrdquo

Audience participation at The Shorties isencouraged but not required They promise theywill not pick on anyone who chooses just to sitback and enjoy the show But you may want tooffer a suggestion should they get stuck

ldquoAnd you will get stuckrdquo Burke said ldquoWhen itdoes happen you breathe through it You think lsquoIhave to be funny I have to be cleverrsquo but thatrsquoshow you get stuck in the rst place Slow down

listen to what was said last respond to it and it willall be goodrdquo

lsquoTHE SHORTIESrsquo IMPROVE

UPON IMPROV

THEATER KIDS (AGES SECONDTO FIFTH GRADE)

bull Basic improv and theater skills

TEEN IMPROV

bull Create SNL-type sketches

IMPROV 101 201 301

bull Adults interested in trying improv

TEEN PLAYGROUND

bull Bring a favorite game and make new friends

PLAYGROUND IMPROV

bull Drop-in workshop for adults

BELLY LAUGHS

bull The show that blends sexy with funny

BLACKTOP COMEDY

Lori Wynant shares with the dangers ofsky diving with Kevin Brown

BETTER CALL JUNIOR

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By Matthew Whitley

Hersquos labeled country music mdash and he is mdashbut hersquos so much more A listen through

his catalogue and you hear country rockhonky-tonk swing mariachi Tex-Mex bluegrassand rhythm and blues mdash even a bit of Hawaiian

He even invented a double necked ldquoguit-steelrdquoallowing him to play and switch between electricguitar and lap steel guitar on the same instrument

Then therersquos that voice a deep baritone and astyle that harkens back to an earlier era hellip cleanhonest and un-ironic hellip like the music of George

Jones or Ernest Tubb who Brown has often beencompared to in style

Brown 62 will bring his act to The Center for theArts in Grass Valley near the end of this monthWe had a chance to talk with Brown and we askedhim how he got to be a country music star

WERE YOU EXPOSED TO A LOT OF COUNTRYMUSIC GROWING UP

ldquoNot really My parents liked classical and I wasmostly raised on that I watched the TV and thatrsquoswhere I got into that kind of musicrdquo

WHY DO YOU THINK YOU WERE DRAWN TOCOUNTRY MUSIC AS OPPOSED TO THE POP-ULAR MUSIC OF THE DAY

ldquoI was drawn to popular music at the time I re-member when the Beatles hit and then the bandsthat followed Thatrsquos what the teenagers at school

would be talking about I kind of discovered Er-nest Tubb on my own watching the TV I never

told any of my friends as I donrsquot think it wouldhave gone over too wellrdquo

DO YOU REMEMBER IF THERE WAS A SPECIF-IC ALBUM WHERE YOU SAID lsquoTHIS IS WHAT I WANT TO DO THIS IS ITrsquo

ldquoNo we didnrsquot buy albums back then And a coun-try album I wouldnrsquot have any idea as to whereto buy that So it was all television I watched Er-nest Tubbrsquos show and then the Buck Owens show

Jimmy Dean had a show that came out of Wash-ington DC I would eventually buy an album ofa rock person or something but those were ex-pensive and I didnrsquot have any money I would buysingles once in a while you know the little 45 andagain it wasnrsquot country as I wouldnrsquot know whereto buy onerdquo

DO YOU REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME YOUPERFORMED

ldquoYes It was at a Boys Scout Jamboree at AndrewsAir Force Base in Maryland I was about 8 or 10years old and I was strolling around the differentcamp sites me and another guy sort of like min-strels which is what we sort of felt like doing Lit-tle did I know that is what I would be doing forthe rest of my life Anyway we stopped at one ofthese campsites and it was the top brass of theJamboree They said lsquocome on down tonight andperformrsquo So we actually got a stage with a micro-

phone and there was about 7000 Boy Scouts outthere and I was hooked I have been chasing thebright lights ever since I still get nervous perform-ing but I donrsquot think I was nervous that night I justremembered being thrilledrdquo

THE SOUND YOU HAVE IS ALMOST CLASSICCOUNTRY VERY UNGUARDED AND SINGINGSTRAIGHT TO THE AUDIENCE

ldquoWhatrsquos good about the older music is itrsquos very di-

rect and honest and it had sentiment in there thatwas considered corny but the cornball is part ofthe honesty itrsquos part of the lsquohey this is how I feelrsquoyou know My music is not just limited to countryIrsquom not a purist in any way I just like signing to anaudience and singing your heart out You knowhow blues tells the audience that you feel badCountry will tell you how you got thererdquo

I FIRST HEARD YOU ON THE CHRIS ISAAKSHOW IN THE LATE rsquo80S EARLY rsquo90S WITH

KD LANG IT WAS MODERN AND BEAUTIFULCOUNTRY MUSIC AND I REMEMBER YOU BE-ING A PART OF THAT SOUND WHEN IT CAMEOUT WHAT IS YOUR TAKE ON COUNTRY MU-SIC NOW

ldquoOh itrsquos the same take Irsquove had on it since thelate rsquo60s Everybody talks about what their idea

of country music is and everybody has a differ-ent idea Country music can mean anything nowWhat I do now is label mine as lsquoginger brown guit-steel musicrsquo Itrsquos a combination of all types of mu-sic mdash country rock and some othersrdquo

AMERICA IS SUCH A BLEND OF DIFFERENTPEOPLE IT STANDS TO REASON THAT MUSIC WOULD REPRESENT THAT AS WELL

ldquoYes When I do something I try and do it in an

honest way and give the song what it requiresWhen I say I have a lot of styles in my music itdoesnrsquot mean I use them all at once People loveto see me go nuts on that guitar but you haveto do what the song calls for Now the problemcomes when yoursquore trying to do everything onevery song all the time You never get anywherethat way There are guys out there that say lsquoOK Ican play an Ernest Tubbrsquos song and put a BB Kingblues guitar solo in itrsquo and feel like they have re-

ally discovered something and to me that is notsaying anything You havenrsquot done anything butwater down a good song Not that I donrsquot like BBKing he just does not mix well with Ernest TubbThatrsquos where musicianship comes inrdquo

WHAT DO YOU THINK CONTRIBUTED MOSTTO YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF MUSIC

ldquoCovering other peoplersquos songs and working withother people Working in the country and western

clubs doing country songs that were popular atthe time A lot of them I didnrsquot like but I playedthem as best as I could And then I started writ-ing songs which really put me in another place Icould really be myself I wasnrsquot a cover artist any-more Most of the stuff on my records are stuffthat Irsquove written so Irsquom very proud of thatrdquo

DOES SONG WRITING COME EASY TO YOUOR IS IT A DIFFICULT PROCESS

ldquoItrsquos very difcult More difcult than one maythink Itrsquos easy to write bad songs and hard towrite good ones I have thrown away over half ofthem I could put several weeks into a song that just isnrsquot any goodrdquo

HOW DID YOU COME TO INVENT THE GUIT-STEEL

ldquoMichael Stephens of Stephens Guitars theymake them and we have sold a few of them I have

seen a couple of people playing them and itrsquos kindof strange like watching somebody dance withyour wife lsquoWait a minute yoursquore not supposed tobe holding that mdash thatrsquos my instrumentrsquordquo

BETTER CALL hellip JUNIOR

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SO ITrsquoS A BLEND OF TWO TYPES OFGUITAR SOUND

ldquoNo they are two complete and differentinstruments You have the guitar neck and thesteel guitar neck so I am switching instrumentsas I sing I am basically doing the part of threeguys on stage hellip singing guitar and steel guitarPut a little foot pedal down there on a bass drum and Icould be a one man bandrdquo

HOW DID YOU GET INVOLVED IN FILMS AND TELE-VISION

ldquoPeople who are fans ask me to do it Vince Gilliganliked what I did so he asked me to be on the X-FilesGilligan did Breaking Bad and is now doing BetterCall Saulrdquo

BETTER CALL SAUL DEBUTED RECENTLY ANDBECAME THE MOST WATCHED CABLE SHOWIN HISTORY FIFTEEN AND A HALF MILLIONPEOPLE HEARD YOUR THEME SONG THIS PAST WEEKEND

ldquoWell I didnrsquot play on the show they aired it rightafter they nished Breaking Bad as a promotion forsomething It wasnrsquot a theme song to the series Vincehad actually wrote it with three of his friends A verywell-written song written with me in mind I was veryattered by that We just got back from the premier inLA did the red carpet played the party and showed themovie It was a lot of funrdquo

SO WHAT SHOULD YOUR FANS EXPECT WHEN

YOU PERFORM AT THE CENTER FOR THE ARTSIN GRASS VALLEY

ldquoOh a unique experience I guess I mean I just domy own thing and if they havenrsquot seen me beforethey will be pleasantly surprised mdash itrsquos original I ambringing a full band including my wife who playsrhythm guitarrdquo

Photos by George Brainard

You know how

blues tells the

audience that

you feel bad

Country willtell you how

you got there- Junior Brown

BEHIND EVERY GREAT MAN

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Elaine Bromka received a letter from agentleman who attended her one-wom-an show ldquoTea for Threerdquo and wrote that

when she took her curtain call he asked theperson next to him where the other two ac-tresses were

ldquoIt wasnrsquot the rst time Irsquod heard thatrdquo Bromkasaid ldquoI am nding the essence of each womanI have a feeling of each voice but I really go forwhere the energy originates moves throughthe bodyrdquo

The three bodies she inhabits on stage belongto three former rst ladies mdash Lady Bird John -son Pat Nixon and Betty Ford The play which

she co-wrote with Eric H Weinberger is a char-acter study that is both funny and moving

ldquoItrsquos really an exploration of what it was liketo suddenly wake up and yoursquore in the WhiteHouserdquo Bromka said ldquoIn two of those cases itwas really suddenrdquo

Bromka a veteran of stage and screen mdashboth large and small mdash recently worked withlegendary impressionist Rich Little in the PBSshow ldquoThe Presidentsrdquo where she starred aseight rst ladies opposite Littlersquos commandersin chief

ldquoRich and I were out at lunch and he was sittingthere staring at his hands and I asked lsquowhat areyou doingrsquordquo she said ldquoHe said lsquoReagan holdshis thumbs like this like a bearrsquordquo

Itrsquos the little things that make or break a good

impersonation she learned While not neces-sarily an impressionist herself she is a peoplewatcher mdash and listener mdash and in two years shespent with the National Theatre of the Deaf shelearned a lot about the non-verbal

ldquoThe body doesnrsquot lierdquo she said

Bromka went to the museum of TV and radioand studied video tapes of all three women

Doing so she said she learned a lot about theirpersonalities

ldquoAll three were very smart and easy to underes-timaterdquo Bromka said ldquoFor Lady Bird imaginefollowing in the footsteps of a star She was not

as glamorous as Jackie but she did wonderfulthings with Head Start and beauticationrdquo

Pat Nixon she said was harder because sherarely opened her mouth

ldquoThey called her lsquoPlastic Patrsquordquo she said ldquoThatrsquosnot plastic those are the eyes of a very guard-ed watchful person Someone who experi-enced a lot of pain They say she was one ofthe warmest rst ladies one-on-one Pat wentto 80 countries on her own as a one-on-oneambassador she just didnrsquot want to get in frontof groupsrdquo

And then therersquos Betty Ford

ldquoBetty was a live wire she said whatever shethoughtrdquo Bromka said ldquoBut Betty broke openhuge issues like womenrsquos rights and breastcancer awarenessrdquo

Many of the lines in the play are direct quotesfrom the rst ladies She said while the playcovers a lot of ground itrsquos not by any means ahistory lesson

ldquoThis is really a Valentine to all threerdquo Bromkasaid ldquoItrsquos a human story about the human el-ement One audience member said lsquoit lets youwalk in their shoesrsquordquo

And for Bromka the shoes t just ne

ONE-WOMAN SHOW LOOKS AT LIVES OF

THREE FORMER FIRST LADIES

By Paul Cambra

BEHIND EVERY GREAT MAN

TEA FOR THREE mdash LADYBIRD PAT AND BETTY

WHEN 730 pm SaturdayMarch 21 3 pm Sunday March 22

WHERE The State Theatre985 Lincoln Way Auburn

TICKETS $20

INFO (530) 852-2708infoplacertheaterorg

Elaine Bromka on PatNixon ldquoThey say she wasone of the warmest rst

ladies one-on-onerdquo

Elaine Bromka on Betty FordldquoBetty was a live wire she said

whatever she thoughtrdquo

Elaine Bromka onLady Bird JohnsonldquoImagine following

in the footsteps ofa starrdquo

VANYA AND SONIA AND

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By Paul Cambra

MASHA AND SPIKE

WHEN 8 pm Fridays and Saturdaysthrough March 28 2 pm Sunday

March 15 and 22 (7 pm ThursdayMarch 5 preview)

WHERE Nevada Theatre 401 BroadSt Nevada City

TICKETS $25 general $35 reserved($15 Thursday preview)

INFO (530) 346-3210sierrastagesorg

Whether yoursquore familiar with Chek-hov not too familiar or you think hersquosthe guy who sat next to Sulu on the

Starship Enterprise it doesnrsquot matter Chances areyoursquoll like this play

ldquoThe playwright said he took Chekhov and puthim in a blenderrdquo Jeffrey Mason said ldquoYou donrsquotneed to have any Chekhov background to un-derstand or enjoy this play but if you do Therersquosmore fun to be hadrdquo

Mason is directing the Sierra Stages production ofldquoVanya and Sonia and Masha and Spikerdquo a 2013Tony Award-winning play by Christopher DurangThe characterrsquos names are all from Anton Chekhovplays The mood is very ldquoChekhovianrdquo mdash sad andlonely characters in a country house a visitor com-ing and shaking things up mdash but really folks you

donrsquot need to know Chekhov to enjoy this playldquoItrsquos funnyrdquo Mason said ldquoThe situations are fun-ny the characters are funny they are dealing withproblems anybody can relate to Family issues Itrsquosa very well-crafted playrdquo

He said it is the single most popular play on theregional theater circuit this season with no lessthan 27 different productions

ldquoI donrsquot know of another play that has been thispopular this soonrdquo Mason said ldquoEverybody is en- joying it everywhererdquo

Robert Rossman plays Vanya ldquoprobably the san-

est one of them allrdquo he said

Vanya is in his 50s lives with his adopted sister isnot very sociable doesnrsquot go out and has neverheld a job And hersquos the sane one

But to his defense he and his sister have been tak-ing care of their parent who both had Alzheimerrsquosdisease Now that they are gone their other sis-ter who has been supporting the family throughher career as an actress is coming home That

ratchets the dysfunction meter up a few notchesldquoMasha doesnrsquot come home very often but thistime she comes home and tells them she is goingto sell the houserdquo said Susan Mason who playsMasha ldquoThey have never lived anywhere else

They donrsquot know how to live anywhere elserdquo

And Masha brings her very young boyfriendSpike home with her fueling the jealousy be-tween her and her plain sheltered adopted sister

ldquoSonia is a kind of the pathetic onerdquo said actressSharon Winegar ldquoShe plays pathetic but she isnot truly pathetic She likes to wallow in self pitybut at the same time she is very sweet and charm-ing in her misery She has wonderful things hap-pen to her throughout the course of the play Yound yourself rooting for her adoring herrdquo

None of the three principal players can fully re-late to the sibling rivalry of Vanya and Sonia andMasha Winegar got along quite well with her sis-ters and Mason is an only child But Rossman seeshimself as sort of the eccentric in the family

ldquoThey all have normal kinds of jobs and look atme as the guy who does all of the weird theatricalstuffrdquo he said

Much to the delight of the director

ldquoI could have cast the play two or three timesrdquoJeffrey Mason said ldquoIt was an unusually stronggroup who auditioned I consider myself verylucky in a relatively small town like ours the num-ber of people that are involved in theaterrdquo

So if you enjoy a good Chekhov story yoursquoll get afew more of the jokes than most

ldquoSome of the references are right in your facesome are more subtlerdquo Susan Mason said

If you havenrsquot read any of his stories or plays wor-ry not

ldquoItrsquos not blatantly Chekhovrdquo Rossman said ldquoItrsquos

just a comic romprdquoAnd if yoursquore still convinced that the only Chekovthat matters is a star eet navigator well theremay actually be a character or two here yoursquodidentify with

THEY PUT THE lsquoFUNrsquo INDYSFUNCTION

Photo by David Wong

Robert Rossman Sharon Winegar Susan Mason and Casey Burkestar in the Sierra Stages production of Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike

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IN YOUR DAILY GRIND

When yoursquore in need of coffee there arecertainly a lot of choices Sure youcould buzz through the drive through

and have your McBeverage handed to you andbe done with it

Or you could hit one of many locally-owned cof-fee shops and cafeacutes each with their own ambienceand deacutecor and really soak up the wide variety of lo-cal avor in a way that no corporate chain ever can

Here in the foothills you can bike up to the Trail-head Coffee in Penryn and sip an espresso conpanna while you have your bicycle worked on Orlounge on a Victorian sofa under a glass chande-lier at the Cafeacute Mekka in Nevada City Or minglewith judges and lawyers while grabbing a cappuc-cino at the Courthouse Cafeacute in Auburn Or evenplay a round of bocce ball while you sip your mac-chiato at The Flower Farm in Loomis

Whether your choice is black coffee or a nonfat

soy latte yoursquoll nd lots of choices in Placer andNevada County Here is an unbiased sampling toconsider Cranking up Ella Fitzgeraldrsquos cover ofldquoBlack Coffeerdquo while you drive there is optionalbut highly recommended

PUTTING LOCAL FLAVOR

NEVADA CITY Cafeacute Mekka237 Commercial St Nevada City (530) 478-1517

Cafeacute Mekka is easily the most eclectic and funkyof the coffee houses I visited The Gold Rush-erabuilding is lined with tables and vintage sofasbooks and art even a piano in the corner Mekkahas a huge drink menu with beans from TempleCoffee in Sacramento as well as baked goodsmade by DeGroot Bakery Mekka rotates artshows monthly has open mic nights music andpoetry with limited seating outside The SummerIce a blend of chocolate caramel and espresso isa denite must try

Three Forks Bakery and Brewery 211 Commercial St Nevada City (530) 470-8333threeforksnccom

Open since August Three Forks merges a bak-ery with a brewery providing coffee and micro-brews along with pizza and sandwiches Its beansare from local roaster Fable in Grass Valley Themodern sleek-looking space with some outdoorseating offers a new take on both the traditionalbakery and the microbrewery

GRASS VALLEY Carolines Coffee Roaster 128 South Auburn St Grass Valley (530) 273-6424 carolinescoffeecom

Carolines is a family-owned coffee house in Grass Valley with specialty-roasted coffee includingtheir own house blend as well as scones pas-tries quiches gourmet olives and sandwichesCarolines has a warm and friendly vibe with asmall outdoor seating area located on the groundoor of the classic Madison Lodge Building

AUBURNThe Courthouse Cafeacute1425 Lincoln Way Auburn (530) 889-1373

Sitting directly across the street from the AuburnCourthouse is The Courthouse Cafeacute a 1930s con-verted bungalow which makes for an intimatehome-like setting complete with a small replaceand reading areas Its beans are from Santa CruzCoffee and the baked goods are made fresh dai-ly Obviously a popular spot for the lawyers and judges needing caffeine x before court the cafeacuteis a denite hot spot in the mornings The Court -house Cafe is part of the Placer 360 art scene and

By Matthew Whitley

Bicycle memorabilia lines the wallsof the Trailhead Coffee and CyclingL i P

Photo by Matthew Whitley

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features local art year round and a small outdoorseating area

Depoe Bay Coffee Company 893 High St Auburn (530) 889-1021 depoebay-coffeecom

Conveniently located right down the street fromthe ofces of the Foothills Entertainer mdash muchto the relief of the staff mdash the Depoe is Down-

town Auburnrsquos go-to spot for a cup of Joe Thecafeacute has a couple of different seating areas roaststheir own beans and serves bakes goods break-fast and sandwiches Depoe Bay offers live musicevery other Sunday as well as local art

PENRYN

Trailhead Coffee and Cycling Lounge2210 Taylor Road Penryn (916) 663-1501 coffee-andbikescom

The Trailhead located directly across from GrifthQuarry Park is both a coffee house and a full bicy-cle shop Co-owner Jerry Cannon is a competitivecyclist who has merged his two passions into onebusiness Decorated with Tour de France memo-rabilia and vintage gear the shop pays homage toall things bicycle Cyclists can have repairs doneon their bikes while hanging out on the wood-

en patio drinking one of the Trailheadrsquos specialtyroasts The cafeacute offers pastries and baked goodspower and energy bars and breakfast burritos

LOOMIS

The Flower Farm Nursery9280 Horseshoe Bar Road Loomis (916) 652-5650 owerfarminncom

The Flower Farm is a cafeacute set in one of the arearsquosmore beautiful and pastoral settings The facilityalso operates a bed and breakfast host eventsand weddings operates a nursery and gift shophas a waterwheel pond bocce ball court and gar-dens Also on the property is Casque Winery allsurrounded by citrus orchards and gardens Thecafeacute menu features ingredients taken right offtheir farm In the fall and winter they sell pump-kins and Christmas trees hellip how many cafeacutes dothat

ROCKLIN

Origin Coffee and Tea2168 Sunset Blvd Rocklin (916) 787-5676 orig-incoffeeorg

Origin Coffee and Tea is a nonprot coffee housewhose sole mission is to raise money and aware-ness to end human slave trafcking At Origin all

of the employees donate their time and the mon-ey raised goes to the Grace Network Rescue Thebeans they carry are free trade and roasted locallyOrigin offers table and couch seating in a modern

but sparse environment There is live music in-cluding benet concerts Itrsquos coffee with a cause

ROSEVILLEShady Coffee and Tea325 Douglas Blvd Roseville (916) 742-4117 sha-dycoffeeandteacom

Shady Coffee and Tea is a small cafeacute and eateryclose to Downtown Roseville that offers specialtyroasts including Mast Espresso beans and En-

timos Coffee from Citrus Heights Shady offerssandwiches salads breakfasts beer and wineThey also have a nice-size back patio a drive-upwindow art on the walls and open mic on Fridaynights Be sure and try the Affogato vanilla beanice cream topped with espresso

Lounge in Penryn

Emmit Johnston Grass Valley resident andbarista at Carolines Coffee in Grass Valley

Photo by Matthew Whitley

From left Joe Fernandez VinceMUSIC FROM THE BRITISH ISLES

FROM CELTIC TO BEATLES

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AUBURN CONCERT BAND PLAYS MUSIC FROM THE BRITISH ISLESBy Paul Cambra

Think British invasion and you go straight to1964 But the music of the United Kingdomand Ireland has been crossing the Atlantic

for centuries From Baroque to folk ddles tofes the rich musical history of the British Isles canbe traced back to the polyphonic melodies of thelate middle ages

But this month itrsquos all about the brass hellip and thewoodwinds hellipand the percussion

ldquoBrass bands have been popular in Britain sincethe 1800srdquo said Craig Thomas trumpeter withthe Auburn Concert Band ldquoToday they are oneof the most popular forms of music in Englandrdquo

The Auburn Concert band will present ldquoMusicfrom the British Isles ndash from Celtic to Beatlesrdquo fortwo free performances this month The 40-pieceensemble will take on everyone from Gustav Holstto LennonMcCartney

ldquoWersquore not just playing a Beatles song itrsquos a sym-phonic workingrdquo said conductor Tom CandlishldquoYou know how Hey Jude sort of rocks out at theend The arranger takes that same idea but addsa counter melody underneath Itrsquos a mix of the

original material with material for an orchestra Itrsquosnot the way the Beatles played it They are a rockband we are a concert bandrdquo

They will however step slightly out of the box forthese shows adding a piper Chuck Jamison fora medley of bagpipe tunes which they will ac-company And Jamison who plays drums for thecountry and western band Dust in My Coffee willbring his band mates to do a two-song Celtic setin the middle of the show Country Celtic if youwill

ldquoThe Auburn Concert Band is very enthusiasticabout the variety of music we are playingrdquo Can-dlish said ldquoItrsquos not just serious music all of thetime We are mixing it up with folk tunes and poppieces The audiences we play for have really ap-preciated thatrdquo

Yoursquoll hear Brian Borursquos March one of Irelandrsquosoldest traditional folk songs Yoursquoll hear DannyBoy which Candlish calls ldquothe epitome of concertband musicrdquo And then therersquos Those MagnicentMen in their Flying Machines from the 1965 mov-ie and McNamararsquos Band which was a top-10 hitfor Bing Crosby

And if yoursquore not leaving the show humming theending to Hey Jude chances are yoursquoll be whis-tling the Colonel Bogey March better known asthe theme song to The Bridge on the River Kwai

ldquoThe British Isles have certainly contributed to themusical history of this countryrdquo Thomas said ldquoItrsquosamazing when you go back the fact that therewere craftsman making these instruments so mu-sicians could play these beautiful and elaborate

classical piecesrdquo

Thomas the trumpeter has his own personal con-nection to the UK

ldquoI have a couple of cornets that I bought fromsomeone in Englandrdquo he said ldquoThe characteris-tics of the British horn are a little different moresoft and mellow In describing the differencebetween a cornet and a trumpet the trumpet Iwould describe as having a bright and projectingtone and the cornet a softer more mellow tonerdquo

From bright to mellow and a few stages in be-tween this British invasion mixes history with har-mony

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WHEN 7-9 pm Wednesday March 4

WHERE Newcastle School 8951 Valley View Drive Newcastle

WHEN 7-9 pm Wednesday March 11

WHERE The State Theatre985 Lincoln Way Auburn

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In This Issue

06 GREEN FIELDS OF AMERICA

Time Travelers not short on tall tales

10 SPRING HOPHappy days at the gymnasium

1 2 MIKE AMARALrsquoSCALIFORNIA BEACH BOYSTribute band creates good vibrations

1 6 THE SHORTIESImprov comedy rocks Rocklin

1 8 JUNIOR BROWNCountry music star a throwback

20 TEA FOR THREE LADY BIRD

PAT AND BETTY Elaine Bromkarsquos one woman show

24 MOVE OVER STARBUCKS

Check out some local coffeehouses

26 MUSIC OF THE BRITISH ISLESAuburn Concert Band tacklesBeatles and beyond

21 VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHAAND SPIKESierra stagesrsquo offer a Chekhovian spoof

VOLUME 3 ISSUE 3

MARCH 2015

CONTRIBUTING WRITERS

Paul Cambra

Matthew Whitley

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foothillsentertainergoldcountrymediacomCopyright 2015 All rights reserved No

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The publisher shall not be responsible for anyliabilities arising from the publication of copyprovided by any advertiser for the Nevada ampPlacer County Entertainer Further it shall notbe liable for any act of omission on the part

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County EntertainerA publication of Gold Country Media

GENERAL INFO

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J

oe and Paula McHugh have been crisscross-ing the country for years bringing their showldquoGreen Fields of Americardquo to the heartland

and all that surrounds it

But the stories they tell are not from the road atleast not the highways and byways of the 21stcentury No the stories they tell are ones thathave ben passed down through the generationsCall them legends call them lore call them talltales if you will

Joe and Paula call themselves ldquoThe Time Trav-elersrdquo and their show will take you on a journey

from the 13 colonies to the 1930s when the dustbowl and depression sent folks on yet anotherwestward migration

ldquoWe donrsquot gloss over historyrdquo Joe McHugh saidldquoTherersquos a fair amount of humor some of it is

very touching and all are characters that weretalked about back in the dayrdquo

Like Sagamore Johnson who shaved his beardto collect the gold akes mdash the ones he got fromwashing in the American River mdash to go see LolaMontez perform

Or Confederate General Albert Sidney John-ston who bled to death during the battle of Shi-lo in 1962

ldquoWe give them a real authentic look at the timerdquoJoe said ldquoThere are a lot of real historical anec-

dotes a lot of them straight out legends and talltales Kind of like Mark Twain half history halfTwainrdquo

Joe McHugh was a city kid raised in what hecalls ldquoa pretty rough inner cityrdquo of Patterson

New Jersey When he was 20 he bought a smallfarm in West Virginia and lived without electrici-ty for four years It was there that he discoveredold-time mountain music

ldquoThe people learned tunes directly from theirparents or aunts and unclesrdquo he said ldquoSomeballads go as far back as Elizabethan England Ifell in love with that musicrdquo

And with storytelling which was once very inte-gral to the cultural life of our country he saidAfter having told these stories for many years henow speaks at conferences about the art of sto-

rytelling in the electronic age and how it impactsthe younger generation

ldquoWersquore so industrialized the way we tell storiesrdquohe said ldquoYou make it for me and wersquoll buy it fromyou But people kind of know that this way exists

EXCELLENT ADVENTUREJo an Paulrsquos Courtesy photos

Paula and Joe McHugh play a courtingdulcimer ldquoYou play it together One

plays melody the other harmonyrdquoPaula said ldquoItrsquos a way people courtedYou play together to see how well you

got along If they play well togetherthey might look at each other in a

different wayrdquo

By Paul Cambra

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how we tell stories rather than turning it over tosomeone elserdquo

FIDDLING WITH IMAGERY

Paula McHugh met Joe through the old-time mu-sic community She was involved in square danc-ing he played the ddle He was also on the roada lot with his storytelling act

ldquoWhen we got together I didnrsquot want to be leftalone all the time so I learned to play the banjordquoshe said

That was 25 years ago Apparently they didnrsquotneed a courting dulcimer to test their compatibil-ity But they do play one now

ldquoThe courting dulcimer you play it togetherrdquo

Paula said ldquoOne plays melody the other harmo-ny Itrsquos a way people courted You play togetherto see how well you got along If they play well

together they might look at each other in a dif-ferent wayrdquo

Paula looks at ddle tunes in a way not manyothers do About six years ago intrigued by thetitles of these traditional musical pieces she be-gan bringing them to life on canvas

ldquoArkansas Traveler What the heck is thatrdquoshe said ldquoI nd the history behind it The title

takes me to whatever subject it is then I re-search it to nd something Photography onlygoes back so farrdquo

A little more than a dozen of her paintings willserve as a backdrop to their performance All are

inspired by the names of old-time ddle tunesShe will soon tackle folk songs which at least havelyrics to point her in some direction

But for ldquoThe Time Travelersrdquo direction is lesslinear While the McHughs left western Pennsyl-vania for Auburn in 1988 then moved to Neva-da City in 2003 before settling in WashingtonState their journey has been one of imagina-tion and inspiration

ldquoThe whole idea of time travel we think this stuffisnrsquot really gone itrsquos sort of still aroundrdquo Joe said

ldquoWhen you tell their stories they are almost inthe room with you I remember the old men whotaught me the tunes back in the rsquo70s I still feelthem there when I play Itrsquos not nostalgia itrsquos a liv-ing history and we remind people that we own itItrsquos our memory itrsquos our DNArdquo

TIME TRAVELERS ALL ABOUT THE lsquoARTrsquo OF STORYTELLING

ldquoOff to Californiardquo

Joe and Paula McHugh The Time Travelers

ldquoBuffalo Huntingrdquo

GREEN FIELDSOF AMERICA

WHO The Time TravelersJoe and Paula McHugh

WHEN 730 pm FridayMarch 13

WHERE State Theatre985 Lincoln Way Auburn

COST $15

INFO (530) 852-2708infoplacertheaterorg

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E 10

As the lyrics go ldquoyou can rock it you canroll it you can slop and you can stroll it atthe hoprdquo

Not sure if they ldquosloprdquo anymore and for mostpeople who came of age in the 1950s ldquostrollrdquotakes on a whole new meaning But for anyonewho wants to relive the glory days of school danc-

es mdash decades before bumping grinding andtwerking were to rear their ugly rears mdash then theSpring Hop is the place for you

ldquoThere is always something to do in Auburn in thesummertime but we were looking for a fun mdash andaffordable mdash winter activityrdquo said Sheryl Peters-en recreation services manager with the AuburnRecreation District (ARD) ldquoLast year we had awonderful time and everyone kept saying lsquoare yougoing to do it again this yearrsquordquo

Well theyrsquore back and so are dance instructorsArny Messersmith and Billie Prowant who willlead a one-hour lesson in East Coast Swing rightbefore the hop begins

ldquoItrsquos the easiest dance that I can teachrdquo Messer-smith said ldquoLessons donrsquot require a partner as werotate to give everyone a chance I would say inan hour wersquoll have you dancingrdquo

He said East Coast Swing has about 20 steps asopposed to West Coast Swingrsquos 200 But with EastCoast you throw your partner in every directionand that takes up a lot of oor space But therersquosstill enough room for the Auburn Outlaws rollerderby team to get around

ldquoThey were all over the gym oor last year zoom-ing in and out of people with trays on their shoul-dersrdquo Messersmith said

Those trays held food and drink mdash the local LionrsquosClub will be cooking hot dogs and brats mdash andthe Outlaws will serve as car hops There will bea swing dance contest and a hula hoop contestpoodle skirts aplenty and Frankie and the Fable-tones will provide the music

ldquoYou donrsquot have to come as a couplerdquo Petersensaid ldquoCome as friends come in groups Come inperiod dress Some came last year just to listen tothe musicrdquo

Messersmith suggests leather soles as you slideyour feet a lot and while they are know as ldquosockhopsrdquo less and less people are going shoeless

these daysldquoI grew up with a family that dancedrdquo he saidldquoMy grandmother used to take me German andItalian and Belgian dances in San Francisco We allwent together as a family When I had kids theirfriends at school couldnrsquot believe they were goingout dancing every weekend with their dadrdquo

And though the ARD Spring Hop is a 21 and old-er event that didnrsquot stop the demographic fromskewing young

ldquoThe great thing about last year was that therewere just as many young adults as oldrdquo Prowantsaid ldquoAnd it was the younger dancers who wonthe dance contest Even for young people who

donrsquot dance that much just see how much funyou have when you get out thererdquo

So remember cats and chicks if yoursquore lookingfor a place where you can swing it you can grooveit you can really start to move it hellip best go to theSpring Hop

DIG OUT THAT

POODLE SKIRT ITrsquoS

TIME TO DANCEBy Paul Cambra

Lersquos g t th hop

Come in yourrsquo50s garb and be ready todance at this yearrsquos Spring Hop

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E 11

WHEN 7-10 pm Saturday March21 Free dance instruction from 6-7pm in the Stella Room

WHERE Recreation ParkGymnasium 123 Recreation DriveAuburn

TICKETS $12 two for $20 Ages21 and older

Music by Frankie and theFabletones Dance contests

beer and wine food costumesencouraged

INFO (530) 863-4615auburnreccom

WHEN 7-8 pm Tuesdays March31 through April 21

WHERE Canyon View CommunityCenter 471 Maidu Drive Auburn

COST $40 person

INFO auburnreccom (activity No5333 W1)

rsquo50s amp rsquo60s Spring Hop

Eas Coas Swing Lessons

Arny Messersmith left and BillieProwant will be giving East Coast Swinglessons an hour before the Spring Hop

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Mike Amaral has surfed ndash or body surfed ndashin 75 percent of the locales named in theBeach Boysrsquo song Surnrsquo USA

So who better to head up a tribute to the South-ern California ambassadors of surf and sun

ldquoI had always wanted to do either a Beatles ora Beach Boys tribute band because I love themboth so muchrdquo said Mike Amaral who foundedthe California Beach Boys close to a decade agoldquoSo two of my cousins and I decided to go withthe Beach Boysrdquo

Cousins of course just like the original band Andwhile the Beatles are famous for their three-partharmony the Beach Boys sing in four-part andthat requires a lot of practice

ldquoWe have charts taken from the originals and weall have our assignmentrdquo Amaral said ldquoBut youhave to have guys that not only like the BeachBoysrsquo music but are willing to put in the time towork on the harmoniesrdquo

Based in the San Jose and Santa Cruz area MikeAmaralrsquos California Beach Boys play up and downthe coast in Arizona Colorado even Canada

ldquoWe were escorted on stage by the Royal Canadi-an Mounted Policerdquo Amaral said

There are six band members and Amaral handlesthe Mike Love role as lead singer He has playedmusic professionally since he was 14 but tooka break at age 22 to raise a family and pursue asteady career in law enforcement He returned tothe stage in 1995 with an oldies band Flashbackbut the surf sounds beckoned

ldquoI grew up an enormous fanrdquo he said ldquoI went toall of their concerts at the San Jose Civic Centerrdquo

And some of his current audience members may have

been there too At least thatrsquos what they tell him

ldquoAfter one concert and 85-year-old gentlemancomes up to me and says lsquoLook at me Do you re-member me Hawthorne 1964 hellip I saw you prac-tice in your garagersquordquo Amaral said ldquoHe thought we

MIKE AMARALrsquoS CALIFORNIA BEACH BOYS MAKE STOP IN AUBURN

By Paul Cambra

THEY GET AROUND

were the Beach Boys One lady told us she hadnrsquotseen us in 40 years and we sounded just as goodThank you very much I saidrdquo

Another woman told their bass player she saw himplay 40 years ago

ldquoTrouble is hersquos only 38 years oldrdquo Amaral said

But theyrsquoll gladly live with those mistaken identi-ty moments as long as they get to keep playingThey are three cousins and three close friends andthey get along really well Maybe more so than theoriginals

ldquoWersquove got all-white guitars and champagne spar-kle drums and the vertical striped shirtsrdquo he saidldquoPeople love that clean look Itrsquos all about the ap-pearance and the showmanship When we comeout people clap they like the way we look We got

stripes in light blue dark blue red pink hot pinkhellip we change them throughout the showrdquo

The typical audience covers a wide range of agesboth young and old music fans seeking good vi-brations Wouldnrsquot it be nice to be a part of it

Mike Amaral in car founded the California Beach Boys because he liked theirmusic so much The band consists of three cousins and three close friends

Courtesy Photos

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WHEN 730 pmSaturdayMarch 28

WHERE The State

Theatre 985 LincolnWay Auburn

TICKETS $25

INFO

(530) 852-2708infoplacertheaterorg

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Pick up season ticketsor individual concerttickets today

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People who need to give presentations atwork try it Writers use it to loosen up andget more creative Empty nesters take

classes because well what else are they goingto do

Itrsquos improvisational comedy mdash better know asimprov mdash and itrsquos gaining a foothold in South

Placer County at a place called Blacktop Comedyin Rocklin

ldquoImprov takes an opennessrdquo said co-founderBetsaida Lebron ldquoItrsquos all about saying lsquoyes andhelliprsquo You want to be able to agree and support whois there but not just be a yes man You have tobuild on what they saidrdquo

Lebron started building her improv resume beforeshe realized she was doing it

ldquoGrowing up there were four of us and we werealways doing skits and songs at churchrdquo she saidldquoWe never had much of a plan just a very roughoutline People told us how fun and entertainingwe were and we had no idea that it was improvrdquo

After college she randomly took an improv classand thought lsquowhatrsquo

ldquoIrsquod been doing it my whole life I just didnrsquot know

itrdquo she said

Enter Paul Burke who for years watched WhoseLine is it Anyway but never for a minute thoughtlsquoOh thatrsquos something I could dorsquo

ldquoI randomly found a drop-in improv class inSacramentordquo Burke said ldquoI began readingand studying about it attended classes in SanFrancisco festivals in Chicago and Los Angelesrdquo

Then six years ago he had the opportunityto study at the iO Theater Chicago and at TheSecond City

ldquoI came back and met Betsaida and we foundout we shared an improv vision and we openedBlacktop Comedyrdquo he said

What started in Roseville in 2011 has just relocated

to fancier digs in Rocklin In addition to the weeklySaturday show ldquoThe Shortiesrdquo they also haveclasses throughout the week for children andadults

Theater Kids Teen Improv Improv 101-301Playground Improv hellip there is something for allages and abilities

ldquoSome people are curious and just interested intrying improvrdquo Lebron said ldquoItrsquos kind of like a

By Paul Cambra

Comedy withou ne

WHAT Comedy t for the entire family

WHEN 7 pm Saturdays

THE SHORTIES WHERE The Showdown Theater 3101Sunset Blvd Suite 3A in Rocklin

TICKETS $5 each $15 families

INFO (916) 749-3100

Paul Burke

Photos by Paul Burke

Betsaida Lebron

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time to explore their creative side And some arealready actors looking for an edge at auditionsrdquo

And then therersquos ldquoBelly Laughsrdquo

ldquoA belly dancer was looking for space to teachone night a weekrdquo Betsaida said ldquoWe thoughtlsquohow fun would it be to merge them togetherrdquo

Now once a month belly dancers take the stagewhile the improv performers watch from thewings Then itrsquos their turn to entertain

ldquoOne guy started shimmying and shaking tryingto get into skinny jeans and be a part of the fadrdquoBetsaida said

Improv is all about the inspiration Be it the movesof a belly dancer or a shout from the audience allthe performer needs is a jumping off point

ldquoThe Shorties get ideas from the audiencerdquoBurke said ldquoFrom a location mdash like the beach orStarbuckrsquos mdash or a feeling they had today a lineof dialogue or a text message we will use thosewithin the scene We just focus on creating in themoment Every show is totally differentrdquo

The 7 pm show is for families guaranteed to be

clean The 830 show well they donrsquot try to beblue but they are making this up on the y Theyuse a rotating cast of performers usually eight to10 on any given night

ldquoItrsquos a really diverse group and really they usuallynd usrdquo Burke said ldquoThey come through ourclasses like Teen Playground More than anythingwe love having a team of people who share asame mindsetrdquo

Audience participation at The Shorties isencouraged but not required They promise theywill not pick on anyone who chooses just to sitback and enjoy the show But you may want tooffer a suggestion should they get stuck

ldquoAnd you will get stuckrdquo Burke said ldquoWhen itdoes happen you breathe through it You think lsquoIhave to be funny I have to be cleverrsquo but thatrsquoshow you get stuck in the rst place Slow down

listen to what was said last respond to it and it willall be goodrdquo

lsquoTHE SHORTIESrsquo IMPROVE

UPON IMPROV

THEATER KIDS (AGES SECONDTO FIFTH GRADE)

bull Basic improv and theater skills

TEEN IMPROV

bull Create SNL-type sketches

IMPROV 101 201 301

bull Adults interested in trying improv

TEEN PLAYGROUND

bull Bring a favorite game and make new friends

PLAYGROUND IMPROV

bull Drop-in workshop for adults

BELLY LAUGHS

bull The show that blends sexy with funny

BLACKTOP COMEDY

Lori Wynant shares with the dangers ofsky diving with Kevin Brown

BETTER CALL JUNIOR

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E 18

By Matthew Whitley

Hersquos labeled country music mdash and he is mdashbut hersquos so much more A listen through

his catalogue and you hear country rockhonky-tonk swing mariachi Tex-Mex bluegrassand rhythm and blues mdash even a bit of Hawaiian

He even invented a double necked ldquoguit-steelrdquoallowing him to play and switch between electricguitar and lap steel guitar on the same instrument

Then therersquos that voice a deep baritone and astyle that harkens back to an earlier era hellip cleanhonest and un-ironic hellip like the music of George

Jones or Ernest Tubb who Brown has often beencompared to in style

Brown 62 will bring his act to The Center for theArts in Grass Valley near the end of this monthWe had a chance to talk with Brown and we askedhim how he got to be a country music star

WERE YOU EXPOSED TO A LOT OF COUNTRYMUSIC GROWING UP

ldquoNot really My parents liked classical and I wasmostly raised on that I watched the TV and thatrsquoswhere I got into that kind of musicrdquo

WHY DO YOU THINK YOU WERE DRAWN TOCOUNTRY MUSIC AS OPPOSED TO THE POP-ULAR MUSIC OF THE DAY

ldquoI was drawn to popular music at the time I re-member when the Beatles hit and then the bandsthat followed Thatrsquos what the teenagers at school

would be talking about I kind of discovered Er-nest Tubb on my own watching the TV I never

told any of my friends as I donrsquot think it wouldhave gone over too wellrdquo

DO YOU REMEMBER IF THERE WAS A SPECIF-IC ALBUM WHERE YOU SAID lsquoTHIS IS WHAT I WANT TO DO THIS IS ITrsquo

ldquoNo we didnrsquot buy albums back then And a coun-try album I wouldnrsquot have any idea as to whereto buy that So it was all television I watched Er-nest Tubbrsquos show and then the Buck Owens show

Jimmy Dean had a show that came out of Wash-ington DC I would eventually buy an album ofa rock person or something but those were ex-pensive and I didnrsquot have any money I would buysingles once in a while you know the little 45 andagain it wasnrsquot country as I wouldnrsquot know whereto buy onerdquo

DO YOU REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME YOUPERFORMED

ldquoYes It was at a Boys Scout Jamboree at AndrewsAir Force Base in Maryland I was about 8 or 10years old and I was strolling around the differentcamp sites me and another guy sort of like min-strels which is what we sort of felt like doing Lit-tle did I know that is what I would be doing forthe rest of my life Anyway we stopped at one ofthese campsites and it was the top brass of theJamboree They said lsquocome on down tonight andperformrsquo So we actually got a stage with a micro-

phone and there was about 7000 Boy Scouts outthere and I was hooked I have been chasing thebright lights ever since I still get nervous perform-ing but I donrsquot think I was nervous that night I justremembered being thrilledrdquo

THE SOUND YOU HAVE IS ALMOST CLASSICCOUNTRY VERY UNGUARDED AND SINGINGSTRAIGHT TO THE AUDIENCE

ldquoWhatrsquos good about the older music is itrsquos very di-

rect and honest and it had sentiment in there thatwas considered corny but the cornball is part ofthe honesty itrsquos part of the lsquohey this is how I feelrsquoyou know My music is not just limited to countryIrsquom not a purist in any way I just like signing to anaudience and singing your heart out You knowhow blues tells the audience that you feel badCountry will tell you how you got thererdquo

I FIRST HEARD YOU ON THE CHRIS ISAAKSHOW IN THE LATE rsquo80S EARLY rsquo90S WITH

KD LANG IT WAS MODERN AND BEAUTIFULCOUNTRY MUSIC AND I REMEMBER YOU BE-ING A PART OF THAT SOUND WHEN IT CAMEOUT WHAT IS YOUR TAKE ON COUNTRY MU-SIC NOW

ldquoOh itrsquos the same take Irsquove had on it since thelate rsquo60s Everybody talks about what their idea

of country music is and everybody has a differ-ent idea Country music can mean anything nowWhat I do now is label mine as lsquoginger brown guit-steel musicrsquo Itrsquos a combination of all types of mu-sic mdash country rock and some othersrdquo

AMERICA IS SUCH A BLEND OF DIFFERENTPEOPLE IT STANDS TO REASON THAT MUSIC WOULD REPRESENT THAT AS WELL

ldquoYes When I do something I try and do it in an

honest way and give the song what it requiresWhen I say I have a lot of styles in my music itdoesnrsquot mean I use them all at once People loveto see me go nuts on that guitar but you haveto do what the song calls for Now the problemcomes when yoursquore trying to do everything onevery song all the time You never get anywherethat way There are guys out there that say lsquoOK Ican play an Ernest Tubbrsquos song and put a BB Kingblues guitar solo in itrsquo and feel like they have re-

ally discovered something and to me that is notsaying anything You havenrsquot done anything butwater down a good song Not that I donrsquot like BBKing he just does not mix well with Ernest TubbThatrsquos where musicianship comes inrdquo

WHAT DO YOU THINK CONTRIBUTED MOSTTO YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF MUSIC

ldquoCovering other peoplersquos songs and working withother people Working in the country and western

clubs doing country songs that were popular atthe time A lot of them I didnrsquot like but I playedthem as best as I could And then I started writ-ing songs which really put me in another place Icould really be myself I wasnrsquot a cover artist any-more Most of the stuff on my records are stuffthat Irsquove written so Irsquom very proud of thatrdquo

DOES SONG WRITING COME EASY TO YOUOR IS IT A DIFFICULT PROCESS

ldquoItrsquos very difcult More difcult than one maythink Itrsquos easy to write bad songs and hard towrite good ones I have thrown away over half ofthem I could put several weeks into a song that just isnrsquot any goodrdquo

HOW DID YOU COME TO INVENT THE GUIT-STEEL

ldquoMichael Stephens of Stephens Guitars theymake them and we have sold a few of them I have

seen a couple of people playing them and itrsquos kindof strange like watching somebody dance withyour wife lsquoWait a minute yoursquore not supposed tobe holding that mdash thatrsquos my instrumentrsquordquo

BETTER CALL hellip JUNIOR

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SO ITrsquoS A BLEND OF TWO TYPES OFGUITAR SOUND

ldquoNo they are two complete and differentinstruments You have the guitar neck and thesteel guitar neck so I am switching instrumentsas I sing I am basically doing the part of threeguys on stage hellip singing guitar and steel guitarPut a little foot pedal down there on a bass drum and Icould be a one man bandrdquo

HOW DID YOU GET INVOLVED IN FILMS AND TELE-VISION

ldquoPeople who are fans ask me to do it Vince Gilliganliked what I did so he asked me to be on the X-FilesGilligan did Breaking Bad and is now doing BetterCall Saulrdquo

BETTER CALL SAUL DEBUTED RECENTLY ANDBECAME THE MOST WATCHED CABLE SHOWIN HISTORY FIFTEEN AND A HALF MILLIONPEOPLE HEARD YOUR THEME SONG THIS PAST WEEKEND

ldquoWell I didnrsquot play on the show they aired it rightafter they nished Breaking Bad as a promotion forsomething It wasnrsquot a theme song to the series Vincehad actually wrote it with three of his friends A verywell-written song written with me in mind I was veryattered by that We just got back from the premier inLA did the red carpet played the party and showed themovie It was a lot of funrdquo

SO WHAT SHOULD YOUR FANS EXPECT WHEN

YOU PERFORM AT THE CENTER FOR THE ARTSIN GRASS VALLEY

ldquoOh a unique experience I guess I mean I just domy own thing and if they havenrsquot seen me beforethey will be pleasantly surprised mdash itrsquos original I ambringing a full band including my wife who playsrhythm guitarrdquo

Photos by George Brainard

You know how

blues tells the

audience that

you feel bad

Country willtell you how

you got there- Junior Brown

BEHIND EVERY GREAT MAN

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Elaine Bromka received a letter from agentleman who attended her one-wom-an show ldquoTea for Threerdquo and wrote that

when she took her curtain call he asked theperson next to him where the other two ac-tresses were

ldquoIt wasnrsquot the rst time Irsquod heard thatrdquo Bromkasaid ldquoI am nding the essence of each womanI have a feeling of each voice but I really go forwhere the energy originates moves throughthe bodyrdquo

The three bodies she inhabits on stage belongto three former rst ladies mdash Lady Bird John -son Pat Nixon and Betty Ford The play which

she co-wrote with Eric H Weinberger is a char-acter study that is both funny and moving

ldquoItrsquos really an exploration of what it was liketo suddenly wake up and yoursquore in the WhiteHouserdquo Bromka said ldquoIn two of those cases itwas really suddenrdquo

Bromka a veteran of stage and screen mdashboth large and small mdash recently worked withlegendary impressionist Rich Little in the PBSshow ldquoThe Presidentsrdquo where she starred aseight rst ladies opposite Littlersquos commandersin chief

ldquoRich and I were out at lunch and he was sittingthere staring at his hands and I asked lsquowhat areyou doingrsquordquo she said ldquoHe said lsquoReagan holdshis thumbs like this like a bearrsquordquo

Itrsquos the little things that make or break a good

impersonation she learned While not neces-sarily an impressionist herself she is a peoplewatcher mdash and listener mdash and in two years shespent with the National Theatre of the Deaf shelearned a lot about the non-verbal

ldquoThe body doesnrsquot lierdquo she said

Bromka went to the museum of TV and radioand studied video tapes of all three women

Doing so she said she learned a lot about theirpersonalities

ldquoAll three were very smart and easy to underes-timaterdquo Bromka said ldquoFor Lady Bird imaginefollowing in the footsteps of a star She was not

as glamorous as Jackie but she did wonderfulthings with Head Start and beauticationrdquo

Pat Nixon she said was harder because sherarely opened her mouth

ldquoThey called her lsquoPlastic Patrsquordquo she said ldquoThatrsquosnot plastic those are the eyes of a very guard-ed watchful person Someone who experi-enced a lot of pain They say she was one ofthe warmest rst ladies one-on-one Pat wentto 80 countries on her own as a one-on-oneambassador she just didnrsquot want to get in frontof groupsrdquo

And then therersquos Betty Ford

ldquoBetty was a live wire she said whatever shethoughtrdquo Bromka said ldquoBut Betty broke openhuge issues like womenrsquos rights and breastcancer awarenessrdquo

Many of the lines in the play are direct quotesfrom the rst ladies She said while the playcovers a lot of ground itrsquos not by any means ahistory lesson

ldquoThis is really a Valentine to all threerdquo Bromkasaid ldquoItrsquos a human story about the human el-ement One audience member said lsquoit lets youwalk in their shoesrsquordquo

And for Bromka the shoes t just ne

ONE-WOMAN SHOW LOOKS AT LIVES OF

THREE FORMER FIRST LADIES

By Paul Cambra

BEHIND EVERY GREAT MAN

TEA FOR THREE mdash LADYBIRD PAT AND BETTY

WHEN 730 pm SaturdayMarch 21 3 pm Sunday March 22

WHERE The State Theatre985 Lincoln Way Auburn

TICKETS $20

INFO (530) 852-2708infoplacertheaterorg

Elaine Bromka on PatNixon ldquoThey say she wasone of the warmest rst

ladies one-on-onerdquo

Elaine Bromka on Betty FordldquoBetty was a live wire she said

whatever she thoughtrdquo

Elaine Bromka onLady Bird JohnsonldquoImagine following

in the footsteps ofa starrdquo

VANYA AND SONIA AND

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By Paul Cambra

MASHA AND SPIKE

WHEN 8 pm Fridays and Saturdaysthrough March 28 2 pm Sunday

March 15 and 22 (7 pm ThursdayMarch 5 preview)

WHERE Nevada Theatre 401 BroadSt Nevada City

TICKETS $25 general $35 reserved($15 Thursday preview)

INFO (530) 346-3210sierrastagesorg

Whether yoursquore familiar with Chek-hov not too familiar or you think hersquosthe guy who sat next to Sulu on the

Starship Enterprise it doesnrsquot matter Chances areyoursquoll like this play

ldquoThe playwright said he took Chekhov and puthim in a blenderrdquo Jeffrey Mason said ldquoYou donrsquotneed to have any Chekhov background to un-derstand or enjoy this play but if you do Therersquosmore fun to be hadrdquo

Mason is directing the Sierra Stages production ofldquoVanya and Sonia and Masha and Spikerdquo a 2013Tony Award-winning play by Christopher DurangThe characterrsquos names are all from Anton Chekhovplays The mood is very ldquoChekhovianrdquo mdash sad andlonely characters in a country house a visitor com-ing and shaking things up mdash but really folks you

donrsquot need to know Chekhov to enjoy this playldquoItrsquos funnyrdquo Mason said ldquoThe situations are fun-ny the characters are funny they are dealing withproblems anybody can relate to Family issues Itrsquosa very well-crafted playrdquo

He said it is the single most popular play on theregional theater circuit this season with no lessthan 27 different productions

ldquoI donrsquot know of another play that has been thispopular this soonrdquo Mason said ldquoEverybody is en- joying it everywhererdquo

Robert Rossman plays Vanya ldquoprobably the san-

est one of them allrdquo he said

Vanya is in his 50s lives with his adopted sister isnot very sociable doesnrsquot go out and has neverheld a job And hersquos the sane one

But to his defense he and his sister have been tak-ing care of their parent who both had Alzheimerrsquosdisease Now that they are gone their other sis-ter who has been supporting the family throughher career as an actress is coming home That

ratchets the dysfunction meter up a few notchesldquoMasha doesnrsquot come home very often but thistime she comes home and tells them she is goingto sell the houserdquo said Susan Mason who playsMasha ldquoThey have never lived anywhere else

They donrsquot know how to live anywhere elserdquo

And Masha brings her very young boyfriendSpike home with her fueling the jealousy be-tween her and her plain sheltered adopted sister

ldquoSonia is a kind of the pathetic onerdquo said actressSharon Winegar ldquoShe plays pathetic but she isnot truly pathetic She likes to wallow in self pitybut at the same time she is very sweet and charm-ing in her misery She has wonderful things hap-pen to her throughout the course of the play Yound yourself rooting for her adoring herrdquo

None of the three principal players can fully re-late to the sibling rivalry of Vanya and Sonia andMasha Winegar got along quite well with her sis-ters and Mason is an only child But Rossman seeshimself as sort of the eccentric in the family

ldquoThey all have normal kinds of jobs and look atme as the guy who does all of the weird theatricalstuffrdquo he said

Much to the delight of the director

ldquoI could have cast the play two or three timesrdquoJeffrey Mason said ldquoIt was an unusually stronggroup who auditioned I consider myself verylucky in a relatively small town like ours the num-ber of people that are involved in theaterrdquo

So if you enjoy a good Chekhov story yoursquoll get afew more of the jokes than most

ldquoSome of the references are right in your facesome are more subtlerdquo Susan Mason said

If you havenrsquot read any of his stories or plays wor-ry not

ldquoItrsquos not blatantly Chekhovrdquo Rossman said ldquoItrsquos

just a comic romprdquoAnd if yoursquore still convinced that the only Chekovthat matters is a star eet navigator well theremay actually be a character or two here yoursquodidentify with

THEY PUT THE lsquoFUNrsquo INDYSFUNCTION

Photo by David Wong

Robert Rossman Sharon Winegar Susan Mason and Casey Burkestar in the Sierra Stages production of Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike

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IN YOUR DAILY GRIND

When yoursquore in need of coffee there arecertainly a lot of choices Sure youcould buzz through the drive through

and have your McBeverage handed to you andbe done with it

Or you could hit one of many locally-owned cof-fee shops and cafeacutes each with their own ambienceand deacutecor and really soak up the wide variety of lo-cal avor in a way that no corporate chain ever can

Here in the foothills you can bike up to the Trail-head Coffee in Penryn and sip an espresso conpanna while you have your bicycle worked on Orlounge on a Victorian sofa under a glass chande-lier at the Cafeacute Mekka in Nevada City Or minglewith judges and lawyers while grabbing a cappuc-cino at the Courthouse Cafeacute in Auburn Or evenplay a round of bocce ball while you sip your mac-chiato at The Flower Farm in Loomis

Whether your choice is black coffee or a nonfat

soy latte yoursquoll nd lots of choices in Placer andNevada County Here is an unbiased sampling toconsider Cranking up Ella Fitzgeraldrsquos cover ofldquoBlack Coffeerdquo while you drive there is optionalbut highly recommended

PUTTING LOCAL FLAVOR

NEVADA CITY Cafeacute Mekka237 Commercial St Nevada City (530) 478-1517

Cafeacute Mekka is easily the most eclectic and funkyof the coffee houses I visited The Gold Rush-erabuilding is lined with tables and vintage sofasbooks and art even a piano in the corner Mekkahas a huge drink menu with beans from TempleCoffee in Sacramento as well as baked goodsmade by DeGroot Bakery Mekka rotates artshows monthly has open mic nights music andpoetry with limited seating outside The SummerIce a blend of chocolate caramel and espresso isa denite must try

Three Forks Bakery and Brewery 211 Commercial St Nevada City (530) 470-8333threeforksnccom

Open since August Three Forks merges a bak-ery with a brewery providing coffee and micro-brews along with pizza and sandwiches Its beansare from local roaster Fable in Grass Valley Themodern sleek-looking space with some outdoorseating offers a new take on both the traditionalbakery and the microbrewery

GRASS VALLEY Carolines Coffee Roaster 128 South Auburn St Grass Valley (530) 273-6424 carolinescoffeecom

Carolines is a family-owned coffee house in Grass Valley with specialty-roasted coffee includingtheir own house blend as well as scones pas-tries quiches gourmet olives and sandwichesCarolines has a warm and friendly vibe with asmall outdoor seating area located on the groundoor of the classic Madison Lodge Building

AUBURNThe Courthouse Cafeacute1425 Lincoln Way Auburn (530) 889-1373

Sitting directly across the street from the AuburnCourthouse is The Courthouse Cafeacute a 1930s con-verted bungalow which makes for an intimatehome-like setting complete with a small replaceand reading areas Its beans are from Santa CruzCoffee and the baked goods are made fresh dai-ly Obviously a popular spot for the lawyers and judges needing caffeine x before court the cafeacuteis a denite hot spot in the mornings The Court -house Cafe is part of the Placer 360 art scene and

By Matthew Whitley

Bicycle memorabilia lines the wallsof the Trailhead Coffee and CyclingL i P

Photo by Matthew Whitley

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features local art year round and a small outdoorseating area

Depoe Bay Coffee Company 893 High St Auburn (530) 889-1021 depoebay-coffeecom

Conveniently located right down the street fromthe ofces of the Foothills Entertainer mdash muchto the relief of the staff mdash the Depoe is Down-

town Auburnrsquos go-to spot for a cup of Joe Thecafeacute has a couple of different seating areas roaststheir own beans and serves bakes goods break-fast and sandwiches Depoe Bay offers live musicevery other Sunday as well as local art

PENRYN

Trailhead Coffee and Cycling Lounge2210 Taylor Road Penryn (916) 663-1501 coffee-andbikescom

The Trailhead located directly across from GrifthQuarry Park is both a coffee house and a full bicy-cle shop Co-owner Jerry Cannon is a competitivecyclist who has merged his two passions into onebusiness Decorated with Tour de France memo-rabilia and vintage gear the shop pays homage toall things bicycle Cyclists can have repairs doneon their bikes while hanging out on the wood-

en patio drinking one of the Trailheadrsquos specialtyroasts The cafeacute offers pastries and baked goodspower and energy bars and breakfast burritos

LOOMIS

The Flower Farm Nursery9280 Horseshoe Bar Road Loomis (916) 652-5650 owerfarminncom

The Flower Farm is a cafeacute set in one of the arearsquosmore beautiful and pastoral settings The facilityalso operates a bed and breakfast host eventsand weddings operates a nursery and gift shophas a waterwheel pond bocce ball court and gar-dens Also on the property is Casque Winery allsurrounded by citrus orchards and gardens Thecafeacute menu features ingredients taken right offtheir farm In the fall and winter they sell pump-kins and Christmas trees hellip how many cafeacutes dothat

ROCKLIN

Origin Coffee and Tea2168 Sunset Blvd Rocklin (916) 787-5676 orig-incoffeeorg

Origin Coffee and Tea is a nonprot coffee housewhose sole mission is to raise money and aware-ness to end human slave trafcking At Origin all

of the employees donate their time and the mon-ey raised goes to the Grace Network Rescue Thebeans they carry are free trade and roasted locallyOrigin offers table and couch seating in a modern

but sparse environment There is live music in-cluding benet concerts Itrsquos coffee with a cause

ROSEVILLEShady Coffee and Tea325 Douglas Blvd Roseville (916) 742-4117 sha-dycoffeeandteacom

Shady Coffee and Tea is a small cafeacute and eateryclose to Downtown Roseville that offers specialtyroasts including Mast Espresso beans and En-

timos Coffee from Citrus Heights Shady offerssandwiches salads breakfasts beer and wineThey also have a nice-size back patio a drive-upwindow art on the walls and open mic on Fridaynights Be sure and try the Affogato vanilla beanice cream topped with espresso

Lounge in Penryn

Emmit Johnston Grass Valley resident andbarista at Carolines Coffee in Grass Valley

Photo by Matthew Whitley

From left Joe Fernandez VinceMUSIC FROM THE BRITISH ISLES

FROM CELTIC TO BEATLES

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AUBURN CONCERT BAND PLAYS MUSIC FROM THE BRITISH ISLESBy Paul Cambra

Think British invasion and you go straight to1964 But the music of the United Kingdomand Ireland has been crossing the Atlantic

for centuries From Baroque to folk ddles tofes the rich musical history of the British Isles canbe traced back to the polyphonic melodies of thelate middle ages

But this month itrsquos all about the brass hellip and thewoodwinds hellipand the percussion

ldquoBrass bands have been popular in Britain sincethe 1800srdquo said Craig Thomas trumpeter withthe Auburn Concert Band ldquoToday they are oneof the most popular forms of music in Englandrdquo

The Auburn Concert band will present ldquoMusicfrom the British Isles ndash from Celtic to Beatlesrdquo fortwo free performances this month The 40-pieceensemble will take on everyone from Gustav Holstto LennonMcCartney

ldquoWersquore not just playing a Beatles song itrsquos a sym-phonic workingrdquo said conductor Tom CandlishldquoYou know how Hey Jude sort of rocks out at theend The arranger takes that same idea but addsa counter melody underneath Itrsquos a mix of the

original material with material for an orchestra Itrsquosnot the way the Beatles played it They are a rockband we are a concert bandrdquo

They will however step slightly out of the box forthese shows adding a piper Chuck Jamison fora medley of bagpipe tunes which they will ac-company And Jamison who plays drums for thecountry and western band Dust in My Coffee willbring his band mates to do a two-song Celtic setin the middle of the show Country Celtic if youwill

ldquoThe Auburn Concert Band is very enthusiasticabout the variety of music we are playingrdquo Can-dlish said ldquoItrsquos not just serious music all of thetime We are mixing it up with folk tunes and poppieces The audiences we play for have really ap-preciated thatrdquo

Yoursquoll hear Brian Borursquos March one of Irelandrsquosoldest traditional folk songs Yoursquoll hear DannyBoy which Candlish calls ldquothe epitome of concertband musicrdquo And then therersquos Those MagnicentMen in their Flying Machines from the 1965 mov-ie and McNamararsquos Band which was a top-10 hitfor Bing Crosby

And if yoursquore not leaving the show humming theending to Hey Jude chances are yoursquoll be whis-tling the Colonel Bogey March better known asthe theme song to The Bridge on the River Kwai

ldquoThe British Isles have certainly contributed to themusical history of this countryrdquo Thomas said ldquoItrsquosamazing when you go back the fact that therewere craftsman making these instruments so mu-sicians could play these beautiful and elaborate

classical piecesrdquo

Thomas the trumpeter has his own personal con-nection to the UK

ldquoI have a couple of cornets that I bought fromsomeone in Englandrdquo he said ldquoThe characteris-tics of the British horn are a little different moresoft and mellow In describing the differencebetween a cornet and a trumpet the trumpet Iwould describe as having a bright and projectingtone and the cornet a softer more mellow tonerdquo

From bright to mellow and a few stages in be-tween this British invasion mixes history with har-mony

TOMMY TUNES

Warm and Lori Yarbrough

From left Bruce Heseltine JohnSmiley and Trent Taylor

From left Roberta SullivanDave Lake and Angela Costa

ndash FROM CELTIC TO BEATLES

WHO Auburn Concert Band

WHEN 7-9 pm Wednesday March 4

WHERE Newcastle School 8951 Valley View Drive Newcastle

WHEN 7-9 pm Wednesday March 11

WHERE The State Theatre985 Lincoln Way Auburn

COST Free

INFO auburnconcertbandnet

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In This Issue

06 GREEN FIELDS OF AMERICA

Time Travelers not short on tall tales

10 SPRING HOPHappy days at the gymnasium

1 2 MIKE AMARALrsquoSCALIFORNIA BEACH BOYSTribute band creates good vibrations

1 6 THE SHORTIESImprov comedy rocks Rocklin

1 8 JUNIOR BROWNCountry music star a throwback

20 TEA FOR THREE LADY BIRD

PAT AND BETTY Elaine Bromkarsquos one woman show

24 MOVE OVER STARBUCKS

Check out some local coffeehouses

26 MUSIC OF THE BRITISH ISLESAuburn Concert Band tacklesBeatles and beyond

21 VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHAAND SPIKESierra stagesrsquo offer a Chekhovian spoof

VOLUME 3 ISSUE 3

MARCH 2015

CONTRIBUTING WRITERS

Paul Cambra

Matthew Whitley

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The publisher shall not be responsible for anyliabilities arising from the publication of copyprovided by any advertiser for the Nevada ampPlacer County Entertainer Further it shall notbe liable for any act of omission on the part

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County EntertainerA publication of Gold Country Media

GENERAL INFO

CEO

GENERALMANAGER

EDITOR

FEATURES EDITOR

ART DIRECTOR

(530) 885-5656 or(800) 927-7355

Jeremy Burke(530) 852-0200

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Paul Cambra(530) 852-0230

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J

oe and Paula McHugh have been crisscross-ing the country for years bringing their showldquoGreen Fields of Americardquo to the heartland

and all that surrounds it

But the stories they tell are not from the road atleast not the highways and byways of the 21stcentury No the stories they tell are ones thathave ben passed down through the generationsCall them legends call them lore call them talltales if you will

Joe and Paula call themselves ldquoThe Time Trav-elersrdquo and their show will take you on a journey

from the 13 colonies to the 1930s when the dustbowl and depression sent folks on yet anotherwestward migration

ldquoWe donrsquot gloss over historyrdquo Joe McHugh saidldquoTherersquos a fair amount of humor some of it is

very touching and all are characters that weretalked about back in the dayrdquo

Like Sagamore Johnson who shaved his beardto collect the gold akes mdash the ones he got fromwashing in the American River mdash to go see LolaMontez perform

Or Confederate General Albert Sidney John-ston who bled to death during the battle of Shi-lo in 1962

ldquoWe give them a real authentic look at the timerdquoJoe said ldquoThere are a lot of real historical anec-

dotes a lot of them straight out legends and talltales Kind of like Mark Twain half history halfTwainrdquo

Joe McHugh was a city kid raised in what hecalls ldquoa pretty rough inner cityrdquo of Patterson

New Jersey When he was 20 he bought a smallfarm in West Virginia and lived without electrici-ty for four years It was there that he discoveredold-time mountain music

ldquoThe people learned tunes directly from theirparents or aunts and unclesrdquo he said ldquoSomeballads go as far back as Elizabethan England Ifell in love with that musicrdquo

And with storytelling which was once very inte-gral to the cultural life of our country he saidAfter having told these stories for many years henow speaks at conferences about the art of sto-

rytelling in the electronic age and how it impactsthe younger generation

ldquoWersquore so industrialized the way we tell storiesrdquohe said ldquoYou make it for me and wersquoll buy it fromyou But people kind of know that this way exists

EXCELLENT ADVENTUREJo an Paulrsquos Courtesy photos

Paula and Joe McHugh play a courtingdulcimer ldquoYou play it together One

plays melody the other harmonyrdquoPaula said ldquoItrsquos a way people courtedYou play together to see how well you

got along If they play well togetherthey might look at each other in a

different wayrdquo

By Paul Cambra

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how we tell stories rather than turning it over tosomeone elserdquo

FIDDLING WITH IMAGERY

Paula McHugh met Joe through the old-time mu-sic community She was involved in square danc-ing he played the ddle He was also on the roada lot with his storytelling act

ldquoWhen we got together I didnrsquot want to be leftalone all the time so I learned to play the banjordquoshe said

That was 25 years ago Apparently they didnrsquotneed a courting dulcimer to test their compatibil-ity But they do play one now

ldquoThe courting dulcimer you play it togetherrdquo

Paula said ldquoOne plays melody the other harmo-ny Itrsquos a way people courted You play togetherto see how well you got along If they play well

together they might look at each other in a dif-ferent wayrdquo

Paula looks at ddle tunes in a way not manyothers do About six years ago intrigued by thetitles of these traditional musical pieces she be-gan bringing them to life on canvas

ldquoArkansas Traveler What the heck is thatrdquoshe said ldquoI nd the history behind it The title

takes me to whatever subject it is then I re-search it to nd something Photography onlygoes back so farrdquo

A little more than a dozen of her paintings willserve as a backdrop to their performance All are

inspired by the names of old-time ddle tunesShe will soon tackle folk songs which at least havelyrics to point her in some direction

But for ldquoThe Time Travelersrdquo direction is lesslinear While the McHughs left western Pennsyl-vania for Auburn in 1988 then moved to Neva-da City in 2003 before settling in WashingtonState their journey has been one of imagina-tion and inspiration

ldquoThe whole idea of time travel we think this stuffisnrsquot really gone itrsquos sort of still aroundrdquo Joe said

ldquoWhen you tell their stories they are almost inthe room with you I remember the old men whotaught me the tunes back in the rsquo70s I still feelthem there when I play Itrsquos not nostalgia itrsquos a liv-ing history and we remind people that we own itItrsquos our memory itrsquos our DNArdquo

TIME TRAVELERS ALL ABOUT THE lsquoARTrsquo OF STORYTELLING

ldquoOff to Californiardquo

Joe and Paula McHugh The Time Travelers

ldquoBuffalo Huntingrdquo

GREEN FIELDSOF AMERICA

WHO The Time TravelersJoe and Paula McHugh

WHEN 730 pm FridayMarch 13

WHERE State Theatre985 Lincoln Way Auburn

COST $15

INFO (530) 852-2708infoplacertheaterorg

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As the lyrics go ldquoyou can rock it you canroll it you can slop and you can stroll it atthe hoprdquo

Not sure if they ldquosloprdquo anymore and for mostpeople who came of age in the 1950s ldquostrollrdquotakes on a whole new meaning But for anyonewho wants to relive the glory days of school danc-

es mdash decades before bumping grinding andtwerking were to rear their ugly rears mdash then theSpring Hop is the place for you

ldquoThere is always something to do in Auburn in thesummertime but we were looking for a fun mdash andaffordable mdash winter activityrdquo said Sheryl Peters-en recreation services manager with the AuburnRecreation District (ARD) ldquoLast year we had awonderful time and everyone kept saying lsquoare yougoing to do it again this yearrsquordquo

Well theyrsquore back and so are dance instructorsArny Messersmith and Billie Prowant who willlead a one-hour lesson in East Coast Swing rightbefore the hop begins

ldquoItrsquos the easiest dance that I can teachrdquo Messer-smith said ldquoLessons donrsquot require a partner as werotate to give everyone a chance I would say inan hour wersquoll have you dancingrdquo

He said East Coast Swing has about 20 steps asopposed to West Coast Swingrsquos 200 But with EastCoast you throw your partner in every directionand that takes up a lot of oor space But therersquosstill enough room for the Auburn Outlaws rollerderby team to get around

ldquoThey were all over the gym oor last year zoom-ing in and out of people with trays on their shoul-dersrdquo Messersmith said

Those trays held food and drink mdash the local LionrsquosClub will be cooking hot dogs and brats mdash andthe Outlaws will serve as car hops There will bea swing dance contest and a hula hoop contestpoodle skirts aplenty and Frankie and the Fable-tones will provide the music

ldquoYou donrsquot have to come as a couplerdquo Petersensaid ldquoCome as friends come in groups Come inperiod dress Some came last year just to listen tothe musicrdquo

Messersmith suggests leather soles as you slideyour feet a lot and while they are know as ldquosockhopsrdquo less and less people are going shoeless

these daysldquoI grew up with a family that dancedrdquo he saidldquoMy grandmother used to take me German andItalian and Belgian dances in San Francisco We allwent together as a family When I had kids theirfriends at school couldnrsquot believe they were goingout dancing every weekend with their dadrdquo

And though the ARD Spring Hop is a 21 and old-er event that didnrsquot stop the demographic fromskewing young

ldquoThe great thing about last year was that therewere just as many young adults as oldrdquo Prowantsaid ldquoAnd it was the younger dancers who wonthe dance contest Even for young people who

donrsquot dance that much just see how much funyou have when you get out thererdquo

So remember cats and chicks if yoursquore lookingfor a place where you can swing it you can grooveit you can really start to move it hellip best go to theSpring Hop

DIG OUT THAT

POODLE SKIRT ITrsquoS

TIME TO DANCEBy Paul Cambra

Lersquos g t th hop

Come in yourrsquo50s garb and be ready todance at this yearrsquos Spring Hop

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WHEN 7-10 pm Saturday March21 Free dance instruction from 6-7pm in the Stella Room

WHERE Recreation ParkGymnasium 123 Recreation DriveAuburn

TICKETS $12 two for $20 Ages21 and older

Music by Frankie and theFabletones Dance contests

beer and wine food costumesencouraged

INFO (530) 863-4615auburnreccom

WHEN 7-8 pm Tuesdays March31 through April 21

WHERE Canyon View CommunityCenter 471 Maidu Drive Auburn

COST $40 person

INFO auburnreccom (activity No5333 W1)

rsquo50s amp rsquo60s Spring Hop

Eas Coas Swing Lessons

Arny Messersmith left and BillieProwant will be giving East Coast Swinglessons an hour before the Spring Hop

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Mike Amaral has surfed ndash or body surfed ndashin 75 percent of the locales named in theBeach Boysrsquo song Surnrsquo USA

So who better to head up a tribute to the South-ern California ambassadors of surf and sun

ldquoI had always wanted to do either a Beatles ora Beach Boys tribute band because I love themboth so muchrdquo said Mike Amaral who foundedthe California Beach Boys close to a decade agoldquoSo two of my cousins and I decided to go withthe Beach Boysrdquo

Cousins of course just like the original band Andwhile the Beatles are famous for their three-partharmony the Beach Boys sing in four-part andthat requires a lot of practice

ldquoWe have charts taken from the originals and weall have our assignmentrdquo Amaral said ldquoBut youhave to have guys that not only like the BeachBoysrsquo music but are willing to put in the time towork on the harmoniesrdquo

Based in the San Jose and Santa Cruz area MikeAmaralrsquos California Beach Boys play up and downthe coast in Arizona Colorado even Canada

ldquoWe were escorted on stage by the Royal Canadi-an Mounted Policerdquo Amaral said

There are six band members and Amaral handlesthe Mike Love role as lead singer He has playedmusic professionally since he was 14 but tooka break at age 22 to raise a family and pursue asteady career in law enforcement He returned tothe stage in 1995 with an oldies band Flashbackbut the surf sounds beckoned

ldquoI grew up an enormous fanrdquo he said ldquoI went toall of their concerts at the San Jose Civic Centerrdquo

And some of his current audience members may have

been there too At least thatrsquos what they tell him

ldquoAfter one concert and 85-year-old gentlemancomes up to me and says lsquoLook at me Do you re-member me Hawthorne 1964 hellip I saw you prac-tice in your garagersquordquo Amaral said ldquoHe thought we

MIKE AMARALrsquoS CALIFORNIA BEACH BOYS MAKE STOP IN AUBURN

By Paul Cambra

THEY GET AROUND

were the Beach Boys One lady told us she hadnrsquotseen us in 40 years and we sounded just as goodThank you very much I saidrdquo

Another woman told their bass player she saw himplay 40 years ago

ldquoTrouble is hersquos only 38 years oldrdquo Amaral said

But theyrsquoll gladly live with those mistaken identi-ty moments as long as they get to keep playingThey are three cousins and three close friends andthey get along really well Maybe more so than theoriginals

ldquoWersquove got all-white guitars and champagne spar-kle drums and the vertical striped shirtsrdquo he saidldquoPeople love that clean look Itrsquos all about the ap-pearance and the showmanship When we comeout people clap they like the way we look We got

stripes in light blue dark blue red pink hot pinkhellip we change them throughout the showrdquo

The typical audience covers a wide range of agesboth young and old music fans seeking good vi-brations Wouldnrsquot it be nice to be a part of it

Mike Amaral in car founded the California Beach Boys because he liked theirmusic so much The band consists of three cousins and three close friends

Courtesy Photos

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WHEN 730 pmSaturdayMarch 28

WHERE The State

Theatre 985 LincolnWay Auburn

TICKETS $25

INFO

(530) 852-2708infoplacertheaterorg

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People who need to give presentations atwork try it Writers use it to loosen up andget more creative Empty nesters take

classes because well what else are they goingto do

Itrsquos improvisational comedy mdash better know asimprov mdash and itrsquos gaining a foothold in South

Placer County at a place called Blacktop Comedyin Rocklin

ldquoImprov takes an opennessrdquo said co-founderBetsaida Lebron ldquoItrsquos all about saying lsquoyes andhelliprsquo You want to be able to agree and support whois there but not just be a yes man You have tobuild on what they saidrdquo

Lebron started building her improv resume beforeshe realized she was doing it

ldquoGrowing up there were four of us and we werealways doing skits and songs at churchrdquo she saidldquoWe never had much of a plan just a very roughoutline People told us how fun and entertainingwe were and we had no idea that it was improvrdquo

After college she randomly took an improv classand thought lsquowhatrsquo

ldquoIrsquod been doing it my whole life I just didnrsquot know

itrdquo she said

Enter Paul Burke who for years watched WhoseLine is it Anyway but never for a minute thoughtlsquoOh thatrsquos something I could dorsquo

ldquoI randomly found a drop-in improv class inSacramentordquo Burke said ldquoI began readingand studying about it attended classes in SanFrancisco festivals in Chicago and Los Angelesrdquo

Then six years ago he had the opportunityto study at the iO Theater Chicago and at TheSecond City

ldquoI came back and met Betsaida and we foundout we shared an improv vision and we openedBlacktop Comedyrdquo he said

What started in Roseville in 2011 has just relocated

to fancier digs in Rocklin In addition to the weeklySaturday show ldquoThe Shortiesrdquo they also haveclasses throughout the week for children andadults

Theater Kids Teen Improv Improv 101-301Playground Improv hellip there is something for allages and abilities

ldquoSome people are curious and just interested intrying improvrdquo Lebron said ldquoItrsquos kind of like a

By Paul Cambra

Comedy withou ne

WHAT Comedy t for the entire family

WHEN 7 pm Saturdays

THE SHORTIES WHERE The Showdown Theater 3101Sunset Blvd Suite 3A in Rocklin

TICKETS $5 each $15 families

INFO (916) 749-3100

Paul Burke

Photos by Paul Burke

Betsaida Lebron

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time to explore their creative side And some arealready actors looking for an edge at auditionsrdquo

And then therersquos ldquoBelly Laughsrdquo

ldquoA belly dancer was looking for space to teachone night a weekrdquo Betsaida said ldquoWe thoughtlsquohow fun would it be to merge them togetherrdquo

Now once a month belly dancers take the stagewhile the improv performers watch from thewings Then itrsquos their turn to entertain

ldquoOne guy started shimmying and shaking tryingto get into skinny jeans and be a part of the fadrdquoBetsaida said

Improv is all about the inspiration Be it the movesof a belly dancer or a shout from the audience allthe performer needs is a jumping off point

ldquoThe Shorties get ideas from the audiencerdquoBurke said ldquoFrom a location mdash like the beach orStarbuckrsquos mdash or a feeling they had today a lineof dialogue or a text message we will use thosewithin the scene We just focus on creating in themoment Every show is totally differentrdquo

The 7 pm show is for families guaranteed to be

clean The 830 show well they donrsquot try to beblue but they are making this up on the y Theyuse a rotating cast of performers usually eight to10 on any given night

ldquoItrsquos a really diverse group and really they usuallynd usrdquo Burke said ldquoThey come through ourclasses like Teen Playground More than anythingwe love having a team of people who share asame mindsetrdquo

Audience participation at The Shorties isencouraged but not required They promise theywill not pick on anyone who chooses just to sitback and enjoy the show But you may want tooffer a suggestion should they get stuck

ldquoAnd you will get stuckrdquo Burke said ldquoWhen itdoes happen you breathe through it You think lsquoIhave to be funny I have to be cleverrsquo but thatrsquoshow you get stuck in the rst place Slow down

listen to what was said last respond to it and it willall be goodrdquo

lsquoTHE SHORTIESrsquo IMPROVE

UPON IMPROV

THEATER KIDS (AGES SECONDTO FIFTH GRADE)

bull Basic improv and theater skills

TEEN IMPROV

bull Create SNL-type sketches

IMPROV 101 201 301

bull Adults interested in trying improv

TEEN PLAYGROUND

bull Bring a favorite game and make new friends

PLAYGROUND IMPROV

bull Drop-in workshop for adults

BELLY LAUGHS

bull The show that blends sexy with funny

BLACKTOP COMEDY

Lori Wynant shares with the dangers ofsky diving with Kevin Brown

BETTER CALL JUNIOR

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E 18

By Matthew Whitley

Hersquos labeled country music mdash and he is mdashbut hersquos so much more A listen through

his catalogue and you hear country rockhonky-tonk swing mariachi Tex-Mex bluegrassand rhythm and blues mdash even a bit of Hawaiian

He even invented a double necked ldquoguit-steelrdquoallowing him to play and switch between electricguitar and lap steel guitar on the same instrument

Then therersquos that voice a deep baritone and astyle that harkens back to an earlier era hellip cleanhonest and un-ironic hellip like the music of George

Jones or Ernest Tubb who Brown has often beencompared to in style

Brown 62 will bring his act to The Center for theArts in Grass Valley near the end of this monthWe had a chance to talk with Brown and we askedhim how he got to be a country music star

WERE YOU EXPOSED TO A LOT OF COUNTRYMUSIC GROWING UP

ldquoNot really My parents liked classical and I wasmostly raised on that I watched the TV and thatrsquoswhere I got into that kind of musicrdquo

WHY DO YOU THINK YOU WERE DRAWN TOCOUNTRY MUSIC AS OPPOSED TO THE POP-ULAR MUSIC OF THE DAY

ldquoI was drawn to popular music at the time I re-member when the Beatles hit and then the bandsthat followed Thatrsquos what the teenagers at school

would be talking about I kind of discovered Er-nest Tubb on my own watching the TV I never

told any of my friends as I donrsquot think it wouldhave gone over too wellrdquo

DO YOU REMEMBER IF THERE WAS A SPECIF-IC ALBUM WHERE YOU SAID lsquoTHIS IS WHAT I WANT TO DO THIS IS ITrsquo

ldquoNo we didnrsquot buy albums back then And a coun-try album I wouldnrsquot have any idea as to whereto buy that So it was all television I watched Er-nest Tubbrsquos show and then the Buck Owens show

Jimmy Dean had a show that came out of Wash-ington DC I would eventually buy an album ofa rock person or something but those were ex-pensive and I didnrsquot have any money I would buysingles once in a while you know the little 45 andagain it wasnrsquot country as I wouldnrsquot know whereto buy onerdquo

DO YOU REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME YOUPERFORMED

ldquoYes It was at a Boys Scout Jamboree at AndrewsAir Force Base in Maryland I was about 8 or 10years old and I was strolling around the differentcamp sites me and another guy sort of like min-strels which is what we sort of felt like doing Lit-tle did I know that is what I would be doing forthe rest of my life Anyway we stopped at one ofthese campsites and it was the top brass of theJamboree They said lsquocome on down tonight andperformrsquo So we actually got a stage with a micro-

phone and there was about 7000 Boy Scouts outthere and I was hooked I have been chasing thebright lights ever since I still get nervous perform-ing but I donrsquot think I was nervous that night I justremembered being thrilledrdquo

THE SOUND YOU HAVE IS ALMOST CLASSICCOUNTRY VERY UNGUARDED AND SINGINGSTRAIGHT TO THE AUDIENCE

ldquoWhatrsquos good about the older music is itrsquos very di-

rect and honest and it had sentiment in there thatwas considered corny but the cornball is part ofthe honesty itrsquos part of the lsquohey this is how I feelrsquoyou know My music is not just limited to countryIrsquom not a purist in any way I just like signing to anaudience and singing your heart out You knowhow blues tells the audience that you feel badCountry will tell you how you got thererdquo

I FIRST HEARD YOU ON THE CHRIS ISAAKSHOW IN THE LATE rsquo80S EARLY rsquo90S WITH

KD LANG IT WAS MODERN AND BEAUTIFULCOUNTRY MUSIC AND I REMEMBER YOU BE-ING A PART OF THAT SOUND WHEN IT CAMEOUT WHAT IS YOUR TAKE ON COUNTRY MU-SIC NOW

ldquoOh itrsquos the same take Irsquove had on it since thelate rsquo60s Everybody talks about what their idea

of country music is and everybody has a differ-ent idea Country music can mean anything nowWhat I do now is label mine as lsquoginger brown guit-steel musicrsquo Itrsquos a combination of all types of mu-sic mdash country rock and some othersrdquo

AMERICA IS SUCH A BLEND OF DIFFERENTPEOPLE IT STANDS TO REASON THAT MUSIC WOULD REPRESENT THAT AS WELL

ldquoYes When I do something I try and do it in an

honest way and give the song what it requiresWhen I say I have a lot of styles in my music itdoesnrsquot mean I use them all at once People loveto see me go nuts on that guitar but you haveto do what the song calls for Now the problemcomes when yoursquore trying to do everything onevery song all the time You never get anywherethat way There are guys out there that say lsquoOK Ican play an Ernest Tubbrsquos song and put a BB Kingblues guitar solo in itrsquo and feel like they have re-

ally discovered something and to me that is notsaying anything You havenrsquot done anything butwater down a good song Not that I donrsquot like BBKing he just does not mix well with Ernest TubbThatrsquos where musicianship comes inrdquo

WHAT DO YOU THINK CONTRIBUTED MOSTTO YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF MUSIC

ldquoCovering other peoplersquos songs and working withother people Working in the country and western

clubs doing country songs that were popular atthe time A lot of them I didnrsquot like but I playedthem as best as I could And then I started writ-ing songs which really put me in another place Icould really be myself I wasnrsquot a cover artist any-more Most of the stuff on my records are stuffthat Irsquove written so Irsquom very proud of thatrdquo

DOES SONG WRITING COME EASY TO YOUOR IS IT A DIFFICULT PROCESS

ldquoItrsquos very difcult More difcult than one maythink Itrsquos easy to write bad songs and hard towrite good ones I have thrown away over half ofthem I could put several weeks into a song that just isnrsquot any goodrdquo

HOW DID YOU COME TO INVENT THE GUIT-STEEL

ldquoMichael Stephens of Stephens Guitars theymake them and we have sold a few of them I have

seen a couple of people playing them and itrsquos kindof strange like watching somebody dance withyour wife lsquoWait a minute yoursquore not supposed tobe holding that mdash thatrsquos my instrumentrsquordquo

BETTER CALL hellip JUNIOR

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SO ITrsquoS A BLEND OF TWO TYPES OFGUITAR SOUND

ldquoNo they are two complete and differentinstruments You have the guitar neck and thesteel guitar neck so I am switching instrumentsas I sing I am basically doing the part of threeguys on stage hellip singing guitar and steel guitarPut a little foot pedal down there on a bass drum and Icould be a one man bandrdquo

HOW DID YOU GET INVOLVED IN FILMS AND TELE-VISION

ldquoPeople who are fans ask me to do it Vince Gilliganliked what I did so he asked me to be on the X-FilesGilligan did Breaking Bad and is now doing BetterCall Saulrdquo

BETTER CALL SAUL DEBUTED RECENTLY ANDBECAME THE MOST WATCHED CABLE SHOWIN HISTORY FIFTEEN AND A HALF MILLIONPEOPLE HEARD YOUR THEME SONG THIS PAST WEEKEND

ldquoWell I didnrsquot play on the show they aired it rightafter they nished Breaking Bad as a promotion forsomething It wasnrsquot a theme song to the series Vincehad actually wrote it with three of his friends A verywell-written song written with me in mind I was veryattered by that We just got back from the premier inLA did the red carpet played the party and showed themovie It was a lot of funrdquo

SO WHAT SHOULD YOUR FANS EXPECT WHEN

YOU PERFORM AT THE CENTER FOR THE ARTSIN GRASS VALLEY

ldquoOh a unique experience I guess I mean I just domy own thing and if they havenrsquot seen me beforethey will be pleasantly surprised mdash itrsquos original I ambringing a full band including my wife who playsrhythm guitarrdquo

Photos by George Brainard

You know how

blues tells the

audience that

you feel bad

Country willtell you how

you got there- Junior Brown

BEHIND EVERY GREAT MAN

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Elaine Bromka received a letter from agentleman who attended her one-wom-an show ldquoTea for Threerdquo and wrote that

when she took her curtain call he asked theperson next to him where the other two ac-tresses were

ldquoIt wasnrsquot the rst time Irsquod heard thatrdquo Bromkasaid ldquoI am nding the essence of each womanI have a feeling of each voice but I really go forwhere the energy originates moves throughthe bodyrdquo

The three bodies she inhabits on stage belongto three former rst ladies mdash Lady Bird John -son Pat Nixon and Betty Ford The play which

she co-wrote with Eric H Weinberger is a char-acter study that is both funny and moving

ldquoItrsquos really an exploration of what it was liketo suddenly wake up and yoursquore in the WhiteHouserdquo Bromka said ldquoIn two of those cases itwas really suddenrdquo

Bromka a veteran of stage and screen mdashboth large and small mdash recently worked withlegendary impressionist Rich Little in the PBSshow ldquoThe Presidentsrdquo where she starred aseight rst ladies opposite Littlersquos commandersin chief

ldquoRich and I were out at lunch and he was sittingthere staring at his hands and I asked lsquowhat areyou doingrsquordquo she said ldquoHe said lsquoReagan holdshis thumbs like this like a bearrsquordquo

Itrsquos the little things that make or break a good

impersonation she learned While not neces-sarily an impressionist herself she is a peoplewatcher mdash and listener mdash and in two years shespent with the National Theatre of the Deaf shelearned a lot about the non-verbal

ldquoThe body doesnrsquot lierdquo she said

Bromka went to the museum of TV and radioand studied video tapes of all three women

Doing so she said she learned a lot about theirpersonalities

ldquoAll three were very smart and easy to underes-timaterdquo Bromka said ldquoFor Lady Bird imaginefollowing in the footsteps of a star She was not

as glamorous as Jackie but she did wonderfulthings with Head Start and beauticationrdquo

Pat Nixon she said was harder because sherarely opened her mouth

ldquoThey called her lsquoPlastic Patrsquordquo she said ldquoThatrsquosnot plastic those are the eyes of a very guard-ed watchful person Someone who experi-enced a lot of pain They say she was one ofthe warmest rst ladies one-on-one Pat wentto 80 countries on her own as a one-on-oneambassador she just didnrsquot want to get in frontof groupsrdquo

And then therersquos Betty Ford

ldquoBetty was a live wire she said whatever shethoughtrdquo Bromka said ldquoBut Betty broke openhuge issues like womenrsquos rights and breastcancer awarenessrdquo

Many of the lines in the play are direct quotesfrom the rst ladies She said while the playcovers a lot of ground itrsquos not by any means ahistory lesson

ldquoThis is really a Valentine to all threerdquo Bromkasaid ldquoItrsquos a human story about the human el-ement One audience member said lsquoit lets youwalk in their shoesrsquordquo

And for Bromka the shoes t just ne

ONE-WOMAN SHOW LOOKS AT LIVES OF

THREE FORMER FIRST LADIES

By Paul Cambra

BEHIND EVERY GREAT MAN

TEA FOR THREE mdash LADYBIRD PAT AND BETTY

WHEN 730 pm SaturdayMarch 21 3 pm Sunday March 22

WHERE The State Theatre985 Lincoln Way Auburn

TICKETS $20

INFO (530) 852-2708infoplacertheaterorg

Elaine Bromka on PatNixon ldquoThey say she wasone of the warmest rst

ladies one-on-onerdquo

Elaine Bromka on Betty FordldquoBetty was a live wire she said

whatever she thoughtrdquo

Elaine Bromka onLady Bird JohnsonldquoImagine following

in the footsteps ofa starrdquo

VANYA AND SONIA AND

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By Paul Cambra

MASHA AND SPIKE

WHEN 8 pm Fridays and Saturdaysthrough March 28 2 pm Sunday

March 15 and 22 (7 pm ThursdayMarch 5 preview)

WHERE Nevada Theatre 401 BroadSt Nevada City

TICKETS $25 general $35 reserved($15 Thursday preview)

INFO (530) 346-3210sierrastagesorg

Whether yoursquore familiar with Chek-hov not too familiar or you think hersquosthe guy who sat next to Sulu on the

Starship Enterprise it doesnrsquot matter Chances areyoursquoll like this play

ldquoThe playwright said he took Chekhov and puthim in a blenderrdquo Jeffrey Mason said ldquoYou donrsquotneed to have any Chekhov background to un-derstand or enjoy this play but if you do Therersquosmore fun to be hadrdquo

Mason is directing the Sierra Stages production ofldquoVanya and Sonia and Masha and Spikerdquo a 2013Tony Award-winning play by Christopher DurangThe characterrsquos names are all from Anton Chekhovplays The mood is very ldquoChekhovianrdquo mdash sad andlonely characters in a country house a visitor com-ing and shaking things up mdash but really folks you

donrsquot need to know Chekhov to enjoy this playldquoItrsquos funnyrdquo Mason said ldquoThe situations are fun-ny the characters are funny they are dealing withproblems anybody can relate to Family issues Itrsquosa very well-crafted playrdquo

He said it is the single most popular play on theregional theater circuit this season with no lessthan 27 different productions

ldquoI donrsquot know of another play that has been thispopular this soonrdquo Mason said ldquoEverybody is en- joying it everywhererdquo

Robert Rossman plays Vanya ldquoprobably the san-

est one of them allrdquo he said

Vanya is in his 50s lives with his adopted sister isnot very sociable doesnrsquot go out and has neverheld a job And hersquos the sane one

But to his defense he and his sister have been tak-ing care of their parent who both had Alzheimerrsquosdisease Now that they are gone their other sis-ter who has been supporting the family throughher career as an actress is coming home That

ratchets the dysfunction meter up a few notchesldquoMasha doesnrsquot come home very often but thistime she comes home and tells them she is goingto sell the houserdquo said Susan Mason who playsMasha ldquoThey have never lived anywhere else

They donrsquot know how to live anywhere elserdquo

And Masha brings her very young boyfriendSpike home with her fueling the jealousy be-tween her and her plain sheltered adopted sister

ldquoSonia is a kind of the pathetic onerdquo said actressSharon Winegar ldquoShe plays pathetic but she isnot truly pathetic She likes to wallow in self pitybut at the same time she is very sweet and charm-ing in her misery She has wonderful things hap-pen to her throughout the course of the play Yound yourself rooting for her adoring herrdquo

None of the three principal players can fully re-late to the sibling rivalry of Vanya and Sonia andMasha Winegar got along quite well with her sis-ters and Mason is an only child But Rossman seeshimself as sort of the eccentric in the family

ldquoThey all have normal kinds of jobs and look atme as the guy who does all of the weird theatricalstuffrdquo he said

Much to the delight of the director

ldquoI could have cast the play two or three timesrdquoJeffrey Mason said ldquoIt was an unusually stronggroup who auditioned I consider myself verylucky in a relatively small town like ours the num-ber of people that are involved in theaterrdquo

So if you enjoy a good Chekhov story yoursquoll get afew more of the jokes than most

ldquoSome of the references are right in your facesome are more subtlerdquo Susan Mason said

If you havenrsquot read any of his stories or plays wor-ry not

ldquoItrsquos not blatantly Chekhovrdquo Rossman said ldquoItrsquos

just a comic romprdquoAnd if yoursquore still convinced that the only Chekovthat matters is a star eet navigator well theremay actually be a character or two here yoursquodidentify with

THEY PUT THE lsquoFUNrsquo INDYSFUNCTION

Photo by David Wong

Robert Rossman Sharon Winegar Susan Mason and Casey Burkestar in the Sierra Stages production of Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike

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IN YOUR DAILY GRIND

When yoursquore in need of coffee there arecertainly a lot of choices Sure youcould buzz through the drive through

and have your McBeverage handed to you andbe done with it

Or you could hit one of many locally-owned cof-fee shops and cafeacutes each with their own ambienceand deacutecor and really soak up the wide variety of lo-cal avor in a way that no corporate chain ever can

Here in the foothills you can bike up to the Trail-head Coffee in Penryn and sip an espresso conpanna while you have your bicycle worked on Orlounge on a Victorian sofa under a glass chande-lier at the Cafeacute Mekka in Nevada City Or minglewith judges and lawyers while grabbing a cappuc-cino at the Courthouse Cafeacute in Auburn Or evenplay a round of bocce ball while you sip your mac-chiato at The Flower Farm in Loomis

Whether your choice is black coffee or a nonfat

soy latte yoursquoll nd lots of choices in Placer andNevada County Here is an unbiased sampling toconsider Cranking up Ella Fitzgeraldrsquos cover ofldquoBlack Coffeerdquo while you drive there is optionalbut highly recommended

PUTTING LOCAL FLAVOR

NEVADA CITY Cafeacute Mekka237 Commercial St Nevada City (530) 478-1517

Cafeacute Mekka is easily the most eclectic and funkyof the coffee houses I visited The Gold Rush-erabuilding is lined with tables and vintage sofasbooks and art even a piano in the corner Mekkahas a huge drink menu with beans from TempleCoffee in Sacramento as well as baked goodsmade by DeGroot Bakery Mekka rotates artshows monthly has open mic nights music andpoetry with limited seating outside The SummerIce a blend of chocolate caramel and espresso isa denite must try

Three Forks Bakery and Brewery 211 Commercial St Nevada City (530) 470-8333threeforksnccom

Open since August Three Forks merges a bak-ery with a brewery providing coffee and micro-brews along with pizza and sandwiches Its beansare from local roaster Fable in Grass Valley Themodern sleek-looking space with some outdoorseating offers a new take on both the traditionalbakery and the microbrewery

GRASS VALLEY Carolines Coffee Roaster 128 South Auburn St Grass Valley (530) 273-6424 carolinescoffeecom

Carolines is a family-owned coffee house in Grass Valley with specialty-roasted coffee includingtheir own house blend as well as scones pas-tries quiches gourmet olives and sandwichesCarolines has a warm and friendly vibe with asmall outdoor seating area located on the groundoor of the classic Madison Lodge Building

AUBURNThe Courthouse Cafeacute1425 Lincoln Way Auburn (530) 889-1373

Sitting directly across the street from the AuburnCourthouse is The Courthouse Cafeacute a 1930s con-verted bungalow which makes for an intimatehome-like setting complete with a small replaceand reading areas Its beans are from Santa CruzCoffee and the baked goods are made fresh dai-ly Obviously a popular spot for the lawyers and judges needing caffeine x before court the cafeacuteis a denite hot spot in the mornings The Court -house Cafe is part of the Placer 360 art scene and

By Matthew Whitley

Bicycle memorabilia lines the wallsof the Trailhead Coffee and CyclingL i P

Photo by Matthew Whitley

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features local art year round and a small outdoorseating area

Depoe Bay Coffee Company 893 High St Auburn (530) 889-1021 depoebay-coffeecom

Conveniently located right down the street fromthe ofces of the Foothills Entertainer mdash muchto the relief of the staff mdash the Depoe is Down-

town Auburnrsquos go-to spot for a cup of Joe Thecafeacute has a couple of different seating areas roaststheir own beans and serves bakes goods break-fast and sandwiches Depoe Bay offers live musicevery other Sunday as well as local art

PENRYN

Trailhead Coffee and Cycling Lounge2210 Taylor Road Penryn (916) 663-1501 coffee-andbikescom

The Trailhead located directly across from GrifthQuarry Park is both a coffee house and a full bicy-cle shop Co-owner Jerry Cannon is a competitivecyclist who has merged his two passions into onebusiness Decorated with Tour de France memo-rabilia and vintage gear the shop pays homage toall things bicycle Cyclists can have repairs doneon their bikes while hanging out on the wood-

en patio drinking one of the Trailheadrsquos specialtyroasts The cafeacute offers pastries and baked goodspower and energy bars and breakfast burritos

LOOMIS

The Flower Farm Nursery9280 Horseshoe Bar Road Loomis (916) 652-5650 owerfarminncom

The Flower Farm is a cafeacute set in one of the arearsquosmore beautiful and pastoral settings The facilityalso operates a bed and breakfast host eventsand weddings operates a nursery and gift shophas a waterwheel pond bocce ball court and gar-dens Also on the property is Casque Winery allsurrounded by citrus orchards and gardens Thecafeacute menu features ingredients taken right offtheir farm In the fall and winter they sell pump-kins and Christmas trees hellip how many cafeacutes dothat

ROCKLIN

Origin Coffee and Tea2168 Sunset Blvd Rocklin (916) 787-5676 orig-incoffeeorg

Origin Coffee and Tea is a nonprot coffee housewhose sole mission is to raise money and aware-ness to end human slave trafcking At Origin all

of the employees donate their time and the mon-ey raised goes to the Grace Network Rescue Thebeans they carry are free trade and roasted locallyOrigin offers table and couch seating in a modern

but sparse environment There is live music in-cluding benet concerts Itrsquos coffee with a cause

ROSEVILLEShady Coffee and Tea325 Douglas Blvd Roseville (916) 742-4117 sha-dycoffeeandteacom

Shady Coffee and Tea is a small cafeacute and eateryclose to Downtown Roseville that offers specialtyroasts including Mast Espresso beans and En-

timos Coffee from Citrus Heights Shady offerssandwiches salads breakfasts beer and wineThey also have a nice-size back patio a drive-upwindow art on the walls and open mic on Fridaynights Be sure and try the Affogato vanilla beanice cream topped with espresso

Lounge in Penryn

Emmit Johnston Grass Valley resident andbarista at Carolines Coffee in Grass Valley

Photo by Matthew Whitley

From left Joe Fernandez VinceMUSIC FROM THE BRITISH ISLES

FROM CELTIC TO BEATLES

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AUBURN CONCERT BAND PLAYS MUSIC FROM THE BRITISH ISLESBy Paul Cambra

Think British invasion and you go straight to1964 But the music of the United Kingdomand Ireland has been crossing the Atlantic

for centuries From Baroque to folk ddles tofes the rich musical history of the British Isles canbe traced back to the polyphonic melodies of thelate middle ages

But this month itrsquos all about the brass hellip and thewoodwinds hellipand the percussion

ldquoBrass bands have been popular in Britain sincethe 1800srdquo said Craig Thomas trumpeter withthe Auburn Concert Band ldquoToday they are oneof the most popular forms of music in Englandrdquo

The Auburn Concert band will present ldquoMusicfrom the British Isles ndash from Celtic to Beatlesrdquo fortwo free performances this month The 40-pieceensemble will take on everyone from Gustav Holstto LennonMcCartney

ldquoWersquore not just playing a Beatles song itrsquos a sym-phonic workingrdquo said conductor Tom CandlishldquoYou know how Hey Jude sort of rocks out at theend The arranger takes that same idea but addsa counter melody underneath Itrsquos a mix of the

original material with material for an orchestra Itrsquosnot the way the Beatles played it They are a rockband we are a concert bandrdquo

They will however step slightly out of the box forthese shows adding a piper Chuck Jamison fora medley of bagpipe tunes which they will ac-company And Jamison who plays drums for thecountry and western band Dust in My Coffee willbring his band mates to do a two-song Celtic setin the middle of the show Country Celtic if youwill

ldquoThe Auburn Concert Band is very enthusiasticabout the variety of music we are playingrdquo Can-dlish said ldquoItrsquos not just serious music all of thetime We are mixing it up with folk tunes and poppieces The audiences we play for have really ap-preciated thatrdquo

Yoursquoll hear Brian Borursquos March one of Irelandrsquosoldest traditional folk songs Yoursquoll hear DannyBoy which Candlish calls ldquothe epitome of concertband musicrdquo And then therersquos Those MagnicentMen in their Flying Machines from the 1965 mov-ie and McNamararsquos Band which was a top-10 hitfor Bing Crosby

And if yoursquore not leaving the show humming theending to Hey Jude chances are yoursquoll be whis-tling the Colonel Bogey March better known asthe theme song to The Bridge on the River Kwai

ldquoThe British Isles have certainly contributed to themusical history of this countryrdquo Thomas said ldquoItrsquosamazing when you go back the fact that therewere craftsman making these instruments so mu-sicians could play these beautiful and elaborate

classical piecesrdquo

Thomas the trumpeter has his own personal con-nection to the UK

ldquoI have a couple of cornets that I bought fromsomeone in Englandrdquo he said ldquoThe characteris-tics of the British horn are a little different moresoft and mellow In describing the differencebetween a cornet and a trumpet the trumpet Iwould describe as having a bright and projectingtone and the cornet a softer more mellow tonerdquo

From bright to mellow and a few stages in be-tween this British invasion mixes history with har-mony

TOMMY TUNES

Warm and Lori Yarbrough

From left Bruce Heseltine JohnSmiley and Trent Taylor

From left Roberta SullivanDave Lake and Angela Costa

ndash FROM CELTIC TO BEATLES

WHO Auburn Concert Band

WHEN 7-9 pm Wednesday March 4

WHERE Newcastle School 8951 Valley View Drive Newcastle

WHEN 7-9 pm Wednesday March 11

WHERE The State Theatre985 Lincoln Way Auburn

COST Free

INFO auburnconcertbandnet

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oe and Paula McHugh have been crisscross-ing the country for years bringing their showldquoGreen Fields of Americardquo to the heartland

and all that surrounds it

But the stories they tell are not from the road atleast not the highways and byways of the 21stcentury No the stories they tell are ones thathave ben passed down through the generationsCall them legends call them lore call them talltales if you will

Joe and Paula call themselves ldquoThe Time Trav-elersrdquo and their show will take you on a journey

from the 13 colonies to the 1930s when the dustbowl and depression sent folks on yet anotherwestward migration

ldquoWe donrsquot gloss over historyrdquo Joe McHugh saidldquoTherersquos a fair amount of humor some of it is

very touching and all are characters that weretalked about back in the dayrdquo

Like Sagamore Johnson who shaved his beardto collect the gold akes mdash the ones he got fromwashing in the American River mdash to go see LolaMontez perform

Or Confederate General Albert Sidney John-ston who bled to death during the battle of Shi-lo in 1962

ldquoWe give them a real authentic look at the timerdquoJoe said ldquoThere are a lot of real historical anec-

dotes a lot of them straight out legends and talltales Kind of like Mark Twain half history halfTwainrdquo

Joe McHugh was a city kid raised in what hecalls ldquoa pretty rough inner cityrdquo of Patterson

New Jersey When he was 20 he bought a smallfarm in West Virginia and lived without electrici-ty for four years It was there that he discoveredold-time mountain music

ldquoThe people learned tunes directly from theirparents or aunts and unclesrdquo he said ldquoSomeballads go as far back as Elizabethan England Ifell in love with that musicrdquo

And with storytelling which was once very inte-gral to the cultural life of our country he saidAfter having told these stories for many years henow speaks at conferences about the art of sto-

rytelling in the electronic age and how it impactsthe younger generation

ldquoWersquore so industrialized the way we tell storiesrdquohe said ldquoYou make it for me and wersquoll buy it fromyou But people kind of know that this way exists

EXCELLENT ADVENTUREJo an Paulrsquos Courtesy photos

Paula and Joe McHugh play a courtingdulcimer ldquoYou play it together One

plays melody the other harmonyrdquoPaula said ldquoItrsquos a way people courtedYou play together to see how well you

got along If they play well togetherthey might look at each other in a

different wayrdquo

By Paul Cambra

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how we tell stories rather than turning it over tosomeone elserdquo

FIDDLING WITH IMAGERY

Paula McHugh met Joe through the old-time mu-sic community She was involved in square danc-ing he played the ddle He was also on the roada lot with his storytelling act

ldquoWhen we got together I didnrsquot want to be leftalone all the time so I learned to play the banjordquoshe said

That was 25 years ago Apparently they didnrsquotneed a courting dulcimer to test their compatibil-ity But they do play one now

ldquoThe courting dulcimer you play it togetherrdquo

Paula said ldquoOne plays melody the other harmo-ny Itrsquos a way people courted You play togetherto see how well you got along If they play well

together they might look at each other in a dif-ferent wayrdquo

Paula looks at ddle tunes in a way not manyothers do About six years ago intrigued by thetitles of these traditional musical pieces she be-gan bringing them to life on canvas

ldquoArkansas Traveler What the heck is thatrdquoshe said ldquoI nd the history behind it The title

takes me to whatever subject it is then I re-search it to nd something Photography onlygoes back so farrdquo

A little more than a dozen of her paintings willserve as a backdrop to their performance All are

inspired by the names of old-time ddle tunesShe will soon tackle folk songs which at least havelyrics to point her in some direction

But for ldquoThe Time Travelersrdquo direction is lesslinear While the McHughs left western Pennsyl-vania for Auburn in 1988 then moved to Neva-da City in 2003 before settling in WashingtonState their journey has been one of imagina-tion and inspiration

ldquoThe whole idea of time travel we think this stuffisnrsquot really gone itrsquos sort of still aroundrdquo Joe said

ldquoWhen you tell their stories they are almost inthe room with you I remember the old men whotaught me the tunes back in the rsquo70s I still feelthem there when I play Itrsquos not nostalgia itrsquos a liv-ing history and we remind people that we own itItrsquos our memory itrsquos our DNArdquo

TIME TRAVELERS ALL ABOUT THE lsquoARTrsquo OF STORYTELLING

ldquoOff to Californiardquo

Joe and Paula McHugh The Time Travelers

ldquoBuffalo Huntingrdquo

GREEN FIELDSOF AMERICA

WHO The Time TravelersJoe and Paula McHugh

WHEN 730 pm FridayMarch 13

WHERE State Theatre985 Lincoln Way Auburn

COST $15

INFO (530) 852-2708infoplacertheaterorg

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E 10

As the lyrics go ldquoyou can rock it you canroll it you can slop and you can stroll it atthe hoprdquo

Not sure if they ldquosloprdquo anymore and for mostpeople who came of age in the 1950s ldquostrollrdquotakes on a whole new meaning But for anyonewho wants to relive the glory days of school danc-

es mdash decades before bumping grinding andtwerking were to rear their ugly rears mdash then theSpring Hop is the place for you

ldquoThere is always something to do in Auburn in thesummertime but we were looking for a fun mdash andaffordable mdash winter activityrdquo said Sheryl Peters-en recreation services manager with the AuburnRecreation District (ARD) ldquoLast year we had awonderful time and everyone kept saying lsquoare yougoing to do it again this yearrsquordquo

Well theyrsquore back and so are dance instructorsArny Messersmith and Billie Prowant who willlead a one-hour lesson in East Coast Swing rightbefore the hop begins

ldquoItrsquos the easiest dance that I can teachrdquo Messer-smith said ldquoLessons donrsquot require a partner as werotate to give everyone a chance I would say inan hour wersquoll have you dancingrdquo

He said East Coast Swing has about 20 steps asopposed to West Coast Swingrsquos 200 But with EastCoast you throw your partner in every directionand that takes up a lot of oor space But therersquosstill enough room for the Auburn Outlaws rollerderby team to get around

ldquoThey were all over the gym oor last year zoom-ing in and out of people with trays on their shoul-dersrdquo Messersmith said

Those trays held food and drink mdash the local LionrsquosClub will be cooking hot dogs and brats mdash andthe Outlaws will serve as car hops There will bea swing dance contest and a hula hoop contestpoodle skirts aplenty and Frankie and the Fable-tones will provide the music

ldquoYou donrsquot have to come as a couplerdquo Petersensaid ldquoCome as friends come in groups Come inperiod dress Some came last year just to listen tothe musicrdquo

Messersmith suggests leather soles as you slideyour feet a lot and while they are know as ldquosockhopsrdquo less and less people are going shoeless

these daysldquoI grew up with a family that dancedrdquo he saidldquoMy grandmother used to take me German andItalian and Belgian dances in San Francisco We allwent together as a family When I had kids theirfriends at school couldnrsquot believe they were goingout dancing every weekend with their dadrdquo

And though the ARD Spring Hop is a 21 and old-er event that didnrsquot stop the demographic fromskewing young

ldquoThe great thing about last year was that therewere just as many young adults as oldrdquo Prowantsaid ldquoAnd it was the younger dancers who wonthe dance contest Even for young people who

donrsquot dance that much just see how much funyou have when you get out thererdquo

So remember cats and chicks if yoursquore lookingfor a place where you can swing it you can grooveit you can really start to move it hellip best go to theSpring Hop

DIG OUT THAT

POODLE SKIRT ITrsquoS

TIME TO DANCEBy Paul Cambra

Lersquos g t th hop

Come in yourrsquo50s garb and be ready todance at this yearrsquos Spring Hop

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WHEN 7-10 pm Saturday March21 Free dance instruction from 6-7pm in the Stella Room

WHERE Recreation ParkGymnasium 123 Recreation DriveAuburn

TICKETS $12 two for $20 Ages21 and older

Music by Frankie and theFabletones Dance contests

beer and wine food costumesencouraged

INFO (530) 863-4615auburnreccom

WHEN 7-8 pm Tuesdays March31 through April 21

WHERE Canyon View CommunityCenter 471 Maidu Drive Auburn

COST $40 person

INFO auburnreccom (activity No5333 W1)

rsquo50s amp rsquo60s Spring Hop

Eas Coas Swing Lessons

Arny Messersmith left and BillieProwant will be giving East Coast Swinglessons an hour before the Spring Hop

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Mike Amaral has surfed ndash or body surfed ndashin 75 percent of the locales named in theBeach Boysrsquo song Surnrsquo USA

So who better to head up a tribute to the South-ern California ambassadors of surf and sun

ldquoI had always wanted to do either a Beatles ora Beach Boys tribute band because I love themboth so muchrdquo said Mike Amaral who foundedthe California Beach Boys close to a decade agoldquoSo two of my cousins and I decided to go withthe Beach Boysrdquo

Cousins of course just like the original band Andwhile the Beatles are famous for their three-partharmony the Beach Boys sing in four-part andthat requires a lot of practice

ldquoWe have charts taken from the originals and weall have our assignmentrdquo Amaral said ldquoBut youhave to have guys that not only like the BeachBoysrsquo music but are willing to put in the time towork on the harmoniesrdquo

Based in the San Jose and Santa Cruz area MikeAmaralrsquos California Beach Boys play up and downthe coast in Arizona Colorado even Canada

ldquoWe were escorted on stage by the Royal Canadi-an Mounted Policerdquo Amaral said

There are six band members and Amaral handlesthe Mike Love role as lead singer He has playedmusic professionally since he was 14 but tooka break at age 22 to raise a family and pursue asteady career in law enforcement He returned tothe stage in 1995 with an oldies band Flashbackbut the surf sounds beckoned

ldquoI grew up an enormous fanrdquo he said ldquoI went toall of their concerts at the San Jose Civic Centerrdquo

And some of his current audience members may have

been there too At least thatrsquos what they tell him

ldquoAfter one concert and 85-year-old gentlemancomes up to me and says lsquoLook at me Do you re-member me Hawthorne 1964 hellip I saw you prac-tice in your garagersquordquo Amaral said ldquoHe thought we

MIKE AMARALrsquoS CALIFORNIA BEACH BOYS MAKE STOP IN AUBURN

By Paul Cambra

THEY GET AROUND

were the Beach Boys One lady told us she hadnrsquotseen us in 40 years and we sounded just as goodThank you very much I saidrdquo

Another woman told their bass player she saw himplay 40 years ago

ldquoTrouble is hersquos only 38 years oldrdquo Amaral said

But theyrsquoll gladly live with those mistaken identi-ty moments as long as they get to keep playingThey are three cousins and three close friends andthey get along really well Maybe more so than theoriginals

ldquoWersquove got all-white guitars and champagne spar-kle drums and the vertical striped shirtsrdquo he saidldquoPeople love that clean look Itrsquos all about the ap-pearance and the showmanship When we comeout people clap they like the way we look We got

stripes in light blue dark blue red pink hot pinkhellip we change them throughout the showrdquo

The typical audience covers a wide range of agesboth young and old music fans seeking good vi-brations Wouldnrsquot it be nice to be a part of it

Mike Amaral in car founded the California Beach Boys because he liked theirmusic so much The band consists of three cousins and three close friends

Courtesy Photos

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WHEN 730 pmSaturdayMarch 28

WHERE The State

Theatre 985 LincolnWay Auburn

TICKETS $25

INFO

(530) 852-2708infoplacertheaterorg

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People who need to give presentations atwork try it Writers use it to loosen up andget more creative Empty nesters take

classes because well what else are they goingto do

Itrsquos improvisational comedy mdash better know asimprov mdash and itrsquos gaining a foothold in South

Placer County at a place called Blacktop Comedyin Rocklin

ldquoImprov takes an opennessrdquo said co-founderBetsaida Lebron ldquoItrsquos all about saying lsquoyes andhelliprsquo You want to be able to agree and support whois there but not just be a yes man You have tobuild on what they saidrdquo

Lebron started building her improv resume beforeshe realized she was doing it

ldquoGrowing up there were four of us and we werealways doing skits and songs at churchrdquo she saidldquoWe never had much of a plan just a very roughoutline People told us how fun and entertainingwe were and we had no idea that it was improvrdquo

After college she randomly took an improv classand thought lsquowhatrsquo

ldquoIrsquod been doing it my whole life I just didnrsquot know

itrdquo she said

Enter Paul Burke who for years watched WhoseLine is it Anyway but never for a minute thoughtlsquoOh thatrsquos something I could dorsquo

ldquoI randomly found a drop-in improv class inSacramentordquo Burke said ldquoI began readingand studying about it attended classes in SanFrancisco festivals in Chicago and Los Angelesrdquo

Then six years ago he had the opportunityto study at the iO Theater Chicago and at TheSecond City

ldquoI came back and met Betsaida and we foundout we shared an improv vision and we openedBlacktop Comedyrdquo he said

What started in Roseville in 2011 has just relocated

to fancier digs in Rocklin In addition to the weeklySaturday show ldquoThe Shortiesrdquo they also haveclasses throughout the week for children andadults

Theater Kids Teen Improv Improv 101-301Playground Improv hellip there is something for allages and abilities

ldquoSome people are curious and just interested intrying improvrdquo Lebron said ldquoItrsquos kind of like a

By Paul Cambra

Comedy withou ne

WHAT Comedy t for the entire family

WHEN 7 pm Saturdays

THE SHORTIES WHERE The Showdown Theater 3101Sunset Blvd Suite 3A in Rocklin

TICKETS $5 each $15 families

INFO (916) 749-3100

Paul Burke

Photos by Paul Burke

Betsaida Lebron

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time to explore their creative side And some arealready actors looking for an edge at auditionsrdquo

And then therersquos ldquoBelly Laughsrdquo

ldquoA belly dancer was looking for space to teachone night a weekrdquo Betsaida said ldquoWe thoughtlsquohow fun would it be to merge them togetherrdquo

Now once a month belly dancers take the stagewhile the improv performers watch from thewings Then itrsquos their turn to entertain

ldquoOne guy started shimmying and shaking tryingto get into skinny jeans and be a part of the fadrdquoBetsaida said

Improv is all about the inspiration Be it the movesof a belly dancer or a shout from the audience allthe performer needs is a jumping off point

ldquoThe Shorties get ideas from the audiencerdquoBurke said ldquoFrom a location mdash like the beach orStarbuckrsquos mdash or a feeling they had today a lineof dialogue or a text message we will use thosewithin the scene We just focus on creating in themoment Every show is totally differentrdquo

The 7 pm show is for families guaranteed to be

clean The 830 show well they donrsquot try to beblue but they are making this up on the y Theyuse a rotating cast of performers usually eight to10 on any given night

ldquoItrsquos a really diverse group and really they usuallynd usrdquo Burke said ldquoThey come through ourclasses like Teen Playground More than anythingwe love having a team of people who share asame mindsetrdquo

Audience participation at The Shorties isencouraged but not required They promise theywill not pick on anyone who chooses just to sitback and enjoy the show But you may want tooffer a suggestion should they get stuck

ldquoAnd you will get stuckrdquo Burke said ldquoWhen itdoes happen you breathe through it You think lsquoIhave to be funny I have to be cleverrsquo but thatrsquoshow you get stuck in the rst place Slow down

listen to what was said last respond to it and it willall be goodrdquo

lsquoTHE SHORTIESrsquo IMPROVE

UPON IMPROV

THEATER KIDS (AGES SECONDTO FIFTH GRADE)

bull Basic improv and theater skills

TEEN IMPROV

bull Create SNL-type sketches

IMPROV 101 201 301

bull Adults interested in trying improv

TEEN PLAYGROUND

bull Bring a favorite game and make new friends

PLAYGROUND IMPROV

bull Drop-in workshop for adults

BELLY LAUGHS

bull The show that blends sexy with funny

BLACKTOP COMEDY

Lori Wynant shares with the dangers ofsky diving with Kevin Brown

BETTER CALL JUNIOR

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E 18

By Matthew Whitley

Hersquos labeled country music mdash and he is mdashbut hersquos so much more A listen through

his catalogue and you hear country rockhonky-tonk swing mariachi Tex-Mex bluegrassand rhythm and blues mdash even a bit of Hawaiian

He even invented a double necked ldquoguit-steelrdquoallowing him to play and switch between electricguitar and lap steel guitar on the same instrument

Then therersquos that voice a deep baritone and astyle that harkens back to an earlier era hellip cleanhonest and un-ironic hellip like the music of George

Jones or Ernest Tubb who Brown has often beencompared to in style

Brown 62 will bring his act to The Center for theArts in Grass Valley near the end of this monthWe had a chance to talk with Brown and we askedhim how he got to be a country music star

WERE YOU EXPOSED TO A LOT OF COUNTRYMUSIC GROWING UP

ldquoNot really My parents liked classical and I wasmostly raised on that I watched the TV and thatrsquoswhere I got into that kind of musicrdquo

WHY DO YOU THINK YOU WERE DRAWN TOCOUNTRY MUSIC AS OPPOSED TO THE POP-ULAR MUSIC OF THE DAY

ldquoI was drawn to popular music at the time I re-member when the Beatles hit and then the bandsthat followed Thatrsquos what the teenagers at school

would be talking about I kind of discovered Er-nest Tubb on my own watching the TV I never

told any of my friends as I donrsquot think it wouldhave gone over too wellrdquo

DO YOU REMEMBER IF THERE WAS A SPECIF-IC ALBUM WHERE YOU SAID lsquoTHIS IS WHAT I WANT TO DO THIS IS ITrsquo

ldquoNo we didnrsquot buy albums back then And a coun-try album I wouldnrsquot have any idea as to whereto buy that So it was all television I watched Er-nest Tubbrsquos show and then the Buck Owens show

Jimmy Dean had a show that came out of Wash-ington DC I would eventually buy an album ofa rock person or something but those were ex-pensive and I didnrsquot have any money I would buysingles once in a while you know the little 45 andagain it wasnrsquot country as I wouldnrsquot know whereto buy onerdquo

DO YOU REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME YOUPERFORMED

ldquoYes It was at a Boys Scout Jamboree at AndrewsAir Force Base in Maryland I was about 8 or 10years old and I was strolling around the differentcamp sites me and another guy sort of like min-strels which is what we sort of felt like doing Lit-tle did I know that is what I would be doing forthe rest of my life Anyway we stopped at one ofthese campsites and it was the top brass of theJamboree They said lsquocome on down tonight andperformrsquo So we actually got a stage with a micro-

phone and there was about 7000 Boy Scouts outthere and I was hooked I have been chasing thebright lights ever since I still get nervous perform-ing but I donrsquot think I was nervous that night I justremembered being thrilledrdquo

THE SOUND YOU HAVE IS ALMOST CLASSICCOUNTRY VERY UNGUARDED AND SINGINGSTRAIGHT TO THE AUDIENCE

ldquoWhatrsquos good about the older music is itrsquos very di-

rect and honest and it had sentiment in there thatwas considered corny but the cornball is part ofthe honesty itrsquos part of the lsquohey this is how I feelrsquoyou know My music is not just limited to countryIrsquom not a purist in any way I just like signing to anaudience and singing your heart out You knowhow blues tells the audience that you feel badCountry will tell you how you got thererdquo

I FIRST HEARD YOU ON THE CHRIS ISAAKSHOW IN THE LATE rsquo80S EARLY rsquo90S WITH

KD LANG IT WAS MODERN AND BEAUTIFULCOUNTRY MUSIC AND I REMEMBER YOU BE-ING A PART OF THAT SOUND WHEN IT CAMEOUT WHAT IS YOUR TAKE ON COUNTRY MU-SIC NOW

ldquoOh itrsquos the same take Irsquove had on it since thelate rsquo60s Everybody talks about what their idea

of country music is and everybody has a differ-ent idea Country music can mean anything nowWhat I do now is label mine as lsquoginger brown guit-steel musicrsquo Itrsquos a combination of all types of mu-sic mdash country rock and some othersrdquo

AMERICA IS SUCH A BLEND OF DIFFERENTPEOPLE IT STANDS TO REASON THAT MUSIC WOULD REPRESENT THAT AS WELL

ldquoYes When I do something I try and do it in an

honest way and give the song what it requiresWhen I say I have a lot of styles in my music itdoesnrsquot mean I use them all at once People loveto see me go nuts on that guitar but you haveto do what the song calls for Now the problemcomes when yoursquore trying to do everything onevery song all the time You never get anywherethat way There are guys out there that say lsquoOK Ican play an Ernest Tubbrsquos song and put a BB Kingblues guitar solo in itrsquo and feel like they have re-

ally discovered something and to me that is notsaying anything You havenrsquot done anything butwater down a good song Not that I donrsquot like BBKing he just does not mix well with Ernest TubbThatrsquos where musicianship comes inrdquo

WHAT DO YOU THINK CONTRIBUTED MOSTTO YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF MUSIC

ldquoCovering other peoplersquos songs and working withother people Working in the country and western

clubs doing country songs that were popular atthe time A lot of them I didnrsquot like but I playedthem as best as I could And then I started writ-ing songs which really put me in another place Icould really be myself I wasnrsquot a cover artist any-more Most of the stuff on my records are stuffthat Irsquove written so Irsquom very proud of thatrdquo

DOES SONG WRITING COME EASY TO YOUOR IS IT A DIFFICULT PROCESS

ldquoItrsquos very difcult More difcult than one maythink Itrsquos easy to write bad songs and hard towrite good ones I have thrown away over half ofthem I could put several weeks into a song that just isnrsquot any goodrdquo

HOW DID YOU COME TO INVENT THE GUIT-STEEL

ldquoMichael Stephens of Stephens Guitars theymake them and we have sold a few of them I have

seen a couple of people playing them and itrsquos kindof strange like watching somebody dance withyour wife lsquoWait a minute yoursquore not supposed tobe holding that mdash thatrsquos my instrumentrsquordquo

BETTER CALL hellip JUNIOR

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SO ITrsquoS A BLEND OF TWO TYPES OFGUITAR SOUND

ldquoNo they are two complete and differentinstruments You have the guitar neck and thesteel guitar neck so I am switching instrumentsas I sing I am basically doing the part of threeguys on stage hellip singing guitar and steel guitarPut a little foot pedal down there on a bass drum and Icould be a one man bandrdquo

HOW DID YOU GET INVOLVED IN FILMS AND TELE-VISION

ldquoPeople who are fans ask me to do it Vince Gilliganliked what I did so he asked me to be on the X-FilesGilligan did Breaking Bad and is now doing BetterCall Saulrdquo

BETTER CALL SAUL DEBUTED RECENTLY ANDBECAME THE MOST WATCHED CABLE SHOWIN HISTORY FIFTEEN AND A HALF MILLIONPEOPLE HEARD YOUR THEME SONG THIS PAST WEEKEND

ldquoWell I didnrsquot play on the show they aired it rightafter they nished Breaking Bad as a promotion forsomething It wasnrsquot a theme song to the series Vincehad actually wrote it with three of his friends A verywell-written song written with me in mind I was veryattered by that We just got back from the premier inLA did the red carpet played the party and showed themovie It was a lot of funrdquo

SO WHAT SHOULD YOUR FANS EXPECT WHEN

YOU PERFORM AT THE CENTER FOR THE ARTSIN GRASS VALLEY

ldquoOh a unique experience I guess I mean I just domy own thing and if they havenrsquot seen me beforethey will be pleasantly surprised mdash itrsquos original I ambringing a full band including my wife who playsrhythm guitarrdquo

Photos by George Brainard

You know how

blues tells the

audience that

you feel bad

Country willtell you how

you got there- Junior Brown

BEHIND EVERY GREAT MAN

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Elaine Bromka received a letter from agentleman who attended her one-wom-an show ldquoTea for Threerdquo and wrote that

when she took her curtain call he asked theperson next to him where the other two ac-tresses were

ldquoIt wasnrsquot the rst time Irsquod heard thatrdquo Bromkasaid ldquoI am nding the essence of each womanI have a feeling of each voice but I really go forwhere the energy originates moves throughthe bodyrdquo

The three bodies she inhabits on stage belongto three former rst ladies mdash Lady Bird John -son Pat Nixon and Betty Ford The play which

she co-wrote with Eric H Weinberger is a char-acter study that is both funny and moving

ldquoItrsquos really an exploration of what it was liketo suddenly wake up and yoursquore in the WhiteHouserdquo Bromka said ldquoIn two of those cases itwas really suddenrdquo

Bromka a veteran of stage and screen mdashboth large and small mdash recently worked withlegendary impressionist Rich Little in the PBSshow ldquoThe Presidentsrdquo where she starred aseight rst ladies opposite Littlersquos commandersin chief

ldquoRich and I were out at lunch and he was sittingthere staring at his hands and I asked lsquowhat areyou doingrsquordquo she said ldquoHe said lsquoReagan holdshis thumbs like this like a bearrsquordquo

Itrsquos the little things that make or break a good

impersonation she learned While not neces-sarily an impressionist herself she is a peoplewatcher mdash and listener mdash and in two years shespent with the National Theatre of the Deaf shelearned a lot about the non-verbal

ldquoThe body doesnrsquot lierdquo she said

Bromka went to the museum of TV and radioand studied video tapes of all three women

Doing so she said she learned a lot about theirpersonalities

ldquoAll three were very smart and easy to underes-timaterdquo Bromka said ldquoFor Lady Bird imaginefollowing in the footsteps of a star She was not

as glamorous as Jackie but she did wonderfulthings with Head Start and beauticationrdquo

Pat Nixon she said was harder because sherarely opened her mouth

ldquoThey called her lsquoPlastic Patrsquordquo she said ldquoThatrsquosnot plastic those are the eyes of a very guard-ed watchful person Someone who experi-enced a lot of pain They say she was one ofthe warmest rst ladies one-on-one Pat wentto 80 countries on her own as a one-on-oneambassador she just didnrsquot want to get in frontof groupsrdquo

And then therersquos Betty Ford

ldquoBetty was a live wire she said whatever shethoughtrdquo Bromka said ldquoBut Betty broke openhuge issues like womenrsquos rights and breastcancer awarenessrdquo

Many of the lines in the play are direct quotesfrom the rst ladies She said while the playcovers a lot of ground itrsquos not by any means ahistory lesson

ldquoThis is really a Valentine to all threerdquo Bromkasaid ldquoItrsquos a human story about the human el-ement One audience member said lsquoit lets youwalk in their shoesrsquordquo

And for Bromka the shoes t just ne

ONE-WOMAN SHOW LOOKS AT LIVES OF

THREE FORMER FIRST LADIES

By Paul Cambra

BEHIND EVERY GREAT MAN

TEA FOR THREE mdash LADYBIRD PAT AND BETTY

WHEN 730 pm SaturdayMarch 21 3 pm Sunday March 22

WHERE The State Theatre985 Lincoln Way Auburn

TICKETS $20

INFO (530) 852-2708infoplacertheaterorg

Elaine Bromka on PatNixon ldquoThey say she wasone of the warmest rst

ladies one-on-onerdquo

Elaine Bromka on Betty FordldquoBetty was a live wire she said

whatever she thoughtrdquo

Elaine Bromka onLady Bird JohnsonldquoImagine following

in the footsteps ofa starrdquo

VANYA AND SONIA AND

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By Paul Cambra

MASHA AND SPIKE

WHEN 8 pm Fridays and Saturdaysthrough March 28 2 pm Sunday

March 15 and 22 (7 pm ThursdayMarch 5 preview)

WHERE Nevada Theatre 401 BroadSt Nevada City

TICKETS $25 general $35 reserved($15 Thursday preview)

INFO (530) 346-3210sierrastagesorg

Whether yoursquore familiar with Chek-hov not too familiar or you think hersquosthe guy who sat next to Sulu on the

Starship Enterprise it doesnrsquot matter Chances areyoursquoll like this play

ldquoThe playwright said he took Chekhov and puthim in a blenderrdquo Jeffrey Mason said ldquoYou donrsquotneed to have any Chekhov background to un-derstand or enjoy this play but if you do Therersquosmore fun to be hadrdquo

Mason is directing the Sierra Stages production ofldquoVanya and Sonia and Masha and Spikerdquo a 2013Tony Award-winning play by Christopher DurangThe characterrsquos names are all from Anton Chekhovplays The mood is very ldquoChekhovianrdquo mdash sad andlonely characters in a country house a visitor com-ing and shaking things up mdash but really folks you

donrsquot need to know Chekhov to enjoy this playldquoItrsquos funnyrdquo Mason said ldquoThe situations are fun-ny the characters are funny they are dealing withproblems anybody can relate to Family issues Itrsquosa very well-crafted playrdquo

He said it is the single most popular play on theregional theater circuit this season with no lessthan 27 different productions

ldquoI donrsquot know of another play that has been thispopular this soonrdquo Mason said ldquoEverybody is en- joying it everywhererdquo

Robert Rossman plays Vanya ldquoprobably the san-

est one of them allrdquo he said

Vanya is in his 50s lives with his adopted sister isnot very sociable doesnrsquot go out and has neverheld a job And hersquos the sane one

But to his defense he and his sister have been tak-ing care of their parent who both had Alzheimerrsquosdisease Now that they are gone their other sis-ter who has been supporting the family throughher career as an actress is coming home That

ratchets the dysfunction meter up a few notchesldquoMasha doesnrsquot come home very often but thistime she comes home and tells them she is goingto sell the houserdquo said Susan Mason who playsMasha ldquoThey have never lived anywhere else

They donrsquot know how to live anywhere elserdquo

And Masha brings her very young boyfriendSpike home with her fueling the jealousy be-tween her and her plain sheltered adopted sister

ldquoSonia is a kind of the pathetic onerdquo said actressSharon Winegar ldquoShe plays pathetic but she isnot truly pathetic She likes to wallow in self pitybut at the same time she is very sweet and charm-ing in her misery She has wonderful things hap-pen to her throughout the course of the play Yound yourself rooting for her adoring herrdquo

None of the three principal players can fully re-late to the sibling rivalry of Vanya and Sonia andMasha Winegar got along quite well with her sis-ters and Mason is an only child But Rossman seeshimself as sort of the eccentric in the family

ldquoThey all have normal kinds of jobs and look atme as the guy who does all of the weird theatricalstuffrdquo he said

Much to the delight of the director

ldquoI could have cast the play two or three timesrdquoJeffrey Mason said ldquoIt was an unusually stronggroup who auditioned I consider myself verylucky in a relatively small town like ours the num-ber of people that are involved in theaterrdquo

So if you enjoy a good Chekhov story yoursquoll get afew more of the jokes than most

ldquoSome of the references are right in your facesome are more subtlerdquo Susan Mason said

If you havenrsquot read any of his stories or plays wor-ry not

ldquoItrsquos not blatantly Chekhovrdquo Rossman said ldquoItrsquos

just a comic romprdquoAnd if yoursquore still convinced that the only Chekovthat matters is a star eet navigator well theremay actually be a character or two here yoursquodidentify with

THEY PUT THE lsquoFUNrsquo INDYSFUNCTION

Photo by David Wong

Robert Rossman Sharon Winegar Susan Mason and Casey Burkestar in the Sierra Stages production of Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike

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IN YOUR DAILY GRIND

When yoursquore in need of coffee there arecertainly a lot of choices Sure youcould buzz through the drive through

and have your McBeverage handed to you andbe done with it

Or you could hit one of many locally-owned cof-fee shops and cafeacutes each with their own ambienceand deacutecor and really soak up the wide variety of lo-cal avor in a way that no corporate chain ever can

Here in the foothills you can bike up to the Trail-head Coffee in Penryn and sip an espresso conpanna while you have your bicycle worked on Orlounge on a Victorian sofa under a glass chande-lier at the Cafeacute Mekka in Nevada City Or minglewith judges and lawyers while grabbing a cappuc-cino at the Courthouse Cafeacute in Auburn Or evenplay a round of bocce ball while you sip your mac-chiato at The Flower Farm in Loomis

Whether your choice is black coffee or a nonfat

soy latte yoursquoll nd lots of choices in Placer andNevada County Here is an unbiased sampling toconsider Cranking up Ella Fitzgeraldrsquos cover ofldquoBlack Coffeerdquo while you drive there is optionalbut highly recommended

PUTTING LOCAL FLAVOR

NEVADA CITY Cafeacute Mekka237 Commercial St Nevada City (530) 478-1517

Cafeacute Mekka is easily the most eclectic and funkyof the coffee houses I visited The Gold Rush-erabuilding is lined with tables and vintage sofasbooks and art even a piano in the corner Mekkahas a huge drink menu with beans from TempleCoffee in Sacramento as well as baked goodsmade by DeGroot Bakery Mekka rotates artshows monthly has open mic nights music andpoetry with limited seating outside The SummerIce a blend of chocolate caramel and espresso isa denite must try

Three Forks Bakery and Brewery 211 Commercial St Nevada City (530) 470-8333threeforksnccom

Open since August Three Forks merges a bak-ery with a brewery providing coffee and micro-brews along with pizza and sandwiches Its beansare from local roaster Fable in Grass Valley Themodern sleek-looking space with some outdoorseating offers a new take on both the traditionalbakery and the microbrewery

GRASS VALLEY Carolines Coffee Roaster 128 South Auburn St Grass Valley (530) 273-6424 carolinescoffeecom

Carolines is a family-owned coffee house in Grass Valley with specialty-roasted coffee includingtheir own house blend as well as scones pas-tries quiches gourmet olives and sandwichesCarolines has a warm and friendly vibe with asmall outdoor seating area located on the groundoor of the classic Madison Lodge Building

AUBURNThe Courthouse Cafeacute1425 Lincoln Way Auburn (530) 889-1373

Sitting directly across the street from the AuburnCourthouse is The Courthouse Cafeacute a 1930s con-verted bungalow which makes for an intimatehome-like setting complete with a small replaceand reading areas Its beans are from Santa CruzCoffee and the baked goods are made fresh dai-ly Obviously a popular spot for the lawyers and judges needing caffeine x before court the cafeacuteis a denite hot spot in the mornings The Court -house Cafe is part of the Placer 360 art scene and

By Matthew Whitley

Bicycle memorabilia lines the wallsof the Trailhead Coffee and CyclingL i P

Photo by Matthew Whitley

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features local art year round and a small outdoorseating area

Depoe Bay Coffee Company 893 High St Auburn (530) 889-1021 depoebay-coffeecom

Conveniently located right down the street fromthe ofces of the Foothills Entertainer mdash muchto the relief of the staff mdash the Depoe is Down-

town Auburnrsquos go-to spot for a cup of Joe Thecafeacute has a couple of different seating areas roaststheir own beans and serves bakes goods break-fast and sandwiches Depoe Bay offers live musicevery other Sunday as well as local art

PENRYN

Trailhead Coffee and Cycling Lounge2210 Taylor Road Penryn (916) 663-1501 coffee-andbikescom

The Trailhead located directly across from GrifthQuarry Park is both a coffee house and a full bicy-cle shop Co-owner Jerry Cannon is a competitivecyclist who has merged his two passions into onebusiness Decorated with Tour de France memo-rabilia and vintage gear the shop pays homage toall things bicycle Cyclists can have repairs doneon their bikes while hanging out on the wood-

en patio drinking one of the Trailheadrsquos specialtyroasts The cafeacute offers pastries and baked goodspower and energy bars and breakfast burritos

LOOMIS

The Flower Farm Nursery9280 Horseshoe Bar Road Loomis (916) 652-5650 owerfarminncom

The Flower Farm is a cafeacute set in one of the arearsquosmore beautiful and pastoral settings The facilityalso operates a bed and breakfast host eventsand weddings operates a nursery and gift shophas a waterwheel pond bocce ball court and gar-dens Also on the property is Casque Winery allsurrounded by citrus orchards and gardens Thecafeacute menu features ingredients taken right offtheir farm In the fall and winter they sell pump-kins and Christmas trees hellip how many cafeacutes dothat

ROCKLIN

Origin Coffee and Tea2168 Sunset Blvd Rocklin (916) 787-5676 orig-incoffeeorg

Origin Coffee and Tea is a nonprot coffee housewhose sole mission is to raise money and aware-ness to end human slave trafcking At Origin all

of the employees donate their time and the mon-ey raised goes to the Grace Network Rescue Thebeans they carry are free trade and roasted locallyOrigin offers table and couch seating in a modern

but sparse environment There is live music in-cluding benet concerts Itrsquos coffee with a cause

ROSEVILLEShady Coffee and Tea325 Douglas Blvd Roseville (916) 742-4117 sha-dycoffeeandteacom

Shady Coffee and Tea is a small cafeacute and eateryclose to Downtown Roseville that offers specialtyroasts including Mast Espresso beans and En-

timos Coffee from Citrus Heights Shady offerssandwiches salads breakfasts beer and wineThey also have a nice-size back patio a drive-upwindow art on the walls and open mic on Fridaynights Be sure and try the Affogato vanilla beanice cream topped with espresso

Lounge in Penryn

Emmit Johnston Grass Valley resident andbarista at Carolines Coffee in Grass Valley

Photo by Matthew Whitley

From left Joe Fernandez VinceMUSIC FROM THE BRITISH ISLES

FROM CELTIC TO BEATLES

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AUBURN CONCERT BAND PLAYS MUSIC FROM THE BRITISH ISLESBy Paul Cambra

Think British invasion and you go straight to1964 But the music of the United Kingdomand Ireland has been crossing the Atlantic

for centuries From Baroque to folk ddles tofes the rich musical history of the British Isles canbe traced back to the polyphonic melodies of thelate middle ages

But this month itrsquos all about the brass hellip and thewoodwinds hellipand the percussion

ldquoBrass bands have been popular in Britain sincethe 1800srdquo said Craig Thomas trumpeter withthe Auburn Concert Band ldquoToday they are oneof the most popular forms of music in Englandrdquo

The Auburn Concert band will present ldquoMusicfrom the British Isles ndash from Celtic to Beatlesrdquo fortwo free performances this month The 40-pieceensemble will take on everyone from Gustav Holstto LennonMcCartney

ldquoWersquore not just playing a Beatles song itrsquos a sym-phonic workingrdquo said conductor Tom CandlishldquoYou know how Hey Jude sort of rocks out at theend The arranger takes that same idea but addsa counter melody underneath Itrsquos a mix of the

original material with material for an orchestra Itrsquosnot the way the Beatles played it They are a rockband we are a concert bandrdquo

They will however step slightly out of the box forthese shows adding a piper Chuck Jamison fora medley of bagpipe tunes which they will ac-company And Jamison who plays drums for thecountry and western band Dust in My Coffee willbring his band mates to do a two-song Celtic setin the middle of the show Country Celtic if youwill

ldquoThe Auburn Concert Band is very enthusiasticabout the variety of music we are playingrdquo Can-dlish said ldquoItrsquos not just serious music all of thetime We are mixing it up with folk tunes and poppieces The audiences we play for have really ap-preciated thatrdquo

Yoursquoll hear Brian Borursquos March one of Irelandrsquosoldest traditional folk songs Yoursquoll hear DannyBoy which Candlish calls ldquothe epitome of concertband musicrdquo And then therersquos Those MagnicentMen in their Flying Machines from the 1965 mov-ie and McNamararsquos Band which was a top-10 hitfor Bing Crosby

And if yoursquore not leaving the show humming theending to Hey Jude chances are yoursquoll be whis-tling the Colonel Bogey March better known asthe theme song to The Bridge on the River Kwai

ldquoThe British Isles have certainly contributed to themusical history of this countryrdquo Thomas said ldquoItrsquosamazing when you go back the fact that therewere craftsman making these instruments so mu-sicians could play these beautiful and elaborate

classical piecesrdquo

Thomas the trumpeter has his own personal con-nection to the UK

ldquoI have a couple of cornets that I bought fromsomeone in Englandrdquo he said ldquoThe characteris-tics of the British horn are a little different moresoft and mellow In describing the differencebetween a cornet and a trumpet the trumpet Iwould describe as having a bright and projectingtone and the cornet a softer more mellow tonerdquo

From bright to mellow and a few stages in be-tween this British invasion mixes history with har-mony

TOMMY TUNES

Warm and Lori Yarbrough

From left Bruce Heseltine JohnSmiley and Trent Taylor

From left Roberta SullivanDave Lake and Angela Costa

ndash FROM CELTIC TO BEATLES

WHO Auburn Concert Band

WHEN 7-9 pm Wednesday March 4

WHERE Newcastle School 8951 Valley View Drive Newcastle

WHEN 7-9 pm Wednesday March 11

WHERE The State Theatre985 Lincoln Way Auburn

COST Free

INFO auburnconcertbandnet

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oe and Paula McHugh have been crisscross-ing the country for years bringing their showldquoGreen Fields of Americardquo to the heartland

and all that surrounds it

But the stories they tell are not from the road atleast not the highways and byways of the 21stcentury No the stories they tell are ones thathave ben passed down through the generationsCall them legends call them lore call them talltales if you will

Joe and Paula call themselves ldquoThe Time Trav-elersrdquo and their show will take you on a journey

from the 13 colonies to the 1930s when the dustbowl and depression sent folks on yet anotherwestward migration

ldquoWe donrsquot gloss over historyrdquo Joe McHugh saidldquoTherersquos a fair amount of humor some of it is

very touching and all are characters that weretalked about back in the dayrdquo

Like Sagamore Johnson who shaved his beardto collect the gold akes mdash the ones he got fromwashing in the American River mdash to go see LolaMontez perform

Or Confederate General Albert Sidney John-ston who bled to death during the battle of Shi-lo in 1962

ldquoWe give them a real authentic look at the timerdquoJoe said ldquoThere are a lot of real historical anec-

dotes a lot of them straight out legends and talltales Kind of like Mark Twain half history halfTwainrdquo

Joe McHugh was a city kid raised in what hecalls ldquoa pretty rough inner cityrdquo of Patterson

New Jersey When he was 20 he bought a smallfarm in West Virginia and lived without electrici-ty for four years It was there that he discoveredold-time mountain music

ldquoThe people learned tunes directly from theirparents or aunts and unclesrdquo he said ldquoSomeballads go as far back as Elizabethan England Ifell in love with that musicrdquo

And with storytelling which was once very inte-gral to the cultural life of our country he saidAfter having told these stories for many years henow speaks at conferences about the art of sto-

rytelling in the electronic age and how it impactsthe younger generation

ldquoWersquore so industrialized the way we tell storiesrdquohe said ldquoYou make it for me and wersquoll buy it fromyou But people kind of know that this way exists

EXCELLENT ADVENTUREJo an Paulrsquos Courtesy photos

Paula and Joe McHugh play a courtingdulcimer ldquoYou play it together One

plays melody the other harmonyrdquoPaula said ldquoItrsquos a way people courtedYou play together to see how well you

got along If they play well togetherthey might look at each other in a

different wayrdquo

By Paul Cambra

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how we tell stories rather than turning it over tosomeone elserdquo

FIDDLING WITH IMAGERY

Paula McHugh met Joe through the old-time mu-sic community She was involved in square danc-ing he played the ddle He was also on the roada lot with his storytelling act

ldquoWhen we got together I didnrsquot want to be leftalone all the time so I learned to play the banjordquoshe said

That was 25 years ago Apparently they didnrsquotneed a courting dulcimer to test their compatibil-ity But they do play one now

ldquoThe courting dulcimer you play it togetherrdquo

Paula said ldquoOne plays melody the other harmo-ny Itrsquos a way people courted You play togetherto see how well you got along If they play well

together they might look at each other in a dif-ferent wayrdquo

Paula looks at ddle tunes in a way not manyothers do About six years ago intrigued by thetitles of these traditional musical pieces she be-gan bringing them to life on canvas

ldquoArkansas Traveler What the heck is thatrdquoshe said ldquoI nd the history behind it The title

takes me to whatever subject it is then I re-search it to nd something Photography onlygoes back so farrdquo

A little more than a dozen of her paintings willserve as a backdrop to their performance All are

inspired by the names of old-time ddle tunesShe will soon tackle folk songs which at least havelyrics to point her in some direction

But for ldquoThe Time Travelersrdquo direction is lesslinear While the McHughs left western Pennsyl-vania for Auburn in 1988 then moved to Neva-da City in 2003 before settling in WashingtonState their journey has been one of imagina-tion and inspiration

ldquoThe whole idea of time travel we think this stuffisnrsquot really gone itrsquos sort of still aroundrdquo Joe said

ldquoWhen you tell their stories they are almost inthe room with you I remember the old men whotaught me the tunes back in the rsquo70s I still feelthem there when I play Itrsquos not nostalgia itrsquos a liv-ing history and we remind people that we own itItrsquos our memory itrsquos our DNArdquo

TIME TRAVELERS ALL ABOUT THE lsquoARTrsquo OF STORYTELLING

ldquoOff to Californiardquo

Joe and Paula McHugh The Time Travelers

ldquoBuffalo Huntingrdquo

GREEN FIELDSOF AMERICA

WHO The Time TravelersJoe and Paula McHugh

WHEN 730 pm FridayMarch 13

WHERE State Theatre985 Lincoln Way Auburn

COST $15

INFO (530) 852-2708infoplacertheaterorg

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E 10

As the lyrics go ldquoyou can rock it you canroll it you can slop and you can stroll it atthe hoprdquo

Not sure if they ldquosloprdquo anymore and for mostpeople who came of age in the 1950s ldquostrollrdquotakes on a whole new meaning But for anyonewho wants to relive the glory days of school danc-

es mdash decades before bumping grinding andtwerking were to rear their ugly rears mdash then theSpring Hop is the place for you

ldquoThere is always something to do in Auburn in thesummertime but we were looking for a fun mdash andaffordable mdash winter activityrdquo said Sheryl Peters-en recreation services manager with the AuburnRecreation District (ARD) ldquoLast year we had awonderful time and everyone kept saying lsquoare yougoing to do it again this yearrsquordquo

Well theyrsquore back and so are dance instructorsArny Messersmith and Billie Prowant who willlead a one-hour lesson in East Coast Swing rightbefore the hop begins

ldquoItrsquos the easiest dance that I can teachrdquo Messer-smith said ldquoLessons donrsquot require a partner as werotate to give everyone a chance I would say inan hour wersquoll have you dancingrdquo

He said East Coast Swing has about 20 steps asopposed to West Coast Swingrsquos 200 But with EastCoast you throw your partner in every directionand that takes up a lot of oor space But therersquosstill enough room for the Auburn Outlaws rollerderby team to get around

ldquoThey were all over the gym oor last year zoom-ing in and out of people with trays on their shoul-dersrdquo Messersmith said

Those trays held food and drink mdash the local LionrsquosClub will be cooking hot dogs and brats mdash andthe Outlaws will serve as car hops There will bea swing dance contest and a hula hoop contestpoodle skirts aplenty and Frankie and the Fable-tones will provide the music

ldquoYou donrsquot have to come as a couplerdquo Petersensaid ldquoCome as friends come in groups Come inperiod dress Some came last year just to listen tothe musicrdquo

Messersmith suggests leather soles as you slideyour feet a lot and while they are know as ldquosockhopsrdquo less and less people are going shoeless

these daysldquoI grew up with a family that dancedrdquo he saidldquoMy grandmother used to take me German andItalian and Belgian dances in San Francisco We allwent together as a family When I had kids theirfriends at school couldnrsquot believe they were goingout dancing every weekend with their dadrdquo

And though the ARD Spring Hop is a 21 and old-er event that didnrsquot stop the demographic fromskewing young

ldquoThe great thing about last year was that therewere just as many young adults as oldrdquo Prowantsaid ldquoAnd it was the younger dancers who wonthe dance contest Even for young people who

donrsquot dance that much just see how much funyou have when you get out thererdquo

So remember cats and chicks if yoursquore lookingfor a place where you can swing it you can grooveit you can really start to move it hellip best go to theSpring Hop

DIG OUT THAT

POODLE SKIRT ITrsquoS

TIME TO DANCEBy Paul Cambra

Lersquos g t th hop

Come in yourrsquo50s garb and be ready todance at this yearrsquos Spring Hop

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WHEN 7-10 pm Saturday March21 Free dance instruction from 6-7pm in the Stella Room

WHERE Recreation ParkGymnasium 123 Recreation DriveAuburn

TICKETS $12 two for $20 Ages21 and older

Music by Frankie and theFabletones Dance contests

beer and wine food costumesencouraged

INFO (530) 863-4615auburnreccom

WHEN 7-8 pm Tuesdays March31 through April 21

WHERE Canyon View CommunityCenter 471 Maidu Drive Auburn

COST $40 person

INFO auburnreccom (activity No5333 W1)

rsquo50s amp rsquo60s Spring Hop

Eas Coas Swing Lessons

Arny Messersmith left and BillieProwant will be giving East Coast Swinglessons an hour before the Spring Hop

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Mike Amaral has surfed ndash or body surfed ndashin 75 percent of the locales named in theBeach Boysrsquo song Surnrsquo USA

So who better to head up a tribute to the South-ern California ambassadors of surf and sun

ldquoI had always wanted to do either a Beatles ora Beach Boys tribute band because I love themboth so muchrdquo said Mike Amaral who foundedthe California Beach Boys close to a decade agoldquoSo two of my cousins and I decided to go withthe Beach Boysrdquo

Cousins of course just like the original band Andwhile the Beatles are famous for their three-partharmony the Beach Boys sing in four-part andthat requires a lot of practice

ldquoWe have charts taken from the originals and weall have our assignmentrdquo Amaral said ldquoBut youhave to have guys that not only like the BeachBoysrsquo music but are willing to put in the time towork on the harmoniesrdquo

Based in the San Jose and Santa Cruz area MikeAmaralrsquos California Beach Boys play up and downthe coast in Arizona Colorado even Canada

ldquoWe were escorted on stage by the Royal Canadi-an Mounted Policerdquo Amaral said

There are six band members and Amaral handlesthe Mike Love role as lead singer He has playedmusic professionally since he was 14 but tooka break at age 22 to raise a family and pursue asteady career in law enforcement He returned tothe stage in 1995 with an oldies band Flashbackbut the surf sounds beckoned

ldquoI grew up an enormous fanrdquo he said ldquoI went toall of their concerts at the San Jose Civic Centerrdquo

And some of his current audience members may have

been there too At least thatrsquos what they tell him

ldquoAfter one concert and 85-year-old gentlemancomes up to me and says lsquoLook at me Do you re-member me Hawthorne 1964 hellip I saw you prac-tice in your garagersquordquo Amaral said ldquoHe thought we

MIKE AMARALrsquoS CALIFORNIA BEACH BOYS MAKE STOP IN AUBURN

By Paul Cambra

THEY GET AROUND

were the Beach Boys One lady told us she hadnrsquotseen us in 40 years and we sounded just as goodThank you very much I saidrdquo

Another woman told their bass player she saw himplay 40 years ago

ldquoTrouble is hersquos only 38 years oldrdquo Amaral said

But theyrsquoll gladly live with those mistaken identi-ty moments as long as they get to keep playingThey are three cousins and three close friends andthey get along really well Maybe more so than theoriginals

ldquoWersquove got all-white guitars and champagne spar-kle drums and the vertical striped shirtsrdquo he saidldquoPeople love that clean look Itrsquos all about the ap-pearance and the showmanship When we comeout people clap they like the way we look We got

stripes in light blue dark blue red pink hot pinkhellip we change them throughout the showrdquo

The typical audience covers a wide range of agesboth young and old music fans seeking good vi-brations Wouldnrsquot it be nice to be a part of it

Mike Amaral in car founded the California Beach Boys because he liked theirmusic so much The band consists of three cousins and three close friends

Courtesy Photos

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WHEN 730 pmSaturdayMarch 28

WHERE The State

Theatre 985 LincolnWay Auburn

TICKETS $25

INFO

(530) 852-2708infoplacertheaterorg

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People who need to give presentations atwork try it Writers use it to loosen up andget more creative Empty nesters take

classes because well what else are they goingto do

Itrsquos improvisational comedy mdash better know asimprov mdash and itrsquos gaining a foothold in South

Placer County at a place called Blacktop Comedyin Rocklin

ldquoImprov takes an opennessrdquo said co-founderBetsaida Lebron ldquoItrsquos all about saying lsquoyes andhelliprsquo You want to be able to agree and support whois there but not just be a yes man You have tobuild on what they saidrdquo

Lebron started building her improv resume beforeshe realized she was doing it

ldquoGrowing up there were four of us and we werealways doing skits and songs at churchrdquo she saidldquoWe never had much of a plan just a very roughoutline People told us how fun and entertainingwe were and we had no idea that it was improvrdquo

After college she randomly took an improv classand thought lsquowhatrsquo

ldquoIrsquod been doing it my whole life I just didnrsquot know

itrdquo she said

Enter Paul Burke who for years watched WhoseLine is it Anyway but never for a minute thoughtlsquoOh thatrsquos something I could dorsquo

ldquoI randomly found a drop-in improv class inSacramentordquo Burke said ldquoI began readingand studying about it attended classes in SanFrancisco festivals in Chicago and Los Angelesrdquo

Then six years ago he had the opportunityto study at the iO Theater Chicago and at TheSecond City

ldquoI came back and met Betsaida and we foundout we shared an improv vision and we openedBlacktop Comedyrdquo he said

What started in Roseville in 2011 has just relocated

to fancier digs in Rocklin In addition to the weeklySaturday show ldquoThe Shortiesrdquo they also haveclasses throughout the week for children andadults

Theater Kids Teen Improv Improv 101-301Playground Improv hellip there is something for allages and abilities

ldquoSome people are curious and just interested intrying improvrdquo Lebron said ldquoItrsquos kind of like a

By Paul Cambra

Comedy withou ne

WHAT Comedy t for the entire family

WHEN 7 pm Saturdays

THE SHORTIES WHERE The Showdown Theater 3101Sunset Blvd Suite 3A in Rocklin

TICKETS $5 each $15 families

INFO (916) 749-3100

Paul Burke

Photos by Paul Burke

Betsaida Lebron

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time to explore their creative side And some arealready actors looking for an edge at auditionsrdquo

And then therersquos ldquoBelly Laughsrdquo

ldquoA belly dancer was looking for space to teachone night a weekrdquo Betsaida said ldquoWe thoughtlsquohow fun would it be to merge them togetherrdquo

Now once a month belly dancers take the stagewhile the improv performers watch from thewings Then itrsquos their turn to entertain

ldquoOne guy started shimmying and shaking tryingto get into skinny jeans and be a part of the fadrdquoBetsaida said

Improv is all about the inspiration Be it the movesof a belly dancer or a shout from the audience allthe performer needs is a jumping off point

ldquoThe Shorties get ideas from the audiencerdquoBurke said ldquoFrom a location mdash like the beach orStarbuckrsquos mdash or a feeling they had today a lineof dialogue or a text message we will use thosewithin the scene We just focus on creating in themoment Every show is totally differentrdquo

The 7 pm show is for families guaranteed to be

clean The 830 show well they donrsquot try to beblue but they are making this up on the y Theyuse a rotating cast of performers usually eight to10 on any given night

ldquoItrsquos a really diverse group and really they usuallynd usrdquo Burke said ldquoThey come through ourclasses like Teen Playground More than anythingwe love having a team of people who share asame mindsetrdquo

Audience participation at The Shorties isencouraged but not required They promise theywill not pick on anyone who chooses just to sitback and enjoy the show But you may want tooffer a suggestion should they get stuck

ldquoAnd you will get stuckrdquo Burke said ldquoWhen itdoes happen you breathe through it You think lsquoIhave to be funny I have to be cleverrsquo but thatrsquoshow you get stuck in the rst place Slow down

listen to what was said last respond to it and it willall be goodrdquo

lsquoTHE SHORTIESrsquo IMPROVE

UPON IMPROV

THEATER KIDS (AGES SECONDTO FIFTH GRADE)

bull Basic improv and theater skills

TEEN IMPROV

bull Create SNL-type sketches

IMPROV 101 201 301

bull Adults interested in trying improv

TEEN PLAYGROUND

bull Bring a favorite game and make new friends

PLAYGROUND IMPROV

bull Drop-in workshop for adults

BELLY LAUGHS

bull The show that blends sexy with funny

BLACKTOP COMEDY

Lori Wynant shares with the dangers ofsky diving with Kevin Brown

BETTER CALL JUNIOR

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By Matthew Whitley

Hersquos labeled country music mdash and he is mdashbut hersquos so much more A listen through

his catalogue and you hear country rockhonky-tonk swing mariachi Tex-Mex bluegrassand rhythm and blues mdash even a bit of Hawaiian

He even invented a double necked ldquoguit-steelrdquoallowing him to play and switch between electricguitar and lap steel guitar on the same instrument

Then therersquos that voice a deep baritone and astyle that harkens back to an earlier era hellip cleanhonest and un-ironic hellip like the music of George

Jones or Ernest Tubb who Brown has often beencompared to in style

Brown 62 will bring his act to The Center for theArts in Grass Valley near the end of this monthWe had a chance to talk with Brown and we askedhim how he got to be a country music star

WERE YOU EXPOSED TO A LOT OF COUNTRYMUSIC GROWING UP

ldquoNot really My parents liked classical and I wasmostly raised on that I watched the TV and thatrsquoswhere I got into that kind of musicrdquo

WHY DO YOU THINK YOU WERE DRAWN TOCOUNTRY MUSIC AS OPPOSED TO THE POP-ULAR MUSIC OF THE DAY

ldquoI was drawn to popular music at the time I re-member when the Beatles hit and then the bandsthat followed Thatrsquos what the teenagers at school

would be talking about I kind of discovered Er-nest Tubb on my own watching the TV I never

told any of my friends as I donrsquot think it wouldhave gone over too wellrdquo

DO YOU REMEMBER IF THERE WAS A SPECIF-IC ALBUM WHERE YOU SAID lsquoTHIS IS WHAT I WANT TO DO THIS IS ITrsquo

ldquoNo we didnrsquot buy albums back then And a coun-try album I wouldnrsquot have any idea as to whereto buy that So it was all television I watched Er-nest Tubbrsquos show and then the Buck Owens show

Jimmy Dean had a show that came out of Wash-ington DC I would eventually buy an album ofa rock person or something but those were ex-pensive and I didnrsquot have any money I would buysingles once in a while you know the little 45 andagain it wasnrsquot country as I wouldnrsquot know whereto buy onerdquo

DO YOU REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME YOUPERFORMED

ldquoYes It was at a Boys Scout Jamboree at AndrewsAir Force Base in Maryland I was about 8 or 10years old and I was strolling around the differentcamp sites me and another guy sort of like min-strels which is what we sort of felt like doing Lit-tle did I know that is what I would be doing forthe rest of my life Anyway we stopped at one ofthese campsites and it was the top brass of theJamboree They said lsquocome on down tonight andperformrsquo So we actually got a stage with a micro-

phone and there was about 7000 Boy Scouts outthere and I was hooked I have been chasing thebright lights ever since I still get nervous perform-ing but I donrsquot think I was nervous that night I justremembered being thrilledrdquo

THE SOUND YOU HAVE IS ALMOST CLASSICCOUNTRY VERY UNGUARDED AND SINGINGSTRAIGHT TO THE AUDIENCE

ldquoWhatrsquos good about the older music is itrsquos very di-

rect and honest and it had sentiment in there thatwas considered corny but the cornball is part ofthe honesty itrsquos part of the lsquohey this is how I feelrsquoyou know My music is not just limited to countryIrsquom not a purist in any way I just like signing to anaudience and singing your heart out You knowhow blues tells the audience that you feel badCountry will tell you how you got thererdquo

I FIRST HEARD YOU ON THE CHRIS ISAAKSHOW IN THE LATE rsquo80S EARLY rsquo90S WITH

KD LANG IT WAS MODERN AND BEAUTIFULCOUNTRY MUSIC AND I REMEMBER YOU BE-ING A PART OF THAT SOUND WHEN IT CAMEOUT WHAT IS YOUR TAKE ON COUNTRY MU-SIC NOW

ldquoOh itrsquos the same take Irsquove had on it since thelate rsquo60s Everybody talks about what their idea

of country music is and everybody has a differ-ent idea Country music can mean anything nowWhat I do now is label mine as lsquoginger brown guit-steel musicrsquo Itrsquos a combination of all types of mu-sic mdash country rock and some othersrdquo

AMERICA IS SUCH A BLEND OF DIFFERENTPEOPLE IT STANDS TO REASON THAT MUSIC WOULD REPRESENT THAT AS WELL

ldquoYes When I do something I try and do it in an

honest way and give the song what it requiresWhen I say I have a lot of styles in my music itdoesnrsquot mean I use them all at once People loveto see me go nuts on that guitar but you haveto do what the song calls for Now the problemcomes when yoursquore trying to do everything onevery song all the time You never get anywherethat way There are guys out there that say lsquoOK Ican play an Ernest Tubbrsquos song and put a BB Kingblues guitar solo in itrsquo and feel like they have re-

ally discovered something and to me that is notsaying anything You havenrsquot done anything butwater down a good song Not that I donrsquot like BBKing he just does not mix well with Ernest TubbThatrsquos where musicianship comes inrdquo

WHAT DO YOU THINK CONTRIBUTED MOSTTO YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF MUSIC

ldquoCovering other peoplersquos songs and working withother people Working in the country and western

clubs doing country songs that were popular atthe time A lot of them I didnrsquot like but I playedthem as best as I could And then I started writ-ing songs which really put me in another place Icould really be myself I wasnrsquot a cover artist any-more Most of the stuff on my records are stuffthat Irsquove written so Irsquom very proud of thatrdquo

DOES SONG WRITING COME EASY TO YOUOR IS IT A DIFFICULT PROCESS

ldquoItrsquos very difcult More difcult than one maythink Itrsquos easy to write bad songs and hard towrite good ones I have thrown away over half ofthem I could put several weeks into a song that just isnrsquot any goodrdquo

HOW DID YOU COME TO INVENT THE GUIT-STEEL

ldquoMichael Stephens of Stephens Guitars theymake them and we have sold a few of them I have

seen a couple of people playing them and itrsquos kindof strange like watching somebody dance withyour wife lsquoWait a minute yoursquore not supposed tobe holding that mdash thatrsquos my instrumentrsquordquo

BETTER CALL hellip JUNIOR

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SO ITrsquoS A BLEND OF TWO TYPES OFGUITAR SOUND

ldquoNo they are two complete and differentinstruments You have the guitar neck and thesteel guitar neck so I am switching instrumentsas I sing I am basically doing the part of threeguys on stage hellip singing guitar and steel guitarPut a little foot pedal down there on a bass drum and Icould be a one man bandrdquo

HOW DID YOU GET INVOLVED IN FILMS AND TELE-VISION

ldquoPeople who are fans ask me to do it Vince Gilliganliked what I did so he asked me to be on the X-FilesGilligan did Breaking Bad and is now doing BetterCall Saulrdquo

BETTER CALL SAUL DEBUTED RECENTLY ANDBECAME THE MOST WATCHED CABLE SHOWIN HISTORY FIFTEEN AND A HALF MILLIONPEOPLE HEARD YOUR THEME SONG THIS PAST WEEKEND

ldquoWell I didnrsquot play on the show they aired it rightafter they nished Breaking Bad as a promotion forsomething It wasnrsquot a theme song to the series Vincehad actually wrote it with three of his friends A verywell-written song written with me in mind I was veryattered by that We just got back from the premier inLA did the red carpet played the party and showed themovie It was a lot of funrdquo

SO WHAT SHOULD YOUR FANS EXPECT WHEN

YOU PERFORM AT THE CENTER FOR THE ARTSIN GRASS VALLEY

ldquoOh a unique experience I guess I mean I just domy own thing and if they havenrsquot seen me beforethey will be pleasantly surprised mdash itrsquos original I ambringing a full band including my wife who playsrhythm guitarrdquo

Photos by George Brainard

You know how

blues tells the

audience that

you feel bad

Country willtell you how

you got there- Junior Brown

BEHIND EVERY GREAT MAN

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Elaine Bromka received a letter from agentleman who attended her one-wom-an show ldquoTea for Threerdquo and wrote that

when she took her curtain call he asked theperson next to him where the other two ac-tresses were

ldquoIt wasnrsquot the rst time Irsquod heard thatrdquo Bromkasaid ldquoI am nding the essence of each womanI have a feeling of each voice but I really go forwhere the energy originates moves throughthe bodyrdquo

The three bodies she inhabits on stage belongto three former rst ladies mdash Lady Bird John -son Pat Nixon and Betty Ford The play which

she co-wrote with Eric H Weinberger is a char-acter study that is both funny and moving

ldquoItrsquos really an exploration of what it was liketo suddenly wake up and yoursquore in the WhiteHouserdquo Bromka said ldquoIn two of those cases itwas really suddenrdquo

Bromka a veteran of stage and screen mdashboth large and small mdash recently worked withlegendary impressionist Rich Little in the PBSshow ldquoThe Presidentsrdquo where she starred aseight rst ladies opposite Littlersquos commandersin chief

ldquoRich and I were out at lunch and he was sittingthere staring at his hands and I asked lsquowhat areyou doingrsquordquo she said ldquoHe said lsquoReagan holdshis thumbs like this like a bearrsquordquo

Itrsquos the little things that make or break a good

impersonation she learned While not neces-sarily an impressionist herself she is a peoplewatcher mdash and listener mdash and in two years shespent with the National Theatre of the Deaf shelearned a lot about the non-verbal

ldquoThe body doesnrsquot lierdquo she said

Bromka went to the museum of TV and radioand studied video tapes of all three women

Doing so she said she learned a lot about theirpersonalities

ldquoAll three were very smart and easy to underes-timaterdquo Bromka said ldquoFor Lady Bird imaginefollowing in the footsteps of a star She was not

as glamorous as Jackie but she did wonderfulthings with Head Start and beauticationrdquo

Pat Nixon she said was harder because sherarely opened her mouth

ldquoThey called her lsquoPlastic Patrsquordquo she said ldquoThatrsquosnot plastic those are the eyes of a very guard-ed watchful person Someone who experi-enced a lot of pain They say she was one ofthe warmest rst ladies one-on-one Pat wentto 80 countries on her own as a one-on-oneambassador she just didnrsquot want to get in frontof groupsrdquo

And then therersquos Betty Ford

ldquoBetty was a live wire she said whatever shethoughtrdquo Bromka said ldquoBut Betty broke openhuge issues like womenrsquos rights and breastcancer awarenessrdquo

Many of the lines in the play are direct quotesfrom the rst ladies She said while the playcovers a lot of ground itrsquos not by any means ahistory lesson

ldquoThis is really a Valentine to all threerdquo Bromkasaid ldquoItrsquos a human story about the human el-ement One audience member said lsquoit lets youwalk in their shoesrsquordquo

And for Bromka the shoes t just ne

ONE-WOMAN SHOW LOOKS AT LIVES OF

THREE FORMER FIRST LADIES

By Paul Cambra

BEHIND EVERY GREAT MAN

TEA FOR THREE mdash LADYBIRD PAT AND BETTY

WHEN 730 pm SaturdayMarch 21 3 pm Sunday March 22

WHERE The State Theatre985 Lincoln Way Auburn

TICKETS $20

INFO (530) 852-2708infoplacertheaterorg

Elaine Bromka on PatNixon ldquoThey say she wasone of the warmest rst

ladies one-on-onerdquo

Elaine Bromka on Betty FordldquoBetty was a live wire she said

whatever she thoughtrdquo

Elaine Bromka onLady Bird JohnsonldquoImagine following

in the footsteps ofa starrdquo

VANYA AND SONIA AND

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By Paul Cambra

MASHA AND SPIKE

WHEN 8 pm Fridays and Saturdaysthrough March 28 2 pm Sunday

March 15 and 22 (7 pm ThursdayMarch 5 preview)

WHERE Nevada Theatre 401 BroadSt Nevada City

TICKETS $25 general $35 reserved($15 Thursday preview)

INFO (530) 346-3210sierrastagesorg

Whether yoursquore familiar with Chek-hov not too familiar or you think hersquosthe guy who sat next to Sulu on the

Starship Enterprise it doesnrsquot matter Chances areyoursquoll like this play

ldquoThe playwright said he took Chekhov and puthim in a blenderrdquo Jeffrey Mason said ldquoYou donrsquotneed to have any Chekhov background to un-derstand or enjoy this play but if you do Therersquosmore fun to be hadrdquo

Mason is directing the Sierra Stages production ofldquoVanya and Sonia and Masha and Spikerdquo a 2013Tony Award-winning play by Christopher DurangThe characterrsquos names are all from Anton Chekhovplays The mood is very ldquoChekhovianrdquo mdash sad andlonely characters in a country house a visitor com-ing and shaking things up mdash but really folks you

donrsquot need to know Chekhov to enjoy this playldquoItrsquos funnyrdquo Mason said ldquoThe situations are fun-ny the characters are funny they are dealing withproblems anybody can relate to Family issues Itrsquosa very well-crafted playrdquo

He said it is the single most popular play on theregional theater circuit this season with no lessthan 27 different productions

ldquoI donrsquot know of another play that has been thispopular this soonrdquo Mason said ldquoEverybody is en- joying it everywhererdquo

Robert Rossman plays Vanya ldquoprobably the san-

est one of them allrdquo he said

Vanya is in his 50s lives with his adopted sister isnot very sociable doesnrsquot go out and has neverheld a job And hersquos the sane one

But to his defense he and his sister have been tak-ing care of their parent who both had Alzheimerrsquosdisease Now that they are gone their other sis-ter who has been supporting the family throughher career as an actress is coming home That

ratchets the dysfunction meter up a few notchesldquoMasha doesnrsquot come home very often but thistime she comes home and tells them she is goingto sell the houserdquo said Susan Mason who playsMasha ldquoThey have never lived anywhere else

They donrsquot know how to live anywhere elserdquo

And Masha brings her very young boyfriendSpike home with her fueling the jealousy be-tween her and her plain sheltered adopted sister

ldquoSonia is a kind of the pathetic onerdquo said actressSharon Winegar ldquoShe plays pathetic but she isnot truly pathetic She likes to wallow in self pitybut at the same time she is very sweet and charm-ing in her misery She has wonderful things hap-pen to her throughout the course of the play Yound yourself rooting for her adoring herrdquo

None of the three principal players can fully re-late to the sibling rivalry of Vanya and Sonia andMasha Winegar got along quite well with her sis-ters and Mason is an only child But Rossman seeshimself as sort of the eccentric in the family

ldquoThey all have normal kinds of jobs and look atme as the guy who does all of the weird theatricalstuffrdquo he said

Much to the delight of the director

ldquoI could have cast the play two or three timesrdquoJeffrey Mason said ldquoIt was an unusually stronggroup who auditioned I consider myself verylucky in a relatively small town like ours the num-ber of people that are involved in theaterrdquo

So if you enjoy a good Chekhov story yoursquoll get afew more of the jokes than most

ldquoSome of the references are right in your facesome are more subtlerdquo Susan Mason said

If you havenrsquot read any of his stories or plays wor-ry not

ldquoItrsquos not blatantly Chekhovrdquo Rossman said ldquoItrsquos

just a comic romprdquoAnd if yoursquore still convinced that the only Chekovthat matters is a star eet navigator well theremay actually be a character or two here yoursquodidentify with

THEY PUT THE lsquoFUNrsquo INDYSFUNCTION

Photo by David Wong

Robert Rossman Sharon Winegar Susan Mason and Casey Burkestar in the Sierra Stages production of Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike

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IN YOUR DAILY GRIND

When yoursquore in need of coffee there arecertainly a lot of choices Sure youcould buzz through the drive through

and have your McBeverage handed to you andbe done with it

Or you could hit one of many locally-owned cof-fee shops and cafeacutes each with their own ambienceand deacutecor and really soak up the wide variety of lo-cal avor in a way that no corporate chain ever can

Here in the foothills you can bike up to the Trail-head Coffee in Penryn and sip an espresso conpanna while you have your bicycle worked on Orlounge on a Victorian sofa under a glass chande-lier at the Cafeacute Mekka in Nevada City Or minglewith judges and lawyers while grabbing a cappuc-cino at the Courthouse Cafeacute in Auburn Or evenplay a round of bocce ball while you sip your mac-chiato at The Flower Farm in Loomis

Whether your choice is black coffee or a nonfat

soy latte yoursquoll nd lots of choices in Placer andNevada County Here is an unbiased sampling toconsider Cranking up Ella Fitzgeraldrsquos cover ofldquoBlack Coffeerdquo while you drive there is optionalbut highly recommended

PUTTING LOCAL FLAVOR

NEVADA CITY Cafeacute Mekka237 Commercial St Nevada City (530) 478-1517

Cafeacute Mekka is easily the most eclectic and funkyof the coffee houses I visited The Gold Rush-erabuilding is lined with tables and vintage sofasbooks and art even a piano in the corner Mekkahas a huge drink menu with beans from TempleCoffee in Sacramento as well as baked goodsmade by DeGroot Bakery Mekka rotates artshows monthly has open mic nights music andpoetry with limited seating outside The SummerIce a blend of chocolate caramel and espresso isa denite must try

Three Forks Bakery and Brewery 211 Commercial St Nevada City (530) 470-8333threeforksnccom

Open since August Three Forks merges a bak-ery with a brewery providing coffee and micro-brews along with pizza and sandwiches Its beansare from local roaster Fable in Grass Valley Themodern sleek-looking space with some outdoorseating offers a new take on both the traditionalbakery and the microbrewery

GRASS VALLEY Carolines Coffee Roaster 128 South Auburn St Grass Valley (530) 273-6424 carolinescoffeecom

Carolines is a family-owned coffee house in Grass Valley with specialty-roasted coffee includingtheir own house blend as well as scones pas-tries quiches gourmet olives and sandwichesCarolines has a warm and friendly vibe with asmall outdoor seating area located on the groundoor of the classic Madison Lodge Building

AUBURNThe Courthouse Cafeacute1425 Lincoln Way Auburn (530) 889-1373

Sitting directly across the street from the AuburnCourthouse is The Courthouse Cafeacute a 1930s con-verted bungalow which makes for an intimatehome-like setting complete with a small replaceand reading areas Its beans are from Santa CruzCoffee and the baked goods are made fresh dai-ly Obviously a popular spot for the lawyers and judges needing caffeine x before court the cafeacuteis a denite hot spot in the mornings The Court -house Cafe is part of the Placer 360 art scene and

By Matthew Whitley

Bicycle memorabilia lines the wallsof the Trailhead Coffee and CyclingL i P

Photo by Matthew Whitley

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features local art year round and a small outdoorseating area

Depoe Bay Coffee Company 893 High St Auburn (530) 889-1021 depoebay-coffeecom

Conveniently located right down the street fromthe ofces of the Foothills Entertainer mdash muchto the relief of the staff mdash the Depoe is Down-

town Auburnrsquos go-to spot for a cup of Joe Thecafeacute has a couple of different seating areas roaststheir own beans and serves bakes goods break-fast and sandwiches Depoe Bay offers live musicevery other Sunday as well as local art

PENRYN

Trailhead Coffee and Cycling Lounge2210 Taylor Road Penryn (916) 663-1501 coffee-andbikescom

The Trailhead located directly across from GrifthQuarry Park is both a coffee house and a full bicy-cle shop Co-owner Jerry Cannon is a competitivecyclist who has merged his two passions into onebusiness Decorated with Tour de France memo-rabilia and vintage gear the shop pays homage toall things bicycle Cyclists can have repairs doneon their bikes while hanging out on the wood-

en patio drinking one of the Trailheadrsquos specialtyroasts The cafeacute offers pastries and baked goodspower and energy bars and breakfast burritos

LOOMIS

The Flower Farm Nursery9280 Horseshoe Bar Road Loomis (916) 652-5650 owerfarminncom

The Flower Farm is a cafeacute set in one of the arearsquosmore beautiful and pastoral settings The facilityalso operates a bed and breakfast host eventsand weddings operates a nursery and gift shophas a waterwheel pond bocce ball court and gar-dens Also on the property is Casque Winery allsurrounded by citrus orchards and gardens Thecafeacute menu features ingredients taken right offtheir farm In the fall and winter they sell pump-kins and Christmas trees hellip how many cafeacutes dothat

ROCKLIN

Origin Coffee and Tea2168 Sunset Blvd Rocklin (916) 787-5676 orig-incoffeeorg

Origin Coffee and Tea is a nonprot coffee housewhose sole mission is to raise money and aware-ness to end human slave trafcking At Origin all

of the employees donate their time and the mon-ey raised goes to the Grace Network Rescue Thebeans they carry are free trade and roasted locallyOrigin offers table and couch seating in a modern

but sparse environment There is live music in-cluding benet concerts Itrsquos coffee with a cause

ROSEVILLEShady Coffee and Tea325 Douglas Blvd Roseville (916) 742-4117 sha-dycoffeeandteacom

Shady Coffee and Tea is a small cafeacute and eateryclose to Downtown Roseville that offers specialtyroasts including Mast Espresso beans and En-

timos Coffee from Citrus Heights Shady offerssandwiches salads breakfasts beer and wineThey also have a nice-size back patio a drive-upwindow art on the walls and open mic on Fridaynights Be sure and try the Affogato vanilla beanice cream topped with espresso

Lounge in Penryn

Emmit Johnston Grass Valley resident andbarista at Carolines Coffee in Grass Valley

Photo by Matthew Whitley

From left Joe Fernandez VinceMUSIC FROM THE BRITISH ISLES

FROM CELTIC TO BEATLES

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AUBURN CONCERT BAND PLAYS MUSIC FROM THE BRITISH ISLESBy Paul Cambra

Think British invasion and you go straight to1964 But the music of the United Kingdomand Ireland has been crossing the Atlantic

for centuries From Baroque to folk ddles tofes the rich musical history of the British Isles canbe traced back to the polyphonic melodies of thelate middle ages

But this month itrsquos all about the brass hellip and thewoodwinds hellipand the percussion

ldquoBrass bands have been popular in Britain sincethe 1800srdquo said Craig Thomas trumpeter withthe Auburn Concert Band ldquoToday they are oneof the most popular forms of music in Englandrdquo

The Auburn Concert band will present ldquoMusicfrom the British Isles ndash from Celtic to Beatlesrdquo fortwo free performances this month The 40-pieceensemble will take on everyone from Gustav Holstto LennonMcCartney

ldquoWersquore not just playing a Beatles song itrsquos a sym-phonic workingrdquo said conductor Tom CandlishldquoYou know how Hey Jude sort of rocks out at theend The arranger takes that same idea but addsa counter melody underneath Itrsquos a mix of the

original material with material for an orchestra Itrsquosnot the way the Beatles played it They are a rockband we are a concert bandrdquo

They will however step slightly out of the box forthese shows adding a piper Chuck Jamison fora medley of bagpipe tunes which they will ac-company And Jamison who plays drums for thecountry and western band Dust in My Coffee willbring his band mates to do a two-song Celtic setin the middle of the show Country Celtic if youwill

ldquoThe Auburn Concert Band is very enthusiasticabout the variety of music we are playingrdquo Can-dlish said ldquoItrsquos not just serious music all of thetime We are mixing it up with folk tunes and poppieces The audiences we play for have really ap-preciated thatrdquo

Yoursquoll hear Brian Borursquos March one of Irelandrsquosoldest traditional folk songs Yoursquoll hear DannyBoy which Candlish calls ldquothe epitome of concertband musicrdquo And then therersquos Those MagnicentMen in their Flying Machines from the 1965 mov-ie and McNamararsquos Band which was a top-10 hitfor Bing Crosby

And if yoursquore not leaving the show humming theending to Hey Jude chances are yoursquoll be whis-tling the Colonel Bogey March better known asthe theme song to The Bridge on the River Kwai

ldquoThe British Isles have certainly contributed to themusical history of this countryrdquo Thomas said ldquoItrsquosamazing when you go back the fact that therewere craftsman making these instruments so mu-sicians could play these beautiful and elaborate

classical piecesrdquo

Thomas the trumpeter has his own personal con-nection to the UK

ldquoI have a couple of cornets that I bought fromsomeone in Englandrdquo he said ldquoThe characteris-tics of the British horn are a little different moresoft and mellow In describing the differencebetween a cornet and a trumpet the trumpet Iwould describe as having a bright and projectingtone and the cornet a softer more mellow tonerdquo

From bright to mellow and a few stages in be-tween this British invasion mixes history with har-mony

TOMMY TUNES

Warm and Lori Yarbrough

From left Bruce Heseltine JohnSmiley and Trent Taylor

From left Roberta SullivanDave Lake and Angela Costa

ndash FROM CELTIC TO BEATLES

WHO Auburn Concert Band

WHEN 7-9 pm Wednesday March 4

WHERE Newcastle School 8951 Valley View Drive Newcastle

WHEN 7-9 pm Wednesday March 11

WHERE The State Theatre985 Lincoln Way Auburn

COST Free

INFO auburnconcertbandnet

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how we tell stories rather than turning it over tosomeone elserdquo

FIDDLING WITH IMAGERY

Paula McHugh met Joe through the old-time mu-sic community She was involved in square danc-ing he played the ddle He was also on the roada lot with his storytelling act

ldquoWhen we got together I didnrsquot want to be leftalone all the time so I learned to play the banjordquoshe said

That was 25 years ago Apparently they didnrsquotneed a courting dulcimer to test their compatibil-ity But they do play one now

ldquoThe courting dulcimer you play it togetherrdquo

Paula said ldquoOne plays melody the other harmo-ny Itrsquos a way people courted You play togetherto see how well you got along If they play well

together they might look at each other in a dif-ferent wayrdquo

Paula looks at ddle tunes in a way not manyothers do About six years ago intrigued by thetitles of these traditional musical pieces she be-gan bringing them to life on canvas

ldquoArkansas Traveler What the heck is thatrdquoshe said ldquoI nd the history behind it The title

takes me to whatever subject it is then I re-search it to nd something Photography onlygoes back so farrdquo

A little more than a dozen of her paintings willserve as a backdrop to their performance All are

inspired by the names of old-time ddle tunesShe will soon tackle folk songs which at least havelyrics to point her in some direction

But for ldquoThe Time Travelersrdquo direction is lesslinear While the McHughs left western Pennsyl-vania for Auburn in 1988 then moved to Neva-da City in 2003 before settling in WashingtonState their journey has been one of imagina-tion and inspiration

ldquoThe whole idea of time travel we think this stuffisnrsquot really gone itrsquos sort of still aroundrdquo Joe said

ldquoWhen you tell their stories they are almost inthe room with you I remember the old men whotaught me the tunes back in the rsquo70s I still feelthem there when I play Itrsquos not nostalgia itrsquos a liv-ing history and we remind people that we own itItrsquos our memory itrsquos our DNArdquo

TIME TRAVELERS ALL ABOUT THE lsquoARTrsquo OF STORYTELLING

ldquoOff to Californiardquo

Joe and Paula McHugh The Time Travelers

ldquoBuffalo Huntingrdquo

GREEN FIELDSOF AMERICA

WHO The Time TravelersJoe and Paula McHugh

WHEN 730 pm FridayMarch 13

WHERE State Theatre985 Lincoln Way Auburn

COST $15

INFO (530) 852-2708infoplacertheaterorg

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E 10

As the lyrics go ldquoyou can rock it you canroll it you can slop and you can stroll it atthe hoprdquo

Not sure if they ldquosloprdquo anymore and for mostpeople who came of age in the 1950s ldquostrollrdquotakes on a whole new meaning But for anyonewho wants to relive the glory days of school danc-

es mdash decades before bumping grinding andtwerking were to rear their ugly rears mdash then theSpring Hop is the place for you

ldquoThere is always something to do in Auburn in thesummertime but we were looking for a fun mdash andaffordable mdash winter activityrdquo said Sheryl Peters-en recreation services manager with the AuburnRecreation District (ARD) ldquoLast year we had awonderful time and everyone kept saying lsquoare yougoing to do it again this yearrsquordquo

Well theyrsquore back and so are dance instructorsArny Messersmith and Billie Prowant who willlead a one-hour lesson in East Coast Swing rightbefore the hop begins

ldquoItrsquos the easiest dance that I can teachrdquo Messer-smith said ldquoLessons donrsquot require a partner as werotate to give everyone a chance I would say inan hour wersquoll have you dancingrdquo

He said East Coast Swing has about 20 steps asopposed to West Coast Swingrsquos 200 But with EastCoast you throw your partner in every directionand that takes up a lot of oor space But therersquosstill enough room for the Auburn Outlaws rollerderby team to get around

ldquoThey were all over the gym oor last year zoom-ing in and out of people with trays on their shoul-dersrdquo Messersmith said

Those trays held food and drink mdash the local LionrsquosClub will be cooking hot dogs and brats mdash andthe Outlaws will serve as car hops There will bea swing dance contest and a hula hoop contestpoodle skirts aplenty and Frankie and the Fable-tones will provide the music

ldquoYou donrsquot have to come as a couplerdquo Petersensaid ldquoCome as friends come in groups Come inperiod dress Some came last year just to listen tothe musicrdquo

Messersmith suggests leather soles as you slideyour feet a lot and while they are know as ldquosockhopsrdquo less and less people are going shoeless

these daysldquoI grew up with a family that dancedrdquo he saidldquoMy grandmother used to take me German andItalian and Belgian dances in San Francisco We allwent together as a family When I had kids theirfriends at school couldnrsquot believe they were goingout dancing every weekend with their dadrdquo

And though the ARD Spring Hop is a 21 and old-er event that didnrsquot stop the demographic fromskewing young

ldquoThe great thing about last year was that therewere just as many young adults as oldrdquo Prowantsaid ldquoAnd it was the younger dancers who wonthe dance contest Even for young people who

donrsquot dance that much just see how much funyou have when you get out thererdquo

So remember cats and chicks if yoursquore lookingfor a place where you can swing it you can grooveit you can really start to move it hellip best go to theSpring Hop

DIG OUT THAT

POODLE SKIRT ITrsquoS

TIME TO DANCEBy Paul Cambra

Lersquos g t th hop

Come in yourrsquo50s garb and be ready todance at this yearrsquos Spring Hop

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WHEN 7-10 pm Saturday March21 Free dance instruction from 6-7pm in the Stella Room

WHERE Recreation ParkGymnasium 123 Recreation DriveAuburn

TICKETS $12 two for $20 Ages21 and older

Music by Frankie and theFabletones Dance contests

beer and wine food costumesencouraged

INFO (530) 863-4615auburnreccom

WHEN 7-8 pm Tuesdays March31 through April 21

WHERE Canyon View CommunityCenter 471 Maidu Drive Auburn

COST $40 person

INFO auburnreccom (activity No5333 W1)

rsquo50s amp rsquo60s Spring Hop

Eas Coas Swing Lessons

Arny Messersmith left and BillieProwant will be giving East Coast Swinglessons an hour before the Spring Hop

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Mike Amaral has surfed ndash or body surfed ndashin 75 percent of the locales named in theBeach Boysrsquo song Surnrsquo USA

So who better to head up a tribute to the South-ern California ambassadors of surf and sun

ldquoI had always wanted to do either a Beatles ora Beach Boys tribute band because I love themboth so muchrdquo said Mike Amaral who foundedthe California Beach Boys close to a decade agoldquoSo two of my cousins and I decided to go withthe Beach Boysrdquo

Cousins of course just like the original band Andwhile the Beatles are famous for their three-partharmony the Beach Boys sing in four-part andthat requires a lot of practice

ldquoWe have charts taken from the originals and weall have our assignmentrdquo Amaral said ldquoBut youhave to have guys that not only like the BeachBoysrsquo music but are willing to put in the time towork on the harmoniesrdquo

Based in the San Jose and Santa Cruz area MikeAmaralrsquos California Beach Boys play up and downthe coast in Arizona Colorado even Canada

ldquoWe were escorted on stage by the Royal Canadi-an Mounted Policerdquo Amaral said

There are six band members and Amaral handlesthe Mike Love role as lead singer He has playedmusic professionally since he was 14 but tooka break at age 22 to raise a family and pursue asteady career in law enforcement He returned tothe stage in 1995 with an oldies band Flashbackbut the surf sounds beckoned

ldquoI grew up an enormous fanrdquo he said ldquoI went toall of their concerts at the San Jose Civic Centerrdquo

And some of his current audience members may have

been there too At least thatrsquos what they tell him

ldquoAfter one concert and 85-year-old gentlemancomes up to me and says lsquoLook at me Do you re-member me Hawthorne 1964 hellip I saw you prac-tice in your garagersquordquo Amaral said ldquoHe thought we

MIKE AMARALrsquoS CALIFORNIA BEACH BOYS MAKE STOP IN AUBURN

By Paul Cambra

THEY GET AROUND

were the Beach Boys One lady told us she hadnrsquotseen us in 40 years and we sounded just as goodThank you very much I saidrdquo

Another woman told their bass player she saw himplay 40 years ago

ldquoTrouble is hersquos only 38 years oldrdquo Amaral said

But theyrsquoll gladly live with those mistaken identi-ty moments as long as they get to keep playingThey are three cousins and three close friends andthey get along really well Maybe more so than theoriginals

ldquoWersquove got all-white guitars and champagne spar-kle drums and the vertical striped shirtsrdquo he saidldquoPeople love that clean look Itrsquos all about the ap-pearance and the showmanship When we comeout people clap they like the way we look We got

stripes in light blue dark blue red pink hot pinkhellip we change them throughout the showrdquo

The typical audience covers a wide range of agesboth young and old music fans seeking good vi-brations Wouldnrsquot it be nice to be a part of it

Mike Amaral in car founded the California Beach Boys because he liked theirmusic so much The band consists of three cousins and three close friends

Courtesy Photos

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WHEN 730 pmSaturdayMarch 28

WHERE The State

Theatre 985 LincolnWay Auburn

TICKETS $25

INFO

(530) 852-2708infoplacertheaterorg

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People who need to give presentations atwork try it Writers use it to loosen up andget more creative Empty nesters take

classes because well what else are they goingto do

Itrsquos improvisational comedy mdash better know asimprov mdash and itrsquos gaining a foothold in South

Placer County at a place called Blacktop Comedyin Rocklin

ldquoImprov takes an opennessrdquo said co-founderBetsaida Lebron ldquoItrsquos all about saying lsquoyes andhelliprsquo You want to be able to agree and support whois there but not just be a yes man You have tobuild on what they saidrdquo

Lebron started building her improv resume beforeshe realized she was doing it

ldquoGrowing up there were four of us and we werealways doing skits and songs at churchrdquo she saidldquoWe never had much of a plan just a very roughoutline People told us how fun and entertainingwe were and we had no idea that it was improvrdquo

After college she randomly took an improv classand thought lsquowhatrsquo

ldquoIrsquod been doing it my whole life I just didnrsquot know

itrdquo she said

Enter Paul Burke who for years watched WhoseLine is it Anyway but never for a minute thoughtlsquoOh thatrsquos something I could dorsquo

ldquoI randomly found a drop-in improv class inSacramentordquo Burke said ldquoI began readingand studying about it attended classes in SanFrancisco festivals in Chicago and Los Angelesrdquo

Then six years ago he had the opportunityto study at the iO Theater Chicago and at TheSecond City

ldquoI came back and met Betsaida and we foundout we shared an improv vision and we openedBlacktop Comedyrdquo he said

What started in Roseville in 2011 has just relocated

to fancier digs in Rocklin In addition to the weeklySaturday show ldquoThe Shortiesrdquo they also haveclasses throughout the week for children andadults

Theater Kids Teen Improv Improv 101-301Playground Improv hellip there is something for allages and abilities

ldquoSome people are curious and just interested intrying improvrdquo Lebron said ldquoItrsquos kind of like a

By Paul Cambra

Comedy withou ne

WHAT Comedy t for the entire family

WHEN 7 pm Saturdays

THE SHORTIES WHERE The Showdown Theater 3101Sunset Blvd Suite 3A in Rocklin

TICKETS $5 each $15 families

INFO (916) 749-3100

Paul Burke

Photos by Paul Burke

Betsaida Lebron

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time to explore their creative side And some arealready actors looking for an edge at auditionsrdquo

And then therersquos ldquoBelly Laughsrdquo

ldquoA belly dancer was looking for space to teachone night a weekrdquo Betsaida said ldquoWe thoughtlsquohow fun would it be to merge them togetherrdquo

Now once a month belly dancers take the stagewhile the improv performers watch from thewings Then itrsquos their turn to entertain

ldquoOne guy started shimmying and shaking tryingto get into skinny jeans and be a part of the fadrdquoBetsaida said

Improv is all about the inspiration Be it the movesof a belly dancer or a shout from the audience allthe performer needs is a jumping off point

ldquoThe Shorties get ideas from the audiencerdquoBurke said ldquoFrom a location mdash like the beach orStarbuckrsquos mdash or a feeling they had today a lineof dialogue or a text message we will use thosewithin the scene We just focus on creating in themoment Every show is totally differentrdquo

The 7 pm show is for families guaranteed to be

clean The 830 show well they donrsquot try to beblue but they are making this up on the y Theyuse a rotating cast of performers usually eight to10 on any given night

ldquoItrsquos a really diverse group and really they usuallynd usrdquo Burke said ldquoThey come through ourclasses like Teen Playground More than anythingwe love having a team of people who share asame mindsetrdquo

Audience participation at The Shorties isencouraged but not required They promise theywill not pick on anyone who chooses just to sitback and enjoy the show But you may want tooffer a suggestion should they get stuck

ldquoAnd you will get stuckrdquo Burke said ldquoWhen itdoes happen you breathe through it You think lsquoIhave to be funny I have to be cleverrsquo but thatrsquoshow you get stuck in the rst place Slow down

listen to what was said last respond to it and it willall be goodrdquo

lsquoTHE SHORTIESrsquo IMPROVE

UPON IMPROV

THEATER KIDS (AGES SECONDTO FIFTH GRADE)

bull Basic improv and theater skills

TEEN IMPROV

bull Create SNL-type sketches

IMPROV 101 201 301

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TEEN PLAYGROUND

bull Bring a favorite game and make new friends

PLAYGROUND IMPROV

bull Drop-in workshop for adults

BELLY LAUGHS

bull The show that blends sexy with funny

BLACKTOP COMEDY

Lori Wynant shares with the dangers ofsky diving with Kevin Brown

BETTER CALL JUNIOR

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E 18

By Matthew Whitley

Hersquos labeled country music mdash and he is mdashbut hersquos so much more A listen through

his catalogue and you hear country rockhonky-tonk swing mariachi Tex-Mex bluegrassand rhythm and blues mdash even a bit of Hawaiian

He even invented a double necked ldquoguit-steelrdquoallowing him to play and switch between electricguitar and lap steel guitar on the same instrument

Then therersquos that voice a deep baritone and astyle that harkens back to an earlier era hellip cleanhonest and un-ironic hellip like the music of George

Jones or Ernest Tubb who Brown has often beencompared to in style

Brown 62 will bring his act to The Center for theArts in Grass Valley near the end of this monthWe had a chance to talk with Brown and we askedhim how he got to be a country music star

WERE YOU EXPOSED TO A LOT OF COUNTRYMUSIC GROWING UP

ldquoNot really My parents liked classical and I wasmostly raised on that I watched the TV and thatrsquoswhere I got into that kind of musicrdquo

WHY DO YOU THINK YOU WERE DRAWN TOCOUNTRY MUSIC AS OPPOSED TO THE POP-ULAR MUSIC OF THE DAY

ldquoI was drawn to popular music at the time I re-member when the Beatles hit and then the bandsthat followed Thatrsquos what the teenagers at school

would be talking about I kind of discovered Er-nest Tubb on my own watching the TV I never

told any of my friends as I donrsquot think it wouldhave gone over too wellrdquo

DO YOU REMEMBER IF THERE WAS A SPECIF-IC ALBUM WHERE YOU SAID lsquoTHIS IS WHAT I WANT TO DO THIS IS ITrsquo

ldquoNo we didnrsquot buy albums back then And a coun-try album I wouldnrsquot have any idea as to whereto buy that So it was all television I watched Er-nest Tubbrsquos show and then the Buck Owens show

Jimmy Dean had a show that came out of Wash-ington DC I would eventually buy an album ofa rock person or something but those were ex-pensive and I didnrsquot have any money I would buysingles once in a while you know the little 45 andagain it wasnrsquot country as I wouldnrsquot know whereto buy onerdquo

DO YOU REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME YOUPERFORMED

ldquoYes It was at a Boys Scout Jamboree at AndrewsAir Force Base in Maryland I was about 8 or 10years old and I was strolling around the differentcamp sites me and another guy sort of like min-strels which is what we sort of felt like doing Lit-tle did I know that is what I would be doing forthe rest of my life Anyway we stopped at one ofthese campsites and it was the top brass of theJamboree They said lsquocome on down tonight andperformrsquo So we actually got a stage with a micro-

phone and there was about 7000 Boy Scouts outthere and I was hooked I have been chasing thebright lights ever since I still get nervous perform-ing but I donrsquot think I was nervous that night I justremembered being thrilledrdquo

THE SOUND YOU HAVE IS ALMOST CLASSICCOUNTRY VERY UNGUARDED AND SINGINGSTRAIGHT TO THE AUDIENCE

ldquoWhatrsquos good about the older music is itrsquos very di-

rect and honest and it had sentiment in there thatwas considered corny but the cornball is part ofthe honesty itrsquos part of the lsquohey this is how I feelrsquoyou know My music is not just limited to countryIrsquom not a purist in any way I just like signing to anaudience and singing your heart out You knowhow blues tells the audience that you feel badCountry will tell you how you got thererdquo

I FIRST HEARD YOU ON THE CHRIS ISAAKSHOW IN THE LATE rsquo80S EARLY rsquo90S WITH

KD LANG IT WAS MODERN AND BEAUTIFULCOUNTRY MUSIC AND I REMEMBER YOU BE-ING A PART OF THAT SOUND WHEN IT CAMEOUT WHAT IS YOUR TAKE ON COUNTRY MU-SIC NOW

ldquoOh itrsquos the same take Irsquove had on it since thelate rsquo60s Everybody talks about what their idea

of country music is and everybody has a differ-ent idea Country music can mean anything nowWhat I do now is label mine as lsquoginger brown guit-steel musicrsquo Itrsquos a combination of all types of mu-sic mdash country rock and some othersrdquo

AMERICA IS SUCH A BLEND OF DIFFERENTPEOPLE IT STANDS TO REASON THAT MUSIC WOULD REPRESENT THAT AS WELL

ldquoYes When I do something I try and do it in an

honest way and give the song what it requiresWhen I say I have a lot of styles in my music itdoesnrsquot mean I use them all at once People loveto see me go nuts on that guitar but you haveto do what the song calls for Now the problemcomes when yoursquore trying to do everything onevery song all the time You never get anywherethat way There are guys out there that say lsquoOK Ican play an Ernest Tubbrsquos song and put a BB Kingblues guitar solo in itrsquo and feel like they have re-

ally discovered something and to me that is notsaying anything You havenrsquot done anything butwater down a good song Not that I donrsquot like BBKing he just does not mix well with Ernest TubbThatrsquos where musicianship comes inrdquo

WHAT DO YOU THINK CONTRIBUTED MOSTTO YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF MUSIC

ldquoCovering other peoplersquos songs and working withother people Working in the country and western

clubs doing country songs that were popular atthe time A lot of them I didnrsquot like but I playedthem as best as I could And then I started writ-ing songs which really put me in another place Icould really be myself I wasnrsquot a cover artist any-more Most of the stuff on my records are stuffthat Irsquove written so Irsquom very proud of thatrdquo

DOES SONG WRITING COME EASY TO YOUOR IS IT A DIFFICULT PROCESS

ldquoItrsquos very difcult More difcult than one maythink Itrsquos easy to write bad songs and hard towrite good ones I have thrown away over half ofthem I could put several weeks into a song that just isnrsquot any goodrdquo

HOW DID YOU COME TO INVENT THE GUIT-STEEL

ldquoMichael Stephens of Stephens Guitars theymake them and we have sold a few of them I have

seen a couple of people playing them and itrsquos kindof strange like watching somebody dance withyour wife lsquoWait a minute yoursquore not supposed tobe holding that mdash thatrsquos my instrumentrsquordquo

BETTER CALL hellip JUNIOR

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SO ITrsquoS A BLEND OF TWO TYPES OFGUITAR SOUND

ldquoNo they are two complete and differentinstruments You have the guitar neck and thesteel guitar neck so I am switching instrumentsas I sing I am basically doing the part of threeguys on stage hellip singing guitar and steel guitarPut a little foot pedal down there on a bass drum and Icould be a one man bandrdquo

HOW DID YOU GET INVOLVED IN FILMS AND TELE-VISION

ldquoPeople who are fans ask me to do it Vince Gilliganliked what I did so he asked me to be on the X-FilesGilligan did Breaking Bad and is now doing BetterCall Saulrdquo

BETTER CALL SAUL DEBUTED RECENTLY ANDBECAME THE MOST WATCHED CABLE SHOWIN HISTORY FIFTEEN AND A HALF MILLIONPEOPLE HEARD YOUR THEME SONG THIS PAST WEEKEND

ldquoWell I didnrsquot play on the show they aired it rightafter they nished Breaking Bad as a promotion forsomething It wasnrsquot a theme song to the series Vincehad actually wrote it with three of his friends A verywell-written song written with me in mind I was veryattered by that We just got back from the premier inLA did the red carpet played the party and showed themovie It was a lot of funrdquo

SO WHAT SHOULD YOUR FANS EXPECT WHEN

YOU PERFORM AT THE CENTER FOR THE ARTSIN GRASS VALLEY

ldquoOh a unique experience I guess I mean I just domy own thing and if they havenrsquot seen me beforethey will be pleasantly surprised mdash itrsquos original I ambringing a full band including my wife who playsrhythm guitarrdquo

Photos by George Brainard

You know how

blues tells the

audience that

you feel bad

Country willtell you how

you got there- Junior Brown

BEHIND EVERY GREAT MAN

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Elaine Bromka received a letter from agentleman who attended her one-wom-an show ldquoTea for Threerdquo and wrote that

when she took her curtain call he asked theperson next to him where the other two ac-tresses were

ldquoIt wasnrsquot the rst time Irsquod heard thatrdquo Bromkasaid ldquoI am nding the essence of each womanI have a feeling of each voice but I really go forwhere the energy originates moves throughthe bodyrdquo

The three bodies she inhabits on stage belongto three former rst ladies mdash Lady Bird John -son Pat Nixon and Betty Ford The play which

she co-wrote with Eric H Weinberger is a char-acter study that is both funny and moving

ldquoItrsquos really an exploration of what it was liketo suddenly wake up and yoursquore in the WhiteHouserdquo Bromka said ldquoIn two of those cases itwas really suddenrdquo

Bromka a veteran of stage and screen mdashboth large and small mdash recently worked withlegendary impressionist Rich Little in the PBSshow ldquoThe Presidentsrdquo where she starred aseight rst ladies opposite Littlersquos commandersin chief

ldquoRich and I were out at lunch and he was sittingthere staring at his hands and I asked lsquowhat areyou doingrsquordquo she said ldquoHe said lsquoReagan holdshis thumbs like this like a bearrsquordquo

Itrsquos the little things that make or break a good

impersonation she learned While not neces-sarily an impressionist herself she is a peoplewatcher mdash and listener mdash and in two years shespent with the National Theatre of the Deaf shelearned a lot about the non-verbal

ldquoThe body doesnrsquot lierdquo she said

Bromka went to the museum of TV and radioand studied video tapes of all three women

Doing so she said she learned a lot about theirpersonalities

ldquoAll three were very smart and easy to underes-timaterdquo Bromka said ldquoFor Lady Bird imaginefollowing in the footsteps of a star She was not

as glamorous as Jackie but she did wonderfulthings with Head Start and beauticationrdquo

Pat Nixon she said was harder because sherarely opened her mouth

ldquoThey called her lsquoPlastic Patrsquordquo she said ldquoThatrsquosnot plastic those are the eyes of a very guard-ed watchful person Someone who experi-enced a lot of pain They say she was one ofthe warmest rst ladies one-on-one Pat wentto 80 countries on her own as a one-on-oneambassador she just didnrsquot want to get in frontof groupsrdquo

And then therersquos Betty Ford

ldquoBetty was a live wire she said whatever shethoughtrdquo Bromka said ldquoBut Betty broke openhuge issues like womenrsquos rights and breastcancer awarenessrdquo

Many of the lines in the play are direct quotesfrom the rst ladies She said while the playcovers a lot of ground itrsquos not by any means ahistory lesson

ldquoThis is really a Valentine to all threerdquo Bromkasaid ldquoItrsquos a human story about the human el-ement One audience member said lsquoit lets youwalk in their shoesrsquordquo

And for Bromka the shoes t just ne

ONE-WOMAN SHOW LOOKS AT LIVES OF

THREE FORMER FIRST LADIES

By Paul Cambra

BEHIND EVERY GREAT MAN

TEA FOR THREE mdash LADYBIRD PAT AND BETTY

WHEN 730 pm SaturdayMarch 21 3 pm Sunday March 22

WHERE The State Theatre985 Lincoln Way Auburn

TICKETS $20

INFO (530) 852-2708infoplacertheaterorg

Elaine Bromka on PatNixon ldquoThey say she wasone of the warmest rst

ladies one-on-onerdquo

Elaine Bromka on Betty FordldquoBetty was a live wire she said

whatever she thoughtrdquo

Elaine Bromka onLady Bird JohnsonldquoImagine following

in the footsteps ofa starrdquo

VANYA AND SONIA AND

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By Paul Cambra

MASHA AND SPIKE

WHEN 8 pm Fridays and Saturdaysthrough March 28 2 pm Sunday

March 15 and 22 (7 pm ThursdayMarch 5 preview)

WHERE Nevada Theatre 401 BroadSt Nevada City

TICKETS $25 general $35 reserved($15 Thursday preview)

INFO (530) 346-3210sierrastagesorg

Whether yoursquore familiar with Chek-hov not too familiar or you think hersquosthe guy who sat next to Sulu on the

Starship Enterprise it doesnrsquot matter Chances areyoursquoll like this play

ldquoThe playwright said he took Chekhov and puthim in a blenderrdquo Jeffrey Mason said ldquoYou donrsquotneed to have any Chekhov background to un-derstand or enjoy this play but if you do Therersquosmore fun to be hadrdquo

Mason is directing the Sierra Stages production ofldquoVanya and Sonia and Masha and Spikerdquo a 2013Tony Award-winning play by Christopher DurangThe characterrsquos names are all from Anton Chekhovplays The mood is very ldquoChekhovianrdquo mdash sad andlonely characters in a country house a visitor com-ing and shaking things up mdash but really folks you

donrsquot need to know Chekhov to enjoy this playldquoItrsquos funnyrdquo Mason said ldquoThe situations are fun-ny the characters are funny they are dealing withproblems anybody can relate to Family issues Itrsquosa very well-crafted playrdquo

He said it is the single most popular play on theregional theater circuit this season with no lessthan 27 different productions

ldquoI donrsquot know of another play that has been thispopular this soonrdquo Mason said ldquoEverybody is en- joying it everywhererdquo

Robert Rossman plays Vanya ldquoprobably the san-

est one of them allrdquo he said

Vanya is in his 50s lives with his adopted sister isnot very sociable doesnrsquot go out and has neverheld a job And hersquos the sane one

But to his defense he and his sister have been tak-ing care of their parent who both had Alzheimerrsquosdisease Now that they are gone their other sis-ter who has been supporting the family throughher career as an actress is coming home That

ratchets the dysfunction meter up a few notchesldquoMasha doesnrsquot come home very often but thistime she comes home and tells them she is goingto sell the houserdquo said Susan Mason who playsMasha ldquoThey have never lived anywhere else

They donrsquot know how to live anywhere elserdquo

And Masha brings her very young boyfriendSpike home with her fueling the jealousy be-tween her and her plain sheltered adopted sister

ldquoSonia is a kind of the pathetic onerdquo said actressSharon Winegar ldquoShe plays pathetic but she isnot truly pathetic She likes to wallow in self pitybut at the same time she is very sweet and charm-ing in her misery She has wonderful things hap-pen to her throughout the course of the play Yound yourself rooting for her adoring herrdquo

None of the three principal players can fully re-late to the sibling rivalry of Vanya and Sonia andMasha Winegar got along quite well with her sis-ters and Mason is an only child But Rossman seeshimself as sort of the eccentric in the family

ldquoThey all have normal kinds of jobs and look atme as the guy who does all of the weird theatricalstuffrdquo he said

Much to the delight of the director

ldquoI could have cast the play two or three timesrdquoJeffrey Mason said ldquoIt was an unusually stronggroup who auditioned I consider myself verylucky in a relatively small town like ours the num-ber of people that are involved in theaterrdquo

So if you enjoy a good Chekhov story yoursquoll get afew more of the jokes than most

ldquoSome of the references are right in your facesome are more subtlerdquo Susan Mason said

If you havenrsquot read any of his stories or plays wor-ry not

ldquoItrsquos not blatantly Chekhovrdquo Rossman said ldquoItrsquos

just a comic romprdquoAnd if yoursquore still convinced that the only Chekovthat matters is a star eet navigator well theremay actually be a character or two here yoursquodidentify with

THEY PUT THE lsquoFUNrsquo INDYSFUNCTION

Photo by David Wong

Robert Rossman Sharon Winegar Susan Mason and Casey Burkestar in the Sierra Stages production of Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike

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IN YOUR DAILY GRIND

When yoursquore in need of coffee there arecertainly a lot of choices Sure youcould buzz through the drive through

and have your McBeverage handed to you andbe done with it

Or you could hit one of many locally-owned cof-fee shops and cafeacutes each with their own ambienceand deacutecor and really soak up the wide variety of lo-cal avor in a way that no corporate chain ever can

Here in the foothills you can bike up to the Trail-head Coffee in Penryn and sip an espresso conpanna while you have your bicycle worked on Orlounge on a Victorian sofa under a glass chande-lier at the Cafeacute Mekka in Nevada City Or minglewith judges and lawyers while grabbing a cappuc-cino at the Courthouse Cafeacute in Auburn Or evenplay a round of bocce ball while you sip your mac-chiato at The Flower Farm in Loomis

Whether your choice is black coffee or a nonfat

soy latte yoursquoll nd lots of choices in Placer andNevada County Here is an unbiased sampling toconsider Cranking up Ella Fitzgeraldrsquos cover ofldquoBlack Coffeerdquo while you drive there is optionalbut highly recommended

PUTTING LOCAL FLAVOR

NEVADA CITY Cafeacute Mekka237 Commercial St Nevada City (530) 478-1517

Cafeacute Mekka is easily the most eclectic and funkyof the coffee houses I visited The Gold Rush-erabuilding is lined with tables and vintage sofasbooks and art even a piano in the corner Mekkahas a huge drink menu with beans from TempleCoffee in Sacramento as well as baked goodsmade by DeGroot Bakery Mekka rotates artshows monthly has open mic nights music andpoetry with limited seating outside The SummerIce a blend of chocolate caramel and espresso isa denite must try

Three Forks Bakery and Brewery 211 Commercial St Nevada City (530) 470-8333threeforksnccom

Open since August Three Forks merges a bak-ery with a brewery providing coffee and micro-brews along with pizza and sandwiches Its beansare from local roaster Fable in Grass Valley Themodern sleek-looking space with some outdoorseating offers a new take on both the traditionalbakery and the microbrewery

GRASS VALLEY Carolines Coffee Roaster 128 South Auburn St Grass Valley (530) 273-6424 carolinescoffeecom

Carolines is a family-owned coffee house in Grass Valley with specialty-roasted coffee includingtheir own house blend as well as scones pas-tries quiches gourmet olives and sandwichesCarolines has a warm and friendly vibe with asmall outdoor seating area located on the groundoor of the classic Madison Lodge Building

AUBURNThe Courthouse Cafeacute1425 Lincoln Way Auburn (530) 889-1373

Sitting directly across the street from the AuburnCourthouse is The Courthouse Cafeacute a 1930s con-verted bungalow which makes for an intimatehome-like setting complete with a small replaceand reading areas Its beans are from Santa CruzCoffee and the baked goods are made fresh dai-ly Obviously a popular spot for the lawyers and judges needing caffeine x before court the cafeacuteis a denite hot spot in the mornings The Court -house Cafe is part of the Placer 360 art scene and

By Matthew Whitley

Bicycle memorabilia lines the wallsof the Trailhead Coffee and CyclingL i P

Photo by Matthew Whitley

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features local art year round and a small outdoorseating area

Depoe Bay Coffee Company 893 High St Auburn (530) 889-1021 depoebay-coffeecom

Conveniently located right down the street fromthe ofces of the Foothills Entertainer mdash muchto the relief of the staff mdash the Depoe is Down-

town Auburnrsquos go-to spot for a cup of Joe Thecafeacute has a couple of different seating areas roaststheir own beans and serves bakes goods break-fast and sandwiches Depoe Bay offers live musicevery other Sunday as well as local art

PENRYN

Trailhead Coffee and Cycling Lounge2210 Taylor Road Penryn (916) 663-1501 coffee-andbikescom

The Trailhead located directly across from GrifthQuarry Park is both a coffee house and a full bicy-cle shop Co-owner Jerry Cannon is a competitivecyclist who has merged his two passions into onebusiness Decorated with Tour de France memo-rabilia and vintage gear the shop pays homage toall things bicycle Cyclists can have repairs doneon their bikes while hanging out on the wood-

en patio drinking one of the Trailheadrsquos specialtyroasts The cafeacute offers pastries and baked goodspower and energy bars and breakfast burritos

LOOMIS

The Flower Farm Nursery9280 Horseshoe Bar Road Loomis (916) 652-5650 owerfarminncom

The Flower Farm is a cafeacute set in one of the arearsquosmore beautiful and pastoral settings The facilityalso operates a bed and breakfast host eventsand weddings operates a nursery and gift shophas a waterwheel pond bocce ball court and gar-dens Also on the property is Casque Winery allsurrounded by citrus orchards and gardens Thecafeacute menu features ingredients taken right offtheir farm In the fall and winter they sell pump-kins and Christmas trees hellip how many cafeacutes dothat

ROCKLIN

Origin Coffee and Tea2168 Sunset Blvd Rocklin (916) 787-5676 orig-incoffeeorg

Origin Coffee and Tea is a nonprot coffee housewhose sole mission is to raise money and aware-ness to end human slave trafcking At Origin all

of the employees donate their time and the mon-ey raised goes to the Grace Network Rescue Thebeans they carry are free trade and roasted locallyOrigin offers table and couch seating in a modern

but sparse environment There is live music in-cluding benet concerts Itrsquos coffee with a cause

ROSEVILLEShady Coffee and Tea325 Douglas Blvd Roseville (916) 742-4117 sha-dycoffeeandteacom

Shady Coffee and Tea is a small cafeacute and eateryclose to Downtown Roseville that offers specialtyroasts including Mast Espresso beans and En-

timos Coffee from Citrus Heights Shady offerssandwiches salads breakfasts beer and wineThey also have a nice-size back patio a drive-upwindow art on the walls and open mic on Fridaynights Be sure and try the Affogato vanilla beanice cream topped with espresso

Lounge in Penryn

Emmit Johnston Grass Valley resident andbarista at Carolines Coffee in Grass Valley

Photo by Matthew Whitley

From left Joe Fernandez VinceMUSIC FROM THE BRITISH ISLES

FROM CELTIC TO BEATLES

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AUBURN CONCERT BAND PLAYS MUSIC FROM THE BRITISH ISLESBy Paul Cambra

Think British invasion and you go straight to1964 But the music of the United Kingdomand Ireland has been crossing the Atlantic

for centuries From Baroque to folk ddles tofes the rich musical history of the British Isles canbe traced back to the polyphonic melodies of thelate middle ages

But this month itrsquos all about the brass hellip and thewoodwinds hellipand the percussion

ldquoBrass bands have been popular in Britain sincethe 1800srdquo said Craig Thomas trumpeter withthe Auburn Concert Band ldquoToday they are oneof the most popular forms of music in Englandrdquo

The Auburn Concert band will present ldquoMusicfrom the British Isles ndash from Celtic to Beatlesrdquo fortwo free performances this month The 40-pieceensemble will take on everyone from Gustav Holstto LennonMcCartney

ldquoWersquore not just playing a Beatles song itrsquos a sym-phonic workingrdquo said conductor Tom CandlishldquoYou know how Hey Jude sort of rocks out at theend The arranger takes that same idea but addsa counter melody underneath Itrsquos a mix of the

original material with material for an orchestra Itrsquosnot the way the Beatles played it They are a rockband we are a concert bandrdquo

They will however step slightly out of the box forthese shows adding a piper Chuck Jamison fora medley of bagpipe tunes which they will ac-company And Jamison who plays drums for thecountry and western band Dust in My Coffee willbring his band mates to do a two-song Celtic setin the middle of the show Country Celtic if youwill

ldquoThe Auburn Concert Band is very enthusiasticabout the variety of music we are playingrdquo Can-dlish said ldquoItrsquos not just serious music all of thetime We are mixing it up with folk tunes and poppieces The audiences we play for have really ap-preciated thatrdquo

Yoursquoll hear Brian Borursquos March one of Irelandrsquosoldest traditional folk songs Yoursquoll hear DannyBoy which Candlish calls ldquothe epitome of concertband musicrdquo And then therersquos Those MagnicentMen in their Flying Machines from the 1965 mov-ie and McNamararsquos Band which was a top-10 hitfor Bing Crosby

And if yoursquore not leaving the show humming theending to Hey Jude chances are yoursquoll be whis-tling the Colonel Bogey March better known asthe theme song to The Bridge on the River Kwai

ldquoThe British Isles have certainly contributed to themusical history of this countryrdquo Thomas said ldquoItrsquosamazing when you go back the fact that therewere craftsman making these instruments so mu-sicians could play these beautiful and elaborate

classical piecesrdquo

Thomas the trumpeter has his own personal con-nection to the UK

ldquoI have a couple of cornets that I bought fromsomeone in Englandrdquo he said ldquoThe characteris-tics of the British horn are a little different moresoft and mellow In describing the differencebetween a cornet and a trumpet the trumpet Iwould describe as having a bright and projectingtone and the cornet a softer more mellow tonerdquo

From bright to mellow and a few stages in be-tween this British invasion mixes history with har-mony

TOMMY TUNES

Warm and Lori Yarbrough

From left Bruce Heseltine JohnSmiley and Trent Taylor

From left Roberta SullivanDave Lake and Angela Costa

ndash FROM CELTIC TO BEATLES

WHO Auburn Concert Band

WHEN 7-9 pm Wednesday March 4

WHERE Newcastle School 8951 Valley View Drive Newcastle

WHEN 7-9 pm Wednesday March 11

WHERE The State Theatre985 Lincoln Way Auburn

COST Free

INFO auburnconcertbandnet

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As the lyrics go ldquoyou can rock it you canroll it you can slop and you can stroll it atthe hoprdquo

Not sure if they ldquosloprdquo anymore and for mostpeople who came of age in the 1950s ldquostrollrdquotakes on a whole new meaning But for anyonewho wants to relive the glory days of school danc-

es mdash decades before bumping grinding andtwerking were to rear their ugly rears mdash then theSpring Hop is the place for you

ldquoThere is always something to do in Auburn in thesummertime but we were looking for a fun mdash andaffordable mdash winter activityrdquo said Sheryl Peters-en recreation services manager with the AuburnRecreation District (ARD) ldquoLast year we had awonderful time and everyone kept saying lsquoare yougoing to do it again this yearrsquordquo

Well theyrsquore back and so are dance instructorsArny Messersmith and Billie Prowant who willlead a one-hour lesson in East Coast Swing rightbefore the hop begins

ldquoItrsquos the easiest dance that I can teachrdquo Messer-smith said ldquoLessons donrsquot require a partner as werotate to give everyone a chance I would say inan hour wersquoll have you dancingrdquo

He said East Coast Swing has about 20 steps asopposed to West Coast Swingrsquos 200 But with EastCoast you throw your partner in every directionand that takes up a lot of oor space But therersquosstill enough room for the Auburn Outlaws rollerderby team to get around

ldquoThey were all over the gym oor last year zoom-ing in and out of people with trays on their shoul-dersrdquo Messersmith said

Those trays held food and drink mdash the local LionrsquosClub will be cooking hot dogs and brats mdash andthe Outlaws will serve as car hops There will bea swing dance contest and a hula hoop contestpoodle skirts aplenty and Frankie and the Fable-tones will provide the music

ldquoYou donrsquot have to come as a couplerdquo Petersensaid ldquoCome as friends come in groups Come inperiod dress Some came last year just to listen tothe musicrdquo

Messersmith suggests leather soles as you slideyour feet a lot and while they are know as ldquosockhopsrdquo less and less people are going shoeless

these daysldquoI grew up with a family that dancedrdquo he saidldquoMy grandmother used to take me German andItalian and Belgian dances in San Francisco We allwent together as a family When I had kids theirfriends at school couldnrsquot believe they were goingout dancing every weekend with their dadrdquo

And though the ARD Spring Hop is a 21 and old-er event that didnrsquot stop the demographic fromskewing young

ldquoThe great thing about last year was that therewere just as many young adults as oldrdquo Prowantsaid ldquoAnd it was the younger dancers who wonthe dance contest Even for young people who

donrsquot dance that much just see how much funyou have when you get out thererdquo

So remember cats and chicks if yoursquore lookingfor a place where you can swing it you can grooveit you can really start to move it hellip best go to theSpring Hop

DIG OUT THAT

POODLE SKIRT ITrsquoS

TIME TO DANCEBy Paul Cambra

Lersquos g t th hop

Come in yourrsquo50s garb and be ready todance at this yearrsquos Spring Hop

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WHEN 7-10 pm Saturday March21 Free dance instruction from 6-7pm in the Stella Room

WHERE Recreation ParkGymnasium 123 Recreation DriveAuburn

TICKETS $12 two for $20 Ages21 and older

Music by Frankie and theFabletones Dance contests

beer and wine food costumesencouraged

INFO (530) 863-4615auburnreccom

WHEN 7-8 pm Tuesdays March31 through April 21

WHERE Canyon View CommunityCenter 471 Maidu Drive Auburn

COST $40 person

INFO auburnreccom (activity No5333 W1)

rsquo50s amp rsquo60s Spring Hop

Eas Coas Swing Lessons

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Mike Amaral has surfed ndash or body surfed ndashin 75 percent of the locales named in theBeach Boysrsquo song Surnrsquo USA

So who better to head up a tribute to the South-ern California ambassadors of surf and sun

ldquoI had always wanted to do either a Beatles ora Beach Boys tribute band because I love themboth so muchrdquo said Mike Amaral who foundedthe California Beach Boys close to a decade agoldquoSo two of my cousins and I decided to go withthe Beach Boysrdquo

Cousins of course just like the original band Andwhile the Beatles are famous for their three-partharmony the Beach Boys sing in four-part andthat requires a lot of practice

ldquoWe have charts taken from the originals and weall have our assignmentrdquo Amaral said ldquoBut youhave to have guys that not only like the BeachBoysrsquo music but are willing to put in the time towork on the harmoniesrdquo

Based in the San Jose and Santa Cruz area MikeAmaralrsquos California Beach Boys play up and downthe coast in Arizona Colorado even Canada

ldquoWe were escorted on stage by the Royal Canadi-an Mounted Policerdquo Amaral said

There are six band members and Amaral handlesthe Mike Love role as lead singer He has playedmusic professionally since he was 14 but tooka break at age 22 to raise a family and pursue asteady career in law enforcement He returned tothe stage in 1995 with an oldies band Flashbackbut the surf sounds beckoned

ldquoI grew up an enormous fanrdquo he said ldquoI went toall of their concerts at the San Jose Civic Centerrdquo

And some of his current audience members may have

been there too At least thatrsquos what they tell him

ldquoAfter one concert and 85-year-old gentlemancomes up to me and says lsquoLook at me Do you re-member me Hawthorne 1964 hellip I saw you prac-tice in your garagersquordquo Amaral said ldquoHe thought we

MIKE AMARALrsquoS CALIFORNIA BEACH BOYS MAKE STOP IN AUBURN

By Paul Cambra

THEY GET AROUND

were the Beach Boys One lady told us she hadnrsquotseen us in 40 years and we sounded just as goodThank you very much I saidrdquo

Another woman told their bass player she saw himplay 40 years ago

ldquoTrouble is hersquos only 38 years oldrdquo Amaral said

But theyrsquoll gladly live with those mistaken identi-ty moments as long as they get to keep playingThey are three cousins and three close friends andthey get along really well Maybe more so than theoriginals

ldquoWersquove got all-white guitars and champagne spar-kle drums and the vertical striped shirtsrdquo he saidldquoPeople love that clean look Itrsquos all about the ap-pearance and the showmanship When we comeout people clap they like the way we look We got

stripes in light blue dark blue red pink hot pinkhellip we change them throughout the showrdquo

The typical audience covers a wide range of agesboth young and old music fans seeking good vi-brations Wouldnrsquot it be nice to be a part of it

Mike Amaral in car founded the California Beach Boys because he liked theirmusic so much The band consists of three cousins and three close friends

Courtesy Photos

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WHEN 730 pmSaturdayMarch 28

WHERE The State

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People who need to give presentations atwork try it Writers use it to loosen up andget more creative Empty nesters take

classes because well what else are they goingto do

Itrsquos improvisational comedy mdash better know asimprov mdash and itrsquos gaining a foothold in South

Placer County at a place called Blacktop Comedyin Rocklin

ldquoImprov takes an opennessrdquo said co-founderBetsaida Lebron ldquoItrsquos all about saying lsquoyes andhelliprsquo You want to be able to agree and support whois there but not just be a yes man You have tobuild on what they saidrdquo

Lebron started building her improv resume beforeshe realized she was doing it

ldquoGrowing up there were four of us and we werealways doing skits and songs at churchrdquo she saidldquoWe never had much of a plan just a very roughoutline People told us how fun and entertainingwe were and we had no idea that it was improvrdquo

After college she randomly took an improv classand thought lsquowhatrsquo

ldquoIrsquod been doing it my whole life I just didnrsquot know

itrdquo she said

Enter Paul Burke who for years watched WhoseLine is it Anyway but never for a minute thoughtlsquoOh thatrsquos something I could dorsquo

ldquoI randomly found a drop-in improv class inSacramentordquo Burke said ldquoI began readingand studying about it attended classes in SanFrancisco festivals in Chicago and Los Angelesrdquo

Then six years ago he had the opportunityto study at the iO Theater Chicago and at TheSecond City

ldquoI came back and met Betsaida and we foundout we shared an improv vision and we openedBlacktop Comedyrdquo he said

What started in Roseville in 2011 has just relocated

to fancier digs in Rocklin In addition to the weeklySaturday show ldquoThe Shortiesrdquo they also haveclasses throughout the week for children andadults

Theater Kids Teen Improv Improv 101-301Playground Improv hellip there is something for allages and abilities

ldquoSome people are curious and just interested intrying improvrdquo Lebron said ldquoItrsquos kind of like a

By Paul Cambra

Comedy withou ne

WHAT Comedy t for the entire family

WHEN 7 pm Saturdays

THE SHORTIES WHERE The Showdown Theater 3101Sunset Blvd Suite 3A in Rocklin

TICKETS $5 each $15 families

INFO (916) 749-3100

Paul Burke

Photos by Paul Burke

Betsaida Lebron

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time to explore their creative side And some arealready actors looking for an edge at auditionsrdquo

And then therersquos ldquoBelly Laughsrdquo

ldquoA belly dancer was looking for space to teachone night a weekrdquo Betsaida said ldquoWe thoughtlsquohow fun would it be to merge them togetherrdquo

Now once a month belly dancers take the stagewhile the improv performers watch from thewings Then itrsquos their turn to entertain

ldquoOne guy started shimmying and shaking tryingto get into skinny jeans and be a part of the fadrdquoBetsaida said

Improv is all about the inspiration Be it the movesof a belly dancer or a shout from the audience allthe performer needs is a jumping off point

ldquoThe Shorties get ideas from the audiencerdquoBurke said ldquoFrom a location mdash like the beach orStarbuckrsquos mdash or a feeling they had today a lineof dialogue or a text message we will use thosewithin the scene We just focus on creating in themoment Every show is totally differentrdquo

The 7 pm show is for families guaranteed to be

clean The 830 show well they donrsquot try to beblue but they are making this up on the y Theyuse a rotating cast of performers usually eight to10 on any given night

ldquoItrsquos a really diverse group and really they usuallynd usrdquo Burke said ldquoThey come through ourclasses like Teen Playground More than anythingwe love having a team of people who share asame mindsetrdquo

Audience participation at The Shorties isencouraged but not required They promise theywill not pick on anyone who chooses just to sitback and enjoy the show But you may want tooffer a suggestion should they get stuck

ldquoAnd you will get stuckrdquo Burke said ldquoWhen itdoes happen you breathe through it You think lsquoIhave to be funny I have to be cleverrsquo but thatrsquoshow you get stuck in the rst place Slow down

listen to what was said last respond to it and it willall be goodrdquo

lsquoTHE SHORTIESrsquo IMPROVE

UPON IMPROV

THEATER KIDS (AGES SECONDTO FIFTH GRADE)

bull Basic improv and theater skills

TEEN IMPROV

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TEEN PLAYGROUND

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BELLY LAUGHS

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BLACKTOP COMEDY

Lori Wynant shares with the dangers ofsky diving with Kevin Brown

BETTER CALL JUNIOR

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By Matthew Whitley

Hersquos labeled country music mdash and he is mdashbut hersquos so much more A listen through

his catalogue and you hear country rockhonky-tonk swing mariachi Tex-Mex bluegrassand rhythm and blues mdash even a bit of Hawaiian

He even invented a double necked ldquoguit-steelrdquoallowing him to play and switch between electricguitar and lap steel guitar on the same instrument

Then therersquos that voice a deep baritone and astyle that harkens back to an earlier era hellip cleanhonest and un-ironic hellip like the music of George

Jones or Ernest Tubb who Brown has often beencompared to in style

Brown 62 will bring his act to The Center for theArts in Grass Valley near the end of this monthWe had a chance to talk with Brown and we askedhim how he got to be a country music star

WERE YOU EXPOSED TO A LOT OF COUNTRYMUSIC GROWING UP

ldquoNot really My parents liked classical and I wasmostly raised on that I watched the TV and thatrsquoswhere I got into that kind of musicrdquo

WHY DO YOU THINK YOU WERE DRAWN TOCOUNTRY MUSIC AS OPPOSED TO THE POP-ULAR MUSIC OF THE DAY

ldquoI was drawn to popular music at the time I re-member when the Beatles hit and then the bandsthat followed Thatrsquos what the teenagers at school

would be talking about I kind of discovered Er-nest Tubb on my own watching the TV I never

told any of my friends as I donrsquot think it wouldhave gone over too wellrdquo

DO YOU REMEMBER IF THERE WAS A SPECIF-IC ALBUM WHERE YOU SAID lsquoTHIS IS WHAT I WANT TO DO THIS IS ITrsquo

ldquoNo we didnrsquot buy albums back then And a coun-try album I wouldnrsquot have any idea as to whereto buy that So it was all television I watched Er-nest Tubbrsquos show and then the Buck Owens show

Jimmy Dean had a show that came out of Wash-ington DC I would eventually buy an album ofa rock person or something but those were ex-pensive and I didnrsquot have any money I would buysingles once in a while you know the little 45 andagain it wasnrsquot country as I wouldnrsquot know whereto buy onerdquo

DO YOU REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME YOUPERFORMED

ldquoYes It was at a Boys Scout Jamboree at AndrewsAir Force Base in Maryland I was about 8 or 10years old and I was strolling around the differentcamp sites me and another guy sort of like min-strels which is what we sort of felt like doing Lit-tle did I know that is what I would be doing forthe rest of my life Anyway we stopped at one ofthese campsites and it was the top brass of theJamboree They said lsquocome on down tonight andperformrsquo So we actually got a stage with a micro-

phone and there was about 7000 Boy Scouts outthere and I was hooked I have been chasing thebright lights ever since I still get nervous perform-ing but I donrsquot think I was nervous that night I justremembered being thrilledrdquo

THE SOUND YOU HAVE IS ALMOST CLASSICCOUNTRY VERY UNGUARDED AND SINGINGSTRAIGHT TO THE AUDIENCE

ldquoWhatrsquos good about the older music is itrsquos very di-

rect and honest and it had sentiment in there thatwas considered corny but the cornball is part ofthe honesty itrsquos part of the lsquohey this is how I feelrsquoyou know My music is not just limited to countryIrsquom not a purist in any way I just like signing to anaudience and singing your heart out You knowhow blues tells the audience that you feel badCountry will tell you how you got thererdquo

I FIRST HEARD YOU ON THE CHRIS ISAAKSHOW IN THE LATE rsquo80S EARLY rsquo90S WITH

KD LANG IT WAS MODERN AND BEAUTIFULCOUNTRY MUSIC AND I REMEMBER YOU BE-ING A PART OF THAT SOUND WHEN IT CAMEOUT WHAT IS YOUR TAKE ON COUNTRY MU-SIC NOW

ldquoOh itrsquos the same take Irsquove had on it since thelate rsquo60s Everybody talks about what their idea

of country music is and everybody has a differ-ent idea Country music can mean anything nowWhat I do now is label mine as lsquoginger brown guit-steel musicrsquo Itrsquos a combination of all types of mu-sic mdash country rock and some othersrdquo

AMERICA IS SUCH A BLEND OF DIFFERENTPEOPLE IT STANDS TO REASON THAT MUSIC WOULD REPRESENT THAT AS WELL

ldquoYes When I do something I try and do it in an

honest way and give the song what it requiresWhen I say I have a lot of styles in my music itdoesnrsquot mean I use them all at once People loveto see me go nuts on that guitar but you haveto do what the song calls for Now the problemcomes when yoursquore trying to do everything onevery song all the time You never get anywherethat way There are guys out there that say lsquoOK Ican play an Ernest Tubbrsquos song and put a BB Kingblues guitar solo in itrsquo and feel like they have re-

ally discovered something and to me that is notsaying anything You havenrsquot done anything butwater down a good song Not that I donrsquot like BBKing he just does not mix well with Ernest TubbThatrsquos where musicianship comes inrdquo

WHAT DO YOU THINK CONTRIBUTED MOSTTO YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF MUSIC

ldquoCovering other peoplersquos songs and working withother people Working in the country and western

clubs doing country songs that were popular atthe time A lot of them I didnrsquot like but I playedthem as best as I could And then I started writ-ing songs which really put me in another place Icould really be myself I wasnrsquot a cover artist any-more Most of the stuff on my records are stuffthat Irsquove written so Irsquom very proud of thatrdquo

DOES SONG WRITING COME EASY TO YOUOR IS IT A DIFFICULT PROCESS

ldquoItrsquos very difcult More difcult than one maythink Itrsquos easy to write bad songs and hard towrite good ones I have thrown away over half ofthem I could put several weeks into a song that just isnrsquot any goodrdquo

HOW DID YOU COME TO INVENT THE GUIT-STEEL

ldquoMichael Stephens of Stephens Guitars theymake them and we have sold a few of them I have

seen a couple of people playing them and itrsquos kindof strange like watching somebody dance withyour wife lsquoWait a minute yoursquore not supposed tobe holding that mdash thatrsquos my instrumentrsquordquo

BETTER CALL hellip JUNIOR

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SO ITrsquoS A BLEND OF TWO TYPES OFGUITAR SOUND

ldquoNo they are two complete and differentinstruments You have the guitar neck and thesteel guitar neck so I am switching instrumentsas I sing I am basically doing the part of threeguys on stage hellip singing guitar and steel guitarPut a little foot pedal down there on a bass drum and Icould be a one man bandrdquo

HOW DID YOU GET INVOLVED IN FILMS AND TELE-VISION

ldquoPeople who are fans ask me to do it Vince Gilliganliked what I did so he asked me to be on the X-FilesGilligan did Breaking Bad and is now doing BetterCall Saulrdquo

BETTER CALL SAUL DEBUTED RECENTLY ANDBECAME THE MOST WATCHED CABLE SHOWIN HISTORY FIFTEEN AND A HALF MILLIONPEOPLE HEARD YOUR THEME SONG THIS PAST WEEKEND

ldquoWell I didnrsquot play on the show they aired it rightafter they nished Breaking Bad as a promotion forsomething It wasnrsquot a theme song to the series Vincehad actually wrote it with three of his friends A verywell-written song written with me in mind I was veryattered by that We just got back from the premier inLA did the red carpet played the party and showed themovie It was a lot of funrdquo

SO WHAT SHOULD YOUR FANS EXPECT WHEN

YOU PERFORM AT THE CENTER FOR THE ARTSIN GRASS VALLEY

ldquoOh a unique experience I guess I mean I just domy own thing and if they havenrsquot seen me beforethey will be pleasantly surprised mdash itrsquos original I ambringing a full band including my wife who playsrhythm guitarrdquo

Photos by George Brainard

You know how

blues tells the

audience that

you feel bad

Country willtell you how

you got there- Junior Brown

BEHIND EVERY GREAT MAN

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Elaine Bromka received a letter from agentleman who attended her one-wom-an show ldquoTea for Threerdquo and wrote that

when she took her curtain call he asked theperson next to him where the other two ac-tresses were

ldquoIt wasnrsquot the rst time Irsquod heard thatrdquo Bromkasaid ldquoI am nding the essence of each womanI have a feeling of each voice but I really go forwhere the energy originates moves throughthe bodyrdquo

The three bodies she inhabits on stage belongto three former rst ladies mdash Lady Bird John -son Pat Nixon and Betty Ford The play which

she co-wrote with Eric H Weinberger is a char-acter study that is both funny and moving

ldquoItrsquos really an exploration of what it was liketo suddenly wake up and yoursquore in the WhiteHouserdquo Bromka said ldquoIn two of those cases itwas really suddenrdquo

Bromka a veteran of stage and screen mdashboth large and small mdash recently worked withlegendary impressionist Rich Little in the PBSshow ldquoThe Presidentsrdquo where she starred aseight rst ladies opposite Littlersquos commandersin chief

ldquoRich and I were out at lunch and he was sittingthere staring at his hands and I asked lsquowhat areyou doingrsquordquo she said ldquoHe said lsquoReagan holdshis thumbs like this like a bearrsquordquo

Itrsquos the little things that make or break a good

impersonation she learned While not neces-sarily an impressionist herself she is a peoplewatcher mdash and listener mdash and in two years shespent with the National Theatre of the Deaf shelearned a lot about the non-verbal

ldquoThe body doesnrsquot lierdquo she said

Bromka went to the museum of TV and radioand studied video tapes of all three women

Doing so she said she learned a lot about theirpersonalities

ldquoAll three were very smart and easy to underes-timaterdquo Bromka said ldquoFor Lady Bird imaginefollowing in the footsteps of a star She was not

as glamorous as Jackie but she did wonderfulthings with Head Start and beauticationrdquo

Pat Nixon she said was harder because sherarely opened her mouth

ldquoThey called her lsquoPlastic Patrsquordquo she said ldquoThatrsquosnot plastic those are the eyes of a very guard-ed watchful person Someone who experi-enced a lot of pain They say she was one ofthe warmest rst ladies one-on-one Pat wentto 80 countries on her own as a one-on-oneambassador she just didnrsquot want to get in frontof groupsrdquo

And then therersquos Betty Ford

ldquoBetty was a live wire she said whatever shethoughtrdquo Bromka said ldquoBut Betty broke openhuge issues like womenrsquos rights and breastcancer awarenessrdquo

Many of the lines in the play are direct quotesfrom the rst ladies She said while the playcovers a lot of ground itrsquos not by any means ahistory lesson

ldquoThis is really a Valentine to all threerdquo Bromkasaid ldquoItrsquos a human story about the human el-ement One audience member said lsquoit lets youwalk in their shoesrsquordquo

And for Bromka the shoes t just ne

ONE-WOMAN SHOW LOOKS AT LIVES OF

THREE FORMER FIRST LADIES

By Paul Cambra

BEHIND EVERY GREAT MAN

TEA FOR THREE mdash LADYBIRD PAT AND BETTY

WHEN 730 pm SaturdayMarch 21 3 pm Sunday March 22

WHERE The State Theatre985 Lincoln Way Auburn

TICKETS $20

INFO (530) 852-2708infoplacertheaterorg

Elaine Bromka on PatNixon ldquoThey say she wasone of the warmest rst

ladies one-on-onerdquo

Elaine Bromka on Betty FordldquoBetty was a live wire she said

whatever she thoughtrdquo

Elaine Bromka onLady Bird JohnsonldquoImagine following

in the footsteps ofa starrdquo

VANYA AND SONIA AND

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By Paul Cambra

MASHA AND SPIKE

WHEN 8 pm Fridays and Saturdaysthrough March 28 2 pm Sunday

March 15 and 22 (7 pm ThursdayMarch 5 preview)

WHERE Nevada Theatre 401 BroadSt Nevada City

TICKETS $25 general $35 reserved($15 Thursday preview)

INFO (530) 346-3210sierrastagesorg

Whether yoursquore familiar with Chek-hov not too familiar or you think hersquosthe guy who sat next to Sulu on the

Starship Enterprise it doesnrsquot matter Chances areyoursquoll like this play

ldquoThe playwright said he took Chekhov and puthim in a blenderrdquo Jeffrey Mason said ldquoYou donrsquotneed to have any Chekhov background to un-derstand or enjoy this play but if you do Therersquosmore fun to be hadrdquo

Mason is directing the Sierra Stages production ofldquoVanya and Sonia and Masha and Spikerdquo a 2013Tony Award-winning play by Christopher DurangThe characterrsquos names are all from Anton Chekhovplays The mood is very ldquoChekhovianrdquo mdash sad andlonely characters in a country house a visitor com-ing and shaking things up mdash but really folks you

donrsquot need to know Chekhov to enjoy this playldquoItrsquos funnyrdquo Mason said ldquoThe situations are fun-ny the characters are funny they are dealing withproblems anybody can relate to Family issues Itrsquosa very well-crafted playrdquo

He said it is the single most popular play on theregional theater circuit this season with no lessthan 27 different productions

ldquoI donrsquot know of another play that has been thispopular this soonrdquo Mason said ldquoEverybody is en- joying it everywhererdquo

Robert Rossman plays Vanya ldquoprobably the san-

est one of them allrdquo he said

Vanya is in his 50s lives with his adopted sister isnot very sociable doesnrsquot go out and has neverheld a job And hersquos the sane one

But to his defense he and his sister have been tak-ing care of their parent who both had Alzheimerrsquosdisease Now that they are gone their other sis-ter who has been supporting the family throughher career as an actress is coming home That

ratchets the dysfunction meter up a few notchesldquoMasha doesnrsquot come home very often but thistime she comes home and tells them she is goingto sell the houserdquo said Susan Mason who playsMasha ldquoThey have never lived anywhere else

They donrsquot know how to live anywhere elserdquo

And Masha brings her very young boyfriendSpike home with her fueling the jealousy be-tween her and her plain sheltered adopted sister

ldquoSonia is a kind of the pathetic onerdquo said actressSharon Winegar ldquoShe plays pathetic but she isnot truly pathetic She likes to wallow in self pitybut at the same time she is very sweet and charm-ing in her misery She has wonderful things hap-pen to her throughout the course of the play Yound yourself rooting for her adoring herrdquo

None of the three principal players can fully re-late to the sibling rivalry of Vanya and Sonia andMasha Winegar got along quite well with her sis-ters and Mason is an only child But Rossman seeshimself as sort of the eccentric in the family

ldquoThey all have normal kinds of jobs and look atme as the guy who does all of the weird theatricalstuffrdquo he said

Much to the delight of the director

ldquoI could have cast the play two or three timesrdquoJeffrey Mason said ldquoIt was an unusually stronggroup who auditioned I consider myself verylucky in a relatively small town like ours the num-ber of people that are involved in theaterrdquo

So if you enjoy a good Chekhov story yoursquoll get afew more of the jokes than most

ldquoSome of the references are right in your facesome are more subtlerdquo Susan Mason said

If you havenrsquot read any of his stories or plays wor-ry not

ldquoItrsquos not blatantly Chekhovrdquo Rossman said ldquoItrsquos

just a comic romprdquoAnd if yoursquore still convinced that the only Chekovthat matters is a star eet navigator well theremay actually be a character or two here yoursquodidentify with

THEY PUT THE lsquoFUNrsquo INDYSFUNCTION

Photo by David Wong

Robert Rossman Sharon Winegar Susan Mason and Casey Burkestar in the Sierra Stages production of Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike

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IN YOUR DAILY GRIND

When yoursquore in need of coffee there arecertainly a lot of choices Sure youcould buzz through the drive through

and have your McBeverage handed to you andbe done with it

Or you could hit one of many locally-owned cof-fee shops and cafeacutes each with their own ambienceand deacutecor and really soak up the wide variety of lo-cal avor in a way that no corporate chain ever can

Here in the foothills you can bike up to the Trail-head Coffee in Penryn and sip an espresso conpanna while you have your bicycle worked on Orlounge on a Victorian sofa under a glass chande-lier at the Cafeacute Mekka in Nevada City Or minglewith judges and lawyers while grabbing a cappuc-cino at the Courthouse Cafeacute in Auburn Or evenplay a round of bocce ball while you sip your mac-chiato at The Flower Farm in Loomis

Whether your choice is black coffee or a nonfat

soy latte yoursquoll nd lots of choices in Placer andNevada County Here is an unbiased sampling toconsider Cranking up Ella Fitzgeraldrsquos cover ofldquoBlack Coffeerdquo while you drive there is optionalbut highly recommended

PUTTING LOCAL FLAVOR

NEVADA CITY Cafeacute Mekka237 Commercial St Nevada City (530) 478-1517

Cafeacute Mekka is easily the most eclectic and funkyof the coffee houses I visited The Gold Rush-erabuilding is lined with tables and vintage sofasbooks and art even a piano in the corner Mekkahas a huge drink menu with beans from TempleCoffee in Sacramento as well as baked goodsmade by DeGroot Bakery Mekka rotates artshows monthly has open mic nights music andpoetry with limited seating outside The SummerIce a blend of chocolate caramel and espresso isa denite must try

Three Forks Bakery and Brewery 211 Commercial St Nevada City (530) 470-8333threeforksnccom

Open since August Three Forks merges a bak-ery with a brewery providing coffee and micro-brews along with pizza and sandwiches Its beansare from local roaster Fable in Grass Valley Themodern sleek-looking space with some outdoorseating offers a new take on both the traditionalbakery and the microbrewery

GRASS VALLEY Carolines Coffee Roaster 128 South Auburn St Grass Valley (530) 273-6424 carolinescoffeecom

Carolines is a family-owned coffee house in Grass Valley with specialty-roasted coffee includingtheir own house blend as well as scones pas-tries quiches gourmet olives and sandwichesCarolines has a warm and friendly vibe with asmall outdoor seating area located on the groundoor of the classic Madison Lodge Building

AUBURNThe Courthouse Cafeacute1425 Lincoln Way Auburn (530) 889-1373

Sitting directly across the street from the AuburnCourthouse is The Courthouse Cafeacute a 1930s con-verted bungalow which makes for an intimatehome-like setting complete with a small replaceand reading areas Its beans are from Santa CruzCoffee and the baked goods are made fresh dai-ly Obviously a popular spot for the lawyers and judges needing caffeine x before court the cafeacuteis a denite hot spot in the mornings The Court -house Cafe is part of the Placer 360 art scene and

By Matthew Whitley

Bicycle memorabilia lines the wallsof the Trailhead Coffee and CyclingL i P

Photo by Matthew Whitley

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features local art year round and a small outdoorseating area

Depoe Bay Coffee Company 893 High St Auburn (530) 889-1021 depoebay-coffeecom

Conveniently located right down the street fromthe ofces of the Foothills Entertainer mdash muchto the relief of the staff mdash the Depoe is Down-

town Auburnrsquos go-to spot for a cup of Joe Thecafeacute has a couple of different seating areas roaststheir own beans and serves bakes goods break-fast and sandwiches Depoe Bay offers live musicevery other Sunday as well as local art

PENRYN

Trailhead Coffee and Cycling Lounge2210 Taylor Road Penryn (916) 663-1501 coffee-andbikescom

The Trailhead located directly across from GrifthQuarry Park is both a coffee house and a full bicy-cle shop Co-owner Jerry Cannon is a competitivecyclist who has merged his two passions into onebusiness Decorated with Tour de France memo-rabilia and vintage gear the shop pays homage toall things bicycle Cyclists can have repairs doneon their bikes while hanging out on the wood-

en patio drinking one of the Trailheadrsquos specialtyroasts The cafeacute offers pastries and baked goodspower and energy bars and breakfast burritos

LOOMIS

The Flower Farm Nursery9280 Horseshoe Bar Road Loomis (916) 652-5650 owerfarminncom

The Flower Farm is a cafeacute set in one of the arearsquosmore beautiful and pastoral settings The facilityalso operates a bed and breakfast host eventsand weddings operates a nursery and gift shophas a waterwheel pond bocce ball court and gar-dens Also on the property is Casque Winery allsurrounded by citrus orchards and gardens Thecafeacute menu features ingredients taken right offtheir farm In the fall and winter they sell pump-kins and Christmas trees hellip how many cafeacutes dothat

ROCKLIN

Origin Coffee and Tea2168 Sunset Blvd Rocklin (916) 787-5676 orig-incoffeeorg

Origin Coffee and Tea is a nonprot coffee housewhose sole mission is to raise money and aware-ness to end human slave trafcking At Origin all

of the employees donate their time and the mon-ey raised goes to the Grace Network Rescue Thebeans they carry are free trade and roasted locallyOrigin offers table and couch seating in a modern

but sparse environment There is live music in-cluding benet concerts Itrsquos coffee with a cause

ROSEVILLEShady Coffee and Tea325 Douglas Blvd Roseville (916) 742-4117 sha-dycoffeeandteacom

Shady Coffee and Tea is a small cafeacute and eateryclose to Downtown Roseville that offers specialtyroasts including Mast Espresso beans and En-

timos Coffee from Citrus Heights Shady offerssandwiches salads breakfasts beer and wineThey also have a nice-size back patio a drive-upwindow art on the walls and open mic on Fridaynights Be sure and try the Affogato vanilla beanice cream topped with espresso

Lounge in Penryn

Emmit Johnston Grass Valley resident andbarista at Carolines Coffee in Grass Valley

Photo by Matthew Whitley

From left Joe Fernandez VinceMUSIC FROM THE BRITISH ISLES

FROM CELTIC TO BEATLES

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AUBURN CONCERT BAND PLAYS MUSIC FROM THE BRITISH ISLESBy Paul Cambra

Think British invasion and you go straight to1964 But the music of the United Kingdomand Ireland has been crossing the Atlantic

for centuries From Baroque to folk ddles tofes the rich musical history of the British Isles canbe traced back to the polyphonic melodies of thelate middle ages

But this month itrsquos all about the brass hellip and thewoodwinds hellipand the percussion

ldquoBrass bands have been popular in Britain sincethe 1800srdquo said Craig Thomas trumpeter withthe Auburn Concert Band ldquoToday they are oneof the most popular forms of music in Englandrdquo

The Auburn Concert band will present ldquoMusicfrom the British Isles ndash from Celtic to Beatlesrdquo fortwo free performances this month The 40-pieceensemble will take on everyone from Gustav Holstto LennonMcCartney

ldquoWersquore not just playing a Beatles song itrsquos a sym-phonic workingrdquo said conductor Tom CandlishldquoYou know how Hey Jude sort of rocks out at theend The arranger takes that same idea but addsa counter melody underneath Itrsquos a mix of the

original material with material for an orchestra Itrsquosnot the way the Beatles played it They are a rockband we are a concert bandrdquo

They will however step slightly out of the box forthese shows adding a piper Chuck Jamison fora medley of bagpipe tunes which they will ac-company And Jamison who plays drums for thecountry and western band Dust in My Coffee willbring his band mates to do a two-song Celtic setin the middle of the show Country Celtic if youwill

ldquoThe Auburn Concert Band is very enthusiasticabout the variety of music we are playingrdquo Can-dlish said ldquoItrsquos not just serious music all of thetime We are mixing it up with folk tunes and poppieces The audiences we play for have really ap-preciated thatrdquo

Yoursquoll hear Brian Borursquos March one of Irelandrsquosoldest traditional folk songs Yoursquoll hear DannyBoy which Candlish calls ldquothe epitome of concertband musicrdquo And then therersquos Those MagnicentMen in their Flying Machines from the 1965 mov-ie and McNamararsquos Band which was a top-10 hitfor Bing Crosby

And if yoursquore not leaving the show humming theending to Hey Jude chances are yoursquoll be whis-tling the Colonel Bogey March better known asthe theme song to The Bridge on the River Kwai

ldquoThe British Isles have certainly contributed to themusical history of this countryrdquo Thomas said ldquoItrsquosamazing when you go back the fact that therewere craftsman making these instruments so mu-sicians could play these beautiful and elaborate

classical piecesrdquo

Thomas the trumpeter has his own personal con-nection to the UK

ldquoI have a couple of cornets that I bought fromsomeone in Englandrdquo he said ldquoThe characteris-tics of the British horn are a little different moresoft and mellow In describing the differencebetween a cornet and a trumpet the trumpet Iwould describe as having a bright and projectingtone and the cornet a softer more mellow tonerdquo

From bright to mellow and a few stages in be-tween this British invasion mixes history with har-mony

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Warm and Lori Yarbrough

From left Bruce Heseltine JohnSmiley and Trent Taylor

From left Roberta SullivanDave Lake and Angela Costa

ndash FROM CELTIC TO BEATLES

WHO Auburn Concert Band

WHEN 7-9 pm Wednesday March 4

WHERE Newcastle School 8951 Valley View Drive Newcastle

WHEN 7-9 pm Wednesday March 11

WHERE The State Theatre985 Lincoln Way Auburn

COST Free

INFO auburnconcertbandnet

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As the lyrics go ldquoyou can rock it you canroll it you can slop and you can stroll it atthe hoprdquo

Not sure if they ldquosloprdquo anymore and for mostpeople who came of age in the 1950s ldquostrollrdquotakes on a whole new meaning But for anyonewho wants to relive the glory days of school danc-

es mdash decades before bumping grinding andtwerking were to rear their ugly rears mdash then theSpring Hop is the place for you

ldquoThere is always something to do in Auburn in thesummertime but we were looking for a fun mdash andaffordable mdash winter activityrdquo said Sheryl Peters-en recreation services manager with the AuburnRecreation District (ARD) ldquoLast year we had awonderful time and everyone kept saying lsquoare yougoing to do it again this yearrsquordquo

Well theyrsquore back and so are dance instructorsArny Messersmith and Billie Prowant who willlead a one-hour lesson in East Coast Swing rightbefore the hop begins

ldquoItrsquos the easiest dance that I can teachrdquo Messer-smith said ldquoLessons donrsquot require a partner as werotate to give everyone a chance I would say inan hour wersquoll have you dancingrdquo

He said East Coast Swing has about 20 steps asopposed to West Coast Swingrsquos 200 But with EastCoast you throw your partner in every directionand that takes up a lot of oor space But therersquosstill enough room for the Auburn Outlaws rollerderby team to get around

ldquoThey were all over the gym oor last year zoom-ing in and out of people with trays on their shoul-dersrdquo Messersmith said

Those trays held food and drink mdash the local LionrsquosClub will be cooking hot dogs and brats mdash andthe Outlaws will serve as car hops There will bea swing dance contest and a hula hoop contestpoodle skirts aplenty and Frankie and the Fable-tones will provide the music

ldquoYou donrsquot have to come as a couplerdquo Petersensaid ldquoCome as friends come in groups Come inperiod dress Some came last year just to listen tothe musicrdquo

Messersmith suggests leather soles as you slideyour feet a lot and while they are know as ldquosockhopsrdquo less and less people are going shoeless

these daysldquoI grew up with a family that dancedrdquo he saidldquoMy grandmother used to take me German andItalian and Belgian dances in San Francisco We allwent together as a family When I had kids theirfriends at school couldnrsquot believe they were goingout dancing every weekend with their dadrdquo

And though the ARD Spring Hop is a 21 and old-er event that didnrsquot stop the demographic fromskewing young

ldquoThe great thing about last year was that therewere just as many young adults as oldrdquo Prowantsaid ldquoAnd it was the younger dancers who wonthe dance contest Even for young people who

donrsquot dance that much just see how much funyou have when you get out thererdquo

So remember cats and chicks if yoursquore lookingfor a place where you can swing it you can grooveit you can really start to move it hellip best go to theSpring Hop

DIG OUT THAT

POODLE SKIRT ITrsquoS

TIME TO DANCEBy Paul Cambra

Lersquos g t th hop

Come in yourrsquo50s garb and be ready todance at this yearrsquos Spring Hop

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WHEN 7-10 pm Saturday March21 Free dance instruction from 6-7pm in the Stella Room

WHERE Recreation ParkGymnasium 123 Recreation DriveAuburn

TICKETS $12 two for $20 Ages21 and older

Music by Frankie and theFabletones Dance contests

beer and wine food costumesencouraged

INFO (530) 863-4615auburnreccom

WHEN 7-8 pm Tuesdays March31 through April 21

WHERE Canyon View CommunityCenter 471 Maidu Drive Auburn

COST $40 person

INFO auburnreccom (activity No5333 W1)

rsquo50s amp rsquo60s Spring Hop

Eas Coas Swing Lessons

Arny Messersmith left and BillieProwant will be giving East Coast Swinglessons an hour before the Spring Hop

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Mike Amaral has surfed ndash or body surfed ndashin 75 percent of the locales named in theBeach Boysrsquo song Surnrsquo USA

So who better to head up a tribute to the South-ern California ambassadors of surf and sun

ldquoI had always wanted to do either a Beatles ora Beach Boys tribute band because I love themboth so muchrdquo said Mike Amaral who foundedthe California Beach Boys close to a decade agoldquoSo two of my cousins and I decided to go withthe Beach Boysrdquo

Cousins of course just like the original band Andwhile the Beatles are famous for their three-partharmony the Beach Boys sing in four-part andthat requires a lot of practice

ldquoWe have charts taken from the originals and weall have our assignmentrdquo Amaral said ldquoBut youhave to have guys that not only like the BeachBoysrsquo music but are willing to put in the time towork on the harmoniesrdquo

Based in the San Jose and Santa Cruz area MikeAmaralrsquos California Beach Boys play up and downthe coast in Arizona Colorado even Canada

ldquoWe were escorted on stage by the Royal Canadi-an Mounted Policerdquo Amaral said

There are six band members and Amaral handlesthe Mike Love role as lead singer He has playedmusic professionally since he was 14 but tooka break at age 22 to raise a family and pursue asteady career in law enforcement He returned tothe stage in 1995 with an oldies band Flashbackbut the surf sounds beckoned

ldquoI grew up an enormous fanrdquo he said ldquoI went toall of their concerts at the San Jose Civic Centerrdquo

And some of his current audience members may have

been there too At least thatrsquos what they tell him

ldquoAfter one concert and 85-year-old gentlemancomes up to me and says lsquoLook at me Do you re-member me Hawthorne 1964 hellip I saw you prac-tice in your garagersquordquo Amaral said ldquoHe thought we

MIKE AMARALrsquoS CALIFORNIA BEACH BOYS MAKE STOP IN AUBURN

By Paul Cambra

THEY GET AROUND

were the Beach Boys One lady told us she hadnrsquotseen us in 40 years and we sounded just as goodThank you very much I saidrdquo

Another woman told their bass player she saw himplay 40 years ago

ldquoTrouble is hersquos only 38 years oldrdquo Amaral said

But theyrsquoll gladly live with those mistaken identi-ty moments as long as they get to keep playingThey are three cousins and three close friends andthey get along really well Maybe more so than theoriginals

ldquoWersquove got all-white guitars and champagne spar-kle drums and the vertical striped shirtsrdquo he saidldquoPeople love that clean look Itrsquos all about the ap-pearance and the showmanship When we comeout people clap they like the way we look We got

stripes in light blue dark blue red pink hot pinkhellip we change them throughout the showrdquo

The typical audience covers a wide range of agesboth young and old music fans seeking good vi-brations Wouldnrsquot it be nice to be a part of it

Mike Amaral in car founded the California Beach Boys because he liked theirmusic so much The band consists of three cousins and three close friends

Courtesy Photos

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WHEN 730 pmSaturdayMarch 28

WHERE The State

Theatre 985 LincolnWay Auburn

TICKETS $25

INFO

(530) 852-2708infoplacertheaterorg

MIKE AMARALrsquoSCALIFORNIABEACH BOYS

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Installations Mobile Networking Parallels-VMFusion Troubleshooting

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auburnsymphonycom

auburnsymphonyofficegmailcom

AuburnSymphony

Pick up season ticketsor individual concerttickets today

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People who need to give presentations atwork try it Writers use it to loosen up andget more creative Empty nesters take

classes because well what else are they goingto do

Itrsquos improvisational comedy mdash better know asimprov mdash and itrsquos gaining a foothold in South

Placer County at a place called Blacktop Comedyin Rocklin

ldquoImprov takes an opennessrdquo said co-founderBetsaida Lebron ldquoItrsquos all about saying lsquoyes andhelliprsquo You want to be able to agree and support whois there but not just be a yes man You have tobuild on what they saidrdquo

Lebron started building her improv resume beforeshe realized she was doing it

ldquoGrowing up there were four of us and we werealways doing skits and songs at churchrdquo she saidldquoWe never had much of a plan just a very roughoutline People told us how fun and entertainingwe were and we had no idea that it was improvrdquo

After college she randomly took an improv classand thought lsquowhatrsquo

ldquoIrsquod been doing it my whole life I just didnrsquot know

itrdquo she said

Enter Paul Burke who for years watched WhoseLine is it Anyway but never for a minute thoughtlsquoOh thatrsquos something I could dorsquo

ldquoI randomly found a drop-in improv class inSacramentordquo Burke said ldquoI began readingand studying about it attended classes in SanFrancisco festivals in Chicago and Los Angelesrdquo

Then six years ago he had the opportunityto study at the iO Theater Chicago and at TheSecond City

ldquoI came back and met Betsaida and we foundout we shared an improv vision and we openedBlacktop Comedyrdquo he said

What started in Roseville in 2011 has just relocated

to fancier digs in Rocklin In addition to the weeklySaturday show ldquoThe Shortiesrdquo they also haveclasses throughout the week for children andadults

Theater Kids Teen Improv Improv 101-301Playground Improv hellip there is something for allages and abilities

ldquoSome people are curious and just interested intrying improvrdquo Lebron said ldquoItrsquos kind of like a

By Paul Cambra

Comedy withou ne

WHAT Comedy t for the entire family

WHEN 7 pm Saturdays

THE SHORTIES WHERE The Showdown Theater 3101Sunset Blvd Suite 3A in Rocklin

TICKETS $5 each $15 families

INFO (916) 749-3100

Paul Burke

Photos by Paul Burke

Betsaida Lebron

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time to explore their creative side And some arealready actors looking for an edge at auditionsrdquo

And then therersquos ldquoBelly Laughsrdquo

ldquoA belly dancer was looking for space to teachone night a weekrdquo Betsaida said ldquoWe thoughtlsquohow fun would it be to merge them togetherrdquo

Now once a month belly dancers take the stagewhile the improv performers watch from thewings Then itrsquos their turn to entertain

ldquoOne guy started shimmying and shaking tryingto get into skinny jeans and be a part of the fadrdquoBetsaida said

Improv is all about the inspiration Be it the movesof a belly dancer or a shout from the audience allthe performer needs is a jumping off point

ldquoThe Shorties get ideas from the audiencerdquoBurke said ldquoFrom a location mdash like the beach orStarbuckrsquos mdash or a feeling they had today a lineof dialogue or a text message we will use thosewithin the scene We just focus on creating in themoment Every show is totally differentrdquo

The 7 pm show is for families guaranteed to be

clean The 830 show well they donrsquot try to beblue but they are making this up on the y Theyuse a rotating cast of performers usually eight to10 on any given night

ldquoItrsquos a really diverse group and really they usuallynd usrdquo Burke said ldquoThey come through ourclasses like Teen Playground More than anythingwe love having a team of people who share asame mindsetrdquo

Audience participation at The Shorties isencouraged but not required They promise theywill not pick on anyone who chooses just to sitback and enjoy the show But you may want tooffer a suggestion should they get stuck

ldquoAnd you will get stuckrdquo Burke said ldquoWhen itdoes happen you breathe through it You think lsquoIhave to be funny I have to be cleverrsquo but thatrsquoshow you get stuck in the rst place Slow down

listen to what was said last respond to it and it willall be goodrdquo

lsquoTHE SHORTIESrsquo IMPROVE

UPON IMPROV

THEATER KIDS (AGES SECONDTO FIFTH GRADE)

bull Basic improv and theater skills

TEEN IMPROV

bull Create SNL-type sketches

IMPROV 101 201 301

bull Adults interested in trying improv

TEEN PLAYGROUND

bull Bring a favorite game and make new friends

PLAYGROUND IMPROV

bull Drop-in workshop for adults

BELLY LAUGHS

bull The show that blends sexy with funny

BLACKTOP COMEDY

Lori Wynant shares with the dangers ofsky diving with Kevin Brown

BETTER CALL JUNIOR

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By Matthew Whitley

Hersquos labeled country music mdash and he is mdashbut hersquos so much more A listen through

his catalogue and you hear country rockhonky-tonk swing mariachi Tex-Mex bluegrassand rhythm and blues mdash even a bit of Hawaiian

He even invented a double necked ldquoguit-steelrdquoallowing him to play and switch between electricguitar and lap steel guitar on the same instrument

Then therersquos that voice a deep baritone and astyle that harkens back to an earlier era hellip cleanhonest and un-ironic hellip like the music of George

Jones or Ernest Tubb who Brown has often beencompared to in style

Brown 62 will bring his act to The Center for theArts in Grass Valley near the end of this monthWe had a chance to talk with Brown and we askedhim how he got to be a country music star

WERE YOU EXPOSED TO A LOT OF COUNTRYMUSIC GROWING UP

ldquoNot really My parents liked classical and I wasmostly raised on that I watched the TV and thatrsquoswhere I got into that kind of musicrdquo

WHY DO YOU THINK YOU WERE DRAWN TOCOUNTRY MUSIC AS OPPOSED TO THE POP-ULAR MUSIC OF THE DAY

ldquoI was drawn to popular music at the time I re-member when the Beatles hit and then the bandsthat followed Thatrsquos what the teenagers at school

would be talking about I kind of discovered Er-nest Tubb on my own watching the TV I never

told any of my friends as I donrsquot think it wouldhave gone over too wellrdquo

DO YOU REMEMBER IF THERE WAS A SPECIF-IC ALBUM WHERE YOU SAID lsquoTHIS IS WHAT I WANT TO DO THIS IS ITrsquo

ldquoNo we didnrsquot buy albums back then And a coun-try album I wouldnrsquot have any idea as to whereto buy that So it was all television I watched Er-nest Tubbrsquos show and then the Buck Owens show

Jimmy Dean had a show that came out of Wash-ington DC I would eventually buy an album ofa rock person or something but those were ex-pensive and I didnrsquot have any money I would buysingles once in a while you know the little 45 andagain it wasnrsquot country as I wouldnrsquot know whereto buy onerdquo

DO YOU REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME YOUPERFORMED

ldquoYes It was at a Boys Scout Jamboree at AndrewsAir Force Base in Maryland I was about 8 or 10years old and I was strolling around the differentcamp sites me and another guy sort of like min-strels which is what we sort of felt like doing Lit-tle did I know that is what I would be doing forthe rest of my life Anyway we stopped at one ofthese campsites and it was the top brass of theJamboree They said lsquocome on down tonight andperformrsquo So we actually got a stage with a micro-

phone and there was about 7000 Boy Scouts outthere and I was hooked I have been chasing thebright lights ever since I still get nervous perform-ing but I donrsquot think I was nervous that night I justremembered being thrilledrdquo

THE SOUND YOU HAVE IS ALMOST CLASSICCOUNTRY VERY UNGUARDED AND SINGINGSTRAIGHT TO THE AUDIENCE

ldquoWhatrsquos good about the older music is itrsquos very di-

rect and honest and it had sentiment in there thatwas considered corny but the cornball is part ofthe honesty itrsquos part of the lsquohey this is how I feelrsquoyou know My music is not just limited to countryIrsquom not a purist in any way I just like signing to anaudience and singing your heart out You knowhow blues tells the audience that you feel badCountry will tell you how you got thererdquo

I FIRST HEARD YOU ON THE CHRIS ISAAKSHOW IN THE LATE rsquo80S EARLY rsquo90S WITH

KD LANG IT WAS MODERN AND BEAUTIFULCOUNTRY MUSIC AND I REMEMBER YOU BE-ING A PART OF THAT SOUND WHEN IT CAMEOUT WHAT IS YOUR TAKE ON COUNTRY MU-SIC NOW

ldquoOh itrsquos the same take Irsquove had on it since thelate rsquo60s Everybody talks about what their idea

of country music is and everybody has a differ-ent idea Country music can mean anything nowWhat I do now is label mine as lsquoginger brown guit-steel musicrsquo Itrsquos a combination of all types of mu-sic mdash country rock and some othersrdquo

AMERICA IS SUCH A BLEND OF DIFFERENTPEOPLE IT STANDS TO REASON THAT MUSIC WOULD REPRESENT THAT AS WELL

ldquoYes When I do something I try and do it in an

honest way and give the song what it requiresWhen I say I have a lot of styles in my music itdoesnrsquot mean I use them all at once People loveto see me go nuts on that guitar but you haveto do what the song calls for Now the problemcomes when yoursquore trying to do everything onevery song all the time You never get anywherethat way There are guys out there that say lsquoOK Ican play an Ernest Tubbrsquos song and put a BB Kingblues guitar solo in itrsquo and feel like they have re-

ally discovered something and to me that is notsaying anything You havenrsquot done anything butwater down a good song Not that I donrsquot like BBKing he just does not mix well with Ernest TubbThatrsquos where musicianship comes inrdquo

WHAT DO YOU THINK CONTRIBUTED MOSTTO YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF MUSIC

ldquoCovering other peoplersquos songs and working withother people Working in the country and western

clubs doing country songs that were popular atthe time A lot of them I didnrsquot like but I playedthem as best as I could And then I started writ-ing songs which really put me in another place Icould really be myself I wasnrsquot a cover artist any-more Most of the stuff on my records are stuffthat Irsquove written so Irsquom very proud of thatrdquo

DOES SONG WRITING COME EASY TO YOUOR IS IT A DIFFICULT PROCESS

ldquoItrsquos very difcult More difcult than one maythink Itrsquos easy to write bad songs and hard towrite good ones I have thrown away over half ofthem I could put several weeks into a song that just isnrsquot any goodrdquo

HOW DID YOU COME TO INVENT THE GUIT-STEEL

ldquoMichael Stephens of Stephens Guitars theymake them and we have sold a few of them I have

seen a couple of people playing them and itrsquos kindof strange like watching somebody dance withyour wife lsquoWait a minute yoursquore not supposed tobe holding that mdash thatrsquos my instrumentrsquordquo

BETTER CALL hellip JUNIOR

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SO ITrsquoS A BLEND OF TWO TYPES OFGUITAR SOUND

ldquoNo they are two complete and differentinstruments You have the guitar neck and thesteel guitar neck so I am switching instrumentsas I sing I am basically doing the part of threeguys on stage hellip singing guitar and steel guitarPut a little foot pedal down there on a bass drum and Icould be a one man bandrdquo

HOW DID YOU GET INVOLVED IN FILMS AND TELE-VISION

ldquoPeople who are fans ask me to do it Vince Gilliganliked what I did so he asked me to be on the X-FilesGilligan did Breaking Bad and is now doing BetterCall Saulrdquo

BETTER CALL SAUL DEBUTED RECENTLY ANDBECAME THE MOST WATCHED CABLE SHOWIN HISTORY FIFTEEN AND A HALF MILLIONPEOPLE HEARD YOUR THEME SONG THIS PAST WEEKEND

ldquoWell I didnrsquot play on the show they aired it rightafter they nished Breaking Bad as a promotion forsomething It wasnrsquot a theme song to the series Vincehad actually wrote it with three of his friends A verywell-written song written with me in mind I was veryattered by that We just got back from the premier inLA did the red carpet played the party and showed themovie It was a lot of funrdquo

SO WHAT SHOULD YOUR FANS EXPECT WHEN

YOU PERFORM AT THE CENTER FOR THE ARTSIN GRASS VALLEY

ldquoOh a unique experience I guess I mean I just domy own thing and if they havenrsquot seen me beforethey will be pleasantly surprised mdash itrsquos original I ambringing a full band including my wife who playsrhythm guitarrdquo

Photos by George Brainard

You know how

blues tells the

audience that

you feel bad

Country willtell you how

you got there- Junior Brown

BEHIND EVERY GREAT MAN

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Elaine Bromka received a letter from agentleman who attended her one-wom-an show ldquoTea for Threerdquo and wrote that

when she took her curtain call he asked theperson next to him where the other two ac-tresses were

ldquoIt wasnrsquot the rst time Irsquod heard thatrdquo Bromkasaid ldquoI am nding the essence of each womanI have a feeling of each voice but I really go forwhere the energy originates moves throughthe bodyrdquo

The three bodies she inhabits on stage belongto three former rst ladies mdash Lady Bird John -son Pat Nixon and Betty Ford The play which

she co-wrote with Eric H Weinberger is a char-acter study that is both funny and moving

ldquoItrsquos really an exploration of what it was liketo suddenly wake up and yoursquore in the WhiteHouserdquo Bromka said ldquoIn two of those cases itwas really suddenrdquo

Bromka a veteran of stage and screen mdashboth large and small mdash recently worked withlegendary impressionist Rich Little in the PBSshow ldquoThe Presidentsrdquo where she starred aseight rst ladies opposite Littlersquos commandersin chief

ldquoRich and I were out at lunch and he was sittingthere staring at his hands and I asked lsquowhat areyou doingrsquordquo she said ldquoHe said lsquoReagan holdshis thumbs like this like a bearrsquordquo

Itrsquos the little things that make or break a good

impersonation she learned While not neces-sarily an impressionist herself she is a peoplewatcher mdash and listener mdash and in two years shespent with the National Theatre of the Deaf shelearned a lot about the non-verbal

ldquoThe body doesnrsquot lierdquo she said

Bromka went to the museum of TV and radioand studied video tapes of all three women

Doing so she said she learned a lot about theirpersonalities

ldquoAll three were very smart and easy to underes-timaterdquo Bromka said ldquoFor Lady Bird imaginefollowing in the footsteps of a star She was not

as glamorous as Jackie but she did wonderfulthings with Head Start and beauticationrdquo

Pat Nixon she said was harder because sherarely opened her mouth

ldquoThey called her lsquoPlastic Patrsquordquo she said ldquoThatrsquosnot plastic those are the eyes of a very guard-ed watchful person Someone who experi-enced a lot of pain They say she was one ofthe warmest rst ladies one-on-one Pat wentto 80 countries on her own as a one-on-oneambassador she just didnrsquot want to get in frontof groupsrdquo

And then therersquos Betty Ford

ldquoBetty was a live wire she said whatever shethoughtrdquo Bromka said ldquoBut Betty broke openhuge issues like womenrsquos rights and breastcancer awarenessrdquo

Many of the lines in the play are direct quotesfrom the rst ladies She said while the playcovers a lot of ground itrsquos not by any means ahistory lesson

ldquoThis is really a Valentine to all threerdquo Bromkasaid ldquoItrsquos a human story about the human el-ement One audience member said lsquoit lets youwalk in their shoesrsquordquo

And for Bromka the shoes t just ne

ONE-WOMAN SHOW LOOKS AT LIVES OF

THREE FORMER FIRST LADIES

By Paul Cambra

BEHIND EVERY GREAT MAN

TEA FOR THREE mdash LADYBIRD PAT AND BETTY

WHEN 730 pm SaturdayMarch 21 3 pm Sunday March 22

WHERE The State Theatre985 Lincoln Way Auburn

TICKETS $20

INFO (530) 852-2708infoplacertheaterorg

Elaine Bromka on PatNixon ldquoThey say she wasone of the warmest rst

ladies one-on-onerdquo

Elaine Bromka on Betty FordldquoBetty was a live wire she said

whatever she thoughtrdquo

Elaine Bromka onLady Bird JohnsonldquoImagine following

in the footsteps ofa starrdquo

VANYA AND SONIA AND

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By Paul Cambra

MASHA AND SPIKE

WHEN 8 pm Fridays and Saturdaysthrough March 28 2 pm Sunday

March 15 and 22 (7 pm ThursdayMarch 5 preview)

WHERE Nevada Theatre 401 BroadSt Nevada City

TICKETS $25 general $35 reserved($15 Thursday preview)

INFO (530) 346-3210sierrastagesorg

Whether yoursquore familiar with Chek-hov not too familiar or you think hersquosthe guy who sat next to Sulu on the

Starship Enterprise it doesnrsquot matter Chances areyoursquoll like this play

ldquoThe playwright said he took Chekhov and puthim in a blenderrdquo Jeffrey Mason said ldquoYou donrsquotneed to have any Chekhov background to un-derstand or enjoy this play but if you do Therersquosmore fun to be hadrdquo

Mason is directing the Sierra Stages production ofldquoVanya and Sonia and Masha and Spikerdquo a 2013Tony Award-winning play by Christopher DurangThe characterrsquos names are all from Anton Chekhovplays The mood is very ldquoChekhovianrdquo mdash sad andlonely characters in a country house a visitor com-ing and shaking things up mdash but really folks you

donrsquot need to know Chekhov to enjoy this playldquoItrsquos funnyrdquo Mason said ldquoThe situations are fun-ny the characters are funny they are dealing withproblems anybody can relate to Family issues Itrsquosa very well-crafted playrdquo

He said it is the single most popular play on theregional theater circuit this season with no lessthan 27 different productions

ldquoI donrsquot know of another play that has been thispopular this soonrdquo Mason said ldquoEverybody is en- joying it everywhererdquo

Robert Rossman plays Vanya ldquoprobably the san-

est one of them allrdquo he said

Vanya is in his 50s lives with his adopted sister isnot very sociable doesnrsquot go out and has neverheld a job And hersquos the sane one

But to his defense he and his sister have been tak-ing care of their parent who both had Alzheimerrsquosdisease Now that they are gone their other sis-ter who has been supporting the family throughher career as an actress is coming home That

ratchets the dysfunction meter up a few notchesldquoMasha doesnrsquot come home very often but thistime she comes home and tells them she is goingto sell the houserdquo said Susan Mason who playsMasha ldquoThey have never lived anywhere else

They donrsquot know how to live anywhere elserdquo

And Masha brings her very young boyfriendSpike home with her fueling the jealousy be-tween her and her plain sheltered adopted sister

ldquoSonia is a kind of the pathetic onerdquo said actressSharon Winegar ldquoShe plays pathetic but she isnot truly pathetic She likes to wallow in self pitybut at the same time she is very sweet and charm-ing in her misery She has wonderful things hap-pen to her throughout the course of the play Yound yourself rooting for her adoring herrdquo

None of the three principal players can fully re-late to the sibling rivalry of Vanya and Sonia andMasha Winegar got along quite well with her sis-ters and Mason is an only child But Rossman seeshimself as sort of the eccentric in the family

ldquoThey all have normal kinds of jobs and look atme as the guy who does all of the weird theatricalstuffrdquo he said

Much to the delight of the director

ldquoI could have cast the play two or three timesrdquoJeffrey Mason said ldquoIt was an unusually stronggroup who auditioned I consider myself verylucky in a relatively small town like ours the num-ber of people that are involved in theaterrdquo

So if you enjoy a good Chekhov story yoursquoll get afew more of the jokes than most

ldquoSome of the references are right in your facesome are more subtlerdquo Susan Mason said

If you havenrsquot read any of his stories or plays wor-ry not

ldquoItrsquos not blatantly Chekhovrdquo Rossman said ldquoItrsquos

just a comic romprdquoAnd if yoursquore still convinced that the only Chekovthat matters is a star eet navigator well theremay actually be a character or two here yoursquodidentify with

THEY PUT THE lsquoFUNrsquo INDYSFUNCTION

Photo by David Wong

Robert Rossman Sharon Winegar Susan Mason and Casey Burkestar in the Sierra Stages production of Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike

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IN YOUR DAILY GRIND

When yoursquore in need of coffee there arecertainly a lot of choices Sure youcould buzz through the drive through

and have your McBeverage handed to you andbe done with it

Or you could hit one of many locally-owned cof-fee shops and cafeacutes each with their own ambienceand deacutecor and really soak up the wide variety of lo-cal avor in a way that no corporate chain ever can

Here in the foothills you can bike up to the Trail-head Coffee in Penryn and sip an espresso conpanna while you have your bicycle worked on Orlounge on a Victorian sofa under a glass chande-lier at the Cafeacute Mekka in Nevada City Or minglewith judges and lawyers while grabbing a cappuc-cino at the Courthouse Cafeacute in Auburn Or evenplay a round of bocce ball while you sip your mac-chiato at The Flower Farm in Loomis

Whether your choice is black coffee or a nonfat

soy latte yoursquoll nd lots of choices in Placer andNevada County Here is an unbiased sampling toconsider Cranking up Ella Fitzgeraldrsquos cover ofldquoBlack Coffeerdquo while you drive there is optionalbut highly recommended

PUTTING LOCAL FLAVOR

NEVADA CITY Cafeacute Mekka237 Commercial St Nevada City (530) 478-1517

Cafeacute Mekka is easily the most eclectic and funkyof the coffee houses I visited The Gold Rush-erabuilding is lined with tables and vintage sofasbooks and art even a piano in the corner Mekkahas a huge drink menu with beans from TempleCoffee in Sacramento as well as baked goodsmade by DeGroot Bakery Mekka rotates artshows monthly has open mic nights music andpoetry with limited seating outside The SummerIce a blend of chocolate caramel and espresso isa denite must try

Three Forks Bakery and Brewery 211 Commercial St Nevada City (530) 470-8333threeforksnccom

Open since August Three Forks merges a bak-ery with a brewery providing coffee and micro-brews along with pizza and sandwiches Its beansare from local roaster Fable in Grass Valley Themodern sleek-looking space with some outdoorseating offers a new take on both the traditionalbakery and the microbrewery

GRASS VALLEY Carolines Coffee Roaster 128 South Auburn St Grass Valley (530) 273-6424 carolinescoffeecom

Carolines is a family-owned coffee house in Grass Valley with specialty-roasted coffee includingtheir own house blend as well as scones pas-tries quiches gourmet olives and sandwichesCarolines has a warm and friendly vibe with asmall outdoor seating area located on the groundoor of the classic Madison Lodge Building

AUBURNThe Courthouse Cafeacute1425 Lincoln Way Auburn (530) 889-1373

Sitting directly across the street from the AuburnCourthouse is The Courthouse Cafeacute a 1930s con-verted bungalow which makes for an intimatehome-like setting complete with a small replaceand reading areas Its beans are from Santa CruzCoffee and the baked goods are made fresh dai-ly Obviously a popular spot for the lawyers and judges needing caffeine x before court the cafeacuteis a denite hot spot in the mornings The Court -house Cafe is part of the Placer 360 art scene and

By Matthew Whitley

Bicycle memorabilia lines the wallsof the Trailhead Coffee and CyclingL i P

Photo by Matthew Whitley

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features local art year round and a small outdoorseating area

Depoe Bay Coffee Company 893 High St Auburn (530) 889-1021 depoebay-coffeecom

Conveniently located right down the street fromthe ofces of the Foothills Entertainer mdash muchto the relief of the staff mdash the Depoe is Down-

town Auburnrsquos go-to spot for a cup of Joe Thecafeacute has a couple of different seating areas roaststheir own beans and serves bakes goods break-fast and sandwiches Depoe Bay offers live musicevery other Sunday as well as local art

PENRYN

Trailhead Coffee and Cycling Lounge2210 Taylor Road Penryn (916) 663-1501 coffee-andbikescom

The Trailhead located directly across from GrifthQuarry Park is both a coffee house and a full bicy-cle shop Co-owner Jerry Cannon is a competitivecyclist who has merged his two passions into onebusiness Decorated with Tour de France memo-rabilia and vintage gear the shop pays homage toall things bicycle Cyclists can have repairs doneon their bikes while hanging out on the wood-

en patio drinking one of the Trailheadrsquos specialtyroasts The cafeacute offers pastries and baked goodspower and energy bars and breakfast burritos

LOOMIS

The Flower Farm Nursery9280 Horseshoe Bar Road Loomis (916) 652-5650 owerfarminncom

The Flower Farm is a cafeacute set in one of the arearsquosmore beautiful and pastoral settings The facilityalso operates a bed and breakfast host eventsand weddings operates a nursery and gift shophas a waterwheel pond bocce ball court and gar-dens Also on the property is Casque Winery allsurrounded by citrus orchards and gardens Thecafeacute menu features ingredients taken right offtheir farm In the fall and winter they sell pump-kins and Christmas trees hellip how many cafeacutes dothat

ROCKLIN

Origin Coffee and Tea2168 Sunset Blvd Rocklin (916) 787-5676 orig-incoffeeorg

Origin Coffee and Tea is a nonprot coffee housewhose sole mission is to raise money and aware-ness to end human slave trafcking At Origin all

of the employees donate their time and the mon-ey raised goes to the Grace Network Rescue Thebeans they carry are free trade and roasted locallyOrigin offers table and couch seating in a modern

but sparse environment There is live music in-cluding benet concerts Itrsquos coffee with a cause

ROSEVILLEShady Coffee and Tea325 Douglas Blvd Roseville (916) 742-4117 sha-dycoffeeandteacom

Shady Coffee and Tea is a small cafeacute and eateryclose to Downtown Roseville that offers specialtyroasts including Mast Espresso beans and En-

timos Coffee from Citrus Heights Shady offerssandwiches salads breakfasts beer and wineThey also have a nice-size back patio a drive-upwindow art on the walls and open mic on Fridaynights Be sure and try the Affogato vanilla beanice cream topped with espresso

Lounge in Penryn

Emmit Johnston Grass Valley resident andbarista at Carolines Coffee in Grass Valley

Photo by Matthew Whitley

From left Joe Fernandez VinceMUSIC FROM THE BRITISH ISLES

FROM CELTIC TO BEATLES

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AUBURN CONCERT BAND PLAYS MUSIC FROM THE BRITISH ISLESBy Paul Cambra

Think British invasion and you go straight to1964 But the music of the United Kingdomand Ireland has been crossing the Atlantic

for centuries From Baroque to folk ddles tofes the rich musical history of the British Isles canbe traced back to the polyphonic melodies of thelate middle ages

But this month itrsquos all about the brass hellip and thewoodwinds hellipand the percussion

ldquoBrass bands have been popular in Britain sincethe 1800srdquo said Craig Thomas trumpeter withthe Auburn Concert Band ldquoToday they are oneof the most popular forms of music in Englandrdquo

The Auburn Concert band will present ldquoMusicfrom the British Isles ndash from Celtic to Beatlesrdquo fortwo free performances this month The 40-pieceensemble will take on everyone from Gustav Holstto LennonMcCartney

ldquoWersquore not just playing a Beatles song itrsquos a sym-phonic workingrdquo said conductor Tom CandlishldquoYou know how Hey Jude sort of rocks out at theend The arranger takes that same idea but addsa counter melody underneath Itrsquos a mix of the

original material with material for an orchestra Itrsquosnot the way the Beatles played it They are a rockband we are a concert bandrdquo

They will however step slightly out of the box forthese shows adding a piper Chuck Jamison fora medley of bagpipe tunes which they will ac-company And Jamison who plays drums for thecountry and western band Dust in My Coffee willbring his band mates to do a two-song Celtic setin the middle of the show Country Celtic if youwill

ldquoThe Auburn Concert Band is very enthusiasticabout the variety of music we are playingrdquo Can-dlish said ldquoItrsquos not just serious music all of thetime We are mixing it up with folk tunes and poppieces The audiences we play for have really ap-preciated thatrdquo

Yoursquoll hear Brian Borursquos March one of Irelandrsquosoldest traditional folk songs Yoursquoll hear DannyBoy which Candlish calls ldquothe epitome of concertband musicrdquo And then therersquos Those MagnicentMen in their Flying Machines from the 1965 mov-ie and McNamararsquos Band which was a top-10 hitfor Bing Crosby

And if yoursquore not leaving the show humming theending to Hey Jude chances are yoursquoll be whis-tling the Colonel Bogey March better known asthe theme song to The Bridge on the River Kwai

ldquoThe British Isles have certainly contributed to themusical history of this countryrdquo Thomas said ldquoItrsquosamazing when you go back the fact that therewere craftsman making these instruments so mu-sicians could play these beautiful and elaborate

classical piecesrdquo

Thomas the trumpeter has his own personal con-nection to the UK

ldquoI have a couple of cornets that I bought fromsomeone in Englandrdquo he said ldquoThe characteris-tics of the British horn are a little different moresoft and mellow In describing the differencebetween a cornet and a trumpet the trumpet Iwould describe as having a bright and projectingtone and the cornet a softer more mellow tonerdquo

From bright to mellow and a few stages in be-tween this British invasion mixes history with har-mony

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From left Bruce Heseltine JohnSmiley and Trent Taylor

From left Roberta SullivanDave Lake and Angela Costa

ndash FROM CELTIC TO BEATLES

WHO Auburn Concert Band

WHEN 7-9 pm Wednesday March 4

WHERE Newcastle School 8951 Valley View Drive Newcastle

WHEN 7-9 pm Wednesday March 11

WHERE The State Theatre985 Lincoln Way Auburn

COST Free

INFO auburnconcertbandnet

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As the lyrics go ldquoyou can rock it you canroll it you can slop and you can stroll it atthe hoprdquo

Not sure if they ldquosloprdquo anymore and for mostpeople who came of age in the 1950s ldquostrollrdquotakes on a whole new meaning But for anyonewho wants to relive the glory days of school danc-

es mdash decades before bumping grinding andtwerking were to rear their ugly rears mdash then theSpring Hop is the place for you

ldquoThere is always something to do in Auburn in thesummertime but we were looking for a fun mdash andaffordable mdash winter activityrdquo said Sheryl Peters-en recreation services manager with the AuburnRecreation District (ARD) ldquoLast year we had awonderful time and everyone kept saying lsquoare yougoing to do it again this yearrsquordquo

Well theyrsquore back and so are dance instructorsArny Messersmith and Billie Prowant who willlead a one-hour lesson in East Coast Swing rightbefore the hop begins

ldquoItrsquos the easiest dance that I can teachrdquo Messer-smith said ldquoLessons donrsquot require a partner as werotate to give everyone a chance I would say inan hour wersquoll have you dancingrdquo

He said East Coast Swing has about 20 steps asopposed to West Coast Swingrsquos 200 But with EastCoast you throw your partner in every directionand that takes up a lot of oor space But therersquosstill enough room for the Auburn Outlaws rollerderby team to get around

ldquoThey were all over the gym oor last year zoom-ing in and out of people with trays on their shoul-dersrdquo Messersmith said

Those trays held food and drink mdash the local LionrsquosClub will be cooking hot dogs and brats mdash andthe Outlaws will serve as car hops There will bea swing dance contest and a hula hoop contestpoodle skirts aplenty and Frankie and the Fable-tones will provide the music

ldquoYou donrsquot have to come as a couplerdquo Petersensaid ldquoCome as friends come in groups Come inperiod dress Some came last year just to listen tothe musicrdquo

Messersmith suggests leather soles as you slideyour feet a lot and while they are know as ldquosockhopsrdquo less and less people are going shoeless

these daysldquoI grew up with a family that dancedrdquo he saidldquoMy grandmother used to take me German andItalian and Belgian dances in San Francisco We allwent together as a family When I had kids theirfriends at school couldnrsquot believe they were goingout dancing every weekend with their dadrdquo

And though the ARD Spring Hop is a 21 and old-er event that didnrsquot stop the demographic fromskewing young

ldquoThe great thing about last year was that therewere just as many young adults as oldrdquo Prowantsaid ldquoAnd it was the younger dancers who wonthe dance contest Even for young people who

donrsquot dance that much just see how much funyou have when you get out thererdquo

So remember cats and chicks if yoursquore lookingfor a place where you can swing it you can grooveit you can really start to move it hellip best go to theSpring Hop

DIG OUT THAT

POODLE SKIRT ITrsquoS

TIME TO DANCEBy Paul Cambra

Lersquos g t th hop

Come in yourrsquo50s garb and be ready todance at this yearrsquos Spring Hop

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WHEN 7-10 pm Saturday March21 Free dance instruction from 6-7pm in the Stella Room

WHERE Recreation ParkGymnasium 123 Recreation DriveAuburn

TICKETS $12 two for $20 Ages21 and older

Music by Frankie and theFabletones Dance contests

beer and wine food costumesencouraged

INFO (530) 863-4615auburnreccom

WHEN 7-8 pm Tuesdays March31 through April 21

WHERE Canyon View CommunityCenter 471 Maidu Drive Auburn

COST $40 person

INFO auburnreccom (activity No5333 W1)

rsquo50s amp rsquo60s Spring Hop

Eas Coas Swing Lessons

Arny Messersmith left and BillieProwant will be giving East Coast Swinglessons an hour before the Spring Hop

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Mike Amaral has surfed ndash or body surfed ndashin 75 percent of the locales named in theBeach Boysrsquo song Surnrsquo USA

So who better to head up a tribute to the South-ern California ambassadors of surf and sun

ldquoI had always wanted to do either a Beatles ora Beach Boys tribute band because I love themboth so muchrdquo said Mike Amaral who foundedthe California Beach Boys close to a decade agoldquoSo two of my cousins and I decided to go withthe Beach Boysrdquo

Cousins of course just like the original band Andwhile the Beatles are famous for their three-partharmony the Beach Boys sing in four-part andthat requires a lot of practice

ldquoWe have charts taken from the originals and weall have our assignmentrdquo Amaral said ldquoBut youhave to have guys that not only like the BeachBoysrsquo music but are willing to put in the time towork on the harmoniesrdquo

Based in the San Jose and Santa Cruz area MikeAmaralrsquos California Beach Boys play up and downthe coast in Arizona Colorado even Canada

ldquoWe were escorted on stage by the Royal Canadi-an Mounted Policerdquo Amaral said

There are six band members and Amaral handlesthe Mike Love role as lead singer He has playedmusic professionally since he was 14 but tooka break at age 22 to raise a family and pursue asteady career in law enforcement He returned tothe stage in 1995 with an oldies band Flashbackbut the surf sounds beckoned

ldquoI grew up an enormous fanrdquo he said ldquoI went toall of their concerts at the San Jose Civic Centerrdquo

And some of his current audience members may have

been there too At least thatrsquos what they tell him

ldquoAfter one concert and 85-year-old gentlemancomes up to me and says lsquoLook at me Do you re-member me Hawthorne 1964 hellip I saw you prac-tice in your garagersquordquo Amaral said ldquoHe thought we

MIKE AMARALrsquoS CALIFORNIA BEACH BOYS MAKE STOP IN AUBURN

By Paul Cambra

THEY GET AROUND

were the Beach Boys One lady told us she hadnrsquotseen us in 40 years and we sounded just as goodThank you very much I saidrdquo

Another woman told their bass player she saw himplay 40 years ago

ldquoTrouble is hersquos only 38 years oldrdquo Amaral said

But theyrsquoll gladly live with those mistaken identi-ty moments as long as they get to keep playingThey are three cousins and three close friends andthey get along really well Maybe more so than theoriginals

ldquoWersquove got all-white guitars and champagne spar-kle drums and the vertical striped shirtsrdquo he saidldquoPeople love that clean look Itrsquos all about the ap-pearance and the showmanship When we comeout people clap they like the way we look We got

stripes in light blue dark blue red pink hot pinkhellip we change them throughout the showrdquo

The typical audience covers a wide range of agesboth young and old music fans seeking good vi-brations Wouldnrsquot it be nice to be a part of it

Mike Amaral in car founded the California Beach Boys because he liked theirmusic so much The band consists of three cousins and three close friends

Courtesy Photos

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WHEN 730 pmSaturdayMarch 28

WHERE The State

Theatre 985 LincolnWay Auburn

TICKETS $25

INFO

(530) 852-2708infoplacertheaterorg

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People who need to give presentations atwork try it Writers use it to loosen up andget more creative Empty nesters take

classes because well what else are they goingto do

Itrsquos improvisational comedy mdash better know asimprov mdash and itrsquos gaining a foothold in South

Placer County at a place called Blacktop Comedyin Rocklin

ldquoImprov takes an opennessrdquo said co-founderBetsaida Lebron ldquoItrsquos all about saying lsquoyes andhelliprsquo You want to be able to agree and support whois there but not just be a yes man You have tobuild on what they saidrdquo

Lebron started building her improv resume beforeshe realized she was doing it

ldquoGrowing up there were four of us and we werealways doing skits and songs at churchrdquo she saidldquoWe never had much of a plan just a very roughoutline People told us how fun and entertainingwe were and we had no idea that it was improvrdquo

After college she randomly took an improv classand thought lsquowhatrsquo

ldquoIrsquod been doing it my whole life I just didnrsquot know

itrdquo she said

Enter Paul Burke who for years watched WhoseLine is it Anyway but never for a minute thoughtlsquoOh thatrsquos something I could dorsquo

ldquoI randomly found a drop-in improv class inSacramentordquo Burke said ldquoI began readingand studying about it attended classes in SanFrancisco festivals in Chicago and Los Angelesrdquo

Then six years ago he had the opportunityto study at the iO Theater Chicago and at TheSecond City

ldquoI came back and met Betsaida and we foundout we shared an improv vision and we openedBlacktop Comedyrdquo he said

What started in Roseville in 2011 has just relocated

to fancier digs in Rocklin In addition to the weeklySaturday show ldquoThe Shortiesrdquo they also haveclasses throughout the week for children andadults

Theater Kids Teen Improv Improv 101-301Playground Improv hellip there is something for allages and abilities

ldquoSome people are curious and just interested intrying improvrdquo Lebron said ldquoItrsquos kind of like a

By Paul Cambra

Comedy withou ne

WHAT Comedy t for the entire family

WHEN 7 pm Saturdays

THE SHORTIES WHERE The Showdown Theater 3101Sunset Blvd Suite 3A in Rocklin

TICKETS $5 each $15 families

INFO (916) 749-3100

Paul Burke

Photos by Paul Burke

Betsaida Lebron

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time to explore their creative side And some arealready actors looking for an edge at auditionsrdquo

And then therersquos ldquoBelly Laughsrdquo

ldquoA belly dancer was looking for space to teachone night a weekrdquo Betsaida said ldquoWe thoughtlsquohow fun would it be to merge them togetherrdquo

Now once a month belly dancers take the stagewhile the improv performers watch from thewings Then itrsquos their turn to entertain

ldquoOne guy started shimmying and shaking tryingto get into skinny jeans and be a part of the fadrdquoBetsaida said

Improv is all about the inspiration Be it the movesof a belly dancer or a shout from the audience allthe performer needs is a jumping off point

ldquoThe Shorties get ideas from the audiencerdquoBurke said ldquoFrom a location mdash like the beach orStarbuckrsquos mdash or a feeling they had today a lineof dialogue or a text message we will use thosewithin the scene We just focus on creating in themoment Every show is totally differentrdquo

The 7 pm show is for families guaranteed to be

clean The 830 show well they donrsquot try to beblue but they are making this up on the y Theyuse a rotating cast of performers usually eight to10 on any given night

ldquoItrsquos a really diverse group and really they usuallynd usrdquo Burke said ldquoThey come through ourclasses like Teen Playground More than anythingwe love having a team of people who share asame mindsetrdquo

Audience participation at The Shorties isencouraged but not required They promise theywill not pick on anyone who chooses just to sitback and enjoy the show But you may want tooffer a suggestion should they get stuck

ldquoAnd you will get stuckrdquo Burke said ldquoWhen itdoes happen you breathe through it You think lsquoIhave to be funny I have to be cleverrsquo but thatrsquoshow you get stuck in the rst place Slow down

listen to what was said last respond to it and it willall be goodrdquo

lsquoTHE SHORTIESrsquo IMPROVE

UPON IMPROV

THEATER KIDS (AGES SECONDTO FIFTH GRADE)

bull Basic improv and theater skills

TEEN IMPROV

bull Create SNL-type sketches

IMPROV 101 201 301

bull Adults interested in trying improv

TEEN PLAYGROUND

bull Bring a favorite game and make new friends

PLAYGROUND IMPROV

bull Drop-in workshop for adults

BELLY LAUGHS

bull The show that blends sexy with funny

BLACKTOP COMEDY

Lori Wynant shares with the dangers ofsky diving with Kevin Brown

BETTER CALL JUNIOR

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By Matthew Whitley

Hersquos labeled country music mdash and he is mdashbut hersquos so much more A listen through

his catalogue and you hear country rockhonky-tonk swing mariachi Tex-Mex bluegrassand rhythm and blues mdash even a bit of Hawaiian

He even invented a double necked ldquoguit-steelrdquoallowing him to play and switch between electricguitar and lap steel guitar on the same instrument

Then therersquos that voice a deep baritone and astyle that harkens back to an earlier era hellip cleanhonest and un-ironic hellip like the music of George

Jones or Ernest Tubb who Brown has often beencompared to in style

Brown 62 will bring his act to The Center for theArts in Grass Valley near the end of this monthWe had a chance to talk with Brown and we askedhim how he got to be a country music star

WERE YOU EXPOSED TO A LOT OF COUNTRYMUSIC GROWING UP

ldquoNot really My parents liked classical and I wasmostly raised on that I watched the TV and thatrsquoswhere I got into that kind of musicrdquo

WHY DO YOU THINK YOU WERE DRAWN TOCOUNTRY MUSIC AS OPPOSED TO THE POP-ULAR MUSIC OF THE DAY

ldquoI was drawn to popular music at the time I re-member when the Beatles hit and then the bandsthat followed Thatrsquos what the teenagers at school

would be talking about I kind of discovered Er-nest Tubb on my own watching the TV I never

told any of my friends as I donrsquot think it wouldhave gone over too wellrdquo

DO YOU REMEMBER IF THERE WAS A SPECIF-IC ALBUM WHERE YOU SAID lsquoTHIS IS WHAT I WANT TO DO THIS IS ITrsquo

ldquoNo we didnrsquot buy albums back then And a coun-try album I wouldnrsquot have any idea as to whereto buy that So it was all television I watched Er-nest Tubbrsquos show and then the Buck Owens show

Jimmy Dean had a show that came out of Wash-ington DC I would eventually buy an album ofa rock person or something but those were ex-pensive and I didnrsquot have any money I would buysingles once in a while you know the little 45 andagain it wasnrsquot country as I wouldnrsquot know whereto buy onerdquo

DO YOU REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME YOUPERFORMED

ldquoYes It was at a Boys Scout Jamboree at AndrewsAir Force Base in Maryland I was about 8 or 10years old and I was strolling around the differentcamp sites me and another guy sort of like min-strels which is what we sort of felt like doing Lit-tle did I know that is what I would be doing forthe rest of my life Anyway we stopped at one ofthese campsites and it was the top brass of theJamboree They said lsquocome on down tonight andperformrsquo So we actually got a stage with a micro-

phone and there was about 7000 Boy Scouts outthere and I was hooked I have been chasing thebright lights ever since I still get nervous perform-ing but I donrsquot think I was nervous that night I justremembered being thrilledrdquo

THE SOUND YOU HAVE IS ALMOST CLASSICCOUNTRY VERY UNGUARDED AND SINGINGSTRAIGHT TO THE AUDIENCE

ldquoWhatrsquos good about the older music is itrsquos very di-

rect and honest and it had sentiment in there thatwas considered corny but the cornball is part ofthe honesty itrsquos part of the lsquohey this is how I feelrsquoyou know My music is not just limited to countryIrsquom not a purist in any way I just like signing to anaudience and singing your heart out You knowhow blues tells the audience that you feel badCountry will tell you how you got thererdquo

I FIRST HEARD YOU ON THE CHRIS ISAAKSHOW IN THE LATE rsquo80S EARLY rsquo90S WITH

KD LANG IT WAS MODERN AND BEAUTIFULCOUNTRY MUSIC AND I REMEMBER YOU BE-ING A PART OF THAT SOUND WHEN IT CAMEOUT WHAT IS YOUR TAKE ON COUNTRY MU-SIC NOW

ldquoOh itrsquos the same take Irsquove had on it since thelate rsquo60s Everybody talks about what their idea

of country music is and everybody has a differ-ent idea Country music can mean anything nowWhat I do now is label mine as lsquoginger brown guit-steel musicrsquo Itrsquos a combination of all types of mu-sic mdash country rock and some othersrdquo

AMERICA IS SUCH A BLEND OF DIFFERENTPEOPLE IT STANDS TO REASON THAT MUSIC WOULD REPRESENT THAT AS WELL

ldquoYes When I do something I try and do it in an

honest way and give the song what it requiresWhen I say I have a lot of styles in my music itdoesnrsquot mean I use them all at once People loveto see me go nuts on that guitar but you haveto do what the song calls for Now the problemcomes when yoursquore trying to do everything onevery song all the time You never get anywherethat way There are guys out there that say lsquoOK Ican play an Ernest Tubbrsquos song and put a BB Kingblues guitar solo in itrsquo and feel like they have re-

ally discovered something and to me that is notsaying anything You havenrsquot done anything butwater down a good song Not that I donrsquot like BBKing he just does not mix well with Ernest TubbThatrsquos where musicianship comes inrdquo

WHAT DO YOU THINK CONTRIBUTED MOSTTO YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF MUSIC

ldquoCovering other peoplersquos songs and working withother people Working in the country and western

clubs doing country songs that were popular atthe time A lot of them I didnrsquot like but I playedthem as best as I could And then I started writ-ing songs which really put me in another place Icould really be myself I wasnrsquot a cover artist any-more Most of the stuff on my records are stuffthat Irsquove written so Irsquom very proud of thatrdquo

DOES SONG WRITING COME EASY TO YOUOR IS IT A DIFFICULT PROCESS

ldquoItrsquos very difcult More difcult than one maythink Itrsquos easy to write bad songs and hard towrite good ones I have thrown away over half ofthem I could put several weeks into a song that just isnrsquot any goodrdquo

HOW DID YOU COME TO INVENT THE GUIT-STEEL

ldquoMichael Stephens of Stephens Guitars theymake them and we have sold a few of them I have

seen a couple of people playing them and itrsquos kindof strange like watching somebody dance withyour wife lsquoWait a minute yoursquore not supposed tobe holding that mdash thatrsquos my instrumentrsquordquo

BETTER CALL hellip JUNIOR

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SO ITrsquoS A BLEND OF TWO TYPES OFGUITAR SOUND

ldquoNo they are two complete and differentinstruments You have the guitar neck and thesteel guitar neck so I am switching instrumentsas I sing I am basically doing the part of threeguys on stage hellip singing guitar and steel guitarPut a little foot pedal down there on a bass drum and Icould be a one man bandrdquo

HOW DID YOU GET INVOLVED IN FILMS AND TELE-VISION

ldquoPeople who are fans ask me to do it Vince Gilliganliked what I did so he asked me to be on the X-FilesGilligan did Breaking Bad and is now doing BetterCall Saulrdquo

BETTER CALL SAUL DEBUTED RECENTLY ANDBECAME THE MOST WATCHED CABLE SHOWIN HISTORY FIFTEEN AND A HALF MILLIONPEOPLE HEARD YOUR THEME SONG THIS PAST WEEKEND

ldquoWell I didnrsquot play on the show they aired it rightafter they nished Breaking Bad as a promotion forsomething It wasnrsquot a theme song to the series Vincehad actually wrote it with three of his friends A verywell-written song written with me in mind I was veryattered by that We just got back from the premier inLA did the red carpet played the party and showed themovie It was a lot of funrdquo

SO WHAT SHOULD YOUR FANS EXPECT WHEN

YOU PERFORM AT THE CENTER FOR THE ARTSIN GRASS VALLEY

ldquoOh a unique experience I guess I mean I just domy own thing and if they havenrsquot seen me beforethey will be pleasantly surprised mdash itrsquos original I ambringing a full band including my wife who playsrhythm guitarrdquo

Photos by George Brainard

You know how

blues tells the

audience that

you feel bad

Country willtell you how

you got there- Junior Brown

BEHIND EVERY GREAT MAN

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Elaine Bromka received a letter from agentleman who attended her one-wom-an show ldquoTea for Threerdquo and wrote that

when she took her curtain call he asked theperson next to him where the other two ac-tresses were

ldquoIt wasnrsquot the rst time Irsquod heard thatrdquo Bromkasaid ldquoI am nding the essence of each womanI have a feeling of each voice but I really go forwhere the energy originates moves throughthe bodyrdquo

The three bodies she inhabits on stage belongto three former rst ladies mdash Lady Bird John -son Pat Nixon and Betty Ford The play which

she co-wrote with Eric H Weinberger is a char-acter study that is both funny and moving

ldquoItrsquos really an exploration of what it was liketo suddenly wake up and yoursquore in the WhiteHouserdquo Bromka said ldquoIn two of those cases itwas really suddenrdquo

Bromka a veteran of stage and screen mdashboth large and small mdash recently worked withlegendary impressionist Rich Little in the PBSshow ldquoThe Presidentsrdquo where she starred aseight rst ladies opposite Littlersquos commandersin chief

ldquoRich and I were out at lunch and he was sittingthere staring at his hands and I asked lsquowhat areyou doingrsquordquo she said ldquoHe said lsquoReagan holdshis thumbs like this like a bearrsquordquo

Itrsquos the little things that make or break a good

impersonation she learned While not neces-sarily an impressionist herself she is a peoplewatcher mdash and listener mdash and in two years shespent with the National Theatre of the Deaf shelearned a lot about the non-verbal

ldquoThe body doesnrsquot lierdquo she said

Bromka went to the museum of TV and radioand studied video tapes of all three women

Doing so she said she learned a lot about theirpersonalities

ldquoAll three were very smart and easy to underes-timaterdquo Bromka said ldquoFor Lady Bird imaginefollowing in the footsteps of a star She was not

as glamorous as Jackie but she did wonderfulthings with Head Start and beauticationrdquo

Pat Nixon she said was harder because sherarely opened her mouth

ldquoThey called her lsquoPlastic Patrsquordquo she said ldquoThatrsquosnot plastic those are the eyes of a very guard-ed watchful person Someone who experi-enced a lot of pain They say she was one ofthe warmest rst ladies one-on-one Pat wentto 80 countries on her own as a one-on-oneambassador she just didnrsquot want to get in frontof groupsrdquo

And then therersquos Betty Ford

ldquoBetty was a live wire she said whatever shethoughtrdquo Bromka said ldquoBut Betty broke openhuge issues like womenrsquos rights and breastcancer awarenessrdquo

Many of the lines in the play are direct quotesfrom the rst ladies She said while the playcovers a lot of ground itrsquos not by any means ahistory lesson

ldquoThis is really a Valentine to all threerdquo Bromkasaid ldquoItrsquos a human story about the human el-ement One audience member said lsquoit lets youwalk in their shoesrsquordquo

And for Bromka the shoes t just ne

ONE-WOMAN SHOW LOOKS AT LIVES OF

THREE FORMER FIRST LADIES

By Paul Cambra

BEHIND EVERY GREAT MAN

TEA FOR THREE mdash LADYBIRD PAT AND BETTY

WHEN 730 pm SaturdayMarch 21 3 pm Sunday March 22

WHERE The State Theatre985 Lincoln Way Auburn

TICKETS $20

INFO (530) 852-2708infoplacertheaterorg

Elaine Bromka on PatNixon ldquoThey say she wasone of the warmest rst

ladies one-on-onerdquo

Elaine Bromka on Betty FordldquoBetty was a live wire she said

whatever she thoughtrdquo

Elaine Bromka onLady Bird JohnsonldquoImagine following

in the footsteps ofa starrdquo

VANYA AND SONIA AND

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By Paul Cambra

MASHA AND SPIKE

WHEN 8 pm Fridays and Saturdaysthrough March 28 2 pm Sunday

March 15 and 22 (7 pm ThursdayMarch 5 preview)

WHERE Nevada Theatre 401 BroadSt Nevada City

TICKETS $25 general $35 reserved($15 Thursday preview)

INFO (530) 346-3210sierrastagesorg

Whether yoursquore familiar with Chek-hov not too familiar or you think hersquosthe guy who sat next to Sulu on the

Starship Enterprise it doesnrsquot matter Chances areyoursquoll like this play

ldquoThe playwright said he took Chekhov and puthim in a blenderrdquo Jeffrey Mason said ldquoYou donrsquotneed to have any Chekhov background to un-derstand or enjoy this play but if you do Therersquosmore fun to be hadrdquo

Mason is directing the Sierra Stages production ofldquoVanya and Sonia and Masha and Spikerdquo a 2013Tony Award-winning play by Christopher DurangThe characterrsquos names are all from Anton Chekhovplays The mood is very ldquoChekhovianrdquo mdash sad andlonely characters in a country house a visitor com-ing and shaking things up mdash but really folks you

donrsquot need to know Chekhov to enjoy this playldquoItrsquos funnyrdquo Mason said ldquoThe situations are fun-ny the characters are funny they are dealing withproblems anybody can relate to Family issues Itrsquosa very well-crafted playrdquo

He said it is the single most popular play on theregional theater circuit this season with no lessthan 27 different productions

ldquoI donrsquot know of another play that has been thispopular this soonrdquo Mason said ldquoEverybody is en- joying it everywhererdquo

Robert Rossman plays Vanya ldquoprobably the san-

est one of them allrdquo he said

Vanya is in his 50s lives with his adopted sister isnot very sociable doesnrsquot go out and has neverheld a job And hersquos the sane one

But to his defense he and his sister have been tak-ing care of their parent who both had Alzheimerrsquosdisease Now that they are gone their other sis-ter who has been supporting the family throughher career as an actress is coming home That

ratchets the dysfunction meter up a few notchesldquoMasha doesnrsquot come home very often but thistime she comes home and tells them she is goingto sell the houserdquo said Susan Mason who playsMasha ldquoThey have never lived anywhere else

They donrsquot know how to live anywhere elserdquo

And Masha brings her very young boyfriendSpike home with her fueling the jealousy be-tween her and her plain sheltered adopted sister

ldquoSonia is a kind of the pathetic onerdquo said actressSharon Winegar ldquoShe plays pathetic but she isnot truly pathetic She likes to wallow in self pitybut at the same time she is very sweet and charm-ing in her misery She has wonderful things hap-pen to her throughout the course of the play Yound yourself rooting for her adoring herrdquo

None of the three principal players can fully re-late to the sibling rivalry of Vanya and Sonia andMasha Winegar got along quite well with her sis-ters and Mason is an only child But Rossman seeshimself as sort of the eccentric in the family

ldquoThey all have normal kinds of jobs and look atme as the guy who does all of the weird theatricalstuffrdquo he said

Much to the delight of the director

ldquoI could have cast the play two or three timesrdquoJeffrey Mason said ldquoIt was an unusually stronggroup who auditioned I consider myself verylucky in a relatively small town like ours the num-ber of people that are involved in theaterrdquo

So if you enjoy a good Chekhov story yoursquoll get afew more of the jokes than most

ldquoSome of the references are right in your facesome are more subtlerdquo Susan Mason said

If you havenrsquot read any of his stories or plays wor-ry not

ldquoItrsquos not blatantly Chekhovrdquo Rossman said ldquoItrsquos

just a comic romprdquoAnd if yoursquore still convinced that the only Chekovthat matters is a star eet navigator well theremay actually be a character or two here yoursquodidentify with

THEY PUT THE lsquoFUNrsquo INDYSFUNCTION

Photo by David Wong

Robert Rossman Sharon Winegar Susan Mason and Casey Burkestar in the Sierra Stages production of Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike

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IN YOUR DAILY GRIND

When yoursquore in need of coffee there arecertainly a lot of choices Sure youcould buzz through the drive through

and have your McBeverage handed to you andbe done with it

Or you could hit one of many locally-owned cof-fee shops and cafeacutes each with their own ambienceand deacutecor and really soak up the wide variety of lo-cal avor in a way that no corporate chain ever can

Here in the foothills you can bike up to the Trail-head Coffee in Penryn and sip an espresso conpanna while you have your bicycle worked on Orlounge on a Victorian sofa under a glass chande-lier at the Cafeacute Mekka in Nevada City Or minglewith judges and lawyers while grabbing a cappuc-cino at the Courthouse Cafeacute in Auburn Or evenplay a round of bocce ball while you sip your mac-chiato at The Flower Farm in Loomis

Whether your choice is black coffee or a nonfat

soy latte yoursquoll nd lots of choices in Placer andNevada County Here is an unbiased sampling toconsider Cranking up Ella Fitzgeraldrsquos cover ofldquoBlack Coffeerdquo while you drive there is optionalbut highly recommended

PUTTING LOCAL FLAVOR

NEVADA CITY Cafeacute Mekka237 Commercial St Nevada City (530) 478-1517

Cafeacute Mekka is easily the most eclectic and funkyof the coffee houses I visited The Gold Rush-erabuilding is lined with tables and vintage sofasbooks and art even a piano in the corner Mekkahas a huge drink menu with beans from TempleCoffee in Sacramento as well as baked goodsmade by DeGroot Bakery Mekka rotates artshows monthly has open mic nights music andpoetry with limited seating outside The SummerIce a blend of chocolate caramel and espresso isa denite must try

Three Forks Bakery and Brewery 211 Commercial St Nevada City (530) 470-8333threeforksnccom

Open since August Three Forks merges a bak-ery with a brewery providing coffee and micro-brews along with pizza and sandwiches Its beansare from local roaster Fable in Grass Valley Themodern sleek-looking space with some outdoorseating offers a new take on both the traditionalbakery and the microbrewery

GRASS VALLEY Carolines Coffee Roaster 128 South Auburn St Grass Valley (530) 273-6424 carolinescoffeecom

Carolines is a family-owned coffee house in Grass Valley with specialty-roasted coffee includingtheir own house blend as well as scones pas-tries quiches gourmet olives and sandwichesCarolines has a warm and friendly vibe with asmall outdoor seating area located on the groundoor of the classic Madison Lodge Building

AUBURNThe Courthouse Cafeacute1425 Lincoln Way Auburn (530) 889-1373

Sitting directly across the street from the AuburnCourthouse is The Courthouse Cafeacute a 1930s con-verted bungalow which makes for an intimatehome-like setting complete with a small replaceand reading areas Its beans are from Santa CruzCoffee and the baked goods are made fresh dai-ly Obviously a popular spot for the lawyers and judges needing caffeine x before court the cafeacuteis a denite hot spot in the mornings The Court -house Cafe is part of the Placer 360 art scene and

By Matthew Whitley

Bicycle memorabilia lines the wallsof the Trailhead Coffee and CyclingL i P

Photo by Matthew Whitley

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features local art year round and a small outdoorseating area

Depoe Bay Coffee Company 893 High St Auburn (530) 889-1021 depoebay-coffeecom

Conveniently located right down the street fromthe ofces of the Foothills Entertainer mdash muchto the relief of the staff mdash the Depoe is Down-

town Auburnrsquos go-to spot for a cup of Joe Thecafeacute has a couple of different seating areas roaststheir own beans and serves bakes goods break-fast and sandwiches Depoe Bay offers live musicevery other Sunday as well as local art

PENRYN

Trailhead Coffee and Cycling Lounge2210 Taylor Road Penryn (916) 663-1501 coffee-andbikescom

The Trailhead located directly across from GrifthQuarry Park is both a coffee house and a full bicy-cle shop Co-owner Jerry Cannon is a competitivecyclist who has merged his two passions into onebusiness Decorated with Tour de France memo-rabilia and vintage gear the shop pays homage toall things bicycle Cyclists can have repairs doneon their bikes while hanging out on the wood-

en patio drinking one of the Trailheadrsquos specialtyroasts The cafeacute offers pastries and baked goodspower and energy bars and breakfast burritos

LOOMIS

The Flower Farm Nursery9280 Horseshoe Bar Road Loomis (916) 652-5650 owerfarminncom

The Flower Farm is a cafeacute set in one of the arearsquosmore beautiful and pastoral settings The facilityalso operates a bed and breakfast host eventsand weddings operates a nursery and gift shophas a waterwheel pond bocce ball court and gar-dens Also on the property is Casque Winery allsurrounded by citrus orchards and gardens Thecafeacute menu features ingredients taken right offtheir farm In the fall and winter they sell pump-kins and Christmas trees hellip how many cafeacutes dothat

ROCKLIN

Origin Coffee and Tea2168 Sunset Blvd Rocklin (916) 787-5676 orig-incoffeeorg

Origin Coffee and Tea is a nonprot coffee housewhose sole mission is to raise money and aware-ness to end human slave trafcking At Origin all

of the employees donate their time and the mon-ey raised goes to the Grace Network Rescue Thebeans they carry are free trade and roasted locallyOrigin offers table and couch seating in a modern

but sparse environment There is live music in-cluding benet concerts Itrsquos coffee with a cause

ROSEVILLEShady Coffee and Tea325 Douglas Blvd Roseville (916) 742-4117 sha-dycoffeeandteacom

Shady Coffee and Tea is a small cafeacute and eateryclose to Downtown Roseville that offers specialtyroasts including Mast Espresso beans and En-

timos Coffee from Citrus Heights Shady offerssandwiches salads breakfasts beer and wineThey also have a nice-size back patio a drive-upwindow art on the walls and open mic on Fridaynights Be sure and try the Affogato vanilla beanice cream topped with espresso

Lounge in Penryn

Emmit Johnston Grass Valley resident andbarista at Carolines Coffee in Grass Valley

Photo by Matthew Whitley

From left Joe Fernandez VinceMUSIC FROM THE BRITISH ISLES

FROM CELTIC TO BEATLES

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AUBURN CONCERT BAND PLAYS MUSIC FROM THE BRITISH ISLESBy Paul Cambra

Think British invasion and you go straight to1964 But the music of the United Kingdomand Ireland has been crossing the Atlantic

for centuries From Baroque to folk ddles tofes the rich musical history of the British Isles canbe traced back to the polyphonic melodies of thelate middle ages

But this month itrsquos all about the brass hellip and thewoodwinds hellipand the percussion

ldquoBrass bands have been popular in Britain sincethe 1800srdquo said Craig Thomas trumpeter withthe Auburn Concert Band ldquoToday they are oneof the most popular forms of music in Englandrdquo

The Auburn Concert band will present ldquoMusicfrom the British Isles ndash from Celtic to Beatlesrdquo fortwo free performances this month The 40-pieceensemble will take on everyone from Gustav Holstto LennonMcCartney

ldquoWersquore not just playing a Beatles song itrsquos a sym-phonic workingrdquo said conductor Tom CandlishldquoYou know how Hey Jude sort of rocks out at theend The arranger takes that same idea but addsa counter melody underneath Itrsquos a mix of the

original material with material for an orchestra Itrsquosnot the way the Beatles played it They are a rockband we are a concert bandrdquo

They will however step slightly out of the box forthese shows adding a piper Chuck Jamison fora medley of bagpipe tunes which they will ac-company And Jamison who plays drums for thecountry and western band Dust in My Coffee willbring his band mates to do a two-song Celtic setin the middle of the show Country Celtic if youwill

ldquoThe Auburn Concert Band is very enthusiasticabout the variety of music we are playingrdquo Can-dlish said ldquoItrsquos not just serious music all of thetime We are mixing it up with folk tunes and poppieces The audiences we play for have really ap-preciated thatrdquo

Yoursquoll hear Brian Borursquos March one of Irelandrsquosoldest traditional folk songs Yoursquoll hear DannyBoy which Candlish calls ldquothe epitome of concertband musicrdquo And then therersquos Those MagnicentMen in their Flying Machines from the 1965 mov-ie and McNamararsquos Band which was a top-10 hitfor Bing Crosby

And if yoursquore not leaving the show humming theending to Hey Jude chances are yoursquoll be whis-tling the Colonel Bogey March better known asthe theme song to The Bridge on the River Kwai

ldquoThe British Isles have certainly contributed to themusical history of this countryrdquo Thomas said ldquoItrsquosamazing when you go back the fact that therewere craftsman making these instruments so mu-sicians could play these beautiful and elaborate

classical piecesrdquo

Thomas the trumpeter has his own personal con-nection to the UK

ldquoI have a couple of cornets that I bought fromsomeone in Englandrdquo he said ldquoThe characteris-tics of the British horn are a little different moresoft and mellow In describing the differencebetween a cornet and a trumpet the trumpet Iwould describe as having a bright and projectingtone and the cornet a softer more mellow tonerdquo

From bright to mellow and a few stages in be-tween this British invasion mixes history with har-mony

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WHERE Newcastle School 8951 Valley View Drive Newcastle

WHEN 7-9 pm Wednesday March 11

WHERE The State Theatre985 Lincoln Way Auburn

COST Free

INFO auburnconcertbandnet

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WHEN 7-10 pm Saturday March21 Free dance instruction from 6-7pm in the Stella Room

WHERE Recreation ParkGymnasium 123 Recreation DriveAuburn

TICKETS $12 two for $20 Ages21 and older

Music by Frankie and theFabletones Dance contests

beer and wine food costumesencouraged

INFO (530) 863-4615auburnreccom

WHEN 7-8 pm Tuesdays March31 through April 21

WHERE Canyon View CommunityCenter 471 Maidu Drive Auburn

COST $40 person

INFO auburnreccom (activity No5333 W1)

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Mike Amaral has surfed ndash or body surfed ndashin 75 percent of the locales named in theBeach Boysrsquo song Surnrsquo USA

So who better to head up a tribute to the South-ern California ambassadors of surf and sun

ldquoI had always wanted to do either a Beatles ora Beach Boys tribute band because I love themboth so muchrdquo said Mike Amaral who foundedthe California Beach Boys close to a decade agoldquoSo two of my cousins and I decided to go withthe Beach Boysrdquo

Cousins of course just like the original band Andwhile the Beatles are famous for their three-partharmony the Beach Boys sing in four-part andthat requires a lot of practice

ldquoWe have charts taken from the originals and weall have our assignmentrdquo Amaral said ldquoBut youhave to have guys that not only like the BeachBoysrsquo music but are willing to put in the time towork on the harmoniesrdquo

Based in the San Jose and Santa Cruz area MikeAmaralrsquos California Beach Boys play up and downthe coast in Arizona Colorado even Canada

ldquoWe were escorted on stage by the Royal Canadi-an Mounted Policerdquo Amaral said

There are six band members and Amaral handlesthe Mike Love role as lead singer He has playedmusic professionally since he was 14 but tooka break at age 22 to raise a family and pursue asteady career in law enforcement He returned tothe stage in 1995 with an oldies band Flashbackbut the surf sounds beckoned

ldquoI grew up an enormous fanrdquo he said ldquoI went toall of their concerts at the San Jose Civic Centerrdquo

And some of his current audience members may have

been there too At least thatrsquos what they tell him

ldquoAfter one concert and 85-year-old gentlemancomes up to me and says lsquoLook at me Do you re-member me Hawthorne 1964 hellip I saw you prac-tice in your garagersquordquo Amaral said ldquoHe thought we

MIKE AMARALrsquoS CALIFORNIA BEACH BOYS MAKE STOP IN AUBURN

By Paul Cambra

THEY GET AROUND

were the Beach Boys One lady told us she hadnrsquotseen us in 40 years and we sounded just as goodThank you very much I saidrdquo

Another woman told their bass player she saw himplay 40 years ago

ldquoTrouble is hersquos only 38 years oldrdquo Amaral said

But theyrsquoll gladly live with those mistaken identi-ty moments as long as they get to keep playingThey are three cousins and three close friends andthey get along really well Maybe more so than theoriginals

ldquoWersquove got all-white guitars and champagne spar-kle drums and the vertical striped shirtsrdquo he saidldquoPeople love that clean look Itrsquos all about the ap-pearance and the showmanship When we comeout people clap they like the way we look We got

stripes in light blue dark blue red pink hot pinkhellip we change them throughout the showrdquo

The typical audience covers a wide range of agesboth young and old music fans seeking good vi-brations Wouldnrsquot it be nice to be a part of it

Mike Amaral in car founded the California Beach Boys because he liked theirmusic so much The band consists of three cousins and three close friends

Courtesy Photos

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WHEN 730 pmSaturdayMarch 28

WHERE The State

Theatre 985 LincolnWay Auburn

TICKETS $25

INFO

(530) 852-2708infoplacertheaterorg

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People who need to give presentations atwork try it Writers use it to loosen up andget more creative Empty nesters take

classes because well what else are they goingto do

Itrsquos improvisational comedy mdash better know asimprov mdash and itrsquos gaining a foothold in South

Placer County at a place called Blacktop Comedyin Rocklin

ldquoImprov takes an opennessrdquo said co-founderBetsaida Lebron ldquoItrsquos all about saying lsquoyes andhelliprsquo You want to be able to agree and support whois there but not just be a yes man You have tobuild on what they saidrdquo

Lebron started building her improv resume beforeshe realized she was doing it

ldquoGrowing up there were four of us and we werealways doing skits and songs at churchrdquo she saidldquoWe never had much of a plan just a very roughoutline People told us how fun and entertainingwe were and we had no idea that it was improvrdquo

After college she randomly took an improv classand thought lsquowhatrsquo

ldquoIrsquod been doing it my whole life I just didnrsquot know

itrdquo she said

Enter Paul Burke who for years watched WhoseLine is it Anyway but never for a minute thoughtlsquoOh thatrsquos something I could dorsquo

ldquoI randomly found a drop-in improv class inSacramentordquo Burke said ldquoI began readingand studying about it attended classes in SanFrancisco festivals in Chicago and Los Angelesrdquo

Then six years ago he had the opportunityto study at the iO Theater Chicago and at TheSecond City

ldquoI came back and met Betsaida and we foundout we shared an improv vision and we openedBlacktop Comedyrdquo he said

What started in Roseville in 2011 has just relocated

to fancier digs in Rocklin In addition to the weeklySaturday show ldquoThe Shortiesrdquo they also haveclasses throughout the week for children andadults

Theater Kids Teen Improv Improv 101-301Playground Improv hellip there is something for allages and abilities

ldquoSome people are curious and just interested intrying improvrdquo Lebron said ldquoItrsquos kind of like a

By Paul Cambra

Comedy withou ne

WHAT Comedy t for the entire family

WHEN 7 pm Saturdays

THE SHORTIES WHERE The Showdown Theater 3101Sunset Blvd Suite 3A in Rocklin

TICKETS $5 each $15 families

INFO (916) 749-3100

Paul Burke

Photos by Paul Burke

Betsaida Lebron

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time to explore their creative side And some arealready actors looking for an edge at auditionsrdquo

And then therersquos ldquoBelly Laughsrdquo

ldquoA belly dancer was looking for space to teachone night a weekrdquo Betsaida said ldquoWe thoughtlsquohow fun would it be to merge them togetherrdquo

Now once a month belly dancers take the stagewhile the improv performers watch from thewings Then itrsquos their turn to entertain

ldquoOne guy started shimmying and shaking tryingto get into skinny jeans and be a part of the fadrdquoBetsaida said

Improv is all about the inspiration Be it the movesof a belly dancer or a shout from the audience allthe performer needs is a jumping off point

ldquoThe Shorties get ideas from the audiencerdquoBurke said ldquoFrom a location mdash like the beach orStarbuckrsquos mdash or a feeling they had today a lineof dialogue or a text message we will use thosewithin the scene We just focus on creating in themoment Every show is totally differentrdquo

The 7 pm show is for families guaranteed to be

clean The 830 show well they donrsquot try to beblue but they are making this up on the y Theyuse a rotating cast of performers usually eight to10 on any given night

ldquoItrsquos a really diverse group and really they usuallynd usrdquo Burke said ldquoThey come through ourclasses like Teen Playground More than anythingwe love having a team of people who share asame mindsetrdquo

Audience participation at The Shorties isencouraged but not required They promise theywill not pick on anyone who chooses just to sitback and enjoy the show But you may want tooffer a suggestion should they get stuck

ldquoAnd you will get stuckrdquo Burke said ldquoWhen itdoes happen you breathe through it You think lsquoIhave to be funny I have to be cleverrsquo but thatrsquoshow you get stuck in the rst place Slow down

listen to what was said last respond to it and it willall be goodrdquo

lsquoTHE SHORTIESrsquo IMPROVE

UPON IMPROV

THEATER KIDS (AGES SECONDTO FIFTH GRADE)

bull Basic improv and theater skills

TEEN IMPROV

bull Create SNL-type sketches

IMPROV 101 201 301

bull Adults interested in trying improv

TEEN PLAYGROUND

bull Bring a favorite game and make new friends

PLAYGROUND IMPROV

bull Drop-in workshop for adults

BELLY LAUGHS

bull The show that blends sexy with funny

BLACKTOP COMEDY

Lori Wynant shares with the dangers ofsky diving with Kevin Brown

BETTER CALL JUNIOR

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By Matthew Whitley

Hersquos labeled country music mdash and he is mdashbut hersquos so much more A listen through

his catalogue and you hear country rockhonky-tonk swing mariachi Tex-Mex bluegrassand rhythm and blues mdash even a bit of Hawaiian

He even invented a double necked ldquoguit-steelrdquoallowing him to play and switch between electricguitar and lap steel guitar on the same instrument

Then therersquos that voice a deep baritone and astyle that harkens back to an earlier era hellip cleanhonest and un-ironic hellip like the music of George

Jones or Ernest Tubb who Brown has often beencompared to in style

Brown 62 will bring his act to The Center for theArts in Grass Valley near the end of this monthWe had a chance to talk with Brown and we askedhim how he got to be a country music star

WERE YOU EXPOSED TO A LOT OF COUNTRYMUSIC GROWING UP

ldquoNot really My parents liked classical and I wasmostly raised on that I watched the TV and thatrsquoswhere I got into that kind of musicrdquo

WHY DO YOU THINK YOU WERE DRAWN TOCOUNTRY MUSIC AS OPPOSED TO THE POP-ULAR MUSIC OF THE DAY

ldquoI was drawn to popular music at the time I re-member when the Beatles hit and then the bandsthat followed Thatrsquos what the teenagers at school

would be talking about I kind of discovered Er-nest Tubb on my own watching the TV I never

told any of my friends as I donrsquot think it wouldhave gone over too wellrdquo

DO YOU REMEMBER IF THERE WAS A SPECIF-IC ALBUM WHERE YOU SAID lsquoTHIS IS WHAT I WANT TO DO THIS IS ITrsquo

ldquoNo we didnrsquot buy albums back then And a coun-try album I wouldnrsquot have any idea as to whereto buy that So it was all television I watched Er-nest Tubbrsquos show and then the Buck Owens show

Jimmy Dean had a show that came out of Wash-ington DC I would eventually buy an album ofa rock person or something but those were ex-pensive and I didnrsquot have any money I would buysingles once in a while you know the little 45 andagain it wasnrsquot country as I wouldnrsquot know whereto buy onerdquo

DO YOU REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME YOUPERFORMED

ldquoYes It was at a Boys Scout Jamboree at AndrewsAir Force Base in Maryland I was about 8 or 10years old and I was strolling around the differentcamp sites me and another guy sort of like min-strels which is what we sort of felt like doing Lit-tle did I know that is what I would be doing forthe rest of my life Anyway we stopped at one ofthese campsites and it was the top brass of theJamboree They said lsquocome on down tonight andperformrsquo So we actually got a stage with a micro-

phone and there was about 7000 Boy Scouts outthere and I was hooked I have been chasing thebright lights ever since I still get nervous perform-ing but I donrsquot think I was nervous that night I justremembered being thrilledrdquo

THE SOUND YOU HAVE IS ALMOST CLASSICCOUNTRY VERY UNGUARDED AND SINGINGSTRAIGHT TO THE AUDIENCE

ldquoWhatrsquos good about the older music is itrsquos very di-

rect and honest and it had sentiment in there thatwas considered corny but the cornball is part ofthe honesty itrsquos part of the lsquohey this is how I feelrsquoyou know My music is not just limited to countryIrsquom not a purist in any way I just like signing to anaudience and singing your heart out You knowhow blues tells the audience that you feel badCountry will tell you how you got thererdquo

I FIRST HEARD YOU ON THE CHRIS ISAAKSHOW IN THE LATE rsquo80S EARLY rsquo90S WITH

KD LANG IT WAS MODERN AND BEAUTIFULCOUNTRY MUSIC AND I REMEMBER YOU BE-ING A PART OF THAT SOUND WHEN IT CAMEOUT WHAT IS YOUR TAKE ON COUNTRY MU-SIC NOW

ldquoOh itrsquos the same take Irsquove had on it since thelate rsquo60s Everybody talks about what their idea

of country music is and everybody has a differ-ent idea Country music can mean anything nowWhat I do now is label mine as lsquoginger brown guit-steel musicrsquo Itrsquos a combination of all types of mu-sic mdash country rock and some othersrdquo

AMERICA IS SUCH A BLEND OF DIFFERENTPEOPLE IT STANDS TO REASON THAT MUSIC WOULD REPRESENT THAT AS WELL

ldquoYes When I do something I try and do it in an

honest way and give the song what it requiresWhen I say I have a lot of styles in my music itdoesnrsquot mean I use them all at once People loveto see me go nuts on that guitar but you haveto do what the song calls for Now the problemcomes when yoursquore trying to do everything onevery song all the time You never get anywherethat way There are guys out there that say lsquoOK Ican play an Ernest Tubbrsquos song and put a BB Kingblues guitar solo in itrsquo and feel like they have re-

ally discovered something and to me that is notsaying anything You havenrsquot done anything butwater down a good song Not that I donrsquot like BBKing he just does not mix well with Ernest TubbThatrsquos where musicianship comes inrdquo

WHAT DO YOU THINK CONTRIBUTED MOSTTO YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF MUSIC

ldquoCovering other peoplersquos songs and working withother people Working in the country and western

clubs doing country songs that were popular atthe time A lot of them I didnrsquot like but I playedthem as best as I could And then I started writ-ing songs which really put me in another place Icould really be myself I wasnrsquot a cover artist any-more Most of the stuff on my records are stuffthat Irsquove written so Irsquom very proud of thatrdquo

DOES SONG WRITING COME EASY TO YOUOR IS IT A DIFFICULT PROCESS

ldquoItrsquos very difcult More difcult than one maythink Itrsquos easy to write bad songs and hard towrite good ones I have thrown away over half ofthem I could put several weeks into a song that just isnrsquot any goodrdquo

HOW DID YOU COME TO INVENT THE GUIT-STEEL

ldquoMichael Stephens of Stephens Guitars theymake them and we have sold a few of them I have

seen a couple of people playing them and itrsquos kindof strange like watching somebody dance withyour wife lsquoWait a minute yoursquore not supposed tobe holding that mdash thatrsquos my instrumentrsquordquo

BETTER CALL hellip JUNIOR

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SO ITrsquoS A BLEND OF TWO TYPES OFGUITAR SOUND

ldquoNo they are two complete and differentinstruments You have the guitar neck and thesteel guitar neck so I am switching instrumentsas I sing I am basically doing the part of threeguys on stage hellip singing guitar and steel guitarPut a little foot pedal down there on a bass drum and Icould be a one man bandrdquo

HOW DID YOU GET INVOLVED IN FILMS AND TELE-VISION

ldquoPeople who are fans ask me to do it Vince Gilliganliked what I did so he asked me to be on the X-FilesGilligan did Breaking Bad and is now doing BetterCall Saulrdquo

BETTER CALL SAUL DEBUTED RECENTLY ANDBECAME THE MOST WATCHED CABLE SHOWIN HISTORY FIFTEEN AND A HALF MILLIONPEOPLE HEARD YOUR THEME SONG THIS PAST WEEKEND

ldquoWell I didnrsquot play on the show they aired it rightafter they nished Breaking Bad as a promotion forsomething It wasnrsquot a theme song to the series Vincehad actually wrote it with three of his friends A verywell-written song written with me in mind I was veryattered by that We just got back from the premier inLA did the red carpet played the party and showed themovie It was a lot of funrdquo

SO WHAT SHOULD YOUR FANS EXPECT WHEN

YOU PERFORM AT THE CENTER FOR THE ARTSIN GRASS VALLEY

ldquoOh a unique experience I guess I mean I just domy own thing and if they havenrsquot seen me beforethey will be pleasantly surprised mdash itrsquos original I ambringing a full band including my wife who playsrhythm guitarrdquo

Photos by George Brainard

You know how

blues tells the

audience that

you feel bad

Country willtell you how

you got there- Junior Brown

BEHIND EVERY GREAT MAN

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Elaine Bromka received a letter from agentleman who attended her one-wom-an show ldquoTea for Threerdquo and wrote that

when she took her curtain call he asked theperson next to him where the other two ac-tresses were

ldquoIt wasnrsquot the rst time Irsquod heard thatrdquo Bromkasaid ldquoI am nding the essence of each womanI have a feeling of each voice but I really go forwhere the energy originates moves throughthe bodyrdquo

The three bodies she inhabits on stage belongto three former rst ladies mdash Lady Bird John -son Pat Nixon and Betty Ford The play which

she co-wrote with Eric H Weinberger is a char-acter study that is both funny and moving

ldquoItrsquos really an exploration of what it was liketo suddenly wake up and yoursquore in the WhiteHouserdquo Bromka said ldquoIn two of those cases itwas really suddenrdquo

Bromka a veteran of stage and screen mdashboth large and small mdash recently worked withlegendary impressionist Rich Little in the PBSshow ldquoThe Presidentsrdquo where she starred aseight rst ladies opposite Littlersquos commandersin chief

ldquoRich and I were out at lunch and he was sittingthere staring at his hands and I asked lsquowhat areyou doingrsquordquo she said ldquoHe said lsquoReagan holdshis thumbs like this like a bearrsquordquo

Itrsquos the little things that make or break a good

impersonation she learned While not neces-sarily an impressionist herself she is a peoplewatcher mdash and listener mdash and in two years shespent with the National Theatre of the Deaf shelearned a lot about the non-verbal

ldquoThe body doesnrsquot lierdquo she said

Bromka went to the museum of TV and radioand studied video tapes of all three women

Doing so she said she learned a lot about theirpersonalities

ldquoAll three were very smart and easy to underes-timaterdquo Bromka said ldquoFor Lady Bird imaginefollowing in the footsteps of a star She was not

as glamorous as Jackie but she did wonderfulthings with Head Start and beauticationrdquo

Pat Nixon she said was harder because sherarely opened her mouth

ldquoThey called her lsquoPlastic Patrsquordquo she said ldquoThatrsquosnot plastic those are the eyes of a very guard-ed watchful person Someone who experi-enced a lot of pain They say she was one ofthe warmest rst ladies one-on-one Pat wentto 80 countries on her own as a one-on-oneambassador she just didnrsquot want to get in frontof groupsrdquo

And then therersquos Betty Ford

ldquoBetty was a live wire she said whatever shethoughtrdquo Bromka said ldquoBut Betty broke openhuge issues like womenrsquos rights and breastcancer awarenessrdquo

Many of the lines in the play are direct quotesfrom the rst ladies She said while the playcovers a lot of ground itrsquos not by any means ahistory lesson

ldquoThis is really a Valentine to all threerdquo Bromkasaid ldquoItrsquos a human story about the human el-ement One audience member said lsquoit lets youwalk in their shoesrsquordquo

And for Bromka the shoes t just ne

ONE-WOMAN SHOW LOOKS AT LIVES OF

THREE FORMER FIRST LADIES

By Paul Cambra

BEHIND EVERY GREAT MAN

TEA FOR THREE mdash LADYBIRD PAT AND BETTY

WHEN 730 pm SaturdayMarch 21 3 pm Sunday March 22

WHERE The State Theatre985 Lincoln Way Auburn

TICKETS $20

INFO (530) 852-2708infoplacertheaterorg

Elaine Bromka on PatNixon ldquoThey say she wasone of the warmest rst

ladies one-on-onerdquo

Elaine Bromka on Betty FordldquoBetty was a live wire she said

whatever she thoughtrdquo

Elaine Bromka onLady Bird JohnsonldquoImagine following

in the footsteps ofa starrdquo

VANYA AND SONIA AND

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By Paul Cambra

MASHA AND SPIKE

WHEN 8 pm Fridays and Saturdaysthrough March 28 2 pm Sunday

March 15 and 22 (7 pm ThursdayMarch 5 preview)

WHERE Nevada Theatre 401 BroadSt Nevada City

TICKETS $25 general $35 reserved($15 Thursday preview)

INFO (530) 346-3210sierrastagesorg

Whether yoursquore familiar with Chek-hov not too familiar or you think hersquosthe guy who sat next to Sulu on the

Starship Enterprise it doesnrsquot matter Chances areyoursquoll like this play

ldquoThe playwright said he took Chekhov and puthim in a blenderrdquo Jeffrey Mason said ldquoYou donrsquotneed to have any Chekhov background to un-derstand or enjoy this play but if you do Therersquosmore fun to be hadrdquo

Mason is directing the Sierra Stages production ofldquoVanya and Sonia and Masha and Spikerdquo a 2013Tony Award-winning play by Christopher DurangThe characterrsquos names are all from Anton Chekhovplays The mood is very ldquoChekhovianrdquo mdash sad andlonely characters in a country house a visitor com-ing and shaking things up mdash but really folks you

donrsquot need to know Chekhov to enjoy this playldquoItrsquos funnyrdquo Mason said ldquoThe situations are fun-ny the characters are funny they are dealing withproblems anybody can relate to Family issues Itrsquosa very well-crafted playrdquo

He said it is the single most popular play on theregional theater circuit this season with no lessthan 27 different productions

ldquoI donrsquot know of another play that has been thispopular this soonrdquo Mason said ldquoEverybody is en- joying it everywhererdquo

Robert Rossman plays Vanya ldquoprobably the san-

est one of them allrdquo he said

Vanya is in his 50s lives with his adopted sister isnot very sociable doesnrsquot go out and has neverheld a job And hersquos the sane one

But to his defense he and his sister have been tak-ing care of their parent who both had Alzheimerrsquosdisease Now that they are gone their other sis-ter who has been supporting the family throughher career as an actress is coming home That

ratchets the dysfunction meter up a few notchesldquoMasha doesnrsquot come home very often but thistime she comes home and tells them she is goingto sell the houserdquo said Susan Mason who playsMasha ldquoThey have never lived anywhere else

They donrsquot know how to live anywhere elserdquo

And Masha brings her very young boyfriendSpike home with her fueling the jealousy be-tween her and her plain sheltered adopted sister

ldquoSonia is a kind of the pathetic onerdquo said actressSharon Winegar ldquoShe plays pathetic but she isnot truly pathetic She likes to wallow in self pitybut at the same time she is very sweet and charm-ing in her misery She has wonderful things hap-pen to her throughout the course of the play Yound yourself rooting for her adoring herrdquo

None of the three principal players can fully re-late to the sibling rivalry of Vanya and Sonia andMasha Winegar got along quite well with her sis-ters and Mason is an only child But Rossman seeshimself as sort of the eccentric in the family

ldquoThey all have normal kinds of jobs and look atme as the guy who does all of the weird theatricalstuffrdquo he said

Much to the delight of the director

ldquoI could have cast the play two or three timesrdquoJeffrey Mason said ldquoIt was an unusually stronggroup who auditioned I consider myself verylucky in a relatively small town like ours the num-ber of people that are involved in theaterrdquo

So if you enjoy a good Chekhov story yoursquoll get afew more of the jokes than most

ldquoSome of the references are right in your facesome are more subtlerdquo Susan Mason said

If you havenrsquot read any of his stories or plays wor-ry not

ldquoItrsquos not blatantly Chekhovrdquo Rossman said ldquoItrsquos

just a comic romprdquoAnd if yoursquore still convinced that the only Chekovthat matters is a star eet navigator well theremay actually be a character or two here yoursquodidentify with

THEY PUT THE lsquoFUNrsquo INDYSFUNCTION

Photo by David Wong

Robert Rossman Sharon Winegar Susan Mason and Casey Burkestar in the Sierra Stages production of Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike

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IN YOUR DAILY GRIND

When yoursquore in need of coffee there arecertainly a lot of choices Sure youcould buzz through the drive through

and have your McBeverage handed to you andbe done with it

Or you could hit one of many locally-owned cof-fee shops and cafeacutes each with their own ambienceand deacutecor and really soak up the wide variety of lo-cal avor in a way that no corporate chain ever can

Here in the foothills you can bike up to the Trail-head Coffee in Penryn and sip an espresso conpanna while you have your bicycle worked on Orlounge on a Victorian sofa under a glass chande-lier at the Cafeacute Mekka in Nevada City Or minglewith judges and lawyers while grabbing a cappuc-cino at the Courthouse Cafeacute in Auburn Or evenplay a round of bocce ball while you sip your mac-chiato at The Flower Farm in Loomis

Whether your choice is black coffee or a nonfat

soy latte yoursquoll nd lots of choices in Placer andNevada County Here is an unbiased sampling toconsider Cranking up Ella Fitzgeraldrsquos cover ofldquoBlack Coffeerdquo while you drive there is optionalbut highly recommended

PUTTING LOCAL FLAVOR

NEVADA CITY Cafeacute Mekka237 Commercial St Nevada City (530) 478-1517

Cafeacute Mekka is easily the most eclectic and funkyof the coffee houses I visited The Gold Rush-erabuilding is lined with tables and vintage sofasbooks and art even a piano in the corner Mekkahas a huge drink menu with beans from TempleCoffee in Sacramento as well as baked goodsmade by DeGroot Bakery Mekka rotates artshows monthly has open mic nights music andpoetry with limited seating outside The SummerIce a blend of chocolate caramel and espresso isa denite must try

Three Forks Bakery and Brewery 211 Commercial St Nevada City (530) 470-8333threeforksnccom

Open since August Three Forks merges a bak-ery with a brewery providing coffee and micro-brews along with pizza and sandwiches Its beansare from local roaster Fable in Grass Valley Themodern sleek-looking space with some outdoorseating offers a new take on both the traditionalbakery and the microbrewery

GRASS VALLEY Carolines Coffee Roaster 128 South Auburn St Grass Valley (530) 273-6424 carolinescoffeecom

Carolines is a family-owned coffee house in Grass Valley with specialty-roasted coffee includingtheir own house blend as well as scones pas-tries quiches gourmet olives and sandwichesCarolines has a warm and friendly vibe with asmall outdoor seating area located on the groundoor of the classic Madison Lodge Building

AUBURNThe Courthouse Cafeacute1425 Lincoln Way Auburn (530) 889-1373

Sitting directly across the street from the AuburnCourthouse is The Courthouse Cafeacute a 1930s con-verted bungalow which makes for an intimatehome-like setting complete with a small replaceand reading areas Its beans are from Santa CruzCoffee and the baked goods are made fresh dai-ly Obviously a popular spot for the lawyers and judges needing caffeine x before court the cafeacuteis a denite hot spot in the mornings The Court -house Cafe is part of the Placer 360 art scene and

By Matthew Whitley

Bicycle memorabilia lines the wallsof the Trailhead Coffee and CyclingL i P

Photo by Matthew Whitley

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features local art year round and a small outdoorseating area

Depoe Bay Coffee Company 893 High St Auburn (530) 889-1021 depoebay-coffeecom

Conveniently located right down the street fromthe ofces of the Foothills Entertainer mdash muchto the relief of the staff mdash the Depoe is Down-

town Auburnrsquos go-to spot for a cup of Joe Thecafeacute has a couple of different seating areas roaststheir own beans and serves bakes goods break-fast and sandwiches Depoe Bay offers live musicevery other Sunday as well as local art

PENRYN

Trailhead Coffee and Cycling Lounge2210 Taylor Road Penryn (916) 663-1501 coffee-andbikescom

The Trailhead located directly across from GrifthQuarry Park is both a coffee house and a full bicy-cle shop Co-owner Jerry Cannon is a competitivecyclist who has merged his two passions into onebusiness Decorated with Tour de France memo-rabilia and vintage gear the shop pays homage toall things bicycle Cyclists can have repairs doneon their bikes while hanging out on the wood-

en patio drinking one of the Trailheadrsquos specialtyroasts The cafeacute offers pastries and baked goodspower and energy bars and breakfast burritos

LOOMIS

The Flower Farm Nursery9280 Horseshoe Bar Road Loomis (916) 652-5650 owerfarminncom

The Flower Farm is a cafeacute set in one of the arearsquosmore beautiful and pastoral settings The facilityalso operates a bed and breakfast host eventsand weddings operates a nursery and gift shophas a waterwheel pond bocce ball court and gar-dens Also on the property is Casque Winery allsurrounded by citrus orchards and gardens Thecafeacute menu features ingredients taken right offtheir farm In the fall and winter they sell pump-kins and Christmas trees hellip how many cafeacutes dothat

ROCKLIN

Origin Coffee and Tea2168 Sunset Blvd Rocklin (916) 787-5676 orig-incoffeeorg

Origin Coffee and Tea is a nonprot coffee housewhose sole mission is to raise money and aware-ness to end human slave trafcking At Origin all

of the employees donate their time and the mon-ey raised goes to the Grace Network Rescue Thebeans they carry are free trade and roasted locallyOrigin offers table and couch seating in a modern

but sparse environment There is live music in-cluding benet concerts Itrsquos coffee with a cause

ROSEVILLEShady Coffee and Tea325 Douglas Blvd Roseville (916) 742-4117 sha-dycoffeeandteacom

Shady Coffee and Tea is a small cafeacute and eateryclose to Downtown Roseville that offers specialtyroasts including Mast Espresso beans and En-

timos Coffee from Citrus Heights Shady offerssandwiches salads breakfasts beer and wineThey also have a nice-size back patio a drive-upwindow art on the walls and open mic on Fridaynights Be sure and try the Affogato vanilla beanice cream topped with espresso

Lounge in Penryn

Emmit Johnston Grass Valley resident andbarista at Carolines Coffee in Grass Valley

Photo by Matthew Whitley

From left Joe Fernandez VinceMUSIC FROM THE BRITISH ISLES

FROM CELTIC TO BEATLES

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AUBURN CONCERT BAND PLAYS MUSIC FROM THE BRITISH ISLESBy Paul Cambra

Think British invasion and you go straight to1964 But the music of the United Kingdomand Ireland has been crossing the Atlantic

for centuries From Baroque to folk ddles tofes the rich musical history of the British Isles canbe traced back to the polyphonic melodies of thelate middle ages

But this month itrsquos all about the brass hellip and thewoodwinds hellipand the percussion

ldquoBrass bands have been popular in Britain sincethe 1800srdquo said Craig Thomas trumpeter withthe Auburn Concert Band ldquoToday they are oneof the most popular forms of music in Englandrdquo

The Auburn Concert band will present ldquoMusicfrom the British Isles ndash from Celtic to Beatlesrdquo fortwo free performances this month The 40-pieceensemble will take on everyone from Gustav Holstto LennonMcCartney

ldquoWersquore not just playing a Beatles song itrsquos a sym-phonic workingrdquo said conductor Tom CandlishldquoYou know how Hey Jude sort of rocks out at theend The arranger takes that same idea but addsa counter melody underneath Itrsquos a mix of the

original material with material for an orchestra Itrsquosnot the way the Beatles played it They are a rockband we are a concert bandrdquo

They will however step slightly out of the box forthese shows adding a piper Chuck Jamison fora medley of bagpipe tunes which they will ac-company And Jamison who plays drums for thecountry and western band Dust in My Coffee willbring his band mates to do a two-song Celtic setin the middle of the show Country Celtic if youwill

ldquoThe Auburn Concert Band is very enthusiasticabout the variety of music we are playingrdquo Can-dlish said ldquoItrsquos not just serious music all of thetime We are mixing it up with folk tunes and poppieces The audiences we play for have really ap-preciated thatrdquo

Yoursquoll hear Brian Borursquos March one of Irelandrsquosoldest traditional folk songs Yoursquoll hear DannyBoy which Candlish calls ldquothe epitome of concertband musicrdquo And then therersquos Those MagnicentMen in their Flying Machines from the 1965 mov-ie and McNamararsquos Band which was a top-10 hitfor Bing Crosby

And if yoursquore not leaving the show humming theending to Hey Jude chances are yoursquoll be whis-tling the Colonel Bogey March better known asthe theme song to The Bridge on the River Kwai

ldquoThe British Isles have certainly contributed to themusical history of this countryrdquo Thomas said ldquoItrsquosamazing when you go back the fact that therewere craftsman making these instruments so mu-sicians could play these beautiful and elaborate

classical piecesrdquo

Thomas the trumpeter has his own personal con-nection to the UK

ldquoI have a couple of cornets that I bought fromsomeone in Englandrdquo he said ldquoThe characteris-tics of the British horn are a little different moresoft and mellow In describing the differencebetween a cornet and a trumpet the trumpet Iwould describe as having a bright and projectingtone and the cornet a softer more mellow tonerdquo

From bright to mellow and a few stages in be-tween this British invasion mixes history with har-mony

TOMMY TUNES

Warm and Lori Yarbrough

From left Bruce Heseltine JohnSmiley and Trent Taylor

From left Roberta SullivanDave Lake and Angela Costa

ndash FROM CELTIC TO BEATLES

WHO Auburn Concert Band

WHEN 7-9 pm Wednesday March 4

WHERE Newcastle School 8951 Valley View Drive Newcastle

WHEN 7-9 pm Wednesday March 11

WHERE The State Theatre985 Lincoln Way Auburn

COST Free

INFO auburnconcertbandnet

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Mike Amaral has surfed ndash or body surfed ndashin 75 percent of the locales named in theBeach Boysrsquo song Surnrsquo USA

So who better to head up a tribute to the South-ern California ambassadors of surf and sun

ldquoI had always wanted to do either a Beatles ora Beach Boys tribute band because I love themboth so muchrdquo said Mike Amaral who foundedthe California Beach Boys close to a decade agoldquoSo two of my cousins and I decided to go withthe Beach Boysrdquo

Cousins of course just like the original band Andwhile the Beatles are famous for their three-partharmony the Beach Boys sing in four-part andthat requires a lot of practice

ldquoWe have charts taken from the originals and weall have our assignmentrdquo Amaral said ldquoBut youhave to have guys that not only like the BeachBoysrsquo music but are willing to put in the time towork on the harmoniesrdquo

Based in the San Jose and Santa Cruz area MikeAmaralrsquos California Beach Boys play up and downthe coast in Arizona Colorado even Canada

ldquoWe were escorted on stage by the Royal Canadi-an Mounted Policerdquo Amaral said

There are six band members and Amaral handlesthe Mike Love role as lead singer He has playedmusic professionally since he was 14 but tooka break at age 22 to raise a family and pursue asteady career in law enforcement He returned tothe stage in 1995 with an oldies band Flashbackbut the surf sounds beckoned

ldquoI grew up an enormous fanrdquo he said ldquoI went toall of their concerts at the San Jose Civic Centerrdquo

And some of his current audience members may have

been there too At least thatrsquos what they tell him

ldquoAfter one concert and 85-year-old gentlemancomes up to me and says lsquoLook at me Do you re-member me Hawthorne 1964 hellip I saw you prac-tice in your garagersquordquo Amaral said ldquoHe thought we

MIKE AMARALrsquoS CALIFORNIA BEACH BOYS MAKE STOP IN AUBURN

By Paul Cambra

THEY GET AROUND

were the Beach Boys One lady told us she hadnrsquotseen us in 40 years and we sounded just as goodThank you very much I saidrdquo

Another woman told their bass player she saw himplay 40 years ago

ldquoTrouble is hersquos only 38 years oldrdquo Amaral said

But theyrsquoll gladly live with those mistaken identi-ty moments as long as they get to keep playingThey are three cousins and three close friends andthey get along really well Maybe more so than theoriginals

ldquoWersquove got all-white guitars and champagne spar-kle drums and the vertical striped shirtsrdquo he saidldquoPeople love that clean look Itrsquos all about the ap-pearance and the showmanship When we comeout people clap they like the way we look We got

stripes in light blue dark blue red pink hot pinkhellip we change them throughout the showrdquo

The typical audience covers a wide range of agesboth young and old music fans seeking good vi-brations Wouldnrsquot it be nice to be a part of it

Mike Amaral in car founded the California Beach Boys because he liked theirmusic so much The band consists of three cousins and three close friends

Courtesy Photos

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WHEN 730 pmSaturdayMarch 28

WHERE The State

Theatre 985 LincolnWay Auburn

TICKETS $25

INFO

(530) 852-2708infoplacertheaterorg

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People who need to give presentations atwork try it Writers use it to loosen up andget more creative Empty nesters take

classes because well what else are they goingto do

Itrsquos improvisational comedy mdash better know asimprov mdash and itrsquos gaining a foothold in South

Placer County at a place called Blacktop Comedyin Rocklin

ldquoImprov takes an opennessrdquo said co-founderBetsaida Lebron ldquoItrsquos all about saying lsquoyes andhelliprsquo You want to be able to agree and support whois there but not just be a yes man You have tobuild on what they saidrdquo

Lebron started building her improv resume beforeshe realized she was doing it

ldquoGrowing up there were four of us and we werealways doing skits and songs at churchrdquo she saidldquoWe never had much of a plan just a very roughoutline People told us how fun and entertainingwe were and we had no idea that it was improvrdquo

After college she randomly took an improv classand thought lsquowhatrsquo

ldquoIrsquod been doing it my whole life I just didnrsquot know

itrdquo she said

Enter Paul Burke who for years watched WhoseLine is it Anyway but never for a minute thoughtlsquoOh thatrsquos something I could dorsquo

ldquoI randomly found a drop-in improv class inSacramentordquo Burke said ldquoI began readingand studying about it attended classes in SanFrancisco festivals in Chicago and Los Angelesrdquo

Then six years ago he had the opportunityto study at the iO Theater Chicago and at TheSecond City

ldquoI came back and met Betsaida and we foundout we shared an improv vision and we openedBlacktop Comedyrdquo he said

What started in Roseville in 2011 has just relocated

to fancier digs in Rocklin In addition to the weeklySaturday show ldquoThe Shortiesrdquo they also haveclasses throughout the week for children andadults

Theater Kids Teen Improv Improv 101-301Playground Improv hellip there is something for allages and abilities

ldquoSome people are curious and just interested intrying improvrdquo Lebron said ldquoItrsquos kind of like a

By Paul Cambra

Comedy withou ne

WHAT Comedy t for the entire family

WHEN 7 pm Saturdays

THE SHORTIES WHERE The Showdown Theater 3101Sunset Blvd Suite 3A in Rocklin

TICKETS $5 each $15 families

INFO (916) 749-3100

Paul Burke

Photos by Paul Burke

Betsaida Lebron

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time to explore their creative side And some arealready actors looking for an edge at auditionsrdquo

And then therersquos ldquoBelly Laughsrdquo

ldquoA belly dancer was looking for space to teachone night a weekrdquo Betsaida said ldquoWe thoughtlsquohow fun would it be to merge them togetherrdquo

Now once a month belly dancers take the stagewhile the improv performers watch from thewings Then itrsquos their turn to entertain

ldquoOne guy started shimmying and shaking tryingto get into skinny jeans and be a part of the fadrdquoBetsaida said

Improv is all about the inspiration Be it the movesof a belly dancer or a shout from the audience allthe performer needs is a jumping off point

ldquoThe Shorties get ideas from the audiencerdquoBurke said ldquoFrom a location mdash like the beach orStarbuckrsquos mdash or a feeling they had today a lineof dialogue or a text message we will use thosewithin the scene We just focus on creating in themoment Every show is totally differentrdquo

The 7 pm show is for families guaranteed to be

clean The 830 show well they donrsquot try to beblue but they are making this up on the y Theyuse a rotating cast of performers usually eight to10 on any given night

ldquoItrsquos a really diverse group and really they usuallynd usrdquo Burke said ldquoThey come through ourclasses like Teen Playground More than anythingwe love having a team of people who share asame mindsetrdquo

Audience participation at The Shorties isencouraged but not required They promise theywill not pick on anyone who chooses just to sitback and enjoy the show But you may want tooffer a suggestion should they get stuck

ldquoAnd you will get stuckrdquo Burke said ldquoWhen itdoes happen you breathe through it You think lsquoIhave to be funny I have to be cleverrsquo but thatrsquoshow you get stuck in the rst place Slow down

listen to what was said last respond to it and it willall be goodrdquo

lsquoTHE SHORTIESrsquo IMPROVE

UPON IMPROV

THEATER KIDS (AGES SECONDTO FIFTH GRADE)

bull Basic improv and theater skills

TEEN IMPROV

bull Create SNL-type sketches

IMPROV 101 201 301

bull Adults interested in trying improv

TEEN PLAYGROUND

bull Bring a favorite game and make new friends

PLAYGROUND IMPROV

bull Drop-in workshop for adults

BELLY LAUGHS

bull The show that blends sexy with funny

BLACKTOP COMEDY

Lori Wynant shares with the dangers ofsky diving with Kevin Brown

BETTER CALL JUNIOR

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By Matthew Whitley

Hersquos labeled country music mdash and he is mdashbut hersquos so much more A listen through

his catalogue and you hear country rockhonky-tonk swing mariachi Tex-Mex bluegrassand rhythm and blues mdash even a bit of Hawaiian

He even invented a double necked ldquoguit-steelrdquoallowing him to play and switch between electricguitar and lap steel guitar on the same instrument

Then therersquos that voice a deep baritone and astyle that harkens back to an earlier era hellip cleanhonest and un-ironic hellip like the music of George

Jones or Ernest Tubb who Brown has often beencompared to in style

Brown 62 will bring his act to The Center for theArts in Grass Valley near the end of this monthWe had a chance to talk with Brown and we askedhim how he got to be a country music star

WERE YOU EXPOSED TO A LOT OF COUNTRYMUSIC GROWING UP

ldquoNot really My parents liked classical and I wasmostly raised on that I watched the TV and thatrsquoswhere I got into that kind of musicrdquo

WHY DO YOU THINK YOU WERE DRAWN TOCOUNTRY MUSIC AS OPPOSED TO THE POP-ULAR MUSIC OF THE DAY

ldquoI was drawn to popular music at the time I re-member when the Beatles hit and then the bandsthat followed Thatrsquos what the teenagers at school

would be talking about I kind of discovered Er-nest Tubb on my own watching the TV I never

told any of my friends as I donrsquot think it wouldhave gone over too wellrdquo

DO YOU REMEMBER IF THERE WAS A SPECIF-IC ALBUM WHERE YOU SAID lsquoTHIS IS WHAT I WANT TO DO THIS IS ITrsquo

ldquoNo we didnrsquot buy albums back then And a coun-try album I wouldnrsquot have any idea as to whereto buy that So it was all television I watched Er-nest Tubbrsquos show and then the Buck Owens show

Jimmy Dean had a show that came out of Wash-ington DC I would eventually buy an album ofa rock person or something but those were ex-pensive and I didnrsquot have any money I would buysingles once in a while you know the little 45 andagain it wasnrsquot country as I wouldnrsquot know whereto buy onerdquo

DO YOU REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME YOUPERFORMED

ldquoYes It was at a Boys Scout Jamboree at AndrewsAir Force Base in Maryland I was about 8 or 10years old and I was strolling around the differentcamp sites me and another guy sort of like min-strels which is what we sort of felt like doing Lit-tle did I know that is what I would be doing forthe rest of my life Anyway we stopped at one ofthese campsites and it was the top brass of theJamboree They said lsquocome on down tonight andperformrsquo So we actually got a stage with a micro-

phone and there was about 7000 Boy Scouts outthere and I was hooked I have been chasing thebright lights ever since I still get nervous perform-ing but I donrsquot think I was nervous that night I justremembered being thrilledrdquo

THE SOUND YOU HAVE IS ALMOST CLASSICCOUNTRY VERY UNGUARDED AND SINGINGSTRAIGHT TO THE AUDIENCE

ldquoWhatrsquos good about the older music is itrsquos very di-

rect and honest and it had sentiment in there thatwas considered corny but the cornball is part ofthe honesty itrsquos part of the lsquohey this is how I feelrsquoyou know My music is not just limited to countryIrsquom not a purist in any way I just like signing to anaudience and singing your heart out You knowhow blues tells the audience that you feel badCountry will tell you how you got thererdquo

I FIRST HEARD YOU ON THE CHRIS ISAAKSHOW IN THE LATE rsquo80S EARLY rsquo90S WITH

KD LANG IT WAS MODERN AND BEAUTIFULCOUNTRY MUSIC AND I REMEMBER YOU BE-ING A PART OF THAT SOUND WHEN IT CAMEOUT WHAT IS YOUR TAKE ON COUNTRY MU-SIC NOW

ldquoOh itrsquos the same take Irsquove had on it since thelate rsquo60s Everybody talks about what their idea

of country music is and everybody has a differ-ent idea Country music can mean anything nowWhat I do now is label mine as lsquoginger brown guit-steel musicrsquo Itrsquos a combination of all types of mu-sic mdash country rock and some othersrdquo

AMERICA IS SUCH A BLEND OF DIFFERENTPEOPLE IT STANDS TO REASON THAT MUSIC WOULD REPRESENT THAT AS WELL

ldquoYes When I do something I try and do it in an

honest way and give the song what it requiresWhen I say I have a lot of styles in my music itdoesnrsquot mean I use them all at once People loveto see me go nuts on that guitar but you haveto do what the song calls for Now the problemcomes when yoursquore trying to do everything onevery song all the time You never get anywherethat way There are guys out there that say lsquoOK Ican play an Ernest Tubbrsquos song and put a BB Kingblues guitar solo in itrsquo and feel like they have re-

ally discovered something and to me that is notsaying anything You havenrsquot done anything butwater down a good song Not that I donrsquot like BBKing he just does not mix well with Ernest TubbThatrsquos where musicianship comes inrdquo

WHAT DO YOU THINK CONTRIBUTED MOSTTO YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF MUSIC

ldquoCovering other peoplersquos songs and working withother people Working in the country and western

clubs doing country songs that were popular atthe time A lot of them I didnrsquot like but I playedthem as best as I could And then I started writ-ing songs which really put me in another place Icould really be myself I wasnrsquot a cover artist any-more Most of the stuff on my records are stuffthat Irsquove written so Irsquom very proud of thatrdquo

DOES SONG WRITING COME EASY TO YOUOR IS IT A DIFFICULT PROCESS

ldquoItrsquos very difcult More difcult than one maythink Itrsquos easy to write bad songs and hard towrite good ones I have thrown away over half ofthem I could put several weeks into a song that just isnrsquot any goodrdquo

HOW DID YOU COME TO INVENT THE GUIT-STEEL

ldquoMichael Stephens of Stephens Guitars theymake them and we have sold a few of them I have

seen a couple of people playing them and itrsquos kindof strange like watching somebody dance withyour wife lsquoWait a minute yoursquore not supposed tobe holding that mdash thatrsquos my instrumentrsquordquo

BETTER CALL hellip JUNIOR

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SO ITrsquoS A BLEND OF TWO TYPES OFGUITAR SOUND

ldquoNo they are two complete and differentinstruments You have the guitar neck and thesteel guitar neck so I am switching instrumentsas I sing I am basically doing the part of threeguys on stage hellip singing guitar and steel guitarPut a little foot pedal down there on a bass drum and Icould be a one man bandrdquo

HOW DID YOU GET INVOLVED IN FILMS AND TELE-VISION

ldquoPeople who are fans ask me to do it Vince Gilliganliked what I did so he asked me to be on the X-FilesGilligan did Breaking Bad and is now doing BetterCall Saulrdquo

BETTER CALL SAUL DEBUTED RECENTLY ANDBECAME THE MOST WATCHED CABLE SHOWIN HISTORY FIFTEEN AND A HALF MILLIONPEOPLE HEARD YOUR THEME SONG THIS PAST WEEKEND

ldquoWell I didnrsquot play on the show they aired it rightafter they nished Breaking Bad as a promotion forsomething It wasnrsquot a theme song to the series Vincehad actually wrote it with three of his friends A verywell-written song written with me in mind I was veryattered by that We just got back from the premier inLA did the red carpet played the party and showed themovie It was a lot of funrdquo

SO WHAT SHOULD YOUR FANS EXPECT WHEN

YOU PERFORM AT THE CENTER FOR THE ARTSIN GRASS VALLEY

ldquoOh a unique experience I guess I mean I just domy own thing and if they havenrsquot seen me beforethey will be pleasantly surprised mdash itrsquos original I ambringing a full band including my wife who playsrhythm guitarrdquo

Photos by George Brainard

You know how

blues tells the

audience that

you feel bad

Country willtell you how

you got there- Junior Brown

BEHIND EVERY GREAT MAN

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Elaine Bromka received a letter from agentleman who attended her one-wom-an show ldquoTea for Threerdquo and wrote that

when she took her curtain call he asked theperson next to him where the other two ac-tresses were

ldquoIt wasnrsquot the rst time Irsquod heard thatrdquo Bromkasaid ldquoI am nding the essence of each womanI have a feeling of each voice but I really go forwhere the energy originates moves throughthe bodyrdquo

The three bodies she inhabits on stage belongto three former rst ladies mdash Lady Bird John -son Pat Nixon and Betty Ford The play which

she co-wrote with Eric H Weinberger is a char-acter study that is both funny and moving

ldquoItrsquos really an exploration of what it was liketo suddenly wake up and yoursquore in the WhiteHouserdquo Bromka said ldquoIn two of those cases itwas really suddenrdquo

Bromka a veteran of stage and screen mdashboth large and small mdash recently worked withlegendary impressionist Rich Little in the PBSshow ldquoThe Presidentsrdquo where she starred aseight rst ladies opposite Littlersquos commandersin chief

ldquoRich and I were out at lunch and he was sittingthere staring at his hands and I asked lsquowhat areyou doingrsquordquo she said ldquoHe said lsquoReagan holdshis thumbs like this like a bearrsquordquo

Itrsquos the little things that make or break a good

impersonation she learned While not neces-sarily an impressionist herself she is a peoplewatcher mdash and listener mdash and in two years shespent with the National Theatre of the Deaf shelearned a lot about the non-verbal

ldquoThe body doesnrsquot lierdquo she said

Bromka went to the museum of TV and radioand studied video tapes of all three women

Doing so she said she learned a lot about theirpersonalities

ldquoAll three were very smart and easy to underes-timaterdquo Bromka said ldquoFor Lady Bird imaginefollowing in the footsteps of a star She was not

as glamorous as Jackie but she did wonderfulthings with Head Start and beauticationrdquo

Pat Nixon she said was harder because sherarely opened her mouth

ldquoThey called her lsquoPlastic Patrsquordquo she said ldquoThatrsquosnot plastic those are the eyes of a very guard-ed watchful person Someone who experi-enced a lot of pain They say she was one ofthe warmest rst ladies one-on-one Pat wentto 80 countries on her own as a one-on-oneambassador she just didnrsquot want to get in frontof groupsrdquo

And then therersquos Betty Ford

ldquoBetty was a live wire she said whatever shethoughtrdquo Bromka said ldquoBut Betty broke openhuge issues like womenrsquos rights and breastcancer awarenessrdquo

Many of the lines in the play are direct quotesfrom the rst ladies She said while the playcovers a lot of ground itrsquos not by any means ahistory lesson

ldquoThis is really a Valentine to all threerdquo Bromkasaid ldquoItrsquos a human story about the human el-ement One audience member said lsquoit lets youwalk in their shoesrsquordquo

And for Bromka the shoes t just ne

ONE-WOMAN SHOW LOOKS AT LIVES OF

THREE FORMER FIRST LADIES

By Paul Cambra

BEHIND EVERY GREAT MAN

TEA FOR THREE mdash LADYBIRD PAT AND BETTY

WHEN 730 pm SaturdayMarch 21 3 pm Sunday March 22

WHERE The State Theatre985 Lincoln Way Auburn

TICKETS $20

INFO (530) 852-2708infoplacertheaterorg

Elaine Bromka on PatNixon ldquoThey say she wasone of the warmest rst

ladies one-on-onerdquo

Elaine Bromka on Betty FordldquoBetty was a live wire she said

whatever she thoughtrdquo

Elaine Bromka onLady Bird JohnsonldquoImagine following

in the footsteps ofa starrdquo

VANYA AND SONIA AND

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By Paul Cambra

MASHA AND SPIKE

WHEN 8 pm Fridays and Saturdaysthrough March 28 2 pm Sunday

March 15 and 22 (7 pm ThursdayMarch 5 preview)

WHERE Nevada Theatre 401 BroadSt Nevada City

TICKETS $25 general $35 reserved($15 Thursday preview)

INFO (530) 346-3210sierrastagesorg

Whether yoursquore familiar with Chek-hov not too familiar or you think hersquosthe guy who sat next to Sulu on the

Starship Enterprise it doesnrsquot matter Chances areyoursquoll like this play

ldquoThe playwright said he took Chekhov and puthim in a blenderrdquo Jeffrey Mason said ldquoYou donrsquotneed to have any Chekhov background to un-derstand or enjoy this play but if you do Therersquosmore fun to be hadrdquo

Mason is directing the Sierra Stages production ofldquoVanya and Sonia and Masha and Spikerdquo a 2013Tony Award-winning play by Christopher DurangThe characterrsquos names are all from Anton Chekhovplays The mood is very ldquoChekhovianrdquo mdash sad andlonely characters in a country house a visitor com-ing and shaking things up mdash but really folks you

donrsquot need to know Chekhov to enjoy this playldquoItrsquos funnyrdquo Mason said ldquoThe situations are fun-ny the characters are funny they are dealing withproblems anybody can relate to Family issues Itrsquosa very well-crafted playrdquo

He said it is the single most popular play on theregional theater circuit this season with no lessthan 27 different productions

ldquoI donrsquot know of another play that has been thispopular this soonrdquo Mason said ldquoEverybody is en- joying it everywhererdquo

Robert Rossman plays Vanya ldquoprobably the san-

est one of them allrdquo he said

Vanya is in his 50s lives with his adopted sister isnot very sociable doesnrsquot go out and has neverheld a job And hersquos the sane one

But to his defense he and his sister have been tak-ing care of their parent who both had Alzheimerrsquosdisease Now that they are gone their other sis-ter who has been supporting the family throughher career as an actress is coming home That

ratchets the dysfunction meter up a few notchesldquoMasha doesnrsquot come home very often but thistime she comes home and tells them she is goingto sell the houserdquo said Susan Mason who playsMasha ldquoThey have never lived anywhere else

They donrsquot know how to live anywhere elserdquo

And Masha brings her very young boyfriendSpike home with her fueling the jealousy be-tween her and her plain sheltered adopted sister

ldquoSonia is a kind of the pathetic onerdquo said actressSharon Winegar ldquoShe plays pathetic but she isnot truly pathetic She likes to wallow in self pitybut at the same time she is very sweet and charm-ing in her misery She has wonderful things hap-pen to her throughout the course of the play Yound yourself rooting for her adoring herrdquo

None of the three principal players can fully re-late to the sibling rivalry of Vanya and Sonia andMasha Winegar got along quite well with her sis-ters and Mason is an only child But Rossman seeshimself as sort of the eccentric in the family

ldquoThey all have normal kinds of jobs and look atme as the guy who does all of the weird theatricalstuffrdquo he said

Much to the delight of the director

ldquoI could have cast the play two or three timesrdquoJeffrey Mason said ldquoIt was an unusually stronggroup who auditioned I consider myself verylucky in a relatively small town like ours the num-ber of people that are involved in theaterrdquo

So if you enjoy a good Chekhov story yoursquoll get afew more of the jokes than most

ldquoSome of the references are right in your facesome are more subtlerdquo Susan Mason said

If you havenrsquot read any of his stories or plays wor-ry not

ldquoItrsquos not blatantly Chekhovrdquo Rossman said ldquoItrsquos

just a comic romprdquoAnd if yoursquore still convinced that the only Chekovthat matters is a star eet navigator well theremay actually be a character or two here yoursquodidentify with

THEY PUT THE lsquoFUNrsquo INDYSFUNCTION

Photo by David Wong

Robert Rossman Sharon Winegar Susan Mason and Casey Burkestar in the Sierra Stages production of Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike

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copy 2015 DFO LLC At participating restaurants for a limited time only Selection and prices may vary

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PUTTING LOCAL FLAVOR

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IN YOUR DAILY GRIND

When yoursquore in need of coffee there arecertainly a lot of choices Sure youcould buzz through the drive through

and have your McBeverage handed to you andbe done with it

Or you could hit one of many locally-owned cof-fee shops and cafeacutes each with their own ambienceand deacutecor and really soak up the wide variety of lo-cal avor in a way that no corporate chain ever can

Here in the foothills you can bike up to the Trail-head Coffee in Penryn and sip an espresso conpanna while you have your bicycle worked on Orlounge on a Victorian sofa under a glass chande-lier at the Cafeacute Mekka in Nevada City Or minglewith judges and lawyers while grabbing a cappuc-cino at the Courthouse Cafeacute in Auburn Or evenplay a round of bocce ball while you sip your mac-chiato at The Flower Farm in Loomis

Whether your choice is black coffee or a nonfat

soy latte yoursquoll nd lots of choices in Placer andNevada County Here is an unbiased sampling toconsider Cranking up Ella Fitzgeraldrsquos cover ofldquoBlack Coffeerdquo while you drive there is optionalbut highly recommended

PUTTING LOCAL FLAVOR

NEVADA CITY Cafeacute Mekka237 Commercial St Nevada City (530) 478-1517

Cafeacute Mekka is easily the most eclectic and funkyof the coffee houses I visited The Gold Rush-erabuilding is lined with tables and vintage sofasbooks and art even a piano in the corner Mekkahas a huge drink menu with beans from TempleCoffee in Sacramento as well as baked goodsmade by DeGroot Bakery Mekka rotates artshows monthly has open mic nights music andpoetry with limited seating outside The SummerIce a blend of chocolate caramel and espresso isa denite must try

Three Forks Bakery and Brewery 211 Commercial St Nevada City (530) 470-8333threeforksnccom

Open since August Three Forks merges a bak-ery with a brewery providing coffee and micro-brews along with pizza and sandwiches Its beansare from local roaster Fable in Grass Valley Themodern sleek-looking space with some outdoorseating offers a new take on both the traditionalbakery and the microbrewery

GRASS VALLEY Carolines Coffee Roaster 128 South Auburn St Grass Valley (530) 273-6424 carolinescoffeecom

Carolines is a family-owned coffee house in Grass Valley with specialty-roasted coffee includingtheir own house blend as well as scones pas-tries quiches gourmet olives and sandwichesCarolines has a warm and friendly vibe with asmall outdoor seating area located on the groundoor of the classic Madison Lodge Building

AUBURNThe Courthouse Cafeacute1425 Lincoln Way Auburn (530) 889-1373

Sitting directly across the street from the AuburnCourthouse is The Courthouse Cafeacute a 1930s con-verted bungalow which makes for an intimatehome-like setting complete with a small replaceand reading areas Its beans are from Santa CruzCoffee and the baked goods are made fresh dai-ly Obviously a popular spot for the lawyers and judges needing caffeine x before court the cafeacuteis a denite hot spot in the mornings The Court -house Cafe is part of the Placer 360 art scene and

By Matthew Whitley

Bicycle memorabilia lines the wallsof the Trailhead Coffee and CyclingL i P

Photo by Matthew Whitley

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features local art year round and a small outdoorseating area

Depoe Bay Coffee Company 893 High St Auburn (530) 889-1021 depoebay-coffeecom

Conveniently located right down the street fromthe ofces of the Foothills Entertainer mdash muchto the relief of the staff mdash the Depoe is Down-

town Auburnrsquos go-to spot for a cup of Joe Thecafeacute has a couple of different seating areas roaststheir own beans and serves bakes goods break-fast and sandwiches Depoe Bay offers live musicevery other Sunday as well as local art

PENRYN

Trailhead Coffee and Cycling Lounge2210 Taylor Road Penryn (916) 663-1501 coffee-andbikescom

The Trailhead located directly across from GrifthQuarry Park is both a coffee house and a full bicy-cle shop Co-owner Jerry Cannon is a competitivecyclist who has merged his two passions into onebusiness Decorated with Tour de France memo-rabilia and vintage gear the shop pays homage toall things bicycle Cyclists can have repairs doneon their bikes while hanging out on the wood-

en patio drinking one of the Trailheadrsquos specialtyroasts The cafeacute offers pastries and baked goodspower and energy bars and breakfast burritos

LOOMIS

The Flower Farm Nursery9280 Horseshoe Bar Road Loomis (916) 652-5650 owerfarminncom

The Flower Farm is a cafeacute set in one of the arearsquosmore beautiful and pastoral settings The facilityalso operates a bed and breakfast host eventsand weddings operates a nursery and gift shophas a waterwheel pond bocce ball court and gar-dens Also on the property is Casque Winery allsurrounded by citrus orchards and gardens Thecafeacute menu features ingredients taken right offtheir farm In the fall and winter they sell pump-kins and Christmas trees hellip how many cafeacutes dothat

ROCKLIN

Origin Coffee and Tea2168 Sunset Blvd Rocklin (916) 787-5676 orig-incoffeeorg

Origin Coffee and Tea is a nonprot coffee housewhose sole mission is to raise money and aware-ness to end human slave trafcking At Origin all

of the employees donate their time and the mon-ey raised goes to the Grace Network Rescue Thebeans they carry are free trade and roasted locallyOrigin offers table and couch seating in a modern

but sparse environment There is live music in-cluding benet concerts Itrsquos coffee with a cause

ROSEVILLEShady Coffee and Tea325 Douglas Blvd Roseville (916) 742-4117 sha-dycoffeeandteacom

Shady Coffee and Tea is a small cafeacute and eateryclose to Downtown Roseville that offers specialtyroasts including Mast Espresso beans and En-

timos Coffee from Citrus Heights Shady offerssandwiches salads breakfasts beer and wineThey also have a nice-size back patio a drive-upwindow art on the walls and open mic on Fridaynights Be sure and try the Affogato vanilla beanice cream topped with espresso

Lounge in Penryn

Emmit Johnston Grass Valley resident andbarista at Carolines Coffee in Grass Valley

Photo by Matthew Whitley

From left Joe Fernandez VinceMUSIC FROM THE BRITISH ISLES

FROM CELTIC TO BEATLES

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AUBURN CONCERT BAND PLAYS MUSIC FROM THE BRITISH ISLESBy Paul Cambra

Think British invasion and you go straight to1964 But the music of the United Kingdomand Ireland has been crossing the Atlantic

for centuries From Baroque to folk ddles tofes the rich musical history of the British Isles canbe traced back to the polyphonic melodies of thelate middle ages

But this month itrsquos all about the brass hellip and thewoodwinds hellipand the percussion

ldquoBrass bands have been popular in Britain sincethe 1800srdquo said Craig Thomas trumpeter withthe Auburn Concert Band ldquoToday they are oneof the most popular forms of music in Englandrdquo

The Auburn Concert band will present ldquoMusicfrom the British Isles ndash from Celtic to Beatlesrdquo fortwo free performances this month The 40-pieceensemble will take on everyone from Gustav Holstto LennonMcCartney

ldquoWersquore not just playing a Beatles song itrsquos a sym-phonic workingrdquo said conductor Tom CandlishldquoYou know how Hey Jude sort of rocks out at theend The arranger takes that same idea but addsa counter melody underneath Itrsquos a mix of the

original material with material for an orchestra Itrsquosnot the way the Beatles played it They are a rockband we are a concert bandrdquo

They will however step slightly out of the box forthese shows adding a piper Chuck Jamison fora medley of bagpipe tunes which they will ac-company And Jamison who plays drums for thecountry and western band Dust in My Coffee willbring his band mates to do a two-song Celtic setin the middle of the show Country Celtic if youwill

ldquoThe Auburn Concert Band is very enthusiasticabout the variety of music we are playingrdquo Can-dlish said ldquoItrsquos not just serious music all of thetime We are mixing it up with folk tunes and poppieces The audiences we play for have really ap-preciated thatrdquo

Yoursquoll hear Brian Borursquos March one of Irelandrsquosoldest traditional folk songs Yoursquoll hear DannyBoy which Candlish calls ldquothe epitome of concertband musicrdquo And then therersquos Those MagnicentMen in their Flying Machines from the 1965 mov-ie and McNamararsquos Band which was a top-10 hitfor Bing Crosby

And if yoursquore not leaving the show humming theending to Hey Jude chances are yoursquoll be whis-tling the Colonel Bogey March better known asthe theme song to The Bridge on the River Kwai

ldquoThe British Isles have certainly contributed to themusical history of this countryrdquo Thomas said ldquoItrsquosamazing when you go back the fact that therewere craftsman making these instruments so mu-sicians could play these beautiful and elaborate

classical piecesrdquo

Thomas the trumpeter has his own personal con-nection to the UK

ldquoI have a couple of cornets that I bought fromsomeone in Englandrdquo he said ldquoThe characteris-tics of the British horn are a little different moresoft and mellow In describing the differencebetween a cornet and a trumpet the trumpet Iwould describe as having a bright and projectingtone and the cornet a softer more mellow tonerdquo

From bright to mellow and a few stages in be-tween this British invasion mixes history with har-mony

TOMMY TUNES

Warm and Lori Yarbrough

From left Bruce Heseltine JohnSmiley and Trent Taylor

From left Roberta SullivanDave Lake and Angela Costa

ndash FROM CELTIC TO BEATLES

WHO Auburn Concert Band

WHEN 7-9 pm Wednesday March 4

WHERE Newcastle School 8951 Valley View Drive Newcastle

WHEN 7-9 pm Wednesday March 11

WHERE The State Theatre985 Lincoln Way Auburn

COST Free

INFO auburnconcertbandnet

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People who need to give presentations atwork try it Writers use it to loosen up andget more creative Empty nesters take

classes because well what else are they goingto do

Itrsquos improvisational comedy mdash better know asimprov mdash and itrsquos gaining a foothold in South

Placer County at a place called Blacktop Comedyin Rocklin

ldquoImprov takes an opennessrdquo said co-founderBetsaida Lebron ldquoItrsquos all about saying lsquoyes andhelliprsquo You want to be able to agree and support whois there but not just be a yes man You have tobuild on what they saidrdquo

Lebron started building her improv resume beforeshe realized she was doing it

ldquoGrowing up there were four of us and we werealways doing skits and songs at churchrdquo she saidldquoWe never had much of a plan just a very roughoutline People told us how fun and entertainingwe were and we had no idea that it was improvrdquo

After college she randomly took an improv classand thought lsquowhatrsquo

ldquoIrsquod been doing it my whole life I just didnrsquot know

itrdquo she said

Enter Paul Burke who for years watched WhoseLine is it Anyway but never for a minute thoughtlsquoOh thatrsquos something I could dorsquo

ldquoI randomly found a drop-in improv class inSacramentordquo Burke said ldquoI began readingand studying about it attended classes in SanFrancisco festivals in Chicago and Los Angelesrdquo

Then six years ago he had the opportunityto study at the iO Theater Chicago and at TheSecond City

ldquoI came back and met Betsaida and we foundout we shared an improv vision and we openedBlacktop Comedyrdquo he said

What started in Roseville in 2011 has just relocated

to fancier digs in Rocklin In addition to the weeklySaturday show ldquoThe Shortiesrdquo they also haveclasses throughout the week for children andadults

Theater Kids Teen Improv Improv 101-301Playground Improv hellip there is something for allages and abilities

ldquoSome people are curious and just interested intrying improvrdquo Lebron said ldquoItrsquos kind of like a

By Paul Cambra

Comedy withou ne

WHAT Comedy t for the entire family

WHEN 7 pm Saturdays

THE SHORTIES WHERE The Showdown Theater 3101Sunset Blvd Suite 3A in Rocklin

TICKETS $5 each $15 families

INFO (916) 749-3100

Paul Burke

Photos by Paul Burke

Betsaida Lebron

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time to explore their creative side And some arealready actors looking for an edge at auditionsrdquo

And then therersquos ldquoBelly Laughsrdquo

ldquoA belly dancer was looking for space to teachone night a weekrdquo Betsaida said ldquoWe thoughtlsquohow fun would it be to merge them togetherrdquo

Now once a month belly dancers take the stagewhile the improv performers watch from thewings Then itrsquos their turn to entertain

ldquoOne guy started shimmying and shaking tryingto get into skinny jeans and be a part of the fadrdquoBetsaida said

Improv is all about the inspiration Be it the movesof a belly dancer or a shout from the audience allthe performer needs is a jumping off point

ldquoThe Shorties get ideas from the audiencerdquoBurke said ldquoFrom a location mdash like the beach orStarbuckrsquos mdash or a feeling they had today a lineof dialogue or a text message we will use thosewithin the scene We just focus on creating in themoment Every show is totally differentrdquo

The 7 pm show is for families guaranteed to be

clean The 830 show well they donrsquot try to beblue but they are making this up on the y Theyuse a rotating cast of performers usually eight to10 on any given night

ldquoItrsquos a really diverse group and really they usuallynd usrdquo Burke said ldquoThey come through ourclasses like Teen Playground More than anythingwe love having a team of people who share asame mindsetrdquo

Audience participation at The Shorties isencouraged but not required They promise theywill not pick on anyone who chooses just to sitback and enjoy the show But you may want tooffer a suggestion should they get stuck

ldquoAnd you will get stuckrdquo Burke said ldquoWhen itdoes happen you breathe through it You think lsquoIhave to be funny I have to be cleverrsquo but thatrsquoshow you get stuck in the rst place Slow down

listen to what was said last respond to it and it willall be goodrdquo

lsquoTHE SHORTIESrsquo IMPROVE

UPON IMPROV

THEATER KIDS (AGES SECONDTO FIFTH GRADE)

bull Basic improv and theater skills

TEEN IMPROV

bull Create SNL-type sketches

IMPROV 101 201 301

bull Adults interested in trying improv

TEEN PLAYGROUND

bull Bring a favorite game and make new friends

PLAYGROUND IMPROV

bull Drop-in workshop for adults

BELLY LAUGHS

bull The show that blends sexy with funny

BLACKTOP COMEDY

Lori Wynant shares with the dangers ofsky diving with Kevin Brown

BETTER CALL JUNIOR

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By Matthew Whitley

Hersquos labeled country music mdash and he is mdashbut hersquos so much more A listen through

his catalogue and you hear country rockhonky-tonk swing mariachi Tex-Mex bluegrassand rhythm and blues mdash even a bit of Hawaiian

He even invented a double necked ldquoguit-steelrdquoallowing him to play and switch between electricguitar and lap steel guitar on the same instrument

Then therersquos that voice a deep baritone and astyle that harkens back to an earlier era hellip cleanhonest and un-ironic hellip like the music of George

Jones or Ernest Tubb who Brown has often beencompared to in style

Brown 62 will bring his act to The Center for theArts in Grass Valley near the end of this monthWe had a chance to talk with Brown and we askedhim how he got to be a country music star

WERE YOU EXPOSED TO A LOT OF COUNTRYMUSIC GROWING UP

ldquoNot really My parents liked classical and I wasmostly raised on that I watched the TV and thatrsquoswhere I got into that kind of musicrdquo

WHY DO YOU THINK YOU WERE DRAWN TOCOUNTRY MUSIC AS OPPOSED TO THE POP-ULAR MUSIC OF THE DAY

ldquoI was drawn to popular music at the time I re-member when the Beatles hit and then the bandsthat followed Thatrsquos what the teenagers at school

would be talking about I kind of discovered Er-nest Tubb on my own watching the TV I never

told any of my friends as I donrsquot think it wouldhave gone over too wellrdquo

DO YOU REMEMBER IF THERE WAS A SPECIF-IC ALBUM WHERE YOU SAID lsquoTHIS IS WHAT I WANT TO DO THIS IS ITrsquo

ldquoNo we didnrsquot buy albums back then And a coun-try album I wouldnrsquot have any idea as to whereto buy that So it was all television I watched Er-nest Tubbrsquos show and then the Buck Owens show

Jimmy Dean had a show that came out of Wash-ington DC I would eventually buy an album ofa rock person or something but those were ex-pensive and I didnrsquot have any money I would buysingles once in a while you know the little 45 andagain it wasnrsquot country as I wouldnrsquot know whereto buy onerdquo

DO YOU REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME YOUPERFORMED

ldquoYes It was at a Boys Scout Jamboree at AndrewsAir Force Base in Maryland I was about 8 or 10years old and I was strolling around the differentcamp sites me and another guy sort of like min-strels which is what we sort of felt like doing Lit-tle did I know that is what I would be doing forthe rest of my life Anyway we stopped at one ofthese campsites and it was the top brass of theJamboree They said lsquocome on down tonight andperformrsquo So we actually got a stage with a micro-

phone and there was about 7000 Boy Scouts outthere and I was hooked I have been chasing thebright lights ever since I still get nervous perform-ing but I donrsquot think I was nervous that night I justremembered being thrilledrdquo

THE SOUND YOU HAVE IS ALMOST CLASSICCOUNTRY VERY UNGUARDED AND SINGINGSTRAIGHT TO THE AUDIENCE

ldquoWhatrsquos good about the older music is itrsquos very di-

rect and honest and it had sentiment in there thatwas considered corny but the cornball is part ofthe honesty itrsquos part of the lsquohey this is how I feelrsquoyou know My music is not just limited to countryIrsquom not a purist in any way I just like signing to anaudience and singing your heart out You knowhow blues tells the audience that you feel badCountry will tell you how you got thererdquo

I FIRST HEARD YOU ON THE CHRIS ISAAKSHOW IN THE LATE rsquo80S EARLY rsquo90S WITH

KD LANG IT WAS MODERN AND BEAUTIFULCOUNTRY MUSIC AND I REMEMBER YOU BE-ING A PART OF THAT SOUND WHEN IT CAMEOUT WHAT IS YOUR TAKE ON COUNTRY MU-SIC NOW

ldquoOh itrsquos the same take Irsquove had on it since thelate rsquo60s Everybody talks about what their idea

of country music is and everybody has a differ-ent idea Country music can mean anything nowWhat I do now is label mine as lsquoginger brown guit-steel musicrsquo Itrsquos a combination of all types of mu-sic mdash country rock and some othersrdquo

AMERICA IS SUCH A BLEND OF DIFFERENTPEOPLE IT STANDS TO REASON THAT MUSIC WOULD REPRESENT THAT AS WELL

ldquoYes When I do something I try and do it in an

honest way and give the song what it requiresWhen I say I have a lot of styles in my music itdoesnrsquot mean I use them all at once People loveto see me go nuts on that guitar but you haveto do what the song calls for Now the problemcomes when yoursquore trying to do everything onevery song all the time You never get anywherethat way There are guys out there that say lsquoOK Ican play an Ernest Tubbrsquos song and put a BB Kingblues guitar solo in itrsquo and feel like they have re-

ally discovered something and to me that is notsaying anything You havenrsquot done anything butwater down a good song Not that I donrsquot like BBKing he just does not mix well with Ernest TubbThatrsquos where musicianship comes inrdquo

WHAT DO YOU THINK CONTRIBUTED MOSTTO YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF MUSIC

ldquoCovering other peoplersquos songs and working withother people Working in the country and western

clubs doing country songs that were popular atthe time A lot of them I didnrsquot like but I playedthem as best as I could And then I started writ-ing songs which really put me in another place Icould really be myself I wasnrsquot a cover artist any-more Most of the stuff on my records are stuffthat Irsquove written so Irsquom very proud of thatrdquo

DOES SONG WRITING COME EASY TO YOUOR IS IT A DIFFICULT PROCESS

ldquoItrsquos very difcult More difcult than one maythink Itrsquos easy to write bad songs and hard towrite good ones I have thrown away over half ofthem I could put several weeks into a song that just isnrsquot any goodrdquo

HOW DID YOU COME TO INVENT THE GUIT-STEEL

ldquoMichael Stephens of Stephens Guitars theymake them and we have sold a few of them I have

seen a couple of people playing them and itrsquos kindof strange like watching somebody dance withyour wife lsquoWait a minute yoursquore not supposed tobe holding that mdash thatrsquos my instrumentrsquordquo

BETTER CALL hellip JUNIOR

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SO ITrsquoS A BLEND OF TWO TYPES OFGUITAR SOUND

ldquoNo they are two complete and differentinstruments You have the guitar neck and thesteel guitar neck so I am switching instrumentsas I sing I am basically doing the part of threeguys on stage hellip singing guitar and steel guitarPut a little foot pedal down there on a bass drum and Icould be a one man bandrdquo

HOW DID YOU GET INVOLVED IN FILMS AND TELE-VISION

ldquoPeople who are fans ask me to do it Vince Gilliganliked what I did so he asked me to be on the X-FilesGilligan did Breaking Bad and is now doing BetterCall Saulrdquo

BETTER CALL SAUL DEBUTED RECENTLY ANDBECAME THE MOST WATCHED CABLE SHOWIN HISTORY FIFTEEN AND A HALF MILLIONPEOPLE HEARD YOUR THEME SONG THIS PAST WEEKEND

ldquoWell I didnrsquot play on the show they aired it rightafter they nished Breaking Bad as a promotion forsomething It wasnrsquot a theme song to the series Vincehad actually wrote it with three of his friends A verywell-written song written with me in mind I was veryattered by that We just got back from the premier inLA did the red carpet played the party and showed themovie It was a lot of funrdquo

SO WHAT SHOULD YOUR FANS EXPECT WHEN

YOU PERFORM AT THE CENTER FOR THE ARTSIN GRASS VALLEY

ldquoOh a unique experience I guess I mean I just domy own thing and if they havenrsquot seen me beforethey will be pleasantly surprised mdash itrsquos original I ambringing a full band including my wife who playsrhythm guitarrdquo

Photos by George Brainard

You know how

blues tells the

audience that

you feel bad

Country willtell you how

you got there- Junior Brown

BEHIND EVERY GREAT MAN

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Elaine Bromka received a letter from agentleman who attended her one-wom-an show ldquoTea for Threerdquo and wrote that

when she took her curtain call he asked theperson next to him where the other two ac-tresses were

ldquoIt wasnrsquot the rst time Irsquod heard thatrdquo Bromkasaid ldquoI am nding the essence of each womanI have a feeling of each voice but I really go forwhere the energy originates moves throughthe bodyrdquo

The three bodies she inhabits on stage belongto three former rst ladies mdash Lady Bird John -son Pat Nixon and Betty Ford The play which

she co-wrote with Eric H Weinberger is a char-acter study that is both funny and moving

ldquoItrsquos really an exploration of what it was liketo suddenly wake up and yoursquore in the WhiteHouserdquo Bromka said ldquoIn two of those cases itwas really suddenrdquo

Bromka a veteran of stage and screen mdashboth large and small mdash recently worked withlegendary impressionist Rich Little in the PBSshow ldquoThe Presidentsrdquo where she starred aseight rst ladies opposite Littlersquos commandersin chief

ldquoRich and I were out at lunch and he was sittingthere staring at his hands and I asked lsquowhat areyou doingrsquordquo she said ldquoHe said lsquoReagan holdshis thumbs like this like a bearrsquordquo

Itrsquos the little things that make or break a good

impersonation she learned While not neces-sarily an impressionist herself she is a peoplewatcher mdash and listener mdash and in two years shespent with the National Theatre of the Deaf shelearned a lot about the non-verbal

ldquoThe body doesnrsquot lierdquo she said

Bromka went to the museum of TV and radioand studied video tapes of all three women

Doing so she said she learned a lot about theirpersonalities

ldquoAll three were very smart and easy to underes-timaterdquo Bromka said ldquoFor Lady Bird imaginefollowing in the footsteps of a star She was not

as glamorous as Jackie but she did wonderfulthings with Head Start and beauticationrdquo

Pat Nixon she said was harder because sherarely opened her mouth

ldquoThey called her lsquoPlastic Patrsquordquo she said ldquoThatrsquosnot plastic those are the eyes of a very guard-ed watchful person Someone who experi-enced a lot of pain They say she was one ofthe warmest rst ladies one-on-one Pat wentto 80 countries on her own as a one-on-oneambassador she just didnrsquot want to get in frontof groupsrdquo

And then therersquos Betty Ford

ldquoBetty was a live wire she said whatever shethoughtrdquo Bromka said ldquoBut Betty broke openhuge issues like womenrsquos rights and breastcancer awarenessrdquo

Many of the lines in the play are direct quotesfrom the rst ladies She said while the playcovers a lot of ground itrsquos not by any means ahistory lesson

ldquoThis is really a Valentine to all threerdquo Bromkasaid ldquoItrsquos a human story about the human el-ement One audience member said lsquoit lets youwalk in their shoesrsquordquo

And for Bromka the shoes t just ne

ONE-WOMAN SHOW LOOKS AT LIVES OF

THREE FORMER FIRST LADIES

By Paul Cambra

BEHIND EVERY GREAT MAN

TEA FOR THREE mdash LADYBIRD PAT AND BETTY

WHEN 730 pm SaturdayMarch 21 3 pm Sunday March 22

WHERE The State Theatre985 Lincoln Way Auburn

TICKETS $20

INFO (530) 852-2708infoplacertheaterorg

Elaine Bromka on PatNixon ldquoThey say she wasone of the warmest rst

ladies one-on-onerdquo

Elaine Bromka on Betty FordldquoBetty was a live wire she said

whatever she thoughtrdquo

Elaine Bromka onLady Bird JohnsonldquoImagine following

in the footsteps ofa starrdquo

VANYA AND SONIA AND

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By Paul Cambra

MASHA AND SPIKE

WHEN 8 pm Fridays and Saturdaysthrough March 28 2 pm Sunday

March 15 and 22 (7 pm ThursdayMarch 5 preview)

WHERE Nevada Theatre 401 BroadSt Nevada City

TICKETS $25 general $35 reserved($15 Thursday preview)

INFO (530) 346-3210sierrastagesorg

Whether yoursquore familiar with Chek-hov not too familiar or you think hersquosthe guy who sat next to Sulu on the

Starship Enterprise it doesnrsquot matter Chances areyoursquoll like this play

ldquoThe playwright said he took Chekhov and puthim in a blenderrdquo Jeffrey Mason said ldquoYou donrsquotneed to have any Chekhov background to un-derstand or enjoy this play but if you do Therersquosmore fun to be hadrdquo

Mason is directing the Sierra Stages production ofldquoVanya and Sonia and Masha and Spikerdquo a 2013Tony Award-winning play by Christopher DurangThe characterrsquos names are all from Anton Chekhovplays The mood is very ldquoChekhovianrdquo mdash sad andlonely characters in a country house a visitor com-ing and shaking things up mdash but really folks you

donrsquot need to know Chekhov to enjoy this playldquoItrsquos funnyrdquo Mason said ldquoThe situations are fun-ny the characters are funny they are dealing withproblems anybody can relate to Family issues Itrsquosa very well-crafted playrdquo

He said it is the single most popular play on theregional theater circuit this season with no lessthan 27 different productions

ldquoI donrsquot know of another play that has been thispopular this soonrdquo Mason said ldquoEverybody is en- joying it everywhererdquo

Robert Rossman plays Vanya ldquoprobably the san-

est one of them allrdquo he said

Vanya is in his 50s lives with his adopted sister isnot very sociable doesnrsquot go out and has neverheld a job And hersquos the sane one

But to his defense he and his sister have been tak-ing care of their parent who both had Alzheimerrsquosdisease Now that they are gone their other sis-ter who has been supporting the family throughher career as an actress is coming home That

ratchets the dysfunction meter up a few notchesldquoMasha doesnrsquot come home very often but thistime she comes home and tells them she is goingto sell the houserdquo said Susan Mason who playsMasha ldquoThey have never lived anywhere else

They donrsquot know how to live anywhere elserdquo

And Masha brings her very young boyfriendSpike home with her fueling the jealousy be-tween her and her plain sheltered adopted sister

ldquoSonia is a kind of the pathetic onerdquo said actressSharon Winegar ldquoShe plays pathetic but she isnot truly pathetic She likes to wallow in self pitybut at the same time she is very sweet and charm-ing in her misery She has wonderful things hap-pen to her throughout the course of the play Yound yourself rooting for her adoring herrdquo

None of the three principal players can fully re-late to the sibling rivalry of Vanya and Sonia andMasha Winegar got along quite well with her sis-ters and Mason is an only child But Rossman seeshimself as sort of the eccentric in the family

ldquoThey all have normal kinds of jobs and look atme as the guy who does all of the weird theatricalstuffrdquo he said

Much to the delight of the director

ldquoI could have cast the play two or three timesrdquoJeffrey Mason said ldquoIt was an unusually stronggroup who auditioned I consider myself verylucky in a relatively small town like ours the num-ber of people that are involved in theaterrdquo

So if you enjoy a good Chekhov story yoursquoll get afew more of the jokes than most

ldquoSome of the references are right in your facesome are more subtlerdquo Susan Mason said

If you havenrsquot read any of his stories or plays wor-ry not

ldquoItrsquos not blatantly Chekhovrdquo Rossman said ldquoItrsquos

just a comic romprdquoAnd if yoursquore still convinced that the only Chekovthat matters is a star eet navigator well theremay actually be a character or two here yoursquodidentify with

THEY PUT THE lsquoFUNrsquo INDYSFUNCTION

Photo by David Wong

Robert Rossman Sharon Winegar Susan Mason and Casey Burkestar in the Sierra Stages production of Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike

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IN YOUR DAILY GRIND

When yoursquore in need of coffee there arecertainly a lot of choices Sure youcould buzz through the drive through

and have your McBeverage handed to you andbe done with it

Or you could hit one of many locally-owned cof-fee shops and cafeacutes each with their own ambienceand deacutecor and really soak up the wide variety of lo-cal avor in a way that no corporate chain ever can

Here in the foothills you can bike up to the Trail-head Coffee in Penryn and sip an espresso conpanna while you have your bicycle worked on Orlounge on a Victorian sofa under a glass chande-lier at the Cafeacute Mekka in Nevada City Or minglewith judges and lawyers while grabbing a cappuc-cino at the Courthouse Cafeacute in Auburn Or evenplay a round of bocce ball while you sip your mac-chiato at The Flower Farm in Loomis

Whether your choice is black coffee or a nonfat

soy latte yoursquoll nd lots of choices in Placer andNevada County Here is an unbiased sampling toconsider Cranking up Ella Fitzgeraldrsquos cover ofldquoBlack Coffeerdquo while you drive there is optionalbut highly recommended

PUTTING LOCAL FLAVOR

NEVADA CITY Cafeacute Mekka237 Commercial St Nevada City (530) 478-1517

Cafeacute Mekka is easily the most eclectic and funkyof the coffee houses I visited The Gold Rush-erabuilding is lined with tables and vintage sofasbooks and art even a piano in the corner Mekkahas a huge drink menu with beans from TempleCoffee in Sacramento as well as baked goodsmade by DeGroot Bakery Mekka rotates artshows monthly has open mic nights music andpoetry with limited seating outside The SummerIce a blend of chocolate caramel and espresso isa denite must try

Three Forks Bakery and Brewery 211 Commercial St Nevada City (530) 470-8333threeforksnccom

Open since August Three Forks merges a bak-ery with a brewery providing coffee and micro-brews along with pizza and sandwiches Its beansare from local roaster Fable in Grass Valley Themodern sleek-looking space with some outdoorseating offers a new take on both the traditionalbakery and the microbrewery

GRASS VALLEY Carolines Coffee Roaster 128 South Auburn St Grass Valley (530) 273-6424 carolinescoffeecom

Carolines is a family-owned coffee house in Grass Valley with specialty-roasted coffee includingtheir own house blend as well as scones pas-tries quiches gourmet olives and sandwichesCarolines has a warm and friendly vibe with asmall outdoor seating area located on the groundoor of the classic Madison Lodge Building

AUBURNThe Courthouse Cafeacute1425 Lincoln Way Auburn (530) 889-1373

Sitting directly across the street from the AuburnCourthouse is The Courthouse Cafeacute a 1930s con-verted bungalow which makes for an intimatehome-like setting complete with a small replaceand reading areas Its beans are from Santa CruzCoffee and the baked goods are made fresh dai-ly Obviously a popular spot for the lawyers and judges needing caffeine x before court the cafeacuteis a denite hot spot in the mornings The Court -house Cafe is part of the Placer 360 art scene and

By Matthew Whitley

Bicycle memorabilia lines the wallsof the Trailhead Coffee and CyclingL i P

Photo by Matthew Whitley

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features local art year round and a small outdoorseating area

Depoe Bay Coffee Company 893 High St Auburn (530) 889-1021 depoebay-coffeecom

Conveniently located right down the street fromthe ofces of the Foothills Entertainer mdash muchto the relief of the staff mdash the Depoe is Down-

town Auburnrsquos go-to spot for a cup of Joe Thecafeacute has a couple of different seating areas roaststheir own beans and serves bakes goods break-fast and sandwiches Depoe Bay offers live musicevery other Sunday as well as local art

PENRYN

Trailhead Coffee and Cycling Lounge2210 Taylor Road Penryn (916) 663-1501 coffee-andbikescom

The Trailhead located directly across from GrifthQuarry Park is both a coffee house and a full bicy-cle shop Co-owner Jerry Cannon is a competitivecyclist who has merged his two passions into onebusiness Decorated with Tour de France memo-rabilia and vintage gear the shop pays homage toall things bicycle Cyclists can have repairs doneon their bikes while hanging out on the wood-

en patio drinking one of the Trailheadrsquos specialtyroasts The cafeacute offers pastries and baked goodspower and energy bars and breakfast burritos

LOOMIS

The Flower Farm Nursery9280 Horseshoe Bar Road Loomis (916) 652-5650 owerfarminncom

The Flower Farm is a cafeacute set in one of the arearsquosmore beautiful and pastoral settings The facilityalso operates a bed and breakfast host eventsand weddings operates a nursery and gift shophas a waterwheel pond bocce ball court and gar-dens Also on the property is Casque Winery allsurrounded by citrus orchards and gardens Thecafeacute menu features ingredients taken right offtheir farm In the fall and winter they sell pump-kins and Christmas trees hellip how many cafeacutes dothat

ROCKLIN

Origin Coffee and Tea2168 Sunset Blvd Rocklin (916) 787-5676 orig-incoffeeorg

Origin Coffee and Tea is a nonprot coffee housewhose sole mission is to raise money and aware-ness to end human slave trafcking At Origin all

of the employees donate their time and the mon-ey raised goes to the Grace Network Rescue Thebeans they carry are free trade and roasted locallyOrigin offers table and couch seating in a modern

but sparse environment There is live music in-cluding benet concerts Itrsquos coffee with a cause

ROSEVILLEShady Coffee and Tea325 Douglas Blvd Roseville (916) 742-4117 sha-dycoffeeandteacom

Shady Coffee and Tea is a small cafeacute and eateryclose to Downtown Roseville that offers specialtyroasts including Mast Espresso beans and En-

timos Coffee from Citrus Heights Shady offerssandwiches salads breakfasts beer and wineThey also have a nice-size back patio a drive-upwindow art on the walls and open mic on Fridaynights Be sure and try the Affogato vanilla beanice cream topped with espresso

Lounge in Penryn

Emmit Johnston Grass Valley resident andbarista at Carolines Coffee in Grass Valley

Photo by Matthew Whitley

From left Joe Fernandez VinceMUSIC FROM THE BRITISH ISLES

FROM CELTIC TO BEATLES

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AUBURN CONCERT BAND PLAYS MUSIC FROM THE BRITISH ISLESBy Paul Cambra

Think British invasion and you go straight to1964 But the music of the United Kingdomand Ireland has been crossing the Atlantic

for centuries From Baroque to folk ddles tofes the rich musical history of the British Isles canbe traced back to the polyphonic melodies of thelate middle ages

But this month itrsquos all about the brass hellip and thewoodwinds hellipand the percussion

ldquoBrass bands have been popular in Britain sincethe 1800srdquo said Craig Thomas trumpeter withthe Auburn Concert Band ldquoToday they are oneof the most popular forms of music in Englandrdquo

The Auburn Concert band will present ldquoMusicfrom the British Isles ndash from Celtic to Beatlesrdquo fortwo free performances this month The 40-pieceensemble will take on everyone from Gustav Holstto LennonMcCartney

ldquoWersquore not just playing a Beatles song itrsquos a sym-phonic workingrdquo said conductor Tom CandlishldquoYou know how Hey Jude sort of rocks out at theend The arranger takes that same idea but addsa counter melody underneath Itrsquos a mix of the

original material with material for an orchestra Itrsquosnot the way the Beatles played it They are a rockband we are a concert bandrdquo

They will however step slightly out of the box forthese shows adding a piper Chuck Jamison fora medley of bagpipe tunes which they will ac-company And Jamison who plays drums for thecountry and western band Dust in My Coffee willbring his band mates to do a two-song Celtic setin the middle of the show Country Celtic if youwill

ldquoThe Auburn Concert Band is very enthusiasticabout the variety of music we are playingrdquo Can-dlish said ldquoItrsquos not just serious music all of thetime We are mixing it up with folk tunes and poppieces The audiences we play for have really ap-preciated thatrdquo

Yoursquoll hear Brian Borursquos March one of Irelandrsquosoldest traditional folk songs Yoursquoll hear DannyBoy which Candlish calls ldquothe epitome of concertband musicrdquo And then therersquos Those MagnicentMen in their Flying Machines from the 1965 mov-ie and McNamararsquos Band which was a top-10 hitfor Bing Crosby

And if yoursquore not leaving the show humming theending to Hey Jude chances are yoursquoll be whis-tling the Colonel Bogey March better known asthe theme song to The Bridge on the River Kwai

ldquoThe British Isles have certainly contributed to themusical history of this countryrdquo Thomas said ldquoItrsquosamazing when you go back the fact that therewere craftsman making these instruments so mu-sicians could play these beautiful and elaborate

classical piecesrdquo

Thomas the trumpeter has his own personal con-nection to the UK

ldquoI have a couple of cornets that I bought fromsomeone in Englandrdquo he said ldquoThe characteris-tics of the British horn are a little different moresoft and mellow In describing the differencebetween a cornet and a trumpet the trumpet Iwould describe as having a bright and projectingtone and the cornet a softer more mellow tonerdquo

From bright to mellow and a few stages in be-tween this British invasion mixes history with har-mony

TOMMY TUNES

Warm and Lori Yarbrough

From left Bruce Heseltine JohnSmiley and Trent Taylor

From left Roberta SullivanDave Lake and Angela Costa

ndash FROM CELTIC TO BEATLES

WHO Auburn Concert Band

WHEN 7-9 pm Wednesday March 4

WHERE Newcastle School 8951 Valley View Drive Newcastle

WHEN 7-9 pm Wednesday March 11

WHERE The State Theatre985 Lincoln Way Auburn

COST Free

INFO auburnconcertbandnet

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People who need to give presentations atwork try it Writers use it to loosen up andget more creative Empty nesters take

classes because well what else are they goingto do

Itrsquos improvisational comedy mdash better know asimprov mdash and itrsquos gaining a foothold in South

Placer County at a place called Blacktop Comedyin Rocklin

ldquoImprov takes an opennessrdquo said co-founderBetsaida Lebron ldquoItrsquos all about saying lsquoyes andhelliprsquo You want to be able to agree and support whois there but not just be a yes man You have tobuild on what they saidrdquo

Lebron started building her improv resume beforeshe realized she was doing it

ldquoGrowing up there were four of us and we werealways doing skits and songs at churchrdquo she saidldquoWe never had much of a plan just a very roughoutline People told us how fun and entertainingwe were and we had no idea that it was improvrdquo

After college she randomly took an improv classand thought lsquowhatrsquo

ldquoIrsquod been doing it my whole life I just didnrsquot know

itrdquo she said

Enter Paul Burke who for years watched WhoseLine is it Anyway but never for a minute thoughtlsquoOh thatrsquos something I could dorsquo

ldquoI randomly found a drop-in improv class inSacramentordquo Burke said ldquoI began readingand studying about it attended classes in SanFrancisco festivals in Chicago and Los Angelesrdquo

Then six years ago he had the opportunityto study at the iO Theater Chicago and at TheSecond City

ldquoI came back and met Betsaida and we foundout we shared an improv vision and we openedBlacktop Comedyrdquo he said

What started in Roseville in 2011 has just relocated

to fancier digs in Rocklin In addition to the weeklySaturday show ldquoThe Shortiesrdquo they also haveclasses throughout the week for children andadults

Theater Kids Teen Improv Improv 101-301Playground Improv hellip there is something for allages and abilities

ldquoSome people are curious and just interested intrying improvrdquo Lebron said ldquoItrsquos kind of like a

By Paul Cambra

Comedy withou ne

WHAT Comedy t for the entire family

WHEN 7 pm Saturdays

THE SHORTIES WHERE The Showdown Theater 3101Sunset Blvd Suite 3A in Rocklin

TICKETS $5 each $15 families

INFO (916) 749-3100

Paul Burke

Photos by Paul Burke

Betsaida Lebron

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time to explore their creative side And some arealready actors looking for an edge at auditionsrdquo

And then therersquos ldquoBelly Laughsrdquo

ldquoA belly dancer was looking for space to teachone night a weekrdquo Betsaida said ldquoWe thoughtlsquohow fun would it be to merge them togetherrdquo

Now once a month belly dancers take the stagewhile the improv performers watch from thewings Then itrsquos their turn to entertain

ldquoOne guy started shimmying and shaking tryingto get into skinny jeans and be a part of the fadrdquoBetsaida said

Improv is all about the inspiration Be it the movesof a belly dancer or a shout from the audience allthe performer needs is a jumping off point

ldquoThe Shorties get ideas from the audiencerdquoBurke said ldquoFrom a location mdash like the beach orStarbuckrsquos mdash or a feeling they had today a lineof dialogue or a text message we will use thosewithin the scene We just focus on creating in themoment Every show is totally differentrdquo

The 7 pm show is for families guaranteed to be

clean The 830 show well they donrsquot try to beblue but they are making this up on the y Theyuse a rotating cast of performers usually eight to10 on any given night

ldquoItrsquos a really diverse group and really they usuallynd usrdquo Burke said ldquoThey come through ourclasses like Teen Playground More than anythingwe love having a team of people who share asame mindsetrdquo

Audience participation at The Shorties isencouraged but not required They promise theywill not pick on anyone who chooses just to sitback and enjoy the show But you may want tooffer a suggestion should they get stuck

ldquoAnd you will get stuckrdquo Burke said ldquoWhen itdoes happen you breathe through it You think lsquoIhave to be funny I have to be cleverrsquo but thatrsquoshow you get stuck in the rst place Slow down

listen to what was said last respond to it and it willall be goodrdquo

lsquoTHE SHORTIESrsquo IMPROVE

UPON IMPROV

THEATER KIDS (AGES SECONDTO FIFTH GRADE)

bull Basic improv and theater skills

TEEN IMPROV

bull Create SNL-type sketches

IMPROV 101 201 301

bull Adults interested in trying improv

TEEN PLAYGROUND

bull Bring a favorite game and make new friends

PLAYGROUND IMPROV

bull Drop-in workshop for adults

BELLY LAUGHS

bull The show that blends sexy with funny

BLACKTOP COMEDY

Lori Wynant shares with the dangers ofsky diving with Kevin Brown

BETTER CALL JUNIOR

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By Matthew Whitley

Hersquos labeled country music mdash and he is mdashbut hersquos so much more A listen through

his catalogue and you hear country rockhonky-tonk swing mariachi Tex-Mex bluegrassand rhythm and blues mdash even a bit of Hawaiian

He even invented a double necked ldquoguit-steelrdquoallowing him to play and switch between electricguitar and lap steel guitar on the same instrument

Then therersquos that voice a deep baritone and astyle that harkens back to an earlier era hellip cleanhonest and un-ironic hellip like the music of George

Jones or Ernest Tubb who Brown has often beencompared to in style

Brown 62 will bring his act to The Center for theArts in Grass Valley near the end of this monthWe had a chance to talk with Brown and we askedhim how he got to be a country music star

WERE YOU EXPOSED TO A LOT OF COUNTRYMUSIC GROWING UP

ldquoNot really My parents liked classical and I wasmostly raised on that I watched the TV and thatrsquoswhere I got into that kind of musicrdquo

WHY DO YOU THINK YOU WERE DRAWN TOCOUNTRY MUSIC AS OPPOSED TO THE POP-ULAR MUSIC OF THE DAY

ldquoI was drawn to popular music at the time I re-member when the Beatles hit and then the bandsthat followed Thatrsquos what the teenagers at school

would be talking about I kind of discovered Er-nest Tubb on my own watching the TV I never

told any of my friends as I donrsquot think it wouldhave gone over too wellrdquo

DO YOU REMEMBER IF THERE WAS A SPECIF-IC ALBUM WHERE YOU SAID lsquoTHIS IS WHAT I WANT TO DO THIS IS ITrsquo

ldquoNo we didnrsquot buy albums back then And a coun-try album I wouldnrsquot have any idea as to whereto buy that So it was all television I watched Er-nest Tubbrsquos show and then the Buck Owens show

Jimmy Dean had a show that came out of Wash-ington DC I would eventually buy an album ofa rock person or something but those were ex-pensive and I didnrsquot have any money I would buysingles once in a while you know the little 45 andagain it wasnrsquot country as I wouldnrsquot know whereto buy onerdquo

DO YOU REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME YOUPERFORMED

ldquoYes It was at a Boys Scout Jamboree at AndrewsAir Force Base in Maryland I was about 8 or 10years old and I was strolling around the differentcamp sites me and another guy sort of like min-strels which is what we sort of felt like doing Lit-tle did I know that is what I would be doing forthe rest of my life Anyway we stopped at one ofthese campsites and it was the top brass of theJamboree They said lsquocome on down tonight andperformrsquo So we actually got a stage with a micro-

phone and there was about 7000 Boy Scouts outthere and I was hooked I have been chasing thebright lights ever since I still get nervous perform-ing but I donrsquot think I was nervous that night I justremembered being thrilledrdquo

THE SOUND YOU HAVE IS ALMOST CLASSICCOUNTRY VERY UNGUARDED AND SINGINGSTRAIGHT TO THE AUDIENCE

ldquoWhatrsquos good about the older music is itrsquos very di-

rect and honest and it had sentiment in there thatwas considered corny but the cornball is part ofthe honesty itrsquos part of the lsquohey this is how I feelrsquoyou know My music is not just limited to countryIrsquom not a purist in any way I just like signing to anaudience and singing your heart out You knowhow blues tells the audience that you feel badCountry will tell you how you got thererdquo

I FIRST HEARD YOU ON THE CHRIS ISAAKSHOW IN THE LATE rsquo80S EARLY rsquo90S WITH

KD LANG IT WAS MODERN AND BEAUTIFULCOUNTRY MUSIC AND I REMEMBER YOU BE-ING A PART OF THAT SOUND WHEN IT CAMEOUT WHAT IS YOUR TAKE ON COUNTRY MU-SIC NOW

ldquoOh itrsquos the same take Irsquove had on it since thelate rsquo60s Everybody talks about what their idea

of country music is and everybody has a differ-ent idea Country music can mean anything nowWhat I do now is label mine as lsquoginger brown guit-steel musicrsquo Itrsquos a combination of all types of mu-sic mdash country rock and some othersrdquo

AMERICA IS SUCH A BLEND OF DIFFERENTPEOPLE IT STANDS TO REASON THAT MUSIC WOULD REPRESENT THAT AS WELL

ldquoYes When I do something I try and do it in an

honest way and give the song what it requiresWhen I say I have a lot of styles in my music itdoesnrsquot mean I use them all at once People loveto see me go nuts on that guitar but you haveto do what the song calls for Now the problemcomes when yoursquore trying to do everything onevery song all the time You never get anywherethat way There are guys out there that say lsquoOK Ican play an Ernest Tubbrsquos song and put a BB Kingblues guitar solo in itrsquo and feel like they have re-

ally discovered something and to me that is notsaying anything You havenrsquot done anything butwater down a good song Not that I donrsquot like BBKing he just does not mix well with Ernest TubbThatrsquos where musicianship comes inrdquo

WHAT DO YOU THINK CONTRIBUTED MOSTTO YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF MUSIC

ldquoCovering other peoplersquos songs and working withother people Working in the country and western

clubs doing country songs that were popular atthe time A lot of them I didnrsquot like but I playedthem as best as I could And then I started writ-ing songs which really put me in another place Icould really be myself I wasnrsquot a cover artist any-more Most of the stuff on my records are stuffthat Irsquove written so Irsquom very proud of thatrdquo

DOES SONG WRITING COME EASY TO YOUOR IS IT A DIFFICULT PROCESS

ldquoItrsquos very difcult More difcult than one maythink Itrsquos easy to write bad songs and hard towrite good ones I have thrown away over half ofthem I could put several weeks into a song that just isnrsquot any goodrdquo

HOW DID YOU COME TO INVENT THE GUIT-STEEL

ldquoMichael Stephens of Stephens Guitars theymake them and we have sold a few of them I have

seen a couple of people playing them and itrsquos kindof strange like watching somebody dance withyour wife lsquoWait a minute yoursquore not supposed tobe holding that mdash thatrsquos my instrumentrsquordquo

BETTER CALL hellip JUNIOR

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SO ITrsquoS A BLEND OF TWO TYPES OFGUITAR SOUND

ldquoNo they are two complete and differentinstruments You have the guitar neck and thesteel guitar neck so I am switching instrumentsas I sing I am basically doing the part of threeguys on stage hellip singing guitar and steel guitarPut a little foot pedal down there on a bass drum and Icould be a one man bandrdquo

HOW DID YOU GET INVOLVED IN FILMS AND TELE-VISION

ldquoPeople who are fans ask me to do it Vince Gilliganliked what I did so he asked me to be on the X-FilesGilligan did Breaking Bad and is now doing BetterCall Saulrdquo

BETTER CALL SAUL DEBUTED RECENTLY ANDBECAME THE MOST WATCHED CABLE SHOWIN HISTORY FIFTEEN AND A HALF MILLIONPEOPLE HEARD YOUR THEME SONG THIS PAST WEEKEND

ldquoWell I didnrsquot play on the show they aired it rightafter they nished Breaking Bad as a promotion forsomething It wasnrsquot a theme song to the series Vincehad actually wrote it with three of his friends A verywell-written song written with me in mind I was veryattered by that We just got back from the premier inLA did the red carpet played the party and showed themovie It was a lot of funrdquo

SO WHAT SHOULD YOUR FANS EXPECT WHEN

YOU PERFORM AT THE CENTER FOR THE ARTSIN GRASS VALLEY

ldquoOh a unique experience I guess I mean I just domy own thing and if they havenrsquot seen me beforethey will be pleasantly surprised mdash itrsquos original I ambringing a full band including my wife who playsrhythm guitarrdquo

Photos by George Brainard

You know how

blues tells the

audience that

you feel bad

Country willtell you how

you got there- Junior Brown

BEHIND EVERY GREAT MAN

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Elaine Bromka received a letter from agentleman who attended her one-wom-an show ldquoTea for Threerdquo and wrote that

when she took her curtain call he asked theperson next to him where the other two ac-tresses were

ldquoIt wasnrsquot the rst time Irsquod heard thatrdquo Bromkasaid ldquoI am nding the essence of each womanI have a feeling of each voice but I really go forwhere the energy originates moves throughthe bodyrdquo

The three bodies she inhabits on stage belongto three former rst ladies mdash Lady Bird John -son Pat Nixon and Betty Ford The play which

she co-wrote with Eric H Weinberger is a char-acter study that is both funny and moving

ldquoItrsquos really an exploration of what it was liketo suddenly wake up and yoursquore in the WhiteHouserdquo Bromka said ldquoIn two of those cases itwas really suddenrdquo

Bromka a veteran of stage and screen mdashboth large and small mdash recently worked withlegendary impressionist Rich Little in the PBSshow ldquoThe Presidentsrdquo where she starred aseight rst ladies opposite Littlersquos commandersin chief

ldquoRich and I were out at lunch and he was sittingthere staring at his hands and I asked lsquowhat areyou doingrsquordquo she said ldquoHe said lsquoReagan holdshis thumbs like this like a bearrsquordquo

Itrsquos the little things that make or break a good

impersonation she learned While not neces-sarily an impressionist herself she is a peoplewatcher mdash and listener mdash and in two years shespent with the National Theatre of the Deaf shelearned a lot about the non-verbal

ldquoThe body doesnrsquot lierdquo she said

Bromka went to the museum of TV and radioand studied video tapes of all three women

Doing so she said she learned a lot about theirpersonalities

ldquoAll three were very smart and easy to underes-timaterdquo Bromka said ldquoFor Lady Bird imaginefollowing in the footsteps of a star She was not

as glamorous as Jackie but she did wonderfulthings with Head Start and beauticationrdquo

Pat Nixon she said was harder because sherarely opened her mouth

ldquoThey called her lsquoPlastic Patrsquordquo she said ldquoThatrsquosnot plastic those are the eyes of a very guard-ed watchful person Someone who experi-enced a lot of pain They say she was one ofthe warmest rst ladies one-on-one Pat wentto 80 countries on her own as a one-on-oneambassador she just didnrsquot want to get in frontof groupsrdquo

And then therersquos Betty Ford

ldquoBetty was a live wire she said whatever shethoughtrdquo Bromka said ldquoBut Betty broke openhuge issues like womenrsquos rights and breastcancer awarenessrdquo

Many of the lines in the play are direct quotesfrom the rst ladies She said while the playcovers a lot of ground itrsquos not by any means ahistory lesson

ldquoThis is really a Valentine to all threerdquo Bromkasaid ldquoItrsquos a human story about the human el-ement One audience member said lsquoit lets youwalk in their shoesrsquordquo

And for Bromka the shoes t just ne

ONE-WOMAN SHOW LOOKS AT LIVES OF

THREE FORMER FIRST LADIES

By Paul Cambra

BEHIND EVERY GREAT MAN

TEA FOR THREE mdash LADYBIRD PAT AND BETTY

WHEN 730 pm SaturdayMarch 21 3 pm Sunday March 22

WHERE The State Theatre985 Lincoln Way Auburn

TICKETS $20

INFO (530) 852-2708infoplacertheaterorg

Elaine Bromka on PatNixon ldquoThey say she wasone of the warmest rst

ladies one-on-onerdquo

Elaine Bromka on Betty FordldquoBetty was a live wire she said

whatever she thoughtrdquo

Elaine Bromka onLady Bird JohnsonldquoImagine following

in the footsteps ofa starrdquo

VANYA AND SONIA AND

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By Paul Cambra

MASHA AND SPIKE

WHEN 8 pm Fridays and Saturdaysthrough March 28 2 pm Sunday

March 15 and 22 (7 pm ThursdayMarch 5 preview)

WHERE Nevada Theatre 401 BroadSt Nevada City

TICKETS $25 general $35 reserved($15 Thursday preview)

INFO (530) 346-3210sierrastagesorg

Whether yoursquore familiar with Chek-hov not too familiar or you think hersquosthe guy who sat next to Sulu on the

Starship Enterprise it doesnrsquot matter Chances areyoursquoll like this play

ldquoThe playwright said he took Chekhov and puthim in a blenderrdquo Jeffrey Mason said ldquoYou donrsquotneed to have any Chekhov background to un-derstand or enjoy this play but if you do Therersquosmore fun to be hadrdquo

Mason is directing the Sierra Stages production ofldquoVanya and Sonia and Masha and Spikerdquo a 2013Tony Award-winning play by Christopher DurangThe characterrsquos names are all from Anton Chekhovplays The mood is very ldquoChekhovianrdquo mdash sad andlonely characters in a country house a visitor com-ing and shaking things up mdash but really folks you

donrsquot need to know Chekhov to enjoy this playldquoItrsquos funnyrdquo Mason said ldquoThe situations are fun-ny the characters are funny they are dealing withproblems anybody can relate to Family issues Itrsquosa very well-crafted playrdquo

He said it is the single most popular play on theregional theater circuit this season with no lessthan 27 different productions

ldquoI donrsquot know of another play that has been thispopular this soonrdquo Mason said ldquoEverybody is en- joying it everywhererdquo

Robert Rossman plays Vanya ldquoprobably the san-

est one of them allrdquo he said

Vanya is in his 50s lives with his adopted sister isnot very sociable doesnrsquot go out and has neverheld a job And hersquos the sane one

But to his defense he and his sister have been tak-ing care of their parent who both had Alzheimerrsquosdisease Now that they are gone their other sis-ter who has been supporting the family throughher career as an actress is coming home That

ratchets the dysfunction meter up a few notchesldquoMasha doesnrsquot come home very often but thistime she comes home and tells them she is goingto sell the houserdquo said Susan Mason who playsMasha ldquoThey have never lived anywhere else

They donrsquot know how to live anywhere elserdquo

And Masha brings her very young boyfriendSpike home with her fueling the jealousy be-tween her and her plain sheltered adopted sister

ldquoSonia is a kind of the pathetic onerdquo said actressSharon Winegar ldquoShe plays pathetic but she isnot truly pathetic She likes to wallow in self pitybut at the same time she is very sweet and charm-ing in her misery She has wonderful things hap-pen to her throughout the course of the play Yound yourself rooting for her adoring herrdquo

None of the three principal players can fully re-late to the sibling rivalry of Vanya and Sonia andMasha Winegar got along quite well with her sis-ters and Mason is an only child But Rossman seeshimself as sort of the eccentric in the family

ldquoThey all have normal kinds of jobs and look atme as the guy who does all of the weird theatricalstuffrdquo he said

Much to the delight of the director

ldquoI could have cast the play two or three timesrdquoJeffrey Mason said ldquoIt was an unusually stronggroup who auditioned I consider myself verylucky in a relatively small town like ours the num-ber of people that are involved in theaterrdquo

So if you enjoy a good Chekhov story yoursquoll get afew more of the jokes than most

ldquoSome of the references are right in your facesome are more subtlerdquo Susan Mason said

If you havenrsquot read any of his stories or plays wor-ry not

ldquoItrsquos not blatantly Chekhovrdquo Rossman said ldquoItrsquos

just a comic romprdquoAnd if yoursquore still convinced that the only Chekovthat matters is a star eet navigator well theremay actually be a character or two here yoursquodidentify with

THEY PUT THE lsquoFUNrsquo INDYSFUNCTION

Photo by David Wong

Robert Rossman Sharon Winegar Susan Mason and Casey Burkestar in the Sierra Stages production of Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike

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IN YOUR DAILY GRIND

When yoursquore in need of coffee there arecertainly a lot of choices Sure youcould buzz through the drive through

and have your McBeverage handed to you andbe done with it

Or you could hit one of many locally-owned cof-fee shops and cafeacutes each with their own ambienceand deacutecor and really soak up the wide variety of lo-cal avor in a way that no corporate chain ever can

Here in the foothills you can bike up to the Trail-head Coffee in Penryn and sip an espresso conpanna while you have your bicycle worked on Orlounge on a Victorian sofa under a glass chande-lier at the Cafeacute Mekka in Nevada City Or minglewith judges and lawyers while grabbing a cappuc-cino at the Courthouse Cafeacute in Auburn Or evenplay a round of bocce ball while you sip your mac-chiato at The Flower Farm in Loomis

Whether your choice is black coffee or a nonfat

soy latte yoursquoll nd lots of choices in Placer andNevada County Here is an unbiased sampling toconsider Cranking up Ella Fitzgeraldrsquos cover ofldquoBlack Coffeerdquo while you drive there is optionalbut highly recommended

PUTTING LOCAL FLAVOR

NEVADA CITY Cafeacute Mekka237 Commercial St Nevada City (530) 478-1517

Cafeacute Mekka is easily the most eclectic and funkyof the coffee houses I visited The Gold Rush-erabuilding is lined with tables and vintage sofasbooks and art even a piano in the corner Mekkahas a huge drink menu with beans from TempleCoffee in Sacramento as well as baked goodsmade by DeGroot Bakery Mekka rotates artshows monthly has open mic nights music andpoetry with limited seating outside The SummerIce a blend of chocolate caramel and espresso isa denite must try

Three Forks Bakery and Brewery 211 Commercial St Nevada City (530) 470-8333threeforksnccom

Open since August Three Forks merges a bak-ery with a brewery providing coffee and micro-brews along with pizza and sandwiches Its beansare from local roaster Fable in Grass Valley Themodern sleek-looking space with some outdoorseating offers a new take on both the traditionalbakery and the microbrewery

GRASS VALLEY Carolines Coffee Roaster 128 South Auburn St Grass Valley (530) 273-6424 carolinescoffeecom

Carolines is a family-owned coffee house in Grass Valley with specialty-roasted coffee includingtheir own house blend as well as scones pas-tries quiches gourmet olives and sandwichesCarolines has a warm and friendly vibe with asmall outdoor seating area located on the groundoor of the classic Madison Lodge Building

AUBURNThe Courthouse Cafeacute1425 Lincoln Way Auburn (530) 889-1373

Sitting directly across the street from the AuburnCourthouse is The Courthouse Cafeacute a 1930s con-verted bungalow which makes for an intimatehome-like setting complete with a small replaceand reading areas Its beans are from Santa CruzCoffee and the baked goods are made fresh dai-ly Obviously a popular spot for the lawyers and judges needing caffeine x before court the cafeacuteis a denite hot spot in the mornings The Court -house Cafe is part of the Placer 360 art scene and

By Matthew Whitley

Bicycle memorabilia lines the wallsof the Trailhead Coffee and CyclingL i P

Photo by Matthew Whitley

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features local art year round and a small outdoorseating area

Depoe Bay Coffee Company 893 High St Auburn (530) 889-1021 depoebay-coffeecom

Conveniently located right down the street fromthe ofces of the Foothills Entertainer mdash muchto the relief of the staff mdash the Depoe is Down-

town Auburnrsquos go-to spot for a cup of Joe Thecafeacute has a couple of different seating areas roaststheir own beans and serves bakes goods break-fast and sandwiches Depoe Bay offers live musicevery other Sunday as well as local art

PENRYN

Trailhead Coffee and Cycling Lounge2210 Taylor Road Penryn (916) 663-1501 coffee-andbikescom

The Trailhead located directly across from GrifthQuarry Park is both a coffee house and a full bicy-cle shop Co-owner Jerry Cannon is a competitivecyclist who has merged his two passions into onebusiness Decorated with Tour de France memo-rabilia and vintage gear the shop pays homage toall things bicycle Cyclists can have repairs doneon their bikes while hanging out on the wood-

en patio drinking one of the Trailheadrsquos specialtyroasts The cafeacute offers pastries and baked goodspower and energy bars and breakfast burritos

LOOMIS

The Flower Farm Nursery9280 Horseshoe Bar Road Loomis (916) 652-5650 owerfarminncom

The Flower Farm is a cafeacute set in one of the arearsquosmore beautiful and pastoral settings The facilityalso operates a bed and breakfast host eventsand weddings operates a nursery and gift shophas a waterwheel pond bocce ball court and gar-dens Also on the property is Casque Winery allsurrounded by citrus orchards and gardens Thecafeacute menu features ingredients taken right offtheir farm In the fall and winter they sell pump-kins and Christmas trees hellip how many cafeacutes dothat

ROCKLIN

Origin Coffee and Tea2168 Sunset Blvd Rocklin (916) 787-5676 orig-incoffeeorg

Origin Coffee and Tea is a nonprot coffee housewhose sole mission is to raise money and aware-ness to end human slave trafcking At Origin all

of the employees donate their time and the mon-ey raised goes to the Grace Network Rescue Thebeans they carry are free trade and roasted locallyOrigin offers table and couch seating in a modern

but sparse environment There is live music in-cluding benet concerts Itrsquos coffee with a cause

ROSEVILLEShady Coffee and Tea325 Douglas Blvd Roseville (916) 742-4117 sha-dycoffeeandteacom

Shady Coffee and Tea is a small cafeacute and eateryclose to Downtown Roseville that offers specialtyroasts including Mast Espresso beans and En-

timos Coffee from Citrus Heights Shady offerssandwiches salads breakfasts beer and wineThey also have a nice-size back patio a drive-upwindow art on the walls and open mic on Fridaynights Be sure and try the Affogato vanilla beanice cream topped with espresso

Lounge in Penryn

Emmit Johnston Grass Valley resident andbarista at Carolines Coffee in Grass Valley

Photo by Matthew Whitley

From left Joe Fernandez VinceMUSIC FROM THE BRITISH ISLES

FROM CELTIC TO BEATLES

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AUBURN CONCERT BAND PLAYS MUSIC FROM THE BRITISH ISLESBy Paul Cambra

Think British invasion and you go straight to1964 But the music of the United Kingdomand Ireland has been crossing the Atlantic

for centuries From Baroque to folk ddles tofes the rich musical history of the British Isles canbe traced back to the polyphonic melodies of thelate middle ages

But this month itrsquos all about the brass hellip and thewoodwinds hellipand the percussion

ldquoBrass bands have been popular in Britain sincethe 1800srdquo said Craig Thomas trumpeter withthe Auburn Concert Band ldquoToday they are oneof the most popular forms of music in Englandrdquo

The Auburn Concert band will present ldquoMusicfrom the British Isles ndash from Celtic to Beatlesrdquo fortwo free performances this month The 40-pieceensemble will take on everyone from Gustav Holstto LennonMcCartney

ldquoWersquore not just playing a Beatles song itrsquos a sym-phonic workingrdquo said conductor Tom CandlishldquoYou know how Hey Jude sort of rocks out at theend The arranger takes that same idea but addsa counter melody underneath Itrsquos a mix of the

original material with material for an orchestra Itrsquosnot the way the Beatles played it They are a rockband we are a concert bandrdquo

They will however step slightly out of the box forthese shows adding a piper Chuck Jamison fora medley of bagpipe tunes which they will ac-company And Jamison who plays drums for thecountry and western band Dust in My Coffee willbring his band mates to do a two-song Celtic setin the middle of the show Country Celtic if youwill

ldquoThe Auburn Concert Band is very enthusiasticabout the variety of music we are playingrdquo Can-dlish said ldquoItrsquos not just serious music all of thetime We are mixing it up with folk tunes and poppieces The audiences we play for have really ap-preciated thatrdquo

Yoursquoll hear Brian Borursquos March one of Irelandrsquosoldest traditional folk songs Yoursquoll hear DannyBoy which Candlish calls ldquothe epitome of concertband musicrdquo And then therersquos Those MagnicentMen in their Flying Machines from the 1965 mov-ie and McNamararsquos Band which was a top-10 hitfor Bing Crosby

And if yoursquore not leaving the show humming theending to Hey Jude chances are yoursquoll be whis-tling the Colonel Bogey March better known asthe theme song to The Bridge on the River Kwai

ldquoThe British Isles have certainly contributed to themusical history of this countryrdquo Thomas said ldquoItrsquosamazing when you go back the fact that therewere craftsman making these instruments so mu-sicians could play these beautiful and elaborate

classical piecesrdquo

Thomas the trumpeter has his own personal con-nection to the UK

ldquoI have a couple of cornets that I bought fromsomeone in Englandrdquo he said ldquoThe characteris-tics of the British horn are a little different moresoft and mellow In describing the differencebetween a cornet and a trumpet the trumpet Iwould describe as having a bright and projectingtone and the cornet a softer more mellow tonerdquo

From bright to mellow and a few stages in be-tween this British invasion mixes history with har-mony

TOMMY TUNES

Warm and Lori Yarbrough

From left Bruce Heseltine JohnSmiley and Trent Taylor

From left Roberta SullivanDave Lake and Angela Costa

ndash FROM CELTIC TO BEATLES

WHO Auburn Concert Band

WHEN 7-9 pm Wednesday March 4

WHERE Newcastle School 8951 Valley View Drive Newcastle

WHEN 7-9 pm Wednesday March 11

WHERE The State Theatre985 Lincoln Way Auburn

COST Free

INFO auburnconcertbandnet

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People who need to give presentations atwork try it Writers use it to loosen up andget more creative Empty nesters take

classes because well what else are they goingto do

Itrsquos improvisational comedy mdash better know asimprov mdash and itrsquos gaining a foothold in South

Placer County at a place called Blacktop Comedyin Rocklin

ldquoImprov takes an opennessrdquo said co-founderBetsaida Lebron ldquoItrsquos all about saying lsquoyes andhelliprsquo You want to be able to agree and support whois there but not just be a yes man You have tobuild on what they saidrdquo

Lebron started building her improv resume beforeshe realized she was doing it

ldquoGrowing up there were four of us and we werealways doing skits and songs at churchrdquo she saidldquoWe never had much of a plan just a very roughoutline People told us how fun and entertainingwe were and we had no idea that it was improvrdquo

After college she randomly took an improv classand thought lsquowhatrsquo

ldquoIrsquod been doing it my whole life I just didnrsquot know

itrdquo she said

Enter Paul Burke who for years watched WhoseLine is it Anyway but never for a minute thoughtlsquoOh thatrsquos something I could dorsquo

ldquoI randomly found a drop-in improv class inSacramentordquo Burke said ldquoI began readingand studying about it attended classes in SanFrancisco festivals in Chicago and Los Angelesrdquo

Then six years ago he had the opportunityto study at the iO Theater Chicago and at TheSecond City

ldquoI came back and met Betsaida and we foundout we shared an improv vision and we openedBlacktop Comedyrdquo he said

What started in Roseville in 2011 has just relocated

to fancier digs in Rocklin In addition to the weeklySaturday show ldquoThe Shortiesrdquo they also haveclasses throughout the week for children andadults

Theater Kids Teen Improv Improv 101-301Playground Improv hellip there is something for allages and abilities

ldquoSome people are curious and just interested intrying improvrdquo Lebron said ldquoItrsquos kind of like a

By Paul Cambra

Comedy withou ne

WHAT Comedy t for the entire family

WHEN 7 pm Saturdays

THE SHORTIES WHERE The Showdown Theater 3101Sunset Blvd Suite 3A in Rocklin

TICKETS $5 each $15 families

INFO (916) 749-3100

Paul Burke

Photos by Paul Burke

Betsaida Lebron

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time to explore their creative side And some arealready actors looking for an edge at auditionsrdquo

And then therersquos ldquoBelly Laughsrdquo

ldquoA belly dancer was looking for space to teachone night a weekrdquo Betsaida said ldquoWe thoughtlsquohow fun would it be to merge them togetherrdquo

Now once a month belly dancers take the stagewhile the improv performers watch from thewings Then itrsquos their turn to entertain

ldquoOne guy started shimmying and shaking tryingto get into skinny jeans and be a part of the fadrdquoBetsaida said

Improv is all about the inspiration Be it the movesof a belly dancer or a shout from the audience allthe performer needs is a jumping off point

ldquoThe Shorties get ideas from the audiencerdquoBurke said ldquoFrom a location mdash like the beach orStarbuckrsquos mdash or a feeling they had today a lineof dialogue or a text message we will use thosewithin the scene We just focus on creating in themoment Every show is totally differentrdquo

The 7 pm show is for families guaranteed to be

clean The 830 show well they donrsquot try to beblue but they are making this up on the y Theyuse a rotating cast of performers usually eight to10 on any given night

ldquoItrsquos a really diverse group and really they usuallynd usrdquo Burke said ldquoThey come through ourclasses like Teen Playground More than anythingwe love having a team of people who share asame mindsetrdquo

Audience participation at The Shorties isencouraged but not required They promise theywill not pick on anyone who chooses just to sitback and enjoy the show But you may want tooffer a suggestion should they get stuck

ldquoAnd you will get stuckrdquo Burke said ldquoWhen itdoes happen you breathe through it You think lsquoIhave to be funny I have to be cleverrsquo but thatrsquoshow you get stuck in the rst place Slow down

listen to what was said last respond to it and it willall be goodrdquo

lsquoTHE SHORTIESrsquo IMPROVE

UPON IMPROV

THEATER KIDS (AGES SECONDTO FIFTH GRADE)

bull Basic improv and theater skills

TEEN IMPROV

bull Create SNL-type sketches

IMPROV 101 201 301

bull Adults interested in trying improv

TEEN PLAYGROUND

bull Bring a favorite game and make new friends

PLAYGROUND IMPROV

bull Drop-in workshop for adults

BELLY LAUGHS

bull The show that blends sexy with funny

BLACKTOP COMEDY

Lori Wynant shares with the dangers ofsky diving with Kevin Brown

BETTER CALL JUNIOR

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By Matthew Whitley

Hersquos labeled country music mdash and he is mdashbut hersquos so much more A listen through

his catalogue and you hear country rockhonky-tonk swing mariachi Tex-Mex bluegrassand rhythm and blues mdash even a bit of Hawaiian

He even invented a double necked ldquoguit-steelrdquoallowing him to play and switch between electricguitar and lap steel guitar on the same instrument

Then therersquos that voice a deep baritone and astyle that harkens back to an earlier era hellip cleanhonest and un-ironic hellip like the music of George

Jones or Ernest Tubb who Brown has often beencompared to in style

Brown 62 will bring his act to The Center for theArts in Grass Valley near the end of this monthWe had a chance to talk with Brown and we askedhim how he got to be a country music star

WERE YOU EXPOSED TO A LOT OF COUNTRYMUSIC GROWING UP

ldquoNot really My parents liked classical and I wasmostly raised on that I watched the TV and thatrsquoswhere I got into that kind of musicrdquo

WHY DO YOU THINK YOU WERE DRAWN TOCOUNTRY MUSIC AS OPPOSED TO THE POP-ULAR MUSIC OF THE DAY

ldquoI was drawn to popular music at the time I re-member when the Beatles hit and then the bandsthat followed Thatrsquos what the teenagers at school

would be talking about I kind of discovered Er-nest Tubb on my own watching the TV I never

told any of my friends as I donrsquot think it wouldhave gone over too wellrdquo

DO YOU REMEMBER IF THERE WAS A SPECIF-IC ALBUM WHERE YOU SAID lsquoTHIS IS WHAT I WANT TO DO THIS IS ITrsquo

ldquoNo we didnrsquot buy albums back then And a coun-try album I wouldnrsquot have any idea as to whereto buy that So it was all television I watched Er-nest Tubbrsquos show and then the Buck Owens show

Jimmy Dean had a show that came out of Wash-ington DC I would eventually buy an album ofa rock person or something but those were ex-pensive and I didnrsquot have any money I would buysingles once in a while you know the little 45 andagain it wasnrsquot country as I wouldnrsquot know whereto buy onerdquo

DO YOU REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME YOUPERFORMED

ldquoYes It was at a Boys Scout Jamboree at AndrewsAir Force Base in Maryland I was about 8 or 10years old and I was strolling around the differentcamp sites me and another guy sort of like min-strels which is what we sort of felt like doing Lit-tle did I know that is what I would be doing forthe rest of my life Anyway we stopped at one ofthese campsites and it was the top brass of theJamboree They said lsquocome on down tonight andperformrsquo So we actually got a stage with a micro-

phone and there was about 7000 Boy Scouts outthere and I was hooked I have been chasing thebright lights ever since I still get nervous perform-ing but I donrsquot think I was nervous that night I justremembered being thrilledrdquo

THE SOUND YOU HAVE IS ALMOST CLASSICCOUNTRY VERY UNGUARDED AND SINGINGSTRAIGHT TO THE AUDIENCE

ldquoWhatrsquos good about the older music is itrsquos very di-

rect and honest and it had sentiment in there thatwas considered corny but the cornball is part ofthe honesty itrsquos part of the lsquohey this is how I feelrsquoyou know My music is not just limited to countryIrsquom not a purist in any way I just like signing to anaudience and singing your heart out You knowhow blues tells the audience that you feel badCountry will tell you how you got thererdquo

I FIRST HEARD YOU ON THE CHRIS ISAAKSHOW IN THE LATE rsquo80S EARLY rsquo90S WITH

KD LANG IT WAS MODERN AND BEAUTIFULCOUNTRY MUSIC AND I REMEMBER YOU BE-ING A PART OF THAT SOUND WHEN IT CAMEOUT WHAT IS YOUR TAKE ON COUNTRY MU-SIC NOW

ldquoOh itrsquos the same take Irsquove had on it since thelate rsquo60s Everybody talks about what their idea

of country music is and everybody has a differ-ent idea Country music can mean anything nowWhat I do now is label mine as lsquoginger brown guit-steel musicrsquo Itrsquos a combination of all types of mu-sic mdash country rock and some othersrdquo

AMERICA IS SUCH A BLEND OF DIFFERENTPEOPLE IT STANDS TO REASON THAT MUSIC WOULD REPRESENT THAT AS WELL

ldquoYes When I do something I try and do it in an

honest way and give the song what it requiresWhen I say I have a lot of styles in my music itdoesnrsquot mean I use them all at once People loveto see me go nuts on that guitar but you haveto do what the song calls for Now the problemcomes when yoursquore trying to do everything onevery song all the time You never get anywherethat way There are guys out there that say lsquoOK Ican play an Ernest Tubbrsquos song and put a BB Kingblues guitar solo in itrsquo and feel like they have re-

ally discovered something and to me that is notsaying anything You havenrsquot done anything butwater down a good song Not that I donrsquot like BBKing he just does not mix well with Ernest TubbThatrsquos where musicianship comes inrdquo

WHAT DO YOU THINK CONTRIBUTED MOSTTO YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF MUSIC

ldquoCovering other peoplersquos songs and working withother people Working in the country and western

clubs doing country songs that were popular atthe time A lot of them I didnrsquot like but I playedthem as best as I could And then I started writ-ing songs which really put me in another place Icould really be myself I wasnrsquot a cover artist any-more Most of the stuff on my records are stuffthat Irsquove written so Irsquom very proud of thatrdquo

DOES SONG WRITING COME EASY TO YOUOR IS IT A DIFFICULT PROCESS

ldquoItrsquos very difcult More difcult than one maythink Itrsquos easy to write bad songs and hard towrite good ones I have thrown away over half ofthem I could put several weeks into a song that just isnrsquot any goodrdquo

HOW DID YOU COME TO INVENT THE GUIT-STEEL

ldquoMichael Stephens of Stephens Guitars theymake them and we have sold a few of them I have

seen a couple of people playing them and itrsquos kindof strange like watching somebody dance withyour wife lsquoWait a minute yoursquore not supposed tobe holding that mdash thatrsquos my instrumentrsquordquo

BETTER CALL hellip JUNIOR

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SO ITrsquoS A BLEND OF TWO TYPES OFGUITAR SOUND

ldquoNo they are two complete and differentinstruments You have the guitar neck and thesteel guitar neck so I am switching instrumentsas I sing I am basically doing the part of threeguys on stage hellip singing guitar and steel guitarPut a little foot pedal down there on a bass drum and Icould be a one man bandrdquo

HOW DID YOU GET INVOLVED IN FILMS AND TELE-VISION

ldquoPeople who are fans ask me to do it Vince Gilliganliked what I did so he asked me to be on the X-FilesGilligan did Breaking Bad and is now doing BetterCall Saulrdquo

BETTER CALL SAUL DEBUTED RECENTLY ANDBECAME THE MOST WATCHED CABLE SHOWIN HISTORY FIFTEEN AND A HALF MILLIONPEOPLE HEARD YOUR THEME SONG THIS PAST WEEKEND

ldquoWell I didnrsquot play on the show they aired it rightafter they nished Breaking Bad as a promotion forsomething It wasnrsquot a theme song to the series Vincehad actually wrote it with three of his friends A verywell-written song written with me in mind I was veryattered by that We just got back from the premier inLA did the red carpet played the party and showed themovie It was a lot of funrdquo

SO WHAT SHOULD YOUR FANS EXPECT WHEN

YOU PERFORM AT THE CENTER FOR THE ARTSIN GRASS VALLEY

ldquoOh a unique experience I guess I mean I just domy own thing and if they havenrsquot seen me beforethey will be pleasantly surprised mdash itrsquos original I ambringing a full band including my wife who playsrhythm guitarrdquo

Photos by George Brainard

You know how

blues tells the

audience that

you feel bad

Country willtell you how

you got there- Junior Brown

BEHIND EVERY GREAT MAN

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Elaine Bromka received a letter from agentleman who attended her one-wom-an show ldquoTea for Threerdquo and wrote that

when she took her curtain call he asked theperson next to him where the other two ac-tresses were

ldquoIt wasnrsquot the rst time Irsquod heard thatrdquo Bromkasaid ldquoI am nding the essence of each womanI have a feeling of each voice but I really go forwhere the energy originates moves throughthe bodyrdquo

The three bodies she inhabits on stage belongto three former rst ladies mdash Lady Bird John -son Pat Nixon and Betty Ford The play which

she co-wrote with Eric H Weinberger is a char-acter study that is both funny and moving

ldquoItrsquos really an exploration of what it was liketo suddenly wake up and yoursquore in the WhiteHouserdquo Bromka said ldquoIn two of those cases itwas really suddenrdquo

Bromka a veteran of stage and screen mdashboth large and small mdash recently worked withlegendary impressionist Rich Little in the PBSshow ldquoThe Presidentsrdquo where she starred aseight rst ladies opposite Littlersquos commandersin chief

ldquoRich and I were out at lunch and he was sittingthere staring at his hands and I asked lsquowhat areyou doingrsquordquo she said ldquoHe said lsquoReagan holdshis thumbs like this like a bearrsquordquo

Itrsquos the little things that make or break a good

impersonation she learned While not neces-sarily an impressionist herself she is a peoplewatcher mdash and listener mdash and in two years shespent with the National Theatre of the Deaf shelearned a lot about the non-verbal

ldquoThe body doesnrsquot lierdquo she said

Bromka went to the museum of TV and radioand studied video tapes of all three women

Doing so she said she learned a lot about theirpersonalities

ldquoAll three were very smart and easy to underes-timaterdquo Bromka said ldquoFor Lady Bird imaginefollowing in the footsteps of a star She was not

as glamorous as Jackie but she did wonderfulthings with Head Start and beauticationrdquo

Pat Nixon she said was harder because sherarely opened her mouth

ldquoThey called her lsquoPlastic Patrsquordquo she said ldquoThatrsquosnot plastic those are the eyes of a very guard-ed watchful person Someone who experi-enced a lot of pain They say she was one ofthe warmest rst ladies one-on-one Pat wentto 80 countries on her own as a one-on-oneambassador she just didnrsquot want to get in frontof groupsrdquo

And then therersquos Betty Ford

ldquoBetty was a live wire she said whatever shethoughtrdquo Bromka said ldquoBut Betty broke openhuge issues like womenrsquos rights and breastcancer awarenessrdquo

Many of the lines in the play are direct quotesfrom the rst ladies She said while the playcovers a lot of ground itrsquos not by any means ahistory lesson

ldquoThis is really a Valentine to all threerdquo Bromkasaid ldquoItrsquos a human story about the human el-ement One audience member said lsquoit lets youwalk in their shoesrsquordquo

And for Bromka the shoes t just ne

ONE-WOMAN SHOW LOOKS AT LIVES OF

THREE FORMER FIRST LADIES

By Paul Cambra

BEHIND EVERY GREAT MAN

TEA FOR THREE mdash LADYBIRD PAT AND BETTY

WHEN 730 pm SaturdayMarch 21 3 pm Sunday March 22

WHERE The State Theatre985 Lincoln Way Auburn

TICKETS $20

INFO (530) 852-2708infoplacertheaterorg

Elaine Bromka on PatNixon ldquoThey say she wasone of the warmest rst

ladies one-on-onerdquo

Elaine Bromka on Betty FordldquoBetty was a live wire she said

whatever she thoughtrdquo

Elaine Bromka onLady Bird JohnsonldquoImagine following

in the footsteps ofa starrdquo

VANYA AND SONIA AND

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By Paul Cambra

MASHA AND SPIKE

WHEN 8 pm Fridays and Saturdaysthrough March 28 2 pm Sunday

March 15 and 22 (7 pm ThursdayMarch 5 preview)

WHERE Nevada Theatre 401 BroadSt Nevada City

TICKETS $25 general $35 reserved($15 Thursday preview)

INFO (530) 346-3210sierrastagesorg

Whether yoursquore familiar with Chek-hov not too familiar or you think hersquosthe guy who sat next to Sulu on the

Starship Enterprise it doesnrsquot matter Chances areyoursquoll like this play

ldquoThe playwright said he took Chekhov and puthim in a blenderrdquo Jeffrey Mason said ldquoYou donrsquotneed to have any Chekhov background to un-derstand or enjoy this play but if you do Therersquosmore fun to be hadrdquo

Mason is directing the Sierra Stages production ofldquoVanya and Sonia and Masha and Spikerdquo a 2013Tony Award-winning play by Christopher DurangThe characterrsquos names are all from Anton Chekhovplays The mood is very ldquoChekhovianrdquo mdash sad andlonely characters in a country house a visitor com-ing and shaking things up mdash but really folks you

donrsquot need to know Chekhov to enjoy this playldquoItrsquos funnyrdquo Mason said ldquoThe situations are fun-ny the characters are funny they are dealing withproblems anybody can relate to Family issues Itrsquosa very well-crafted playrdquo

He said it is the single most popular play on theregional theater circuit this season with no lessthan 27 different productions

ldquoI donrsquot know of another play that has been thispopular this soonrdquo Mason said ldquoEverybody is en- joying it everywhererdquo

Robert Rossman plays Vanya ldquoprobably the san-

est one of them allrdquo he said

Vanya is in his 50s lives with his adopted sister isnot very sociable doesnrsquot go out and has neverheld a job And hersquos the sane one

But to his defense he and his sister have been tak-ing care of their parent who both had Alzheimerrsquosdisease Now that they are gone their other sis-ter who has been supporting the family throughher career as an actress is coming home That

ratchets the dysfunction meter up a few notchesldquoMasha doesnrsquot come home very often but thistime she comes home and tells them she is goingto sell the houserdquo said Susan Mason who playsMasha ldquoThey have never lived anywhere else

They donrsquot know how to live anywhere elserdquo

And Masha brings her very young boyfriendSpike home with her fueling the jealousy be-tween her and her plain sheltered adopted sister

ldquoSonia is a kind of the pathetic onerdquo said actressSharon Winegar ldquoShe plays pathetic but she isnot truly pathetic She likes to wallow in self pitybut at the same time she is very sweet and charm-ing in her misery She has wonderful things hap-pen to her throughout the course of the play Yound yourself rooting for her adoring herrdquo

None of the three principal players can fully re-late to the sibling rivalry of Vanya and Sonia andMasha Winegar got along quite well with her sis-ters and Mason is an only child But Rossman seeshimself as sort of the eccentric in the family

ldquoThey all have normal kinds of jobs and look atme as the guy who does all of the weird theatricalstuffrdquo he said

Much to the delight of the director

ldquoI could have cast the play two or three timesrdquoJeffrey Mason said ldquoIt was an unusually stronggroup who auditioned I consider myself verylucky in a relatively small town like ours the num-ber of people that are involved in theaterrdquo

So if you enjoy a good Chekhov story yoursquoll get afew more of the jokes than most

ldquoSome of the references are right in your facesome are more subtlerdquo Susan Mason said

If you havenrsquot read any of his stories or plays wor-ry not

ldquoItrsquos not blatantly Chekhovrdquo Rossman said ldquoItrsquos

just a comic romprdquoAnd if yoursquore still convinced that the only Chekovthat matters is a star eet navigator well theremay actually be a character or two here yoursquodidentify with

THEY PUT THE lsquoFUNrsquo INDYSFUNCTION

Photo by David Wong

Robert Rossman Sharon Winegar Susan Mason and Casey Burkestar in the Sierra Stages production of Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike

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copy 2015 DFO LLC At participating restaurants for a limited time only Selection and prices may vary

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PUTTING LOCAL FLAVOR

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IN YOUR DAILY GRIND

When yoursquore in need of coffee there arecertainly a lot of choices Sure youcould buzz through the drive through

and have your McBeverage handed to you andbe done with it

Or you could hit one of many locally-owned cof-fee shops and cafeacutes each with their own ambienceand deacutecor and really soak up the wide variety of lo-cal avor in a way that no corporate chain ever can

Here in the foothills you can bike up to the Trail-head Coffee in Penryn and sip an espresso conpanna while you have your bicycle worked on Orlounge on a Victorian sofa under a glass chande-lier at the Cafeacute Mekka in Nevada City Or minglewith judges and lawyers while grabbing a cappuc-cino at the Courthouse Cafeacute in Auburn Or evenplay a round of bocce ball while you sip your mac-chiato at The Flower Farm in Loomis

Whether your choice is black coffee or a nonfat

soy latte yoursquoll nd lots of choices in Placer andNevada County Here is an unbiased sampling toconsider Cranking up Ella Fitzgeraldrsquos cover ofldquoBlack Coffeerdquo while you drive there is optionalbut highly recommended

PUTTING LOCAL FLAVOR

NEVADA CITY Cafeacute Mekka237 Commercial St Nevada City (530) 478-1517

Cafeacute Mekka is easily the most eclectic and funkyof the coffee houses I visited The Gold Rush-erabuilding is lined with tables and vintage sofasbooks and art even a piano in the corner Mekkahas a huge drink menu with beans from TempleCoffee in Sacramento as well as baked goodsmade by DeGroot Bakery Mekka rotates artshows monthly has open mic nights music andpoetry with limited seating outside The SummerIce a blend of chocolate caramel and espresso isa denite must try

Three Forks Bakery and Brewery 211 Commercial St Nevada City (530) 470-8333threeforksnccom

Open since August Three Forks merges a bak-ery with a brewery providing coffee and micro-brews along with pizza and sandwiches Its beansare from local roaster Fable in Grass Valley Themodern sleek-looking space with some outdoorseating offers a new take on both the traditionalbakery and the microbrewery

GRASS VALLEY Carolines Coffee Roaster 128 South Auburn St Grass Valley (530) 273-6424 carolinescoffeecom

Carolines is a family-owned coffee house in Grass Valley with specialty-roasted coffee includingtheir own house blend as well as scones pas-tries quiches gourmet olives and sandwichesCarolines has a warm and friendly vibe with asmall outdoor seating area located on the groundoor of the classic Madison Lodge Building

AUBURNThe Courthouse Cafeacute1425 Lincoln Way Auburn (530) 889-1373

Sitting directly across the street from the AuburnCourthouse is The Courthouse Cafeacute a 1930s con-verted bungalow which makes for an intimatehome-like setting complete with a small replaceand reading areas Its beans are from Santa CruzCoffee and the baked goods are made fresh dai-ly Obviously a popular spot for the lawyers and judges needing caffeine x before court the cafeacuteis a denite hot spot in the mornings The Court -house Cafe is part of the Placer 360 art scene and

By Matthew Whitley

Bicycle memorabilia lines the wallsof the Trailhead Coffee and CyclingL i P

Photo by Matthew Whitley

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features local art year round and a small outdoorseating area

Depoe Bay Coffee Company 893 High St Auburn (530) 889-1021 depoebay-coffeecom

Conveniently located right down the street fromthe ofces of the Foothills Entertainer mdash muchto the relief of the staff mdash the Depoe is Down-

town Auburnrsquos go-to spot for a cup of Joe Thecafeacute has a couple of different seating areas roaststheir own beans and serves bakes goods break-fast and sandwiches Depoe Bay offers live musicevery other Sunday as well as local art

PENRYN

Trailhead Coffee and Cycling Lounge2210 Taylor Road Penryn (916) 663-1501 coffee-andbikescom

The Trailhead located directly across from GrifthQuarry Park is both a coffee house and a full bicy-cle shop Co-owner Jerry Cannon is a competitivecyclist who has merged his two passions into onebusiness Decorated with Tour de France memo-rabilia and vintage gear the shop pays homage toall things bicycle Cyclists can have repairs doneon their bikes while hanging out on the wood-

en patio drinking one of the Trailheadrsquos specialtyroasts The cafeacute offers pastries and baked goodspower and energy bars and breakfast burritos

LOOMIS

The Flower Farm Nursery9280 Horseshoe Bar Road Loomis (916) 652-5650 owerfarminncom

The Flower Farm is a cafeacute set in one of the arearsquosmore beautiful and pastoral settings The facilityalso operates a bed and breakfast host eventsand weddings operates a nursery and gift shophas a waterwheel pond bocce ball court and gar-dens Also on the property is Casque Winery allsurrounded by citrus orchards and gardens Thecafeacute menu features ingredients taken right offtheir farm In the fall and winter they sell pump-kins and Christmas trees hellip how many cafeacutes dothat

ROCKLIN

Origin Coffee and Tea2168 Sunset Blvd Rocklin (916) 787-5676 orig-incoffeeorg

Origin Coffee and Tea is a nonprot coffee housewhose sole mission is to raise money and aware-ness to end human slave trafcking At Origin all

of the employees donate their time and the mon-ey raised goes to the Grace Network Rescue Thebeans they carry are free trade and roasted locallyOrigin offers table and couch seating in a modern

but sparse environment There is live music in-cluding benet concerts Itrsquos coffee with a cause

ROSEVILLEShady Coffee and Tea325 Douglas Blvd Roseville (916) 742-4117 sha-dycoffeeandteacom

Shady Coffee and Tea is a small cafeacute and eateryclose to Downtown Roseville that offers specialtyroasts including Mast Espresso beans and En-

timos Coffee from Citrus Heights Shady offerssandwiches salads breakfasts beer and wineThey also have a nice-size back patio a drive-upwindow art on the walls and open mic on Fridaynights Be sure and try the Affogato vanilla beanice cream topped with espresso

Lounge in Penryn

Emmit Johnston Grass Valley resident andbarista at Carolines Coffee in Grass Valley

Photo by Matthew Whitley

From left Joe Fernandez VinceMUSIC FROM THE BRITISH ISLES

FROM CELTIC TO BEATLES

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AUBURN CONCERT BAND PLAYS MUSIC FROM THE BRITISH ISLESBy Paul Cambra

Think British invasion and you go straight to1964 But the music of the United Kingdomand Ireland has been crossing the Atlantic

for centuries From Baroque to folk ddles tofes the rich musical history of the British Isles canbe traced back to the polyphonic melodies of thelate middle ages

But this month itrsquos all about the brass hellip and thewoodwinds hellipand the percussion

ldquoBrass bands have been popular in Britain sincethe 1800srdquo said Craig Thomas trumpeter withthe Auburn Concert Band ldquoToday they are oneof the most popular forms of music in Englandrdquo

The Auburn Concert band will present ldquoMusicfrom the British Isles ndash from Celtic to Beatlesrdquo fortwo free performances this month The 40-pieceensemble will take on everyone from Gustav Holstto LennonMcCartney

ldquoWersquore not just playing a Beatles song itrsquos a sym-phonic workingrdquo said conductor Tom CandlishldquoYou know how Hey Jude sort of rocks out at theend The arranger takes that same idea but addsa counter melody underneath Itrsquos a mix of the

original material with material for an orchestra Itrsquosnot the way the Beatles played it They are a rockband we are a concert bandrdquo

They will however step slightly out of the box forthese shows adding a piper Chuck Jamison fora medley of bagpipe tunes which they will ac-company And Jamison who plays drums for thecountry and western band Dust in My Coffee willbring his band mates to do a two-song Celtic setin the middle of the show Country Celtic if youwill

ldquoThe Auburn Concert Band is very enthusiasticabout the variety of music we are playingrdquo Can-dlish said ldquoItrsquos not just serious music all of thetime We are mixing it up with folk tunes and poppieces The audiences we play for have really ap-preciated thatrdquo

Yoursquoll hear Brian Borursquos March one of Irelandrsquosoldest traditional folk songs Yoursquoll hear DannyBoy which Candlish calls ldquothe epitome of concertband musicrdquo And then therersquos Those MagnicentMen in their Flying Machines from the 1965 mov-ie and McNamararsquos Band which was a top-10 hitfor Bing Crosby

And if yoursquore not leaving the show humming theending to Hey Jude chances are yoursquoll be whis-tling the Colonel Bogey March better known asthe theme song to The Bridge on the River Kwai

ldquoThe British Isles have certainly contributed to themusical history of this countryrdquo Thomas said ldquoItrsquosamazing when you go back the fact that therewere craftsman making these instruments so mu-sicians could play these beautiful and elaborate

classical piecesrdquo

Thomas the trumpeter has his own personal con-nection to the UK

ldquoI have a couple of cornets that I bought fromsomeone in Englandrdquo he said ldquoThe characteris-tics of the British horn are a little different moresoft and mellow In describing the differencebetween a cornet and a trumpet the trumpet Iwould describe as having a bright and projectingtone and the cornet a softer more mellow tonerdquo

From bright to mellow and a few stages in be-tween this British invasion mixes history with har-mony

TOMMY TUNES

Warm and Lori Yarbrough

From left Bruce Heseltine JohnSmiley and Trent Taylor

From left Roberta SullivanDave Lake and Angela Costa

ndash FROM CELTIC TO BEATLES

WHO Auburn Concert Band

WHEN 7-9 pm Wednesday March 4

WHERE Newcastle School 8951 Valley View Drive Newcastle

WHEN 7-9 pm Wednesday March 11

WHERE The State Theatre985 Lincoln Way Auburn

COST Free

INFO auburnconcertbandnet

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People who need to give presentations atwork try it Writers use it to loosen up andget more creative Empty nesters take

classes because well what else are they goingto do

Itrsquos improvisational comedy mdash better know asimprov mdash and itrsquos gaining a foothold in South

Placer County at a place called Blacktop Comedyin Rocklin

ldquoImprov takes an opennessrdquo said co-founderBetsaida Lebron ldquoItrsquos all about saying lsquoyes andhelliprsquo You want to be able to agree and support whois there but not just be a yes man You have tobuild on what they saidrdquo

Lebron started building her improv resume beforeshe realized she was doing it

ldquoGrowing up there were four of us and we werealways doing skits and songs at churchrdquo she saidldquoWe never had much of a plan just a very roughoutline People told us how fun and entertainingwe were and we had no idea that it was improvrdquo

After college she randomly took an improv classand thought lsquowhatrsquo

ldquoIrsquod been doing it my whole life I just didnrsquot know

itrdquo she said

Enter Paul Burke who for years watched WhoseLine is it Anyway but never for a minute thoughtlsquoOh thatrsquos something I could dorsquo

ldquoI randomly found a drop-in improv class inSacramentordquo Burke said ldquoI began readingand studying about it attended classes in SanFrancisco festivals in Chicago and Los Angelesrdquo

Then six years ago he had the opportunityto study at the iO Theater Chicago and at TheSecond City

ldquoI came back and met Betsaida and we foundout we shared an improv vision and we openedBlacktop Comedyrdquo he said

What started in Roseville in 2011 has just relocated

to fancier digs in Rocklin In addition to the weeklySaturday show ldquoThe Shortiesrdquo they also haveclasses throughout the week for children andadults

Theater Kids Teen Improv Improv 101-301Playground Improv hellip there is something for allages and abilities

ldquoSome people are curious and just interested intrying improvrdquo Lebron said ldquoItrsquos kind of like a

By Paul Cambra

Comedy withou ne

WHAT Comedy t for the entire family

WHEN 7 pm Saturdays

THE SHORTIES WHERE The Showdown Theater 3101Sunset Blvd Suite 3A in Rocklin

TICKETS $5 each $15 families

INFO (916) 749-3100

Paul Burke

Photos by Paul Burke

Betsaida Lebron

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time to explore their creative side And some arealready actors looking for an edge at auditionsrdquo

And then therersquos ldquoBelly Laughsrdquo

ldquoA belly dancer was looking for space to teachone night a weekrdquo Betsaida said ldquoWe thoughtlsquohow fun would it be to merge them togetherrdquo

Now once a month belly dancers take the stagewhile the improv performers watch from thewings Then itrsquos their turn to entertain

ldquoOne guy started shimmying and shaking tryingto get into skinny jeans and be a part of the fadrdquoBetsaida said

Improv is all about the inspiration Be it the movesof a belly dancer or a shout from the audience allthe performer needs is a jumping off point

ldquoThe Shorties get ideas from the audiencerdquoBurke said ldquoFrom a location mdash like the beach orStarbuckrsquos mdash or a feeling they had today a lineof dialogue or a text message we will use thosewithin the scene We just focus on creating in themoment Every show is totally differentrdquo

The 7 pm show is for families guaranteed to be

clean The 830 show well they donrsquot try to beblue but they are making this up on the y Theyuse a rotating cast of performers usually eight to10 on any given night

ldquoItrsquos a really diverse group and really they usuallynd usrdquo Burke said ldquoThey come through ourclasses like Teen Playground More than anythingwe love having a team of people who share asame mindsetrdquo

Audience participation at The Shorties isencouraged but not required They promise theywill not pick on anyone who chooses just to sitback and enjoy the show But you may want tooffer a suggestion should they get stuck

ldquoAnd you will get stuckrdquo Burke said ldquoWhen itdoes happen you breathe through it You think lsquoIhave to be funny I have to be cleverrsquo but thatrsquoshow you get stuck in the rst place Slow down

listen to what was said last respond to it and it willall be goodrdquo

lsquoTHE SHORTIESrsquo IMPROVE

UPON IMPROV

THEATER KIDS (AGES SECONDTO FIFTH GRADE)

bull Basic improv and theater skills

TEEN IMPROV

bull Create SNL-type sketches

IMPROV 101 201 301

bull Adults interested in trying improv

TEEN PLAYGROUND

bull Bring a favorite game and make new friends

PLAYGROUND IMPROV

bull Drop-in workshop for adults

BELLY LAUGHS

bull The show that blends sexy with funny

BLACKTOP COMEDY

Lori Wynant shares with the dangers ofsky diving with Kevin Brown

BETTER CALL JUNIOR

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By Matthew Whitley

Hersquos labeled country music mdash and he is mdashbut hersquos so much more A listen through

his catalogue and you hear country rockhonky-tonk swing mariachi Tex-Mex bluegrassand rhythm and blues mdash even a bit of Hawaiian

He even invented a double necked ldquoguit-steelrdquoallowing him to play and switch between electricguitar and lap steel guitar on the same instrument

Then therersquos that voice a deep baritone and astyle that harkens back to an earlier era hellip cleanhonest and un-ironic hellip like the music of George

Jones or Ernest Tubb who Brown has often beencompared to in style

Brown 62 will bring his act to The Center for theArts in Grass Valley near the end of this monthWe had a chance to talk with Brown and we askedhim how he got to be a country music star

WERE YOU EXPOSED TO A LOT OF COUNTRYMUSIC GROWING UP

ldquoNot really My parents liked classical and I wasmostly raised on that I watched the TV and thatrsquoswhere I got into that kind of musicrdquo

WHY DO YOU THINK YOU WERE DRAWN TOCOUNTRY MUSIC AS OPPOSED TO THE POP-ULAR MUSIC OF THE DAY

ldquoI was drawn to popular music at the time I re-member when the Beatles hit and then the bandsthat followed Thatrsquos what the teenagers at school

would be talking about I kind of discovered Er-nest Tubb on my own watching the TV I never

told any of my friends as I donrsquot think it wouldhave gone over too wellrdquo

DO YOU REMEMBER IF THERE WAS A SPECIF-IC ALBUM WHERE YOU SAID lsquoTHIS IS WHAT I WANT TO DO THIS IS ITrsquo

ldquoNo we didnrsquot buy albums back then And a coun-try album I wouldnrsquot have any idea as to whereto buy that So it was all television I watched Er-nest Tubbrsquos show and then the Buck Owens show

Jimmy Dean had a show that came out of Wash-ington DC I would eventually buy an album ofa rock person or something but those were ex-pensive and I didnrsquot have any money I would buysingles once in a while you know the little 45 andagain it wasnrsquot country as I wouldnrsquot know whereto buy onerdquo

DO YOU REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME YOUPERFORMED

ldquoYes It was at a Boys Scout Jamboree at AndrewsAir Force Base in Maryland I was about 8 or 10years old and I was strolling around the differentcamp sites me and another guy sort of like min-strels which is what we sort of felt like doing Lit-tle did I know that is what I would be doing forthe rest of my life Anyway we stopped at one ofthese campsites and it was the top brass of theJamboree They said lsquocome on down tonight andperformrsquo So we actually got a stage with a micro-

phone and there was about 7000 Boy Scouts outthere and I was hooked I have been chasing thebright lights ever since I still get nervous perform-ing but I donrsquot think I was nervous that night I justremembered being thrilledrdquo

THE SOUND YOU HAVE IS ALMOST CLASSICCOUNTRY VERY UNGUARDED AND SINGINGSTRAIGHT TO THE AUDIENCE

ldquoWhatrsquos good about the older music is itrsquos very di-

rect and honest and it had sentiment in there thatwas considered corny but the cornball is part ofthe honesty itrsquos part of the lsquohey this is how I feelrsquoyou know My music is not just limited to countryIrsquom not a purist in any way I just like signing to anaudience and singing your heart out You knowhow blues tells the audience that you feel badCountry will tell you how you got thererdquo

I FIRST HEARD YOU ON THE CHRIS ISAAKSHOW IN THE LATE rsquo80S EARLY rsquo90S WITH

KD LANG IT WAS MODERN AND BEAUTIFULCOUNTRY MUSIC AND I REMEMBER YOU BE-ING A PART OF THAT SOUND WHEN IT CAMEOUT WHAT IS YOUR TAKE ON COUNTRY MU-SIC NOW

ldquoOh itrsquos the same take Irsquove had on it since thelate rsquo60s Everybody talks about what their idea

of country music is and everybody has a differ-ent idea Country music can mean anything nowWhat I do now is label mine as lsquoginger brown guit-steel musicrsquo Itrsquos a combination of all types of mu-sic mdash country rock and some othersrdquo

AMERICA IS SUCH A BLEND OF DIFFERENTPEOPLE IT STANDS TO REASON THAT MUSIC WOULD REPRESENT THAT AS WELL

ldquoYes When I do something I try and do it in an

honest way and give the song what it requiresWhen I say I have a lot of styles in my music itdoesnrsquot mean I use them all at once People loveto see me go nuts on that guitar but you haveto do what the song calls for Now the problemcomes when yoursquore trying to do everything onevery song all the time You never get anywherethat way There are guys out there that say lsquoOK Ican play an Ernest Tubbrsquos song and put a BB Kingblues guitar solo in itrsquo and feel like they have re-

ally discovered something and to me that is notsaying anything You havenrsquot done anything butwater down a good song Not that I donrsquot like BBKing he just does not mix well with Ernest TubbThatrsquos where musicianship comes inrdquo

WHAT DO YOU THINK CONTRIBUTED MOSTTO YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF MUSIC

ldquoCovering other peoplersquos songs and working withother people Working in the country and western

clubs doing country songs that were popular atthe time A lot of them I didnrsquot like but I playedthem as best as I could And then I started writ-ing songs which really put me in another place Icould really be myself I wasnrsquot a cover artist any-more Most of the stuff on my records are stuffthat Irsquove written so Irsquom very proud of thatrdquo

DOES SONG WRITING COME EASY TO YOUOR IS IT A DIFFICULT PROCESS

ldquoItrsquos very difcult More difcult than one maythink Itrsquos easy to write bad songs and hard towrite good ones I have thrown away over half ofthem I could put several weeks into a song that just isnrsquot any goodrdquo

HOW DID YOU COME TO INVENT THE GUIT-STEEL

ldquoMichael Stephens of Stephens Guitars theymake them and we have sold a few of them I have

seen a couple of people playing them and itrsquos kindof strange like watching somebody dance withyour wife lsquoWait a minute yoursquore not supposed tobe holding that mdash thatrsquos my instrumentrsquordquo

BETTER CALL hellip JUNIOR

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SO ITrsquoS A BLEND OF TWO TYPES OFGUITAR SOUND

ldquoNo they are two complete and differentinstruments You have the guitar neck and thesteel guitar neck so I am switching instrumentsas I sing I am basically doing the part of threeguys on stage hellip singing guitar and steel guitarPut a little foot pedal down there on a bass drum and Icould be a one man bandrdquo

HOW DID YOU GET INVOLVED IN FILMS AND TELE-VISION

ldquoPeople who are fans ask me to do it Vince Gilliganliked what I did so he asked me to be on the X-FilesGilligan did Breaking Bad and is now doing BetterCall Saulrdquo

BETTER CALL SAUL DEBUTED RECENTLY ANDBECAME THE MOST WATCHED CABLE SHOWIN HISTORY FIFTEEN AND A HALF MILLIONPEOPLE HEARD YOUR THEME SONG THIS PAST WEEKEND

ldquoWell I didnrsquot play on the show they aired it rightafter they nished Breaking Bad as a promotion forsomething It wasnrsquot a theme song to the series Vincehad actually wrote it with three of his friends A verywell-written song written with me in mind I was veryattered by that We just got back from the premier inLA did the red carpet played the party and showed themovie It was a lot of funrdquo

SO WHAT SHOULD YOUR FANS EXPECT WHEN

YOU PERFORM AT THE CENTER FOR THE ARTSIN GRASS VALLEY

ldquoOh a unique experience I guess I mean I just domy own thing and if they havenrsquot seen me beforethey will be pleasantly surprised mdash itrsquos original I ambringing a full band including my wife who playsrhythm guitarrdquo

Photos by George Brainard

You know how

blues tells the

audience that

you feel bad

Country willtell you how

you got there- Junior Brown

BEHIND EVERY GREAT MAN

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Elaine Bromka received a letter from agentleman who attended her one-wom-an show ldquoTea for Threerdquo and wrote that

when she took her curtain call he asked theperson next to him where the other two ac-tresses were

ldquoIt wasnrsquot the rst time Irsquod heard thatrdquo Bromkasaid ldquoI am nding the essence of each womanI have a feeling of each voice but I really go forwhere the energy originates moves throughthe bodyrdquo

The three bodies she inhabits on stage belongto three former rst ladies mdash Lady Bird John -son Pat Nixon and Betty Ford The play which

she co-wrote with Eric H Weinberger is a char-acter study that is both funny and moving

ldquoItrsquos really an exploration of what it was liketo suddenly wake up and yoursquore in the WhiteHouserdquo Bromka said ldquoIn two of those cases itwas really suddenrdquo

Bromka a veteran of stage and screen mdashboth large and small mdash recently worked withlegendary impressionist Rich Little in the PBSshow ldquoThe Presidentsrdquo where she starred aseight rst ladies opposite Littlersquos commandersin chief

ldquoRich and I were out at lunch and he was sittingthere staring at his hands and I asked lsquowhat areyou doingrsquordquo she said ldquoHe said lsquoReagan holdshis thumbs like this like a bearrsquordquo

Itrsquos the little things that make or break a good

impersonation she learned While not neces-sarily an impressionist herself she is a peoplewatcher mdash and listener mdash and in two years shespent with the National Theatre of the Deaf shelearned a lot about the non-verbal

ldquoThe body doesnrsquot lierdquo she said

Bromka went to the museum of TV and radioand studied video tapes of all three women

Doing so she said she learned a lot about theirpersonalities

ldquoAll three were very smart and easy to underes-timaterdquo Bromka said ldquoFor Lady Bird imaginefollowing in the footsteps of a star She was not

as glamorous as Jackie but she did wonderfulthings with Head Start and beauticationrdquo

Pat Nixon she said was harder because sherarely opened her mouth

ldquoThey called her lsquoPlastic Patrsquordquo she said ldquoThatrsquosnot plastic those are the eyes of a very guard-ed watchful person Someone who experi-enced a lot of pain They say she was one ofthe warmest rst ladies one-on-one Pat wentto 80 countries on her own as a one-on-oneambassador she just didnrsquot want to get in frontof groupsrdquo

And then therersquos Betty Ford

ldquoBetty was a live wire she said whatever shethoughtrdquo Bromka said ldquoBut Betty broke openhuge issues like womenrsquos rights and breastcancer awarenessrdquo

Many of the lines in the play are direct quotesfrom the rst ladies She said while the playcovers a lot of ground itrsquos not by any means ahistory lesson

ldquoThis is really a Valentine to all threerdquo Bromkasaid ldquoItrsquos a human story about the human el-ement One audience member said lsquoit lets youwalk in their shoesrsquordquo

And for Bromka the shoes t just ne

ONE-WOMAN SHOW LOOKS AT LIVES OF

THREE FORMER FIRST LADIES

By Paul Cambra

BEHIND EVERY GREAT MAN

TEA FOR THREE mdash LADYBIRD PAT AND BETTY

WHEN 730 pm SaturdayMarch 21 3 pm Sunday March 22

WHERE The State Theatre985 Lincoln Way Auburn

TICKETS $20

INFO (530) 852-2708infoplacertheaterorg

Elaine Bromka on PatNixon ldquoThey say she wasone of the warmest rst

ladies one-on-onerdquo

Elaine Bromka on Betty FordldquoBetty was a live wire she said

whatever she thoughtrdquo

Elaine Bromka onLady Bird JohnsonldquoImagine following

in the footsteps ofa starrdquo

VANYA AND SONIA AND

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By Paul Cambra

MASHA AND SPIKE

WHEN 8 pm Fridays and Saturdaysthrough March 28 2 pm Sunday

March 15 and 22 (7 pm ThursdayMarch 5 preview)

WHERE Nevada Theatre 401 BroadSt Nevada City

TICKETS $25 general $35 reserved($15 Thursday preview)

INFO (530) 346-3210sierrastagesorg

Whether yoursquore familiar with Chek-hov not too familiar or you think hersquosthe guy who sat next to Sulu on the

Starship Enterprise it doesnrsquot matter Chances areyoursquoll like this play

ldquoThe playwright said he took Chekhov and puthim in a blenderrdquo Jeffrey Mason said ldquoYou donrsquotneed to have any Chekhov background to un-derstand or enjoy this play but if you do Therersquosmore fun to be hadrdquo

Mason is directing the Sierra Stages production ofldquoVanya and Sonia and Masha and Spikerdquo a 2013Tony Award-winning play by Christopher DurangThe characterrsquos names are all from Anton Chekhovplays The mood is very ldquoChekhovianrdquo mdash sad andlonely characters in a country house a visitor com-ing and shaking things up mdash but really folks you

donrsquot need to know Chekhov to enjoy this playldquoItrsquos funnyrdquo Mason said ldquoThe situations are fun-ny the characters are funny they are dealing withproblems anybody can relate to Family issues Itrsquosa very well-crafted playrdquo

He said it is the single most popular play on theregional theater circuit this season with no lessthan 27 different productions

ldquoI donrsquot know of another play that has been thispopular this soonrdquo Mason said ldquoEverybody is en- joying it everywhererdquo

Robert Rossman plays Vanya ldquoprobably the san-

est one of them allrdquo he said

Vanya is in his 50s lives with his adopted sister isnot very sociable doesnrsquot go out and has neverheld a job And hersquos the sane one

But to his defense he and his sister have been tak-ing care of their parent who both had Alzheimerrsquosdisease Now that they are gone their other sis-ter who has been supporting the family throughher career as an actress is coming home That

ratchets the dysfunction meter up a few notchesldquoMasha doesnrsquot come home very often but thistime she comes home and tells them she is goingto sell the houserdquo said Susan Mason who playsMasha ldquoThey have never lived anywhere else

They donrsquot know how to live anywhere elserdquo

And Masha brings her very young boyfriendSpike home with her fueling the jealousy be-tween her and her plain sheltered adopted sister

ldquoSonia is a kind of the pathetic onerdquo said actressSharon Winegar ldquoShe plays pathetic but she isnot truly pathetic She likes to wallow in self pitybut at the same time she is very sweet and charm-ing in her misery She has wonderful things hap-pen to her throughout the course of the play Yound yourself rooting for her adoring herrdquo

None of the three principal players can fully re-late to the sibling rivalry of Vanya and Sonia andMasha Winegar got along quite well with her sis-ters and Mason is an only child But Rossman seeshimself as sort of the eccentric in the family

ldquoThey all have normal kinds of jobs and look atme as the guy who does all of the weird theatricalstuffrdquo he said

Much to the delight of the director

ldquoI could have cast the play two or three timesrdquoJeffrey Mason said ldquoIt was an unusually stronggroup who auditioned I consider myself verylucky in a relatively small town like ours the num-ber of people that are involved in theaterrdquo

So if you enjoy a good Chekhov story yoursquoll get afew more of the jokes than most

ldquoSome of the references are right in your facesome are more subtlerdquo Susan Mason said

If you havenrsquot read any of his stories or plays wor-ry not

ldquoItrsquos not blatantly Chekhovrdquo Rossman said ldquoItrsquos

just a comic romprdquoAnd if yoursquore still convinced that the only Chekovthat matters is a star eet navigator well theremay actually be a character or two here yoursquodidentify with

THEY PUT THE lsquoFUNrsquo INDYSFUNCTION

Photo by David Wong

Robert Rossman Sharon Winegar Susan Mason and Casey Burkestar in the Sierra Stages production of Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike

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IN YOUR DAILY GRIND

When yoursquore in need of coffee there arecertainly a lot of choices Sure youcould buzz through the drive through

and have your McBeverage handed to you andbe done with it

Or you could hit one of many locally-owned cof-fee shops and cafeacutes each with their own ambienceand deacutecor and really soak up the wide variety of lo-cal avor in a way that no corporate chain ever can

Here in the foothills you can bike up to the Trail-head Coffee in Penryn and sip an espresso conpanna while you have your bicycle worked on Orlounge on a Victorian sofa under a glass chande-lier at the Cafeacute Mekka in Nevada City Or minglewith judges and lawyers while grabbing a cappuc-cino at the Courthouse Cafeacute in Auburn Or evenplay a round of bocce ball while you sip your mac-chiato at The Flower Farm in Loomis

Whether your choice is black coffee or a nonfat

soy latte yoursquoll nd lots of choices in Placer andNevada County Here is an unbiased sampling toconsider Cranking up Ella Fitzgeraldrsquos cover ofldquoBlack Coffeerdquo while you drive there is optionalbut highly recommended

PUTTING LOCAL FLAVOR

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Cafeacute Mekka is easily the most eclectic and funkyof the coffee houses I visited The Gold Rush-erabuilding is lined with tables and vintage sofasbooks and art even a piano in the corner Mekkahas a huge drink menu with beans from TempleCoffee in Sacramento as well as baked goodsmade by DeGroot Bakery Mekka rotates artshows monthly has open mic nights music andpoetry with limited seating outside The SummerIce a blend of chocolate caramel and espresso isa denite must try

Three Forks Bakery and Brewery 211 Commercial St Nevada City (530) 470-8333threeforksnccom

Open since August Three Forks merges a bak-ery with a brewery providing coffee and micro-brews along with pizza and sandwiches Its beansare from local roaster Fable in Grass Valley Themodern sleek-looking space with some outdoorseating offers a new take on both the traditionalbakery and the microbrewery

GRASS VALLEY Carolines Coffee Roaster 128 South Auburn St Grass Valley (530) 273-6424 carolinescoffeecom

Carolines is a family-owned coffee house in Grass Valley with specialty-roasted coffee includingtheir own house blend as well as scones pas-tries quiches gourmet olives and sandwichesCarolines has a warm and friendly vibe with asmall outdoor seating area located on the groundoor of the classic Madison Lodge Building

AUBURNThe Courthouse Cafeacute1425 Lincoln Way Auburn (530) 889-1373

Sitting directly across the street from the AuburnCourthouse is The Courthouse Cafeacute a 1930s con-verted bungalow which makes for an intimatehome-like setting complete with a small replaceand reading areas Its beans are from Santa CruzCoffee and the baked goods are made fresh dai-ly Obviously a popular spot for the lawyers and judges needing caffeine x before court the cafeacuteis a denite hot spot in the mornings The Court -house Cafe is part of the Placer 360 art scene and

By Matthew Whitley

Bicycle memorabilia lines the wallsof the Trailhead Coffee and CyclingL i P

Photo by Matthew Whitley

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features local art year round and a small outdoorseating area

Depoe Bay Coffee Company 893 High St Auburn (530) 889-1021 depoebay-coffeecom

Conveniently located right down the street fromthe ofces of the Foothills Entertainer mdash muchto the relief of the staff mdash the Depoe is Down-

town Auburnrsquos go-to spot for a cup of Joe Thecafeacute has a couple of different seating areas roaststheir own beans and serves bakes goods break-fast and sandwiches Depoe Bay offers live musicevery other Sunday as well as local art

PENRYN

Trailhead Coffee and Cycling Lounge2210 Taylor Road Penryn (916) 663-1501 coffee-andbikescom

The Trailhead located directly across from GrifthQuarry Park is both a coffee house and a full bicy-cle shop Co-owner Jerry Cannon is a competitivecyclist who has merged his two passions into onebusiness Decorated with Tour de France memo-rabilia and vintage gear the shop pays homage toall things bicycle Cyclists can have repairs doneon their bikes while hanging out on the wood-

en patio drinking one of the Trailheadrsquos specialtyroasts The cafeacute offers pastries and baked goodspower and energy bars and breakfast burritos

LOOMIS

The Flower Farm Nursery9280 Horseshoe Bar Road Loomis (916) 652-5650 owerfarminncom

The Flower Farm is a cafeacute set in one of the arearsquosmore beautiful and pastoral settings The facilityalso operates a bed and breakfast host eventsand weddings operates a nursery and gift shophas a waterwheel pond bocce ball court and gar-dens Also on the property is Casque Winery allsurrounded by citrus orchards and gardens Thecafeacute menu features ingredients taken right offtheir farm In the fall and winter they sell pump-kins and Christmas trees hellip how many cafeacutes dothat

ROCKLIN

Origin Coffee and Tea2168 Sunset Blvd Rocklin (916) 787-5676 orig-incoffeeorg

Origin Coffee and Tea is a nonprot coffee housewhose sole mission is to raise money and aware-ness to end human slave trafcking At Origin all

of the employees donate their time and the mon-ey raised goes to the Grace Network Rescue Thebeans they carry are free trade and roasted locallyOrigin offers table and couch seating in a modern

but sparse environment There is live music in-cluding benet concerts Itrsquos coffee with a cause

ROSEVILLEShady Coffee and Tea325 Douglas Blvd Roseville (916) 742-4117 sha-dycoffeeandteacom

Shady Coffee and Tea is a small cafeacute and eateryclose to Downtown Roseville that offers specialtyroasts including Mast Espresso beans and En-

timos Coffee from Citrus Heights Shady offerssandwiches salads breakfasts beer and wineThey also have a nice-size back patio a drive-upwindow art on the walls and open mic on Fridaynights Be sure and try the Affogato vanilla beanice cream topped with espresso

Lounge in Penryn

Emmit Johnston Grass Valley resident andbarista at Carolines Coffee in Grass Valley

Photo by Matthew Whitley

From left Joe Fernandez VinceMUSIC FROM THE BRITISH ISLES

FROM CELTIC TO BEATLES

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AUBURN CONCERT BAND PLAYS MUSIC FROM THE BRITISH ISLESBy Paul Cambra

Think British invasion and you go straight to1964 But the music of the United Kingdomand Ireland has been crossing the Atlantic

for centuries From Baroque to folk ddles tofes the rich musical history of the British Isles canbe traced back to the polyphonic melodies of thelate middle ages

But this month itrsquos all about the brass hellip and thewoodwinds hellipand the percussion

ldquoBrass bands have been popular in Britain sincethe 1800srdquo said Craig Thomas trumpeter withthe Auburn Concert Band ldquoToday they are oneof the most popular forms of music in Englandrdquo

The Auburn Concert band will present ldquoMusicfrom the British Isles ndash from Celtic to Beatlesrdquo fortwo free performances this month The 40-pieceensemble will take on everyone from Gustav Holstto LennonMcCartney

ldquoWersquore not just playing a Beatles song itrsquos a sym-phonic workingrdquo said conductor Tom CandlishldquoYou know how Hey Jude sort of rocks out at theend The arranger takes that same idea but addsa counter melody underneath Itrsquos a mix of the

original material with material for an orchestra Itrsquosnot the way the Beatles played it They are a rockband we are a concert bandrdquo

They will however step slightly out of the box forthese shows adding a piper Chuck Jamison fora medley of bagpipe tunes which they will ac-company And Jamison who plays drums for thecountry and western band Dust in My Coffee willbring his band mates to do a two-song Celtic setin the middle of the show Country Celtic if youwill

ldquoThe Auburn Concert Band is very enthusiasticabout the variety of music we are playingrdquo Can-dlish said ldquoItrsquos not just serious music all of thetime We are mixing it up with folk tunes and poppieces The audiences we play for have really ap-preciated thatrdquo

Yoursquoll hear Brian Borursquos March one of Irelandrsquosoldest traditional folk songs Yoursquoll hear DannyBoy which Candlish calls ldquothe epitome of concertband musicrdquo And then therersquos Those MagnicentMen in their Flying Machines from the 1965 mov-ie and McNamararsquos Band which was a top-10 hitfor Bing Crosby

And if yoursquore not leaving the show humming theending to Hey Jude chances are yoursquoll be whis-tling the Colonel Bogey March better known asthe theme song to The Bridge on the River Kwai

ldquoThe British Isles have certainly contributed to themusical history of this countryrdquo Thomas said ldquoItrsquosamazing when you go back the fact that therewere craftsman making these instruments so mu-sicians could play these beautiful and elaborate

classical piecesrdquo

Thomas the trumpeter has his own personal con-nection to the UK

ldquoI have a couple of cornets that I bought fromsomeone in Englandrdquo he said ldquoThe characteris-tics of the British horn are a little different moresoft and mellow In describing the differencebetween a cornet and a trumpet the trumpet Iwould describe as having a bright and projectingtone and the cornet a softer more mellow tonerdquo

From bright to mellow and a few stages in be-tween this British invasion mixes history with har-mony

TOMMY TUNES

Warm and Lori Yarbrough

From left Bruce Heseltine JohnSmiley and Trent Taylor

From left Roberta SullivanDave Lake and Angela Costa

ndash FROM CELTIC TO BEATLES

WHO Auburn Concert Band

WHEN 7-9 pm Wednesday March 4

WHERE Newcastle School 8951 Valley View Drive Newcastle

WHEN 7-9 pm Wednesday March 11

WHERE The State Theatre985 Lincoln Way Auburn

COST Free

INFO auburnconcertbandnet

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time to explore their creative side And some arealready actors looking for an edge at auditionsrdquo

And then therersquos ldquoBelly Laughsrdquo

ldquoA belly dancer was looking for space to teachone night a weekrdquo Betsaida said ldquoWe thoughtlsquohow fun would it be to merge them togetherrdquo

Now once a month belly dancers take the stagewhile the improv performers watch from thewings Then itrsquos their turn to entertain

ldquoOne guy started shimmying and shaking tryingto get into skinny jeans and be a part of the fadrdquoBetsaida said

Improv is all about the inspiration Be it the movesof a belly dancer or a shout from the audience allthe performer needs is a jumping off point

ldquoThe Shorties get ideas from the audiencerdquoBurke said ldquoFrom a location mdash like the beach orStarbuckrsquos mdash or a feeling they had today a lineof dialogue or a text message we will use thosewithin the scene We just focus on creating in themoment Every show is totally differentrdquo

The 7 pm show is for families guaranteed to be

clean The 830 show well they donrsquot try to beblue but they are making this up on the y Theyuse a rotating cast of performers usually eight to10 on any given night

ldquoItrsquos a really diverse group and really they usuallynd usrdquo Burke said ldquoThey come through ourclasses like Teen Playground More than anythingwe love having a team of people who share asame mindsetrdquo

Audience participation at The Shorties isencouraged but not required They promise theywill not pick on anyone who chooses just to sitback and enjoy the show But you may want tooffer a suggestion should they get stuck

ldquoAnd you will get stuckrdquo Burke said ldquoWhen itdoes happen you breathe through it You think lsquoIhave to be funny I have to be cleverrsquo but thatrsquoshow you get stuck in the rst place Slow down

listen to what was said last respond to it and it willall be goodrdquo

lsquoTHE SHORTIESrsquo IMPROVE

UPON IMPROV

THEATER KIDS (AGES SECONDTO FIFTH GRADE)

bull Basic improv and theater skills

TEEN IMPROV

bull Create SNL-type sketches

IMPROV 101 201 301

bull Adults interested in trying improv

TEEN PLAYGROUND

bull Bring a favorite game and make new friends

PLAYGROUND IMPROV

bull Drop-in workshop for adults

BELLY LAUGHS

bull The show that blends sexy with funny

BLACKTOP COMEDY

Lori Wynant shares with the dangers ofsky diving with Kevin Brown

BETTER CALL JUNIOR

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By Matthew Whitley

Hersquos labeled country music mdash and he is mdashbut hersquos so much more A listen through

his catalogue and you hear country rockhonky-tonk swing mariachi Tex-Mex bluegrassand rhythm and blues mdash even a bit of Hawaiian

He even invented a double necked ldquoguit-steelrdquoallowing him to play and switch between electricguitar and lap steel guitar on the same instrument

Then therersquos that voice a deep baritone and astyle that harkens back to an earlier era hellip cleanhonest and un-ironic hellip like the music of George

Jones or Ernest Tubb who Brown has often beencompared to in style

Brown 62 will bring his act to The Center for theArts in Grass Valley near the end of this monthWe had a chance to talk with Brown and we askedhim how he got to be a country music star

WERE YOU EXPOSED TO A LOT OF COUNTRYMUSIC GROWING UP

ldquoNot really My parents liked classical and I wasmostly raised on that I watched the TV and thatrsquoswhere I got into that kind of musicrdquo

WHY DO YOU THINK YOU WERE DRAWN TOCOUNTRY MUSIC AS OPPOSED TO THE POP-ULAR MUSIC OF THE DAY

ldquoI was drawn to popular music at the time I re-member when the Beatles hit and then the bandsthat followed Thatrsquos what the teenagers at school

would be talking about I kind of discovered Er-nest Tubb on my own watching the TV I never

told any of my friends as I donrsquot think it wouldhave gone over too wellrdquo

DO YOU REMEMBER IF THERE WAS A SPECIF-IC ALBUM WHERE YOU SAID lsquoTHIS IS WHAT I WANT TO DO THIS IS ITrsquo

ldquoNo we didnrsquot buy albums back then And a coun-try album I wouldnrsquot have any idea as to whereto buy that So it was all television I watched Er-nest Tubbrsquos show and then the Buck Owens show

Jimmy Dean had a show that came out of Wash-ington DC I would eventually buy an album ofa rock person or something but those were ex-pensive and I didnrsquot have any money I would buysingles once in a while you know the little 45 andagain it wasnrsquot country as I wouldnrsquot know whereto buy onerdquo

DO YOU REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME YOUPERFORMED

ldquoYes It was at a Boys Scout Jamboree at AndrewsAir Force Base in Maryland I was about 8 or 10years old and I was strolling around the differentcamp sites me and another guy sort of like min-strels which is what we sort of felt like doing Lit-tle did I know that is what I would be doing forthe rest of my life Anyway we stopped at one ofthese campsites and it was the top brass of theJamboree They said lsquocome on down tonight andperformrsquo So we actually got a stage with a micro-

phone and there was about 7000 Boy Scouts outthere and I was hooked I have been chasing thebright lights ever since I still get nervous perform-ing but I donrsquot think I was nervous that night I justremembered being thrilledrdquo

THE SOUND YOU HAVE IS ALMOST CLASSICCOUNTRY VERY UNGUARDED AND SINGINGSTRAIGHT TO THE AUDIENCE

ldquoWhatrsquos good about the older music is itrsquos very di-

rect and honest and it had sentiment in there thatwas considered corny but the cornball is part ofthe honesty itrsquos part of the lsquohey this is how I feelrsquoyou know My music is not just limited to countryIrsquom not a purist in any way I just like signing to anaudience and singing your heart out You knowhow blues tells the audience that you feel badCountry will tell you how you got thererdquo

I FIRST HEARD YOU ON THE CHRIS ISAAKSHOW IN THE LATE rsquo80S EARLY rsquo90S WITH

KD LANG IT WAS MODERN AND BEAUTIFULCOUNTRY MUSIC AND I REMEMBER YOU BE-ING A PART OF THAT SOUND WHEN IT CAMEOUT WHAT IS YOUR TAKE ON COUNTRY MU-SIC NOW

ldquoOh itrsquos the same take Irsquove had on it since thelate rsquo60s Everybody talks about what their idea

of country music is and everybody has a differ-ent idea Country music can mean anything nowWhat I do now is label mine as lsquoginger brown guit-steel musicrsquo Itrsquos a combination of all types of mu-sic mdash country rock and some othersrdquo

AMERICA IS SUCH A BLEND OF DIFFERENTPEOPLE IT STANDS TO REASON THAT MUSIC WOULD REPRESENT THAT AS WELL

ldquoYes When I do something I try and do it in an

honest way and give the song what it requiresWhen I say I have a lot of styles in my music itdoesnrsquot mean I use them all at once People loveto see me go nuts on that guitar but you haveto do what the song calls for Now the problemcomes when yoursquore trying to do everything onevery song all the time You never get anywherethat way There are guys out there that say lsquoOK Ican play an Ernest Tubbrsquos song and put a BB Kingblues guitar solo in itrsquo and feel like they have re-

ally discovered something and to me that is notsaying anything You havenrsquot done anything butwater down a good song Not that I donrsquot like BBKing he just does not mix well with Ernest TubbThatrsquos where musicianship comes inrdquo

WHAT DO YOU THINK CONTRIBUTED MOSTTO YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF MUSIC

ldquoCovering other peoplersquos songs and working withother people Working in the country and western

clubs doing country songs that were popular atthe time A lot of them I didnrsquot like but I playedthem as best as I could And then I started writ-ing songs which really put me in another place Icould really be myself I wasnrsquot a cover artist any-more Most of the stuff on my records are stuffthat Irsquove written so Irsquom very proud of thatrdquo

DOES SONG WRITING COME EASY TO YOUOR IS IT A DIFFICULT PROCESS

ldquoItrsquos very difcult More difcult than one maythink Itrsquos easy to write bad songs and hard towrite good ones I have thrown away over half ofthem I could put several weeks into a song that just isnrsquot any goodrdquo

HOW DID YOU COME TO INVENT THE GUIT-STEEL

ldquoMichael Stephens of Stephens Guitars theymake them and we have sold a few of them I have

seen a couple of people playing them and itrsquos kindof strange like watching somebody dance withyour wife lsquoWait a minute yoursquore not supposed tobe holding that mdash thatrsquos my instrumentrsquordquo

BETTER CALL hellip JUNIOR

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SO ITrsquoS A BLEND OF TWO TYPES OFGUITAR SOUND

ldquoNo they are two complete and differentinstruments You have the guitar neck and thesteel guitar neck so I am switching instrumentsas I sing I am basically doing the part of threeguys on stage hellip singing guitar and steel guitarPut a little foot pedal down there on a bass drum and Icould be a one man bandrdquo

HOW DID YOU GET INVOLVED IN FILMS AND TELE-VISION

ldquoPeople who are fans ask me to do it Vince Gilliganliked what I did so he asked me to be on the X-FilesGilligan did Breaking Bad and is now doing BetterCall Saulrdquo

BETTER CALL SAUL DEBUTED RECENTLY ANDBECAME THE MOST WATCHED CABLE SHOWIN HISTORY FIFTEEN AND A HALF MILLIONPEOPLE HEARD YOUR THEME SONG THIS PAST WEEKEND

ldquoWell I didnrsquot play on the show they aired it rightafter they nished Breaking Bad as a promotion forsomething It wasnrsquot a theme song to the series Vincehad actually wrote it with three of his friends A verywell-written song written with me in mind I was veryattered by that We just got back from the premier inLA did the red carpet played the party and showed themovie It was a lot of funrdquo

SO WHAT SHOULD YOUR FANS EXPECT WHEN

YOU PERFORM AT THE CENTER FOR THE ARTSIN GRASS VALLEY

ldquoOh a unique experience I guess I mean I just domy own thing and if they havenrsquot seen me beforethey will be pleasantly surprised mdash itrsquos original I ambringing a full band including my wife who playsrhythm guitarrdquo

Photos by George Brainard

You know how

blues tells the

audience that

you feel bad

Country willtell you how

you got there- Junior Brown

BEHIND EVERY GREAT MAN

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Elaine Bromka received a letter from agentleman who attended her one-wom-an show ldquoTea for Threerdquo and wrote that

when she took her curtain call he asked theperson next to him where the other two ac-tresses were

ldquoIt wasnrsquot the rst time Irsquod heard thatrdquo Bromkasaid ldquoI am nding the essence of each womanI have a feeling of each voice but I really go forwhere the energy originates moves throughthe bodyrdquo

The three bodies she inhabits on stage belongto three former rst ladies mdash Lady Bird John -son Pat Nixon and Betty Ford The play which

she co-wrote with Eric H Weinberger is a char-acter study that is both funny and moving

ldquoItrsquos really an exploration of what it was liketo suddenly wake up and yoursquore in the WhiteHouserdquo Bromka said ldquoIn two of those cases itwas really suddenrdquo

Bromka a veteran of stage and screen mdashboth large and small mdash recently worked withlegendary impressionist Rich Little in the PBSshow ldquoThe Presidentsrdquo where she starred aseight rst ladies opposite Littlersquos commandersin chief

ldquoRich and I were out at lunch and he was sittingthere staring at his hands and I asked lsquowhat areyou doingrsquordquo she said ldquoHe said lsquoReagan holdshis thumbs like this like a bearrsquordquo

Itrsquos the little things that make or break a good

impersonation she learned While not neces-sarily an impressionist herself she is a peoplewatcher mdash and listener mdash and in two years shespent with the National Theatre of the Deaf shelearned a lot about the non-verbal

ldquoThe body doesnrsquot lierdquo she said

Bromka went to the museum of TV and radioand studied video tapes of all three women

Doing so she said she learned a lot about theirpersonalities

ldquoAll three were very smart and easy to underes-timaterdquo Bromka said ldquoFor Lady Bird imaginefollowing in the footsteps of a star She was not

as glamorous as Jackie but she did wonderfulthings with Head Start and beauticationrdquo

Pat Nixon she said was harder because sherarely opened her mouth

ldquoThey called her lsquoPlastic Patrsquordquo she said ldquoThatrsquosnot plastic those are the eyes of a very guard-ed watchful person Someone who experi-enced a lot of pain They say she was one ofthe warmest rst ladies one-on-one Pat wentto 80 countries on her own as a one-on-oneambassador she just didnrsquot want to get in frontof groupsrdquo

And then therersquos Betty Ford

ldquoBetty was a live wire she said whatever shethoughtrdquo Bromka said ldquoBut Betty broke openhuge issues like womenrsquos rights and breastcancer awarenessrdquo

Many of the lines in the play are direct quotesfrom the rst ladies She said while the playcovers a lot of ground itrsquos not by any means ahistory lesson

ldquoThis is really a Valentine to all threerdquo Bromkasaid ldquoItrsquos a human story about the human el-ement One audience member said lsquoit lets youwalk in their shoesrsquordquo

And for Bromka the shoes t just ne

ONE-WOMAN SHOW LOOKS AT LIVES OF

THREE FORMER FIRST LADIES

By Paul Cambra

BEHIND EVERY GREAT MAN

TEA FOR THREE mdash LADYBIRD PAT AND BETTY

WHEN 730 pm SaturdayMarch 21 3 pm Sunday March 22

WHERE The State Theatre985 Lincoln Way Auburn

TICKETS $20

INFO (530) 852-2708infoplacertheaterorg

Elaine Bromka on PatNixon ldquoThey say she wasone of the warmest rst

ladies one-on-onerdquo

Elaine Bromka on Betty FordldquoBetty was a live wire she said

whatever she thoughtrdquo

Elaine Bromka onLady Bird JohnsonldquoImagine following

in the footsteps ofa starrdquo

VANYA AND SONIA AND

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By Paul Cambra

MASHA AND SPIKE

WHEN 8 pm Fridays and Saturdaysthrough March 28 2 pm Sunday

March 15 and 22 (7 pm ThursdayMarch 5 preview)

WHERE Nevada Theatre 401 BroadSt Nevada City

TICKETS $25 general $35 reserved($15 Thursday preview)

INFO (530) 346-3210sierrastagesorg

Whether yoursquore familiar with Chek-hov not too familiar or you think hersquosthe guy who sat next to Sulu on the

Starship Enterprise it doesnrsquot matter Chances areyoursquoll like this play

ldquoThe playwright said he took Chekhov and puthim in a blenderrdquo Jeffrey Mason said ldquoYou donrsquotneed to have any Chekhov background to un-derstand or enjoy this play but if you do Therersquosmore fun to be hadrdquo

Mason is directing the Sierra Stages production ofldquoVanya and Sonia and Masha and Spikerdquo a 2013Tony Award-winning play by Christopher DurangThe characterrsquos names are all from Anton Chekhovplays The mood is very ldquoChekhovianrdquo mdash sad andlonely characters in a country house a visitor com-ing and shaking things up mdash but really folks you

donrsquot need to know Chekhov to enjoy this playldquoItrsquos funnyrdquo Mason said ldquoThe situations are fun-ny the characters are funny they are dealing withproblems anybody can relate to Family issues Itrsquosa very well-crafted playrdquo

He said it is the single most popular play on theregional theater circuit this season with no lessthan 27 different productions

ldquoI donrsquot know of another play that has been thispopular this soonrdquo Mason said ldquoEverybody is en- joying it everywhererdquo

Robert Rossman plays Vanya ldquoprobably the san-

est one of them allrdquo he said

Vanya is in his 50s lives with his adopted sister isnot very sociable doesnrsquot go out and has neverheld a job And hersquos the sane one

But to his defense he and his sister have been tak-ing care of their parent who both had Alzheimerrsquosdisease Now that they are gone their other sis-ter who has been supporting the family throughher career as an actress is coming home That

ratchets the dysfunction meter up a few notchesldquoMasha doesnrsquot come home very often but thistime she comes home and tells them she is goingto sell the houserdquo said Susan Mason who playsMasha ldquoThey have never lived anywhere else

They donrsquot know how to live anywhere elserdquo

And Masha brings her very young boyfriendSpike home with her fueling the jealousy be-tween her and her plain sheltered adopted sister

ldquoSonia is a kind of the pathetic onerdquo said actressSharon Winegar ldquoShe plays pathetic but she isnot truly pathetic She likes to wallow in self pitybut at the same time she is very sweet and charm-ing in her misery She has wonderful things hap-pen to her throughout the course of the play Yound yourself rooting for her adoring herrdquo

None of the three principal players can fully re-late to the sibling rivalry of Vanya and Sonia andMasha Winegar got along quite well with her sis-ters and Mason is an only child But Rossman seeshimself as sort of the eccentric in the family

ldquoThey all have normal kinds of jobs and look atme as the guy who does all of the weird theatricalstuffrdquo he said

Much to the delight of the director

ldquoI could have cast the play two or three timesrdquoJeffrey Mason said ldquoIt was an unusually stronggroup who auditioned I consider myself verylucky in a relatively small town like ours the num-ber of people that are involved in theaterrdquo

So if you enjoy a good Chekhov story yoursquoll get afew more of the jokes than most

ldquoSome of the references are right in your facesome are more subtlerdquo Susan Mason said

If you havenrsquot read any of his stories or plays wor-ry not

ldquoItrsquos not blatantly Chekhovrdquo Rossman said ldquoItrsquos

just a comic romprdquoAnd if yoursquore still convinced that the only Chekovthat matters is a star eet navigator well theremay actually be a character or two here yoursquodidentify with

THEY PUT THE lsquoFUNrsquo INDYSFUNCTION

Photo by David Wong

Robert Rossman Sharon Winegar Susan Mason and Casey Burkestar in the Sierra Stages production of Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike

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IN YOUR DAILY GRIND

When yoursquore in need of coffee there arecertainly a lot of choices Sure youcould buzz through the drive through

and have your McBeverage handed to you andbe done with it

Or you could hit one of many locally-owned cof-fee shops and cafeacutes each with their own ambienceand deacutecor and really soak up the wide variety of lo-cal avor in a way that no corporate chain ever can

Here in the foothills you can bike up to the Trail-head Coffee in Penryn and sip an espresso conpanna while you have your bicycle worked on Orlounge on a Victorian sofa under a glass chande-lier at the Cafeacute Mekka in Nevada City Or minglewith judges and lawyers while grabbing a cappuc-cino at the Courthouse Cafeacute in Auburn Or evenplay a round of bocce ball while you sip your mac-chiato at The Flower Farm in Loomis

Whether your choice is black coffee or a nonfat

soy latte yoursquoll nd lots of choices in Placer andNevada County Here is an unbiased sampling toconsider Cranking up Ella Fitzgeraldrsquos cover ofldquoBlack Coffeerdquo while you drive there is optionalbut highly recommended

PUTTING LOCAL FLAVOR

NEVADA CITY Cafeacute Mekka237 Commercial St Nevada City (530) 478-1517

Cafeacute Mekka is easily the most eclectic and funkyof the coffee houses I visited The Gold Rush-erabuilding is lined with tables and vintage sofasbooks and art even a piano in the corner Mekkahas a huge drink menu with beans from TempleCoffee in Sacramento as well as baked goodsmade by DeGroot Bakery Mekka rotates artshows monthly has open mic nights music andpoetry with limited seating outside The SummerIce a blend of chocolate caramel and espresso isa denite must try

Three Forks Bakery and Brewery 211 Commercial St Nevada City (530) 470-8333threeforksnccom

Open since August Three Forks merges a bak-ery with a brewery providing coffee and micro-brews along with pizza and sandwiches Its beansare from local roaster Fable in Grass Valley Themodern sleek-looking space with some outdoorseating offers a new take on both the traditionalbakery and the microbrewery

GRASS VALLEY Carolines Coffee Roaster 128 South Auburn St Grass Valley (530) 273-6424 carolinescoffeecom

Carolines is a family-owned coffee house in Grass Valley with specialty-roasted coffee includingtheir own house blend as well as scones pas-tries quiches gourmet olives and sandwichesCarolines has a warm and friendly vibe with asmall outdoor seating area located on the groundoor of the classic Madison Lodge Building

AUBURNThe Courthouse Cafeacute1425 Lincoln Way Auburn (530) 889-1373

Sitting directly across the street from the AuburnCourthouse is The Courthouse Cafeacute a 1930s con-verted bungalow which makes for an intimatehome-like setting complete with a small replaceand reading areas Its beans are from Santa CruzCoffee and the baked goods are made fresh dai-ly Obviously a popular spot for the lawyers and judges needing caffeine x before court the cafeacuteis a denite hot spot in the mornings The Court -house Cafe is part of the Placer 360 art scene and

By Matthew Whitley

Bicycle memorabilia lines the wallsof the Trailhead Coffee and CyclingL i P

Photo by Matthew Whitley

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features local art year round and a small outdoorseating area

Depoe Bay Coffee Company 893 High St Auburn (530) 889-1021 depoebay-coffeecom

Conveniently located right down the street fromthe ofces of the Foothills Entertainer mdash muchto the relief of the staff mdash the Depoe is Down-

town Auburnrsquos go-to spot for a cup of Joe Thecafeacute has a couple of different seating areas roaststheir own beans and serves bakes goods break-fast and sandwiches Depoe Bay offers live musicevery other Sunday as well as local art

PENRYN

Trailhead Coffee and Cycling Lounge2210 Taylor Road Penryn (916) 663-1501 coffee-andbikescom

The Trailhead located directly across from GrifthQuarry Park is both a coffee house and a full bicy-cle shop Co-owner Jerry Cannon is a competitivecyclist who has merged his two passions into onebusiness Decorated with Tour de France memo-rabilia and vintage gear the shop pays homage toall things bicycle Cyclists can have repairs doneon their bikes while hanging out on the wood-

en patio drinking one of the Trailheadrsquos specialtyroasts The cafeacute offers pastries and baked goodspower and energy bars and breakfast burritos

LOOMIS

The Flower Farm Nursery9280 Horseshoe Bar Road Loomis (916) 652-5650 owerfarminncom

The Flower Farm is a cafeacute set in one of the arearsquosmore beautiful and pastoral settings The facilityalso operates a bed and breakfast host eventsand weddings operates a nursery and gift shophas a waterwheel pond bocce ball court and gar-dens Also on the property is Casque Winery allsurrounded by citrus orchards and gardens Thecafeacute menu features ingredients taken right offtheir farm In the fall and winter they sell pump-kins and Christmas trees hellip how many cafeacutes dothat

ROCKLIN

Origin Coffee and Tea2168 Sunset Blvd Rocklin (916) 787-5676 orig-incoffeeorg

Origin Coffee and Tea is a nonprot coffee housewhose sole mission is to raise money and aware-ness to end human slave trafcking At Origin all

of the employees donate their time and the mon-ey raised goes to the Grace Network Rescue Thebeans they carry are free trade and roasted locallyOrigin offers table and couch seating in a modern

but sparse environment There is live music in-cluding benet concerts Itrsquos coffee with a cause

ROSEVILLEShady Coffee and Tea325 Douglas Blvd Roseville (916) 742-4117 sha-dycoffeeandteacom

Shady Coffee and Tea is a small cafeacute and eateryclose to Downtown Roseville that offers specialtyroasts including Mast Espresso beans and En-

timos Coffee from Citrus Heights Shady offerssandwiches salads breakfasts beer and wineThey also have a nice-size back patio a drive-upwindow art on the walls and open mic on Fridaynights Be sure and try the Affogato vanilla beanice cream topped with espresso

Lounge in Penryn

Emmit Johnston Grass Valley resident andbarista at Carolines Coffee in Grass Valley

Photo by Matthew Whitley

From left Joe Fernandez VinceMUSIC FROM THE BRITISH ISLES

FROM CELTIC TO BEATLES

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AUBURN CONCERT BAND PLAYS MUSIC FROM THE BRITISH ISLESBy Paul Cambra

Think British invasion and you go straight to1964 But the music of the United Kingdomand Ireland has been crossing the Atlantic

for centuries From Baroque to folk ddles tofes the rich musical history of the British Isles canbe traced back to the polyphonic melodies of thelate middle ages

But this month itrsquos all about the brass hellip and thewoodwinds hellipand the percussion

ldquoBrass bands have been popular in Britain sincethe 1800srdquo said Craig Thomas trumpeter withthe Auburn Concert Band ldquoToday they are oneof the most popular forms of music in Englandrdquo

The Auburn Concert band will present ldquoMusicfrom the British Isles ndash from Celtic to Beatlesrdquo fortwo free performances this month The 40-pieceensemble will take on everyone from Gustav Holstto LennonMcCartney

ldquoWersquore not just playing a Beatles song itrsquos a sym-phonic workingrdquo said conductor Tom CandlishldquoYou know how Hey Jude sort of rocks out at theend The arranger takes that same idea but addsa counter melody underneath Itrsquos a mix of the

original material with material for an orchestra Itrsquosnot the way the Beatles played it They are a rockband we are a concert bandrdquo

They will however step slightly out of the box forthese shows adding a piper Chuck Jamison fora medley of bagpipe tunes which they will ac-company And Jamison who plays drums for thecountry and western band Dust in My Coffee willbring his band mates to do a two-song Celtic setin the middle of the show Country Celtic if youwill

ldquoThe Auburn Concert Band is very enthusiasticabout the variety of music we are playingrdquo Can-dlish said ldquoItrsquos not just serious music all of thetime We are mixing it up with folk tunes and poppieces The audiences we play for have really ap-preciated thatrdquo

Yoursquoll hear Brian Borursquos March one of Irelandrsquosoldest traditional folk songs Yoursquoll hear DannyBoy which Candlish calls ldquothe epitome of concertband musicrdquo And then therersquos Those MagnicentMen in their Flying Machines from the 1965 mov-ie and McNamararsquos Band which was a top-10 hitfor Bing Crosby

And if yoursquore not leaving the show humming theending to Hey Jude chances are yoursquoll be whis-tling the Colonel Bogey March better known asthe theme song to The Bridge on the River Kwai

ldquoThe British Isles have certainly contributed to themusical history of this countryrdquo Thomas said ldquoItrsquosamazing when you go back the fact that therewere craftsman making these instruments so mu-sicians could play these beautiful and elaborate

classical piecesrdquo

Thomas the trumpeter has his own personal con-nection to the UK

ldquoI have a couple of cornets that I bought fromsomeone in Englandrdquo he said ldquoThe characteris-tics of the British horn are a little different moresoft and mellow In describing the differencebetween a cornet and a trumpet the trumpet Iwould describe as having a bright and projectingtone and the cornet a softer more mellow tonerdquo

From bright to mellow and a few stages in be-tween this British invasion mixes history with har-mony

TOMMY TUNES

Warm and Lori Yarbrough

From left Bruce Heseltine JohnSmiley and Trent Taylor

From left Roberta SullivanDave Lake and Angela Costa

ndash FROM CELTIC TO BEATLES

WHO Auburn Concert Band

WHEN 7-9 pm Wednesday March 4

WHERE Newcastle School 8951 Valley View Drive Newcastle

WHEN 7-9 pm Wednesday March 11

WHERE The State Theatre985 Lincoln Way Auburn

COST Free

INFO auburnconcertbandnet

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By Matthew Whitley

Hersquos labeled country music mdash and he is mdashbut hersquos so much more A listen through

his catalogue and you hear country rockhonky-tonk swing mariachi Tex-Mex bluegrassand rhythm and blues mdash even a bit of Hawaiian

He even invented a double necked ldquoguit-steelrdquoallowing him to play and switch between electricguitar and lap steel guitar on the same instrument

Then therersquos that voice a deep baritone and astyle that harkens back to an earlier era hellip cleanhonest and un-ironic hellip like the music of George

Jones or Ernest Tubb who Brown has often beencompared to in style

Brown 62 will bring his act to The Center for theArts in Grass Valley near the end of this monthWe had a chance to talk with Brown and we askedhim how he got to be a country music star

WERE YOU EXPOSED TO A LOT OF COUNTRYMUSIC GROWING UP

ldquoNot really My parents liked classical and I wasmostly raised on that I watched the TV and thatrsquoswhere I got into that kind of musicrdquo

WHY DO YOU THINK YOU WERE DRAWN TOCOUNTRY MUSIC AS OPPOSED TO THE POP-ULAR MUSIC OF THE DAY

ldquoI was drawn to popular music at the time I re-member when the Beatles hit and then the bandsthat followed Thatrsquos what the teenagers at school

would be talking about I kind of discovered Er-nest Tubb on my own watching the TV I never

told any of my friends as I donrsquot think it wouldhave gone over too wellrdquo

DO YOU REMEMBER IF THERE WAS A SPECIF-IC ALBUM WHERE YOU SAID lsquoTHIS IS WHAT I WANT TO DO THIS IS ITrsquo

ldquoNo we didnrsquot buy albums back then And a coun-try album I wouldnrsquot have any idea as to whereto buy that So it was all television I watched Er-nest Tubbrsquos show and then the Buck Owens show

Jimmy Dean had a show that came out of Wash-ington DC I would eventually buy an album ofa rock person or something but those were ex-pensive and I didnrsquot have any money I would buysingles once in a while you know the little 45 andagain it wasnrsquot country as I wouldnrsquot know whereto buy onerdquo

DO YOU REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME YOUPERFORMED

ldquoYes It was at a Boys Scout Jamboree at AndrewsAir Force Base in Maryland I was about 8 or 10years old and I was strolling around the differentcamp sites me and another guy sort of like min-strels which is what we sort of felt like doing Lit-tle did I know that is what I would be doing forthe rest of my life Anyway we stopped at one ofthese campsites and it was the top brass of theJamboree They said lsquocome on down tonight andperformrsquo So we actually got a stage with a micro-

phone and there was about 7000 Boy Scouts outthere and I was hooked I have been chasing thebright lights ever since I still get nervous perform-ing but I donrsquot think I was nervous that night I justremembered being thrilledrdquo

THE SOUND YOU HAVE IS ALMOST CLASSICCOUNTRY VERY UNGUARDED AND SINGINGSTRAIGHT TO THE AUDIENCE

ldquoWhatrsquos good about the older music is itrsquos very di-

rect and honest and it had sentiment in there thatwas considered corny but the cornball is part ofthe honesty itrsquos part of the lsquohey this is how I feelrsquoyou know My music is not just limited to countryIrsquom not a purist in any way I just like signing to anaudience and singing your heart out You knowhow blues tells the audience that you feel badCountry will tell you how you got thererdquo

I FIRST HEARD YOU ON THE CHRIS ISAAKSHOW IN THE LATE rsquo80S EARLY rsquo90S WITH

KD LANG IT WAS MODERN AND BEAUTIFULCOUNTRY MUSIC AND I REMEMBER YOU BE-ING A PART OF THAT SOUND WHEN IT CAMEOUT WHAT IS YOUR TAKE ON COUNTRY MU-SIC NOW

ldquoOh itrsquos the same take Irsquove had on it since thelate rsquo60s Everybody talks about what their idea

of country music is and everybody has a differ-ent idea Country music can mean anything nowWhat I do now is label mine as lsquoginger brown guit-steel musicrsquo Itrsquos a combination of all types of mu-sic mdash country rock and some othersrdquo

AMERICA IS SUCH A BLEND OF DIFFERENTPEOPLE IT STANDS TO REASON THAT MUSIC WOULD REPRESENT THAT AS WELL

ldquoYes When I do something I try and do it in an

honest way and give the song what it requiresWhen I say I have a lot of styles in my music itdoesnrsquot mean I use them all at once People loveto see me go nuts on that guitar but you haveto do what the song calls for Now the problemcomes when yoursquore trying to do everything onevery song all the time You never get anywherethat way There are guys out there that say lsquoOK Ican play an Ernest Tubbrsquos song and put a BB Kingblues guitar solo in itrsquo and feel like they have re-

ally discovered something and to me that is notsaying anything You havenrsquot done anything butwater down a good song Not that I donrsquot like BBKing he just does not mix well with Ernest TubbThatrsquos where musicianship comes inrdquo

WHAT DO YOU THINK CONTRIBUTED MOSTTO YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF MUSIC

ldquoCovering other peoplersquos songs and working withother people Working in the country and western

clubs doing country songs that were popular atthe time A lot of them I didnrsquot like but I playedthem as best as I could And then I started writ-ing songs which really put me in another place Icould really be myself I wasnrsquot a cover artist any-more Most of the stuff on my records are stuffthat Irsquove written so Irsquom very proud of thatrdquo

DOES SONG WRITING COME EASY TO YOUOR IS IT A DIFFICULT PROCESS

ldquoItrsquos very difcult More difcult than one maythink Itrsquos easy to write bad songs and hard towrite good ones I have thrown away over half ofthem I could put several weeks into a song that just isnrsquot any goodrdquo

HOW DID YOU COME TO INVENT THE GUIT-STEEL

ldquoMichael Stephens of Stephens Guitars theymake them and we have sold a few of them I have

seen a couple of people playing them and itrsquos kindof strange like watching somebody dance withyour wife lsquoWait a minute yoursquore not supposed tobe holding that mdash thatrsquos my instrumentrsquordquo

BETTER CALL hellip JUNIOR

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SO ITrsquoS A BLEND OF TWO TYPES OFGUITAR SOUND

ldquoNo they are two complete and differentinstruments You have the guitar neck and thesteel guitar neck so I am switching instrumentsas I sing I am basically doing the part of threeguys on stage hellip singing guitar and steel guitarPut a little foot pedal down there on a bass drum and Icould be a one man bandrdquo

HOW DID YOU GET INVOLVED IN FILMS AND TELE-VISION

ldquoPeople who are fans ask me to do it Vince Gilliganliked what I did so he asked me to be on the X-FilesGilligan did Breaking Bad and is now doing BetterCall Saulrdquo

BETTER CALL SAUL DEBUTED RECENTLY ANDBECAME THE MOST WATCHED CABLE SHOWIN HISTORY FIFTEEN AND A HALF MILLIONPEOPLE HEARD YOUR THEME SONG THIS PAST WEEKEND

ldquoWell I didnrsquot play on the show they aired it rightafter they nished Breaking Bad as a promotion forsomething It wasnrsquot a theme song to the series Vincehad actually wrote it with three of his friends A verywell-written song written with me in mind I was veryattered by that We just got back from the premier inLA did the red carpet played the party and showed themovie It was a lot of funrdquo

SO WHAT SHOULD YOUR FANS EXPECT WHEN

YOU PERFORM AT THE CENTER FOR THE ARTSIN GRASS VALLEY

ldquoOh a unique experience I guess I mean I just domy own thing and if they havenrsquot seen me beforethey will be pleasantly surprised mdash itrsquos original I ambringing a full band including my wife who playsrhythm guitarrdquo

Photos by George Brainard

You know how

blues tells the

audience that

you feel bad

Country willtell you how

you got there- Junior Brown

BEHIND EVERY GREAT MAN

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Elaine Bromka received a letter from agentleman who attended her one-wom-an show ldquoTea for Threerdquo and wrote that

when she took her curtain call he asked theperson next to him where the other two ac-tresses were

ldquoIt wasnrsquot the rst time Irsquod heard thatrdquo Bromkasaid ldquoI am nding the essence of each womanI have a feeling of each voice but I really go forwhere the energy originates moves throughthe bodyrdquo

The three bodies she inhabits on stage belongto three former rst ladies mdash Lady Bird John -son Pat Nixon and Betty Ford The play which

she co-wrote with Eric H Weinberger is a char-acter study that is both funny and moving

ldquoItrsquos really an exploration of what it was liketo suddenly wake up and yoursquore in the WhiteHouserdquo Bromka said ldquoIn two of those cases itwas really suddenrdquo

Bromka a veteran of stage and screen mdashboth large and small mdash recently worked withlegendary impressionist Rich Little in the PBSshow ldquoThe Presidentsrdquo where she starred aseight rst ladies opposite Littlersquos commandersin chief

ldquoRich and I were out at lunch and he was sittingthere staring at his hands and I asked lsquowhat areyou doingrsquordquo she said ldquoHe said lsquoReagan holdshis thumbs like this like a bearrsquordquo

Itrsquos the little things that make or break a good

impersonation she learned While not neces-sarily an impressionist herself she is a peoplewatcher mdash and listener mdash and in two years shespent with the National Theatre of the Deaf shelearned a lot about the non-verbal

ldquoThe body doesnrsquot lierdquo she said

Bromka went to the museum of TV and radioand studied video tapes of all three women

Doing so she said she learned a lot about theirpersonalities

ldquoAll three were very smart and easy to underes-timaterdquo Bromka said ldquoFor Lady Bird imaginefollowing in the footsteps of a star She was not

as glamorous as Jackie but she did wonderfulthings with Head Start and beauticationrdquo

Pat Nixon she said was harder because sherarely opened her mouth

ldquoThey called her lsquoPlastic Patrsquordquo she said ldquoThatrsquosnot plastic those are the eyes of a very guard-ed watchful person Someone who experi-enced a lot of pain They say she was one ofthe warmest rst ladies one-on-one Pat wentto 80 countries on her own as a one-on-oneambassador she just didnrsquot want to get in frontof groupsrdquo

And then therersquos Betty Ford

ldquoBetty was a live wire she said whatever shethoughtrdquo Bromka said ldquoBut Betty broke openhuge issues like womenrsquos rights and breastcancer awarenessrdquo

Many of the lines in the play are direct quotesfrom the rst ladies She said while the playcovers a lot of ground itrsquos not by any means ahistory lesson

ldquoThis is really a Valentine to all threerdquo Bromkasaid ldquoItrsquos a human story about the human el-ement One audience member said lsquoit lets youwalk in their shoesrsquordquo

And for Bromka the shoes t just ne

ONE-WOMAN SHOW LOOKS AT LIVES OF

THREE FORMER FIRST LADIES

By Paul Cambra

BEHIND EVERY GREAT MAN

TEA FOR THREE mdash LADYBIRD PAT AND BETTY

WHEN 730 pm SaturdayMarch 21 3 pm Sunday March 22

WHERE The State Theatre985 Lincoln Way Auburn

TICKETS $20

INFO (530) 852-2708infoplacertheaterorg

Elaine Bromka on PatNixon ldquoThey say she wasone of the warmest rst

ladies one-on-onerdquo

Elaine Bromka on Betty FordldquoBetty was a live wire she said

whatever she thoughtrdquo

Elaine Bromka onLady Bird JohnsonldquoImagine following

in the footsteps ofa starrdquo

VANYA AND SONIA AND

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By Paul Cambra

MASHA AND SPIKE

WHEN 8 pm Fridays and Saturdaysthrough March 28 2 pm Sunday

March 15 and 22 (7 pm ThursdayMarch 5 preview)

WHERE Nevada Theatre 401 BroadSt Nevada City

TICKETS $25 general $35 reserved($15 Thursday preview)

INFO (530) 346-3210sierrastagesorg

Whether yoursquore familiar with Chek-hov not too familiar or you think hersquosthe guy who sat next to Sulu on the

Starship Enterprise it doesnrsquot matter Chances areyoursquoll like this play

ldquoThe playwright said he took Chekhov and puthim in a blenderrdquo Jeffrey Mason said ldquoYou donrsquotneed to have any Chekhov background to un-derstand or enjoy this play but if you do Therersquosmore fun to be hadrdquo

Mason is directing the Sierra Stages production ofldquoVanya and Sonia and Masha and Spikerdquo a 2013Tony Award-winning play by Christopher DurangThe characterrsquos names are all from Anton Chekhovplays The mood is very ldquoChekhovianrdquo mdash sad andlonely characters in a country house a visitor com-ing and shaking things up mdash but really folks you

donrsquot need to know Chekhov to enjoy this playldquoItrsquos funnyrdquo Mason said ldquoThe situations are fun-ny the characters are funny they are dealing withproblems anybody can relate to Family issues Itrsquosa very well-crafted playrdquo

He said it is the single most popular play on theregional theater circuit this season with no lessthan 27 different productions

ldquoI donrsquot know of another play that has been thispopular this soonrdquo Mason said ldquoEverybody is en- joying it everywhererdquo

Robert Rossman plays Vanya ldquoprobably the san-

est one of them allrdquo he said

Vanya is in his 50s lives with his adopted sister isnot very sociable doesnrsquot go out and has neverheld a job And hersquos the sane one

But to his defense he and his sister have been tak-ing care of their parent who both had Alzheimerrsquosdisease Now that they are gone their other sis-ter who has been supporting the family throughher career as an actress is coming home That

ratchets the dysfunction meter up a few notchesldquoMasha doesnrsquot come home very often but thistime she comes home and tells them she is goingto sell the houserdquo said Susan Mason who playsMasha ldquoThey have never lived anywhere else

They donrsquot know how to live anywhere elserdquo

And Masha brings her very young boyfriendSpike home with her fueling the jealousy be-tween her and her plain sheltered adopted sister

ldquoSonia is a kind of the pathetic onerdquo said actressSharon Winegar ldquoShe plays pathetic but she isnot truly pathetic She likes to wallow in self pitybut at the same time she is very sweet and charm-ing in her misery She has wonderful things hap-pen to her throughout the course of the play Yound yourself rooting for her adoring herrdquo

None of the three principal players can fully re-late to the sibling rivalry of Vanya and Sonia andMasha Winegar got along quite well with her sis-ters and Mason is an only child But Rossman seeshimself as sort of the eccentric in the family

ldquoThey all have normal kinds of jobs and look atme as the guy who does all of the weird theatricalstuffrdquo he said

Much to the delight of the director

ldquoI could have cast the play two or three timesrdquoJeffrey Mason said ldquoIt was an unusually stronggroup who auditioned I consider myself verylucky in a relatively small town like ours the num-ber of people that are involved in theaterrdquo

So if you enjoy a good Chekhov story yoursquoll get afew more of the jokes than most

ldquoSome of the references are right in your facesome are more subtlerdquo Susan Mason said

If you havenrsquot read any of his stories or plays wor-ry not

ldquoItrsquos not blatantly Chekhovrdquo Rossman said ldquoItrsquos

just a comic romprdquoAnd if yoursquore still convinced that the only Chekovthat matters is a star eet navigator well theremay actually be a character or two here yoursquodidentify with

THEY PUT THE lsquoFUNrsquo INDYSFUNCTION

Photo by David Wong

Robert Rossman Sharon Winegar Susan Mason and Casey Burkestar in the Sierra Stages production of Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike

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20 OFFENTIRE GUEST

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IN YOUR DAILY GRIND

When yoursquore in need of coffee there arecertainly a lot of choices Sure youcould buzz through the drive through

and have your McBeverage handed to you andbe done with it

Or you could hit one of many locally-owned cof-fee shops and cafeacutes each with their own ambienceand deacutecor and really soak up the wide variety of lo-cal avor in a way that no corporate chain ever can

Here in the foothills you can bike up to the Trail-head Coffee in Penryn and sip an espresso conpanna while you have your bicycle worked on Orlounge on a Victorian sofa under a glass chande-lier at the Cafeacute Mekka in Nevada City Or minglewith judges and lawyers while grabbing a cappuc-cino at the Courthouse Cafeacute in Auburn Or evenplay a round of bocce ball while you sip your mac-chiato at The Flower Farm in Loomis

Whether your choice is black coffee or a nonfat

soy latte yoursquoll nd lots of choices in Placer andNevada County Here is an unbiased sampling toconsider Cranking up Ella Fitzgeraldrsquos cover ofldquoBlack Coffeerdquo while you drive there is optionalbut highly recommended

PUTTING LOCAL FLAVOR

NEVADA CITY Cafeacute Mekka237 Commercial St Nevada City (530) 478-1517

Cafeacute Mekka is easily the most eclectic and funkyof the coffee houses I visited The Gold Rush-erabuilding is lined with tables and vintage sofasbooks and art even a piano in the corner Mekkahas a huge drink menu with beans from TempleCoffee in Sacramento as well as baked goodsmade by DeGroot Bakery Mekka rotates artshows monthly has open mic nights music andpoetry with limited seating outside The SummerIce a blend of chocolate caramel and espresso isa denite must try

Three Forks Bakery and Brewery 211 Commercial St Nevada City (530) 470-8333threeforksnccom

Open since August Three Forks merges a bak-ery with a brewery providing coffee and micro-brews along with pizza and sandwiches Its beansare from local roaster Fable in Grass Valley Themodern sleek-looking space with some outdoorseating offers a new take on both the traditionalbakery and the microbrewery

GRASS VALLEY Carolines Coffee Roaster 128 South Auburn St Grass Valley (530) 273-6424 carolinescoffeecom

Carolines is a family-owned coffee house in Grass Valley with specialty-roasted coffee includingtheir own house blend as well as scones pas-tries quiches gourmet olives and sandwichesCarolines has a warm and friendly vibe with asmall outdoor seating area located on the groundoor of the classic Madison Lodge Building

AUBURNThe Courthouse Cafeacute1425 Lincoln Way Auburn (530) 889-1373

Sitting directly across the street from the AuburnCourthouse is The Courthouse Cafeacute a 1930s con-verted bungalow which makes for an intimatehome-like setting complete with a small replaceand reading areas Its beans are from Santa CruzCoffee and the baked goods are made fresh dai-ly Obviously a popular spot for the lawyers and judges needing caffeine x before court the cafeacuteis a denite hot spot in the mornings The Court -house Cafe is part of the Placer 360 art scene and

By Matthew Whitley

Bicycle memorabilia lines the wallsof the Trailhead Coffee and CyclingL i P

Photo by Matthew Whitley

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features local art year round and a small outdoorseating area

Depoe Bay Coffee Company 893 High St Auburn (530) 889-1021 depoebay-coffeecom

Conveniently located right down the street fromthe ofces of the Foothills Entertainer mdash muchto the relief of the staff mdash the Depoe is Down-

town Auburnrsquos go-to spot for a cup of Joe Thecafeacute has a couple of different seating areas roaststheir own beans and serves bakes goods break-fast and sandwiches Depoe Bay offers live musicevery other Sunday as well as local art

PENRYN

Trailhead Coffee and Cycling Lounge2210 Taylor Road Penryn (916) 663-1501 coffee-andbikescom

The Trailhead located directly across from GrifthQuarry Park is both a coffee house and a full bicy-cle shop Co-owner Jerry Cannon is a competitivecyclist who has merged his two passions into onebusiness Decorated with Tour de France memo-rabilia and vintage gear the shop pays homage toall things bicycle Cyclists can have repairs doneon their bikes while hanging out on the wood-

en patio drinking one of the Trailheadrsquos specialtyroasts The cafeacute offers pastries and baked goodspower and energy bars and breakfast burritos

LOOMIS

The Flower Farm Nursery9280 Horseshoe Bar Road Loomis (916) 652-5650 owerfarminncom

The Flower Farm is a cafeacute set in one of the arearsquosmore beautiful and pastoral settings The facilityalso operates a bed and breakfast host eventsand weddings operates a nursery and gift shophas a waterwheel pond bocce ball court and gar-dens Also on the property is Casque Winery allsurrounded by citrus orchards and gardens Thecafeacute menu features ingredients taken right offtheir farm In the fall and winter they sell pump-kins and Christmas trees hellip how many cafeacutes dothat

ROCKLIN

Origin Coffee and Tea2168 Sunset Blvd Rocklin (916) 787-5676 orig-incoffeeorg

Origin Coffee and Tea is a nonprot coffee housewhose sole mission is to raise money and aware-ness to end human slave trafcking At Origin all

of the employees donate their time and the mon-ey raised goes to the Grace Network Rescue Thebeans they carry are free trade and roasted locallyOrigin offers table and couch seating in a modern

but sparse environment There is live music in-cluding benet concerts Itrsquos coffee with a cause

ROSEVILLEShady Coffee and Tea325 Douglas Blvd Roseville (916) 742-4117 sha-dycoffeeandteacom

Shady Coffee and Tea is a small cafeacute and eateryclose to Downtown Roseville that offers specialtyroasts including Mast Espresso beans and En-

timos Coffee from Citrus Heights Shady offerssandwiches salads breakfasts beer and wineThey also have a nice-size back patio a drive-upwindow art on the walls and open mic on Fridaynights Be sure and try the Affogato vanilla beanice cream topped with espresso

Lounge in Penryn

Emmit Johnston Grass Valley resident andbarista at Carolines Coffee in Grass Valley

Photo by Matthew Whitley

From left Joe Fernandez VinceMUSIC FROM THE BRITISH ISLES

FROM CELTIC TO BEATLES

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AUBURN CONCERT BAND PLAYS MUSIC FROM THE BRITISH ISLESBy Paul Cambra

Think British invasion and you go straight to1964 But the music of the United Kingdomand Ireland has been crossing the Atlantic

for centuries From Baroque to folk ddles tofes the rich musical history of the British Isles canbe traced back to the polyphonic melodies of thelate middle ages

But this month itrsquos all about the brass hellip and thewoodwinds hellipand the percussion

ldquoBrass bands have been popular in Britain sincethe 1800srdquo said Craig Thomas trumpeter withthe Auburn Concert Band ldquoToday they are oneof the most popular forms of music in Englandrdquo

The Auburn Concert band will present ldquoMusicfrom the British Isles ndash from Celtic to Beatlesrdquo fortwo free performances this month The 40-pieceensemble will take on everyone from Gustav Holstto LennonMcCartney

ldquoWersquore not just playing a Beatles song itrsquos a sym-phonic workingrdquo said conductor Tom CandlishldquoYou know how Hey Jude sort of rocks out at theend The arranger takes that same idea but addsa counter melody underneath Itrsquos a mix of the

original material with material for an orchestra Itrsquosnot the way the Beatles played it They are a rockband we are a concert bandrdquo

They will however step slightly out of the box forthese shows adding a piper Chuck Jamison fora medley of bagpipe tunes which they will ac-company And Jamison who plays drums for thecountry and western band Dust in My Coffee willbring his band mates to do a two-song Celtic setin the middle of the show Country Celtic if youwill

ldquoThe Auburn Concert Band is very enthusiasticabout the variety of music we are playingrdquo Can-dlish said ldquoItrsquos not just serious music all of thetime We are mixing it up with folk tunes and poppieces The audiences we play for have really ap-preciated thatrdquo

Yoursquoll hear Brian Borursquos March one of Irelandrsquosoldest traditional folk songs Yoursquoll hear DannyBoy which Candlish calls ldquothe epitome of concertband musicrdquo And then therersquos Those MagnicentMen in their Flying Machines from the 1965 mov-ie and McNamararsquos Band which was a top-10 hitfor Bing Crosby

And if yoursquore not leaving the show humming theending to Hey Jude chances are yoursquoll be whis-tling the Colonel Bogey March better known asthe theme song to The Bridge on the River Kwai

ldquoThe British Isles have certainly contributed to themusical history of this countryrdquo Thomas said ldquoItrsquosamazing when you go back the fact that therewere craftsman making these instruments so mu-sicians could play these beautiful and elaborate

classical piecesrdquo

Thomas the trumpeter has his own personal con-nection to the UK

ldquoI have a couple of cornets that I bought fromsomeone in Englandrdquo he said ldquoThe characteris-tics of the British horn are a little different moresoft and mellow In describing the differencebetween a cornet and a trumpet the trumpet Iwould describe as having a bright and projectingtone and the cornet a softer more mellow tonerdquo

From bright to mellow and a few stages in be-tween this British invasion mixes history with har-mony

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From left Bruce Heseltine JohnSmiley and Trent Taylor

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WHEN 7-9 pm Wednesday March 4

WHERE Newcastle School 8951 Valley View Drive Newcastle

WHEN 7-9 pm Wednesday March 11

WHERE The State Theatre985 Lincoln Way Auburn

COST Free

INFO auburnconcertbandnet

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SO ITrsquoS A BLEND OF TWO TYPES OFGUITAR SOUND

ldquoNo they are two complete and differentinstruments You have the guitar neck and thesteel guitar neck so I am switching instrumentsas I sing I am basically doing the part of threeguys on stage hellip singing guitar and steel guitarPut a little foot pedal down there on a bass drum and Icould be a one man bandrdquo

HOW DID YOU GET INVOLVED IN FILMS AND TELE-VISION

ldquoPeople who are fans ask me to do it Vince Gilliganliked what I did so he asked me to be on the X-FilesGilligan did Breaking Bad and is now doing BetterCall Saulrdquo

BETTER CALL SAUL DEBUTED RECENTLY ANDBECAME THE MOST WATCHED CABLE SHOWIN HISTORY FIFTEEN AND A HALF MILLIONPEOPLE HEARD YOUR THEME SONG THIS PAST WEEKEND

ldquoWell I didnrsquot play on the show they aired it rightafter they nished Breaking Bad as a promotion forsomething It wasnrsquot a theme song to the series Vincehad actually wrote it with three of his friends A verywell-written song written with me in mind I was veryattered by that We just got back from the premier inLA did the red carpet played the party and showed themovie It was a lot of funrdquo

SO WHAT SHOULD YOUR FANS EXPECT WHEN

YOU PERFORM AT THE CENTER FOR THE ARTSIN GRASS VALLEY

ldquoOh a unique experience I guess I mean I just domy own thing and if they havenrsquot seen me beforethey will be pleasantly surprised mdash itrsquos original I ambringing a full band including my wife who playsrhythm guitarrdquo

Photos by George Brainard

You know how

blues tells the

audience that

you feel bad

Country willtell you how

you got there- Junior Brown

BEHIND EVERY GREAT MAN

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Elaine Bromka received a letter from agentleman who attended her one-wom-an show ldquoTea for Threerdquo and wrote that

when she took her curtain call he asked theperson next to him where the other two ac-tresses were

ldquoIt wasnrsquot the rst time Irsquod heard thatrdquo Bromkasaid ldquoI am nding the essence of each womanI have a feeling of each voice but I really go forwhere the energy originates moves throughthe bodyrdquo

The three bodies she inhabits on stage belongto three former rst ladies mdash Lady Bird John -son Pat Nixon and Betty Ford The play which

she co-wrote with Eric H Weinberger is a char-acter study that is both funny and moving

ldquoItrsquos really an exploration of what it was liketo suddenly wake up and yoursquore in the WhiteHouserdquo Bromka said ldquoIn two of those cases itwas really suddenrdquo

Bromka a veteran of stage and screen mdashboth large and small mdash recently worked withlegendary impressionist Rich Little in the PBSshow ldquoThe Presidentsrdquo where she starred aseight rst ladies opposite Littlersquos commandersin chief

ldquoRich and I were out at lunch and he was sittingthere staring at his hands and I asked lsquowhat areyou doingrsquordquo she said ldquoHe said lsquoReagan holdshis thumbs like this like a bearrsquordquo

Itrsquos the little things that make or break a good

impersonation she learned While not neces-sarily an impressionist herself she is a peoplewatcher mdash and listener mdash and in two years shespent with the National Theatre of the Deaf shelearned a lot about the non-verbal

ldquoThe body doesnrsquot lierdquo she said

Bromka went to the museum of TV and radioand studied video tapes of all three women

Doing so she said she learned a lot about theirpersonalities

ldquoAll three were very smart and easy to underes-timaterdquo Bromka said ldquoFor Lady Bird imaginefollowing in the footsteps of a star She was not

as glamorous as Jackie but she did wonderfulthings with Head Start and beauticationrdquo

Pat Nixon she said was harder because sherarely opened her mouth

ldquoThey called her lsquoPlastic Patrsquordquo she said ldquoThatrsquosnot plastic those are the eyes of a very guard-ed watchful person Someone who experi-enced a lot of pain They say she was one ofthe warmest rst ladies one-on-one Pat wentto 80 countries on her own as a one-on-oneambassador she just didnrsquot want to get in frontof groupsrdquo

And then therersquos Betty Ford

ldquoBetty was a live wire she said whatever shethoughtrdquo Bromka said ldquoBut Betty broke openhuge issues like womenrsquos rights and breastcancer awarenessrdquo

Many of the lines in the play are direct quotesfrom the rst ladies She said while the playcovers a lot of ground itrsquos not by any means ahistory lesson

ldquoThis is really a Valentine to all threerdquo Bromkasaid ldquoItrsquos a human story about the human el-ement One audience member said lsquoit lets youwalk in their shoesrsquordquo

And for Bromka the shoes t just ne

ONE-WOMAN SHOW LOOKS AT LIVES OF

THREE FORMER FIRST LADIES

By Paul Cambra

BEHIND EVERY GREAT MAN

TEA FOR THREE mdash LADYBIRD PAT AND BETTY

WHEN 730 pm SaturdayMarch 21 3 pm Sunday March 22

WHERE The State Theatre985 Lincoln Way Auburn

TICKETS $20

INFO (530) 852-2708infoplacertheaterorg

Elaine Bromka on PatNixon ldquoThey say she wasone of the warmest rst

ladies one-on-onerdquo

Elaine Bromka on Betty FordldquoBetty was a live wire she said

whatever she thoughtrdquo

Elaine Bromka onLady Bird JohnsonldquoImagine following

in the footsteps ofa starrdquo

VANYA AND SONIA AND

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By Paul Cambra

MASHA AND SPIKE

WHEN 8 pm Fridays and Saturdaysthrough March 28 2 pm Sunday

March 15 and 22 (7 pm ThursdayMarch 5 preview)

WHERE Nevada Theatre 401 BroadSt Nevada City

TICKETS $25 general $35 reserved($15 Thursday preview)

INFO (530) 346-3210sierrastagesorg

Whether yoursquore familiar with Chek-hov not too familiar or you think hersquosthe guy who sat next to Sulu on the

Starship Enterprise it doesnrsquot matter Chances areyoursquoll like this play

ldquoThe playwright said he took Chekhov and puthim in a blenderrdquo Jeffrey Mason said ldquoYou donrsquotneed to have any Chekhov background to un-derstand or enjoy this play but if you do Therersquosmore fun to be hadrdquo

Mason is directing the Sierra Stages production ofldquoVanya and Sonia and Masha and Spikerdquo a 2013Tony Award-winning play by Christopher DurangThe characterrsquos names are all from Anton Chekhovplays The mood is very ldquoChekhovianrdquo mdash sad andlonely characters in a country house a visitor com-ing and shaking things up mdash but really folks you

donrsquot need to know Chekhov to enjoy this playldquoItrsquos funnyrdquo Mason said ldquoThe situations are fun-ny the characters are funny they are dealing withproblems anybody can relate to Family issues Itrsquosa very well-crafted playrdquo

He said it is the single most popular play on theregional theater circuit this season with no lessthan 27 different productions

ldquoI donrsquot know of another play that has been thispopular this soonrdquo Mason said ldquoEverybody is en- joying it everywhererdquo

Robert Rossman plays Vanya ldquoprobably the san-

est one of them allrdquo he said

Vanya is in his 50s lives with his adopted sister isnot very sociable doesnrsquot go out and has neverheld a job And hersquos the sane one

But to his defense he and his sister have been tak-ing care of their parent who both had Alzheimerrsquosdisease Now that they are gone their other sis-ter who has been supporting the family throughher career as an actress is coming home That

ratchets the dysfunction meter up a few notchesldquoMasha doesnrsquot come home very often but thistime she comes home and tells them she is goingto sell the houserdquo said Susan Mason who playsMasha ldquoThey have never lived anywhere else

They donrsquot know how to live anywhere elserdquo

And Masha brings her very young boyfriendSpike home with her fueling the jealousy be-tween her and her plain sheltered adopted sister

ldquoSonia is a kind of the pathetic onerdquo said actressSharon Winegar ldquoShe plays pathetic but she isnot truly pathetic She likes to wallow in self pitybut at the same time she is very sweet and charm-ing in her misery She has wonderful things hap-pen to her throughout the course of the play Yound yourself rooting for her adoring herrdquo

None of the three principal players can fully re-late to the sibling rivalry of Vanya and Sonia andMasha Winegar got along quite well with her sis-ters and Mason is an only child But Rossman seeshimself as sort of the eccentric in the family

ldquoThey all have normal kinds of jobs and look atme as the guy who does all of the weird theatricalstuffrdquo he said

Much to the delight of the director

ldquoI could have cast the play two or three timesrdquoJeffrey Mason said ldquoIt was an unusually stronggroup who auditioned I consider myself verylucky in a relatively small town like ours the num-ber of people that are involved in theaterrdquo

So if you enjoy a good Chekhov story yoursquoll get afew more of the jokes than most

ldquoSome of the references are right in your facesome are more subtlerdquo Susan Mason said

If you havenrsquot read any of his stories or plays wor-ry not

ldquoItrsquos not blatantly Chekhovrdquo Rossman said ldquoItrsquos

just a comic romprdquoAnd if yoursquore still convinced that the only Chekovthat matters is a star eet navigator well theremay actually be a character or two here yoursquodidentify with

THEY PUT THE lsquoFUNrsquo INDYSFUNCTION

Photo by David Wong

Robert Rossman Sharon Winegar Susan Mason and Casey Burkestar in the Sierra Stages production of Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike

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L o c a t e d i n

G r a n i t e B a y (Raleyrsquos Shopping Center)

FUEL YOUR PASSION FOR COOKINGCOME TO TESS FOR THE TOOLS AND KNOWLEDGE TO BE A BETTER COOK

MARCH CLASSESGREEK (MARCH 10 TH)

SPRING INTO CANNING (MARCH 14 TH)

IndIan (March 17th) bull coMfort food (March 24 TH)

chInese (March 26

TH

)eMulsIfIed sauces (March 28 TH)

See class schedule amp register at tesskitchenstorecom

Tess Kitchen StoreFeaturing 3 Floors (6400 sq ft) in Downtown Grass Valley

Kitchen Aid bull Wusthof bull Fiestaware bull USA Pans bull Breville bull Le Creuset

273-6997115 Mill Street bull Downtown Grass Valley

tesskitchenstorecom

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E 23

MISS-A-DAY bull MISS-A-DEAL

Incredible Values On All HomeImprovement Projects

HoursTues - Sat 9am-6pm

Somedonationrestrictions

apply

EXPLORE THE FLAVORS DISCOVER NEW TASTES

N E W

R io Ra n c h e ro

S k i l l e t

N E W

Ca l i Av o ca d o Sk i l l et

1800 Auburn Ravine Road Auburn

530-885-8857

copy 2015 DFO LLC At participating restaurants for a limited time only Selection and prices may vary

20 OFFENTIRE GUEST

CHECK One coupon per check per visit Not valid with any other coupons or promotional offers Coupon has no cash valueNo change returned Taxes and gratuity not included Alcoholic beverages not included Valid at participating Dennysrestaurants Selection and prices may vary Only original coupon accepted Photocopied and Internet printed or purchasedcoupons are not valid No substitutions copy 2014 DFO LLC Printed in the USA Offer ends 3-31-15

Take a taste of the countrysbest flavors including the

NEW Rio Ranchero Skillet andthe NEW Cali Avocado Skillet

Try a new bold flavor today

681 Newcastle Road Newcastle (I-80)

916-663-2011

PUTTING LOCAL FLAVOR

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IN YOUR DAILY GRIND

When yoursquore in need of coffee there arecertainly a lot of choices Sure youcould buzz through the drive through

and have your McBeverage handed to you andbe done with it

Or you could hit one of many locally-owned cof-fee shops and cafeacutes each with their own ambienceand deacutecor and really soak up the wide variety of lo-cal avor in a way that no corporate chain ever can

Here in the foothills you can bike up to the Trail-head Coffee in Penryn and sip an espresso conpanna while you have your bicycle worked on Orlounge on a Victorian sofa under a glass chande-lier at the Cafeacute Mekka in Nevada City Or minglewith judges and lawyers while grabbing a cappuc-cino at the Courthouse Cafeacute in Auburn Or evenplay a round of bocce ball while you sip your mac-chiato at The Flower Farm in Loomis

Whether your choice is black coffee or a nonfat

soy latte yoursquoll nd lots of choices in Placer andNevada County Here is an unbiased sampling toconsider Cranking up Ella Fitzgeraldrsquos cover ofldquoBlack Coffeerdquo while you drive there is optionalbut highly recommended

PUTTING LOCAL FLAVOR

NEVADA CITY Cafeacute Mekka237 Commercial St Nevada City (530) 478-1517

Cafeacute Mekka is easily the most eclectic and funkyof the coffee houses I visited The Gold Rush-erabuilding is lined with tables and vintage sofasbooks and art even a piano in the corner Mekkahas a huge drink menu with beans from TempleCoffee in Sacramento as well as baked goodsmade by DeGroot Bakery Mekka rotates artshows monthly has open mic nights music andpoetry with limited seating outside The SummerIce a blend of chocolate caramel and espresso isa denite must try

Three Forks Bakery and Brewery 211 Commercial St Nevada City (530) 470-8333threeforksnccom

Open since August Three Forks merges a bak-ery with a brewery providing coffee and micro-brews along with pizza and sandwiches Its beansare from local roaster Fable in Grass Valley Themodern sleek-looking space with some outdoorseating offers a new take on both the traditionalbakery and the microbrewery

GRASS VALLEY Carolines Coffee Roaster 128 South Auburn St Grass Valley (530) 273-6424 carolinescoffeecom

Carolines is a family-owned coffee house in Grass Valley with specialty-roasted coffee includingtheir own house blend as well as scones pas-tries quiches gourmet olives and sandwichesCarolines has a warm and friendly vibe with asmall outdoor seating area located on the groundoor of the classic Madison Lodge Building

AUBURNThe Courthouse Cafeacute1425 Lincoln Way Auburn (530) 889-1373

Sitting directly across the street from the AuburnCourthouse is The Courthouse Cafeacute a 1930s con-verted bungalow which makes for an intimatehome-like setting complete with a small replaceand reading areas Its beans are from Santa CruzCoffee and the baked goods are made fresh dai-ly Obviously a popular spot for the lawyers and judges needing caffeine x before court the cafeacuteis a denite hot spot in the mornings The Court -house Cafe is part of the Placer 360 art scene and

By Matthew Whitley

Bicycle memorabilia lines the wallsof the Trailhead Coffee and CyclingL i P

Photo by Matthew Whitley

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features local art year round and a small outdoorseating area

Depoe Bay Coffee Company 893 High St Auburn (530) 889-1021 depoebay-coffeecom

Conveniently located right down the street fromthe ofces of the Foothills Entertainer mdash muchto the relief of the staff mdash the Depoe is Down-

town Auburnrsquos go-to spot for a cup of Joe Thecafeacute has a couple of different seating areas roaststheir own beans and serves bakes goods break-fast and sandwiches Depoe Bay offers live musicevery other Sunday as well as local art

PENRYN

Trailhead Coffee and Cycling Lounge2210 Taylor Road Penryn (916) 663-1501 coffee-andbikescom

The Trailhead located directly across from GrifthQuarry Park is both a coffee house and a full bicy-cle shop Co-owner Jerry Cannon is a competitivecyclist who has merged his two passions into onebusiness Decorated with Tour de France memo-rabilia and vintage gear the shop pays homage toall things bicycle Cyclists can have repairs doneon their bikes while hanging out on the wood-

en patio drinking one of the Trailheadrsquos specialtyroasts The cafeacute offers pastries and baked goodspower and energy bars and breakfast burritos

LOOMIS

The Flower Farm Nursery9280 Horseshoe Bar Road Loomis (916) 652-5650 owerfarminncom

The Flower Farm is a cafeacute set in one of the arearsquosmore beautiful and pastoral settings The facilityalso operates a bed and breakfast host eventsand weddings operates a nursery and gift shophas a waterwheel pond bocce ball court and gar-dens Also on the property is Casque Winery allsurrounded by citrus orchards and gardens Thecafeacute menu features ingredients taken right offtheir farm In the fall and winter they sell pump-kins and Christmas trees hellip how many cafeacutes dothat

ROCKLIN

Origin Coffee and Tea2168 Sunset Blvd Rocklin (916) 787-5676 orig-incoffeeorg

Origin Coffee and Tea is a nonprot coffee housewhose sole mission is to raise money and aware-ness to end human slave trafcking At Origin all

of the employees donate their time and the mon-ey raised goes to the Grace Network Rescue Thebeans they carry are free trade and roasted locallyOrigin offers table and couch seating in a modern

but sparse environment There is live music in-cluding benet concerts Itrsquos coffee with a cause

ROSEVILLEShady Coffee and Tea325 Douglas Blvd Roseville (916) 742-4117 sha-dycoffeeandteacom

Shady Coffee and Tea is a small cafeacute and eateryclose to Downtown Roseville that offers specialtyroasts including Mast Espresso beans and En-

timos Coffee from Citrus Heights Shady offerssandwiches salads breakfasts beer and wineThey also have a nice-size back patio a drive-upwindow art on the walls and open mic on Fridaynights Be sure and try the Affogato vanilla beanice cream topped with espresso

Lounge in Penryn

Emmit Johnston Grass Valley resident andbarista at Carolines Coffee in Grass Valley

Photo by Matthew Whitley

From left Joe Fernandez VinceMUSIC FROM THE BRITISH ISLES

FROM CELTIC TO BEATLES

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AUBURN CONCERT BAND PLAYS MUSIC FROM THE BRITISH ISLESBy Paul Cambra

Think British invasion and you go straight to1964 But the music of the United Kingdomand Ireland has been crossing the Atlantic

for centuries From Baroque to folk ddles tofes the rich musical history of the British Isles canbe traced back to the polyphonic melodies of thelate middle ages

But this month itrsquos all about the brass hellip and thewoodwinds hellipand the percussion

ldquoBrass bands have been popular in Britain sincethe 1800srdquo said Craig Thomas trumpeter withthe Auburn Concert Band ldquoToday they are oneof the most popular forms of music in Englandrdquo

The Auburn Concert band will present ldquoMusicfrom the British Isles ndash from Celtic to Beatlesrdquo fortwo free performances this month The 40-pieceensemble will take on everyone from Gustav Holstto LennonMcCartney

ldquoWersquore not just playing a Beatles song itrsquos a sym-phonic workingrdquo said conductor Tom CandlishldquoYou know how Hey Jude sort of rocks out at theend The arranger takes that same idea but addsa counter melody underneath Itrsquos a mix of the

original material with material for an orchestra Itrsquosnot the way the Beatles played it They are a rockband we are a concert bandrdquo

They will however step slightly out of the box forthese shows adding a piper Chuck Jamison fora medley of bagpipe tunes which they will ac-company And Jamison who plays drums for thecountry and western band Dust in My Coffee willbring his band mates to do a two-song Celtic setin the middle of the show Country Celtic if youwill

ldquoThe Auburn Concert Band is very enthusiasticabout the variety of music we are playingrdquo Can-dlish said ldquoItrsquos not just serious music all of thetime We are mixing it up with folk tunes and poppieces The audiences we play for have really ap-preciated thatrdquo

Yoursquoll hear Brian Borursquos March one of Irelandrsquosoldest traditional folk songs Yoursquoll hear DannyBoy which Candlish calls ldquothe epitome of concertband musicrdquo And then therersquos Those MagnicentMen in their Flying Machines from the 1965 mov-ie and McNamararsquos Band which was a top-10 hitfor Bing Crosby

And if yoursquore not leaving the show humming theending to Hey Jude chances are yoursquoll be whis-tling the Colonel Bogey March better known asthe theme song to The Bridge on the River Kwai

ldquoThe British Isles have certainly contributed to themusical history of this countryrdquo Thomas said ldquoItrsquosamazing when you go back the fact that therewere craftsman making these instruments so mu-sicians could play these beautiful and elaborate

classical piecesrdquo

Thomas the trumpeter has his own personal con-nection to the UK

ldquoI have a couple of cornets that I bought fromsomeone in Englandrdquo he said ldquoThe characteris-tics of the British horn are a little different moresoft and mellow In describing the differencebetween a cornet and a trumpet the trumpet Iwould describe as having a bright and projectingtone and the cornet a softer more mellow tonerdquo

From bright to mellow and a few stages in be-tween this British invasion mixes history with har-mony

TOMMY TUNES

Warm and Lori Yarbrough

From left Bruce Heseltine JohnSmiley and Trent Taylor

From left Roberta SullivanDave Lake and Angela Costa

ndash FROM CELTIC TO BEATLES

WHO Auburn Concert Band

WHEN 7-9 pm Wednesday March 4

WHERE Newcastle School 8951 Valley View Drive Newcastle

WHEN 7-9 pm Wednesday March 11

WHERE The State Theatre985 Lincoln Way Auburn

COST Free

INFO auburnconcertbandnet

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Elaine Bromka received a letter from agentleman who attended her one-wom-an show ldquoTea for Threerdquo and wrote that

when she took her curtain call he asked theperson next to him where the other two ac-tresses were

ldquoIt wasnrsquot the rst time Irsquod heard thatrdquo Bromkasaid ldquoI am nding the essence of each womanI have a feeling of each voice but I really go forwhere the energy originates moves throughthe bodyrdquo

The three bodies she inhabits on stage belongto three former rst ladies mdash Lady Bird John -son Pat Nixon and Betty Ford The play which

she co-wrote with Eric H Weinberger is a char-acter study that is both funny and moving

ldquoItrsquos really an exploration of what it was liketo suddenly wake up and yoursquore in the WhiteHouserdquo Bromka said ldquoIn two of those cases itwas really suddenrdquo

Bromka a veteran of stage and screen mdashboth large and small mdash recently worked withlegendary impressionist Rich Little in the PBSshow ldquoThe Presidentsrdquo where she starred aseight rst ladies opposite Littlersquos commandersin chief

ldquoRich and I were out at lunch and he was sittingthere staring at his hands and I asked lsquowhat areyou doingrsquordquo she said ldquoHe said lsquoReagan holdshis thumbs like this like a bearrsquordquo

Itrsquos the little things that make or break a good

impersonation she learned While not neces-sarily an impressionist herself she is a peoplewatcher mdash and listener mdash and in two years shespent with the National Theatre of the Deaf shelearned a lot about the non-verbal

ldquoThe body doesnrsquot lierdquo she said

Bromka went to the museum of TV and radioand studied video tapes of all three women

Doing so she said she learned a lot about theirpersonalities

ldquoAll three were very smart and easy to underes-timaterdquo Bromka said ldquoFor Lady Bird imaginefollowing in the footsteps of a star She was not

as glamorous as Jackie but she did wonderfulthings with Head Start and beauticationrdquo

Pat Nixon she said was harder because sherarely opened her mouth

ldquoThey called her lsquoPlastic Patrsquordquo she said ldquoThatrsquosnot plastic those are the eyes of a very guard-ed watchful person Someone who experi-enced a lot of pain They say she was one ofthe warmest rst ladies one-on-one Pat wentto 80 countries on her own as a one-on-oneambassador she just didnrsquot want to get in frontof groupsrdquo

And then therersquos Betty Ford

ldquoBetty was a live wire she said whatever shethoughtrdquo Bromka said ldquoBut Betty broke openhuge issues like womenrsquos rights and breastcancer awarenessrdquo

Many of the lines in the play are direct quotesfrom the rst ladies She said while the playcovers a lot of ground itrsquos not by any means ahistory lesson

ldquoThis is really a Valentine to all threerdquo Bromkasaid ldquoItrsquos a human story about the human el-ement One audience member said lsquoit lets youwalk in their shoesrsquordquo

And for Bromka the shoes t just ne

ONE-WOMAN SHOW LOOKS AT LIVES OF

THREE FORMER FIRST LADIES

By Paul Cambra

BEHIND EVERY GREAT MAN

TEA FOR THREE mdash LADYBIRD PAT AND BETTY

WHEN 730 pm SaturdayMarch 21 3 pm Sunday March 22

WHERE The State Theatre985 Lincoln Way Auburn

TICKETS $20

INFO (530) 852-2708infoplacertheaterorg

Elaine Bromka on PatNixon ldquoThey say she wasone of the warmest rst

ladies one-on-onerdquo

Elaine Bromka on Betty FordldquoBetty was a live wire she said

whatever she thoughtrdquo

Elaine Bromka onLady Bird JohnsonldquoImagine following

in the footsteps ofa starrdquo

VANYA AND SONIA AND

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By Paul Cambra

MASHA AND SPIKE

WHEN 8 pm Fridays and Saturdaysthrough March 28 2 pm Sunday

March 15 and 22 (7 pm ThursdayMarch 5 preview)

WHERE Nevada Theatre 401 BroadSt Nevada City

TICKETS $25 general $35 reserved($15 Thursday preview)

INFO (530) 346-3210sierrastagesorg

Whether yoursquore familiar with Chek-hov not too familiar or you think hersquosthe guy who sat next to Sulu on the

Starship Enterprise it doesnrsquot matter Chances areyoursquoll like this play

ldquoThe playwright said he took Chekhov and puthim in a blenderrdquo Jeffrey Mason said ldquoYou donrsquotneed to have any Chekhov background to un-derstand or enjoy this play but if you do Therersquosmore fun to be hadrdquo

Mason is directing the Sierra Stages production ofldquoVanya and Sonia and Masha and Spikerdquo a 2013Tony Award-winning play by Christopher DurangThe characterrsquos names are all from Anton Chekhovplays The mood is very ldquoChekhovianrdquo mdash sad andlonely characters in a country house a visitor com-ing and shaking things up mdash but really folks you

donrsquot need to know Chekhov to enjoy this playldquoItrsquos funnyrdquo Mason said ldquoThe situations are fun-ny the characters are funny they are dealing withproblems anybody can relate to Family issues Itrsquosa very well-crafted playrdquo

He said it is the single most popular play on theregional theater circuit this season with no lessthan 27 different productions

ldquoI donrsquot know of another play that has been thispopular this soonrdquo Mason said ldquoEverybody is en- joying it everywhererdquo

Robert Rossman plays Vanya ldquoprobably the san-

est one of them allrdquo he said

Vanya is in his 50s lives with his adopted sister isnot very sociable doesnrsquot go out and has neverheld a job And hersquos the sane one

But to his defense he and his sister have been tak-ing care of their parent who both had Alzheimerrsquosdisease Now that they are gone their other sis-ter who has been supporting the family throughher career as an actress is coming home That

ratchets the dysfunction meter up a few notchesldquoMasha doesnrsquot come home very often but thistime she comes home and tells them she is goingto sell the houserdquo said Susan Mason who playsMasha ldquoThey have never lived anywhere else

They donrsquot know how to live anywhere elserdquo

And Masha brings her very young boyfriendSpike home with her fueling the jealousy be-tween her and her plain sheltered adopted sister

ldquoSonia is a kind of the pathetic onerdquo said actressSharon Winegar ldquoShe plays pathetic but she isnot truly pathetic She likes to wallow in self pitybut at the same time she is very sweet and charm-ing in her misery She has wonderful things hap-pen to her throughout the course of the play Yound yourself rooting for her adoring herrdquo

None of the three principal players can fully re-late to the sibling rivalry of Vanya and Sonia andMasha Winegar got along quite well with her sis-ters and Mason is an only child But Rossman seeshimself as sort of the eccentric in the family

ldquoThey all have normal kinds of jobs and look atme as the guy who does all of the weird theatricalstuffrdquo he said

Much to the delight of the director

ldquoI could have cast the play two or three timesrdquoJeffrey Mason said ldquoIt was an unusually stronggroup who auditioned I consider myself verylucky in a relatively small town like ours the num-ber of people that are involved in theaterrdquo

So if you enjoy a good Chekhov story yoursquoll get afew more of the jokes than most

ldquoSome of the references are right in your facesome are more subtlerdquo Susan Mason said

If you havenrsquot read any of his stories or plays wor-ry not

ldquoItrsquos not blatantly Chekhovrdquo Rossman said ldquoItrsquos

just a comic romprdquoAnd if yoursquore still convinced that the only Chekovthat matters is a star eet navigator well theremay actually be a character or two here yoursquodidentify with

THEY PUT THE lsquoFUNrsquo INDYSFUNCTION

Photo by David Wong

Robert Rossman Sharon Winegar Susan Mason and Casey Burkestar in the Sierra Stages production of Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike

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IN YOUR DAILY GRIND

When yoursquore in need of coffee there arecertainly a lot of choices Sure youcould buzz through the drive through

and have your McBeverage handed to you andbe done with it

Or you could hit one of many locally-owned cof-fee shops and cafeacutes each with their own ambienceand deacutecor and really soak up the wide variety of lo-cal avor in a way that no corporate chain ever can

Here in the foothills you can bike up to the Trail-head Coffee in Penryn and sip an espresso conpanna while you have your bicycle worked on Orlounge on a Victorian sofa under a glass chande-lier at the Cafeacute Mekka in Nevada City Or minglewith judges and lawyers while grabbing a cappuc-cino at the Courthouse Cafeacute in Auburn Or evenplay a round of bocce ball while you sip your mac-chiato at The Flower Farm in Loomis

Whether your choice is black coffee or a nonfat

soy latte yoursquoll nd lots of choices in Placer andNevada County Here is an unbiased sampling toconsider Cranking up Ella Fitzgeraldrsquos cover ofldquoBlack Coffeerdquo while you drive there is optionalbut highly recommended

PUTTING LOCAL FLAVOR

NEVADA CITY Cafeacute Mekka237 Commercial St Nevada City (530) 478-1517

Cafeacute Mekka is easily the most eclectic and funkyof the coffee houses I visited The Gold Rush-erabuilding is lined with tables and vintage sofasbooks and art even a piano in the corner Mekkahas a huge drink menu with beans from TempleCoffee in Sacramento as well as baked goodsmade by DeGroot Bakery Mekka rotates artshows monthly has open mic nights music andpoetry with limited seating outside The SummerIce a blend of chocolate caramel and espresso isa denite must try

Three Forks Bakery and Brewery 211 Commercial St Nevada City (530) 470-8333threeforksnccom

Open since August Three Forks merges a bak-ery with a brewery providing coffee and micro-brews along with pizza and sandwiches Its beansare from local roaster Fable in Grass Valley Themodern sleek-looking space with some outdoorseating offers a new take on both the traditionalbakery and the microbrewery

GRASS VALLEY Carolines Coffee Roaster 128 South Auburn St Grass Valley (530) 273-6424 carolinescoffeecom

Carolines is a family-owned coffee house in Grass Valley with specialty-roasted coffee includingtheir own house blend as well as scones pas-tries quiches gourmet olives and sandwichesCarolines has a warm and friendly vibe with asmall outdoor seating area located on the groundoor of the classic Madison Lodge Building

AUBURNThe Courthouse Cafeacute1425 Lincoln Way Auburn (530) 889-1373

Sitting directly across the street from the AuburnCourthouse is The Courthouse Cafeacute a 1930s con-verted bungalow which makes for an intimatehome-like setting complete with a small replaceand reading areas Its beans are from Santa CruzCoffee and the baked goods are made fresh dai-ly Obviously a popular spot for the lawyers and judges needing caffeine x before court the cafeacuteis a denite hot spot in the mornings The Court -house Cafe is part of the Placer 360 art scene and

By Matthew Whitley

Bicycle memorabilia lines the wallsof the Trailhead Coffee and CyclingL i P

Photo by Matthew Whitley

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features local art year round and a small outdoorseating area

Depoe Bay Coffee Company 893 High St Auburn (530) 889-1021 depoebay-coffeecom

Conveniently located right down the street fromthe ofces of the Foothills Entertainer mdash muchto the relief of the staff mdash the Depoe is Down-

town Auburnrsquos go-to spot for a cup of Joe Thecafeacute has a couple of different seating areas roaststheir own beans and serves bakes goods break-fast and sandwiches Depoe Bay offers live musicevery other Sunday as well as local art

PENRYN

Trailhead Coffee and Cycling Lounge2210 Taylor Road Penryn (916) 663-1501 coffee-andbikescom

The Trailhead located directly across from GrifthQuarry Park is both a coffee house and a full bicy-cle shop Co-owner Jerry Cannon is a competitivecyclist who has merged his two passions into onebusiness Decorated with Tour de France memo-rabilia and vintage gear the shop pays homage toall things bicycle Cyclists can have repairs doneon their bikes while hanging out on the wood-

en patio drinking one of the Trailheadrsquos specialtyroasts The cafeacute offers pastries and baked goodspower and energy bars and breakfast burritos

LOOMIS

The Flower Farm Nursery9280 Horseshoe Bar Road Loomis (916) 652-5650 owerfarminncom

The Flower Farm is a cafeacute set in one of the arearsquosmore beautiful and pastoral settings The facilityalso operates a bed and breakfast host eventsand weddings operates a nursery and gift shophas a waterwheel pond bocce ball court and gar-dens Also on the property is Casque Winery allsurrounded by citrus orchards and gardens Thecafeacute menu features ingredients taken right offtheir farm In the fall and winter they sell pump-kins and Christmas trees hellip how many cafeacutes dothat

ROCKLIN

Origin Coffee and Tea2168 Sunset Blvd Rocklin (916) 787-5676 orig-incoffeeorg

Origin Coffee and Tea is a nonprot coffee housewhose sole mission is to raise money and aware-ness to end human slave trafcking At Origin all

of the employees donate their time and the mon-ey raised goes to the Grace Network Rescue Thebeans they carry are free trade and roasted locallyOrigin offers table and couch seating in a modern

but sparse environment There is live music in-cluding benet concerts Itrsquos coffee with a cause

ROSEVILLEShady Coffee and Tea325 Douglas Blvd Roseville (916) 742-4117 sha-dycoffeeandteacom

Shady Coffee and Tea is a small cafeacute and eateryclose to Downtown Roseville that offers specialtyroasts including Mast Espresso beans and En-

timos Coffee from Citrus Heights Shady offerssandwiches salads breakfasts beer and wineThey also have a nice-size back patio a drive-upwindow art on the walls and open mic on Fridaynights Be sure and try the Affogato vanilla beanice cream topped with espresso

Lounge in Penryn

Emmit Johnston Grass Valley resident andbarista at Carolines Coffee in Grass Valley

Photo by Matthew Whitley

From left Joe Fernandez VinceMUSIC FROM THE BRITISH ISLES

FROM CELTIC TO BEATLES

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AUBURN CONCERT BAND PLAYS MUSIC FROM THE BRITISH ISLESBy Paul Cambra

Think British invasion and you go straight to1964 But the music of the United Kingdomand Ireland has been crossing the Atlantic

for centuries From Baroque to folk ddles tofes the rich musical history of the British Isles canbe traced back to the polyphonic melodies of thelate middle ages

But this month itrsquos all about the brass hellip and thewoodwinds hellipand the percussion

ldquoBrass bands have been popular in Britain sincethe 1800srdquo said Craig Thomas trumpeter withthe Auburn Concert Band ldquoToday they are oneof the most popular forms of music in Englandrdquo

The Auburn Concert band will present ldquoMusicfrom the British Isles ndash from Celtic to Beatlesrdquo fortwo free performances this month The 40-pieceensemble will take on everyone from Gustav Holstto LennonMcCartney

ldquoWersquore not just playing a Beatles song itrsquos a sym-phonic workingrdquo said conductor Tom CandlishldquoYou know how Hey Jude sort of rocks out at theend The arranger takes that same idea but addsa counter melody underneath Itrsquos a mix of the

original material with material for an orchestra Itrsquosnot the way the Beatles played it They are a rockband we are a concert bandrdquo

They will however step slightly out of the box forthese shows adding a piper Chuck Jamison fora medley of bagpipe tunes which they will ac-company And Jamison who plays drums for thecountry and western band Dust in My Coffee willbring his band mates to do a two-song Celtic setin the middle of the show Country Celtic if youwill

ldquoThe Auburn Concert Band is very enthusiasticabout the variety of music we are playingrdquo Can-dlish said ldquoItrsquos not just serious music all of thetime We are mixing it up with folk tunes and poppieces The audiences we play for have really ap-preciated thatrdquo

Yoursquoll hear Brian Borursquos March one of Irelandrsquosoldest traditional folk songs Yoursquoll hear DannyBoy which Candlish calls ldquothe epitome of concertband musicrdquo And then therersquos Those MagnicentMen in their Flying Machines from the 1965 mov-ie and McNamararsquos Band which was a top-10 hitfor Bing Crosby

And if yoursquore not leaving the show humming theending to Hey Jude chances are yoursquoll be whis-tling the Colonel Bogey March better known asthe theme song to The Bridge on the River Kwai

ldquoThe British Isles have certainly contributed to themusical history of this countryrdquo Thomas said ldquoItrsquosamazing when you go back the fact that therewere craftsman making these instruments so mu-sicians could play these beautiful and elaborate

classical piecesrdquo

Thomas the trumpeter has his own personal con-nection to the UK

ldquoI have a couple of cornets that I bought fromsomeone in Englandrdquo he said ldquoThe characteris-tics of the British horn are a little different moresoft and mellow In describing the differencebetween a cornet and a trumpet the trumpet Iwould describe as having a bright and projectingtone and the cornet a softer more mellow tonerdquo

From bright to mellow and a few stages in be-tween this British invasion mixes history with har-mony

TOMMY TUNES

Warm and Lori Yarbrough

From left Bruce Heseltine JohnSmiley and Trent Taylor

From left Roberta SullivanDave Lake and Angela Costa

ndash FROM CELTIC TO BEATLES

WHO Auburn Concert Band

WHEN 7-9 pm Wednesday March 4

WHERE Newcastle School 8951 Valley View Drive Newcastle

WHEN 7-9 pm Wednesday March 11

WHERE The State Theatre985 Lincoln Way Auburn

COST Free

INFO auburnconcertbandnet

OTHILL PROFESSIONALS

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E 27

OTHILL PROFESSIONALSbull Computer Repairs

bull Computer Rebuildsbull Mac amp PCbull Networking

bull Reconditionedbull Computers for Salebull No Fix-No Chargebull Reasonable Fees

30 Years Experience

Chuck Rivers

(530) 268-0360

Patrsquos Roofing Inc Patrsquos Roofing Inc

Roofing Repairs

Leaks Re-Roofs amp Maintenance

Gutter Cleaningamp Service

25 Years Experience

bull 24 Hours A Day bull

(530) 888-8179 (510) 978-9202

BondedSLC971005

Meadow Vista ConstructionMichael and Shane Phillips

36 Years in Business

Phone 530 878 2897 bull Fax 530 878 0719

kim47sbcglobalnetPO Box 374 Meadow Vista CA 95722

All Phases of Constructionincludingx Custom Homesx Dry Rot Repairx Additionsx Bath and Kitchen Renovationsx Structural and Foundation Repairx Hardwood Floorsx And All Finish Work

wwworegonlandcomNo Credit Check

(503) 925-0981

Klamath FallsLAND REPO

1-3 AcresWe Finance$7500 Cash

or $200Down amp$10190Month

A+ AFFORDABLE A+

Gravel Roads amp Driveways

Made or Repaired Quick amp Pretty

Larry T Weeden 273-3922

gravelroadsanddrivewaycom

Grading Excavation PadsCulverts Landscape Prep

Cleaning Up amp HaulingEtc+++

FREE ESTIMATE SCL742152

C l i p

Nrsquo S av eF or S eni or Di s c o un t

New positions for experienced

dependable compassionate

Caregivers Assist Seniors in their own homes

Help them with light housekeeping

companionship personal hygiene

meals appointments amp more

Please Join Our TeamHourly shifts start at

$1025 per hour Apply at wwwhelpathomeonlinecom

Voted ldquoBEST of the BESTrdquo

In-Home Care 2014

Do You Want to

Make a Difference

in the Lives of Seniors

NOW OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK

FREE IN HOME CONSULTATIONS

9166260367 wwwhandpickincom

Home to over 30 Dealers -Outside Pickerrsquos Market

Every 4th Sunday of Month

HomesRanchesBusinessDown Sizing or RelocatingBuy OutsConsignments

Place your ad in theFoothills Professional Directory

only $65 per month

Call Mary Rist (530) 852-0290

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By Paul Cambra

MASHA AND SPIKE

WHEN 8 pm Fridays and Saturdaysthrough March 28 2 pm Sunday

March 15 and 22 (7 pm ThursdayMarch 5 preview)

WHERE Nevada Theatre 401 BroadSt Nevada City

TICKETS $25 general $35 reserved($15 Thursday preview)

INFO (530) 346-3210sierrastagesorg

Whether yoursquore familiar with Chek-hov not too familiar or you think hersquosthe guy who sat next to Sulu on the

Starship Enterprise it doesnrsquot matter Chances areyoursquoll like this play

ldquoThe playwright said he took Chekhov and puthim in a blenderrdquo Jeffrey Mason said ldquoYou donrsquotneed to have any Chekhov background to un-derstand or enjoy this play but if you do Therersquosmore fun to be hadrdquo

Mason is directing the Sierra Stages production ofldquoVanya and Sonia and Masha and Spikerdquo a 2013Tony Award-winning play by Christopher DurangThe characterrsquos names are all from Anton Chekhovplays The mood is very ldquoChekhovianrdquo mdash sad andlonely characters in a country house a visitor com-ing and shaking things up mdash but really folks you

donrsquot need to know Chekhov to enjoy this playldquoItrsquos funnyrdquo Mason said ldquoThe situations are fun-ny the characters are funny they are dealing withproblems anybody can relate to Family issues Itrsquosa very well-crafted playrdquo

He said it is the single most popular play on theregional theater circuit this season with no lessthan 27 different productions

ldquoI donrsquot know of another play that has been thispopular this soonrdquo Mason said ldquoEverybody is en- joying it everywhererdquo

Robert Rossman plays Vanya ldquoprobably the san-

est one of them allrdquo he said

Vanya is in his 50s lives with his adopted sister isnot very sociable doesnrsquot go out and has neverheld a job And hersquos the sane one

But to his defense he and his sister have been tak-ing care of their parent who both had Alzheimerrsquosdisease Now that they are gone their other sis-ter who has been supporting the family throughher career as an actress is coming home That

ratchets the dysfunction meter up a few notchesldquoMasha doesnrsquot come home very often but thistime she comes home and tells them she is goingto sell the houserdquo said Susan Mason who playsMasha ldquoThey have never lived anywhere else

They donrsquot know how to live anywhere elserdquo

And Masha brings her very young boyfriendSpike home with her fueling the jealousy be-tween her and her plain sheltered adopted sister

ldquoSonia is a kind of the pathetic onerdquo said actressSharon Winegar ldquoShe plays pathetic but she isnot truly pathetic She likes to wallow in self pitybut at the same time she is very sweet and charm-ing in her misery She has wonderful things hap-pen to her throughout the course of the play Yound yourself rooting for her adoring herrdquo

None of the three principal players can fully re-late to the sibling rivalry of Vanya and Sonia andMasha Winegar got along quite well with her sis-ters and Mason is an only child But Rossman seeshimself as sort of the eccentric in the family

ldquoThey all have normal kinds of jobs and look atme as the guy who does all of the weird theatricalstuffrdquo he said

Much to the delight of the director

ldquoI could have cast the play two or three timesrdquoJeffrey Mason said ldquoIt was an unusually stronggroup who auditioned I consider myself verylucky in a relatively small town like ours the num-ber of people that are involved in theaterrdquo

So if you enjoy a good Chekhov story yoursquoll get afew more of the jokes than most

ldquoSome of the references are right in your facesome are more subtlerdquo Susan Mason said

If you havenrsquot read any of his stories or plays wor-ry not

ldquoItrsquos not blatantly Chekhovrdquo Rossman said ldquoItrsquos

just a comic romprdquoAnd if yoursquore still convinced that the only Chekovthat matters is a star eet navigator well theremay actually be a character or two here yoursquodidentify with

THEY PUT THE lsquoFUNrsquo INDYSFUNCTION

Photo by David Wong

Robert Rossman Sharon Winegar Susan Mason and Casey Burkestar in the Sierra Stages production of Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike

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L o c a t e d i n

G r a n i t e B a y (Raleyrsquos Shopping Center)

FUEL YOUR PASSION FOR COOKINGCOME TO TESS FOR THE TOOLS AND KNOWLEDGE TO BE A BETTER COOK

MARCH CLASSESGREEK (MARCH 10 TH)

SPRING INTO CANNING (MARCH 14 TH)

IndIan (March 17th) bull coMfort food (March 24 TH)

chInese (March 26

TH

)eMulsIfIed sauces (March 28 TH)

See class schedule amp register at tesskitchenstorecom

Tess Kitchen StoreFeaturing 3 Floors (6400 sq ft) in Downtown Grass Valley

Kitchen Aid bull Wusthof bull Fiestaware bull USA Pans bull Breville bull Le Creuset

273-6997115 Mill Street bull Downtown Grass Valley

tesskitchenstorecom

892019 March FHE 2015pdf

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E 23

MISS-A-DAY bull MISS-A-DEAL

Incredible Values On All HomeImprovement Projects

HoursTues - Sat 9am-6pm

Somedonationrestrictions

apply

EXPLORE THE FLAVORS DISCOVER NEW TASTES

N E W

R io Ra n c h e ro

S k i l l e t

N E W

Ca l i Av o ca d o Sk i l l et

1800 Auburn Ravine Road Auburn

530-885-8857

copy 2015 DFO LLC At participating restaurants for a limited time only Selection and prices may vary

20 OFFENTIRE GUEST

CHECK One coupon per check per visit Not valid with any other coupons or promotional offers Coupon has no cash valueNo change returned Taxes and gratuity not included Alcoholic beverages not included Valid at participating Dennysrestaurants Selection and prices may vary Only original coupon accepted Photocopied and Internet printed or purchasedcoupons are not valid No substitutions copy 2014 DFO LLC Printed in the USA Offer ends 3-31-15

Take a taste of the countrysbest flavors including the

NEW Rio Ranchero Skillet andthe NEW Cali Avocado Skillet

Try a new bold flavor today

681 Newcastle Road Newcastle (I-80)

916-663-2011

PUTTING LOCAL FLAVOR

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IN YOUR DAILY GRIND

When yoursquore in need of coffee there arecertainly a lot of choices Sure youcould buzz through the drive through

and have your McBeverage handed to you andbe done with it

Or you could hit one of many locally-owned cof-fee shops and cafeacutes each with their own ambienceand deacutecor and really soak up the wide variety of lo-cal avor in a way that no corporate chain ever can

Here in the foothills you can bike up to the Trail-head Coffee in Penryn and sip an espresso conpanna while you have your bicycle worked on Orlounge on a Victorian sofa under a glass chande-lier at the Cafeacute Mekka in Nevada City Or minglewith judges and lawyers while grabbing a cappuc-cino at the Courthouse Cafeacute in Auburn Or evenplay a round of bocce ball while you sip your mac-chiato at The Flower Farm in Loomis

Whether your choice is black coffee or a nonfat

soy latte yoursquoll nd lots of choices in Placer andNevada County Here is an unbiased sampling toconsider Cranking up Ella Fitzgeraldrsquos cover ofldquoBlack Coffeerdquo while you drive there is optionalbut highly recommended

PUTTING LOCAL FLAVOR

NEVADA CITY Cafeacute Mekka237 Commercial St Nevada City (530) 478-1517

Cafeacute Mekka is easily the most eclectic and funkyof the coffee houses I visited The Gold Rush-erabuilding is lined with tables and vintage sofasbooks and art even a piano in the corner Mekkahas a huge drink menu with beans from TempleCoffee in Sacramento as well as baked goodsmade by DeGroot Bakery Mekka rotates artshows monthly has open mic nights music andpoetry with limited seating outside The SummerIce a blend of chocolate caramel and espresso isa denite must try

Three Forks Bakery and Brewery 211 Commercial St Nevada City (530) 470-8333threeforksnccom

Open since August Three Forks merges a bak-ery with a brewery providing coffee and micro-brews along with pizza and sandwiches Its beansare from local roaster Fable in Grass Valley Themodern sleek-looking space with some outdoorseating offers a new take on both the traditionalbakery and the microbrewery

GRASS VALLEY Carolines Coffee Roaster 128 South Auburn St Grass Valley (530) 273-6424 carolinescoffeecom

Carolines is a family-owned coffee house in Grass Valley with specialty-roasted coffee includingtheir own house blend as well as scones pas-tries quiches gourmet olives and sandwichesCarolines has a warm and friendly vibe with asmall outdoor seating area located on the groundoor of the classic Madison Lodge Building

AUBURNThe Courthouse Cafeacute1425 Lincoln Way Auburn (530) 889-1373

Sitting directly across the street from the AuburnCourthouse is The Courthouse Cafeacute a 1930s con-verted bungalow which makes for an intimatehome-like setting complete with a small replaceand reading areas Its beans are from Santa CruzCoffee and the baked goods are made fresh dai-ly Obviously a popular spot for the lawyers and judges needing caffeine x before court the cafeacuteis a denite hot spot in the mornings The Court -house Cafe is part of the Placer 360 art scene and

By Matthew Whitley

Bicycle memorabilia lines the wallsof the Trailhead Coffee and CyclingL i P

Photo by Matthew Whitley

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features local art year round and a small outdoorseating area

Depoe Bay Coffee Company 893 High St Auburn (530) 889-1021 depoebay-coffeecom

Conveniently located right down the street fromthe ofces of the Foothills Entertainer mdash muchto the relief of the staff mdash the Depoe is Down-

town Auburnrsquos go-to spot for a cup of Joe Thecafeacute has a couple of different seating areas roaststheir own beans and serves bakes goods break-fast and sandwiches Depoe Bay offers live musicevery other Sunday as well as local art

PENRYN

Trailhead Coffee and Cycling Lounge2210 Taylor Road Penryn (916) 663-1501 coffee-andbikescom

The Trailhead located directly across from GrifthQuarry Park is both a coffee house and a full bicy-cle shop Co-owner Jerry Cannon is a competitivecyclist who has merged his two passions into onebusiness Decorated with Tour de France memo-rabilia and vintage gear the shop pays homage toall things bicycle Cyclists can have repairs doneon their bikes while hanging out on the wood-

en patio drinking one of the Trailheadrsquos specialtyroasts The cafeacute offers pastries and baked goodspower and energy bars and breakfast burritos

LOOMIS

The Flower Farm Nursery9280 Horseshoe Bar Road Loomis (916) 652-5650 owerfarminncom

The Flower Farm is a cafeacute set in one of the arearsquosmore beautiful and pastoral settings The facilityalso operates a bed and breakfast host eventsand weddings operates a nursery and gift shophas a waterwheel pond bocce ball court and gar-dens Also on the property is Casque Winery allsurrounded by citrus orchards and gardens Thecafeacute menu features ingredients taken right offtheir farm In the fall and winter they sell pump-kins and Christmas trees hellip how many cafeacutes dothat

ROCKLIN

Origin Coffee and Tea2168 Sunset Blvd Rocklin (916) 787-5676 orig-incoffeeorg

Origin Coffee and Tea is a nonprot coffee housewhose sole mission is to raise money and aware-ness to end human slave trafcking At Origin all

of the employees donate their time and the mon-ey raised goes to the Grace Network Rescue Thebeans they carry are free trade and roasted locallyOrigin offers table and couch seating in a modern

but sparse environment There is live music in-cluding benet concerts Itrsquos coffee with a cause

ROSEVILLEShady Coffee and Tea325 Douglas Blvd Roseville (916) 742-4117 sha-dycoffeeandteacom

Shady Coffee and Tea is a small cafeacute and eateryclose to Downtown Roseville that offers specialtyroasts including Mast Espresso beans and En-

timos Coffee from Citrus Heights Shady offerssandwiches salads breakfasts beer and wineThey also have a nice-size back patio a drive-upwindow art on the walls and open mic on Fridaynights Be sure and try the Affogato vanilla beanice cream topped with espresso

Lounge in Penryn

Emmit Johnston Grass Valley resident andbarista at Carolines Coffee in Grass Valley

Photo by Matthew Whitley

From left Joe Fernandez VinceMUSIC FROM THE BRITISH ISLES

FROM CELTIC TO BEATLES

892019 March FHE 2015pdf

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullmarch-fhe-2015pdf 2628

983137 983152983157983138983148983145983139983137983156983145983151983150 983151983142 983156983144983141 983137983157983138983157983154983150 983146983151983157983154983150983137983148983150983156983141983154983156983137983145983150983141983154E 26

AUBURN CONCERT BAND PLAYS MUSIC FROM THE BRITISH ISLESBy Paul Cambra

Think British invasion and you go straight to1964 But the music of the United Kingdomand Ireland has been crossing the Atlantic

for centuries From Baroque to folk ddles tofes the rich musical history of the British Isles canbe traced back to the polyphonic melodies of thelate middle ages

But this month itrsquos all about the brass hellip and thewoodwinds hellipand the percussion

ldquoBrass bands have been popular in Britain sincethe 1800srdquo said Craig Thomas trumpeter withthe Auburn Concert Band ldquoToday they are oneof the most popular forms of music in Englandrdquo

The Auburn Concert band will present ldquoMusicfrom the British Isles ndash from Celtic to Beatlesrdquo fortwo free performances this month The 40-pieceensemble will take on everyone from Gustav Holstto LennonMcCartney

ldquoWersquore not just playing a Beatles song itrsquos a sym-phonic workingrdquo said conductor Tom CandlishldquoYou know how Hey Jude sort of rocks out at theend The arranger takes that same idea but addsa counter melody underneath Itrsquos a mix of the

original material with material for an orchestra Itrsquosnot the way the Beatles played it They are a rockband we are a concert bandrdquo

They will however step slightly out of the box forthese shows adding a piper Chuck Jamison fora medley of bagpipe tunes which they will ac-company And Jamison who plays drums for thecountry and western band Dust in My Coffee willbring his band mates to do a two-song Celtic setin the middle of the show Country Celtic if youwill

ldquoThe Auburn Concert Band is very enthusiasticabout the variety of music we are playingrdquo Can-dlish said ldquoItrsquos not just serious music all of thetime We are mixing it up with folk tunes and poppieces The audiences we play for have really ap-preciated thatrdquo

Yoursquoll hear Brian Borursquos March one of Irelandrsquosoldest traditional folk songs Yoursquoll hear DannyBoy which Candlish calls ldquothe epitome of concertband musicrdquo And then therersquos Those MagnicentMen in their Flying Machines from the 1965 mov-ie and McNamararsquos Band which was a top-10 hitfor Bing Crosby

And if yoursquore not leaving the show humming theending to Hey Jude chances are yoursquoll be whis-tling the Colonel Bogey March better known asthe theme song to The Bridge on the River Kwai

ldquoThe British Isles have certainly contributed to themusical history of this countryrdquo Thomas said ldquoItrsquosamazing when you go back the fact that therewere craftsman making these instruments so mu-sicians could play these beautiful and elaborate

classical piecesrdquo

Thomas the trumpeter has his own personal con-nection to the UK

ldquoI have a couple of cornets that I bought fromsomeone in Englandrdquo he said ldquoThe characteris-tics of the British horn are a little different moresoft and mellow In describing the differencebetween a cornet and a trumpet the trumpet Iwould describe as having a bright and projectingtone and the cornet a softer more mellow tonerdquo

From bright to mellow and a few stages in be-tween this British invasion mixes history with har-mony

TOMMY TUNES

Warm and Lori Yarbrough

From left Bruce Heseltine JohnSmiley and Trent Taylor

From left Roberta SullivanDave Lake and Angela Costa

ndash FROM CELTIC TO BEATLES

WHO Auburn Concert Band

WHEN 7-9 pm Wednesday March 4

WHERE Newcastle School 8951 Valley View Drive Newcastle

WHEN 7-9 pm Wednesday March 11

WHERE The State Theatre985 Lincoln Way Auburn

COST Free

INFO auburnconcertbandnet

OTHILL PROFESSIONALS

892019 March FHE 2015pdf

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullmarch-fhe-2015pdf 2728

E 27

OTHILL PROFESSIONALSbull Computer Repairs

bull Computer Rebuildsbull Mac amp PCbull Networking

bull Reconditionedbull Computers for Salebull No Fix-No Chargebull Reasonable Fees

30 Years Experience

Chuck Rivers

(530) 268-0360

Patrsquos Roofing Inc Patrsquos Roofing Inc

Roofing Repairs

Leaks Re-Roofs amp Maintenance

Gutter Cleaningamp Service

25 Years Experience

bull 24 Hours A Day bull

(530) 888-8179 (510) 978-9202

BondedSLC971005

Meadow Vista ConstructionMichael and Shane Phillips

36 Years in Business

Phone 530 878 2897 bull Fax 530 878 0719

kim47sbcglobalnetPO Box 374 Meadow Vista CA 95722

All Phases of Constructionincludingx Custom Homesx Dry Rot Repairx Additionsx Bath and Kitchen Renovationsx Structural and Foundation Repairx Hardwood Floorsx And All Finish Work

wwworegonlandcomNo Credit Check

(503) 925-0981

Klamath FallsLAND REPO

1-3 AcresWe Finance$7500 Cash

or $200Down amp$10190Month

A+ AFFORDABLE A+

Gravel Roads amp Driveways

Made or Repaired Quick amp Pretty

Larry T Weeden 273-3922

gravelroadsanddrivewaycom

Grading Excavation PadsCulverts Landscape Prep

Cleaning Up amp HaulingEtc+++

FREE ESTIMATE SCL742152

C l i p

Nrsquo S av eF or S eni or Di s c o un t

New positions for experienced

dependable compassionate

Caregivers Assist Seniors in their own homes

Help them with light housekeeping

companionship personal hygiene

meals appointments amp more

Please Join Our TeamHourly shifts start at

$1025 per hour Apply at wwwhelpathomeonlinecom

Voted ldquoBEST of the BESTrdquo

In-Home Care 2014

Do You Want to

Make a Difference

in the Lives of Seniors

NOW OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK

FREE IN HOME CONSULTATIONS

9166260367 wwwhandpickincom

Home to over 30 Dealers -Outside Pickerrsquos Market

Every 4th Sunday of Month

HomesRanchesBusinessDown Sizing or RelocatingBuy OutsConsignments

Place your ad in theFoothills Professional Directory

only $65 per month

Call Mary Rist (530) 852-0290

892019 March FHE 2015pdf

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullmarch-fhe-2015pdf 2828

892019 March FHE 2015pdf

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullmarch-fhe-2015pdf 2228

E 22

L o c a t e d i n

G r a n i t e B a y (Raleyrsquos Shopping Center)

FUEL YOUR PASSION FOR COOKINGCOME TO TESS FOR THE TOOLS AND KNOWLEDGE TO BE A BETTER COOK

MARCH CLASSESGREEK (MARCH 10 TH)

SPRING INTO CANNING (MARCH 14 TH)

IndIan (March 17th) bull coMfort food (March 24 TH)

chInese (March 26

TH

)eMulsIfIed sauces (March 28 TH)

See class schedule amp register at tesskitchenstorecom

Tess Kitchen StoreFeaturing 3 Floors (6400 sq ft) in Downtown Grass Valley

Kitchen Aid bull Wusthof bull Fiestaware bull USA Pans bull Breville bull Le Creuset

273-6997115 Mill Street bull Downtown Grass Valley

tesskitchenstorecom

892019 March FHE 2015pdf

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullmarch-fhe-2015pdf 2328

E 23

MISS-A-DAY bull MISS-A-DEAL

Incredible Values On All HomeImprovement Projects

HoursTues - Sat 9am-6pm

Somedonationrestrictions

apply

EXPLORE THE FLAVORS DISCOVER NEW TASTES

N E W

R io Ra n c h e ro

S k i l l e t

N E W

Ca l i Av o ca d o Sk i l l et

1800 Auburn Ravine Road Auburn

530-885-8857

copy 2015 DFO LLC At participating restaurants for a limited time only Selection and prices may vary

20 OFFENTIRE GUEST

CHECK One coupon per check per visit Not valid with any other coupons or promotional offers Coupon has no cash valueNo change returned Taxes and gratuity not included Alcoholic beverages not included Valid at participating Dennysrestaurants Selection and prices may vary Only original coupon accepted Photocopied and Internet printed or purchasedcoupons are not valid No substitutions copy 2014 DFO LLC Printed in the USA Offer ends 3-31-15

Take a taste of the countrysbest flavors including the

NEW Rio Ranchero Skillet andthe NEW Cali Avocado Skillet

Try a new bold flavor today

681 Newcastle Road Newcastle (I-80)

916-663-2011

PUTTING LOCAL FLAVOR

892019 March FHE 2015pdf

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullmarch-fhe-2015pdf 2428

983137 983152983157983138983148983145983139983137983156983145983151983150 983151983142 983156983144983141 983137983157983138983157983154983150 983146983151983157983154983150983137983148983150983156983141983154983156983137983145983150983141983154E 24

IN YOUR DAILY GRIND

When yoursquore in need of coffee there arecertainly a lot of choices Sure youcould buzz through the drive through

and have your McBeverage handed to you andbe done with it

Or you could hit one of many locally-owned cof-fee shops and cafeacutes each with their own ambienceand deacutecor and really soak up the wide variety of lo-cal avor in a way that no corporate chain ever can

Here in the foothills you can bike up to the Trail-head Coffee in Penryn and sip an espresso conpanna while you have your bicycle worked on Orlounge on a Victorian sofa under a glass chande-lier at the Cafeacute Mekka in Nevada City Or minglewith judges and lawyers while grabbing a cappuc-cino at the Courthouse Cafeacute in Auburn Or evenplay a round of bocce ball while you sip your mac-chiato at The Flower Farm in Loomis

Whether your choice is black coffee or a nonfat

soy latte yoursquoll nd lots of choices in Placer andNevada County Here is an unbiased sampling toconsider Cranking up Ella Fitzgeraldrsquos cover ofldquoBlack Coffeerdquo while you drive there is optionalbut highly recommended

PUTTING LOCAL FLAVOR

NEVADA CITY Cafeacute Mekka237 Commercial St Nevada City (530) 478-1517

Cafeacute Mekka is easily the most eclectic and funkyof the coffee houses I visited The Gold Rush-erabuilding is lined with tables and vintage sofasbooks and art even a piano in the corner Mekkahas a huge drink menu with beans from TempleCoffee in Sacramento as well as baked goodsmade by DeGroot Bakery Mekka rotates artshows monthly has open mic nights music andpoetry with limited seating outside The SummerIce a blend of chocolate caramel and espresso isa denite must try

Three Forks Bakery and Brewery 211 Commercial St Nevada City (530) 470-8333threeforksnccom

Open since August Three Forks merges a bak-ery with a brewery providing coffee and micro-brews along with pizza and sandwiches Its beansare from local roaster Fable in Grass Valley Themodern sleek-looking space with some outdoorseating offers a new take on both the traditionalbakery and the microbrewery

GRASS VALLEY Carolines Coffee Roaster 128 South Auburn St Grass Valley (530) 273-6424 carolinescoffeecom

Carolines is a family-owned coffee house in Grass Valley with specialty-roasted coffee includingtheir own house blend as well as scones pas-tries quiches gourmet olives and sandwichesCarolines has a warm and friendly vibe with asmall outdoor seating area located on the groundoor of the classic Madison Lodge Building

AUBURNThe Courthouse Cafeacute1425 Lincoln Way Auburn (530) 889-1373

Sitting directly across the street from the AuburnCourthouse is The Courthouse Cafeacute a 1930s con-verted bungalow which makes for an intimatehome-like setting complete with a small replaceand reading areas Its beans are from Santa CruzCoffee and the baked goods are made fresh dai-ly Obviously a popular spot for the lawyers and judges needing caffeine x before court the cafeacuteis a denite hot spot in the mornings The Court -house Cafe is part of the Placer 360 art scene and

By Matthew Whitley

Bicycle memorabilia lines the wallsof the Trailhead Coffee and CyclingL i P

Photo by Matthew Whitley

892019 March FHE 2015pdf

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullmarch-fhe-2015pdf 2528

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features local art year round and a small outdoorseating area

Depoe Bay Coffee Company 893 High St Auburn (530) 889-1021 depoebay-coffeecom

Conveniently located right down the street fromthe ofces of the Foothills Entertainer mdash muchto the relief of the staff mdash the Depoe is Down-

town Auburnrsquos go-to spot for a cup of Joe Thecafeacute has a couple of different seating areas roaststheir own beans and serves bakes goods break-fast and sandwiches Depoe Bay offers live musicevery other Sunday as well as local art

PENRYN

Trailhead Coffee and Cycling Lounge2210 Taylor Road Penryn (916) 663-1501 coffee-andbikescom

The Trailhead located directly across from GrifthQuarry Park is both a coffee house and a full bicy-cle shop Co-owner Jerry Cannon is a competitivecyclist who has merged his two passions into onebusiness Decorated with Tour de France memo-rabilia and vintage gear the shop pays homage toall things bicycle Cyclists can have repairs doneon their bikes while hanging out on the wood-

en patio drinking one of the Trailheadrsquos specialtyroasts The cafeacute offers pastries and baked goodspower and energy bars and breakfast burritos

LOOMIS

The Flower Farm Nursery9280 Horseshoe Bar Road Loomis (916) 652-5650 owerfarminncom

The Flower Farm is a cafeacute set in one of the arearsquosmore beautiful and pastoral settings The facilityalso operates a bed and breakfast host eventsand weddings operates a nursery and gift shophas a waterwheel pond bocce ball court and gar-dens Also on the property is Casque Winery allsurrounded by citrus orchards and gardens Thecafeacute menu features ingredients taken right offtheir farm In the fall and winter they sell pump-kins and Christmas trees hellip how many cafeacutes dothat

ROCKLIN

Origin Coffee and Tea2168 Sunset Blvd Rocklin (916) 787-5676 orig-incoffeeorg

Origin Coffee and Tea is a nonprot coffee housewhose sole mission is to raise money and aware-ness to end human slave trafcking At Origin all

of the employees donate their time and the mon-ey raised goes to the Grace Network Rescue Thebeans they carry are free trade and roasted locallyOrigin offers table and couch seating in a modern

but sparse environment There is live music in-cluding benet concerts Itrsquos coffee with a cause

ROSEVILLEShady Coffee and Tea325 Douglas Blvd Roseville (916) 742-4117 sha-dycoffeeandteacom

Shady Coffee and Tea is a small cafeacute and eateryclose to Downtown Roseville that offers specialtyroasts including Mast Espresso beans and En-

timos Coffee from Citrus Heights Shady offerssandwiches salads breakfasts beer and wineThey also have a nice-size back patio a drive-upwindow art on the walls and open mic on Fridaynights Be sure and try the Affogato vanilla beanice cream topped with espresso

Lounge in Penryn

Emmit Johnston Grass Valley resident andbarista at Carolines Coffee in Grass Valley

Photo by Matthew Whitley

From left Joe Fernandez VinceMUSIC FROM THE BRITISH ISLES

FROM CELTIC TO BEATLES

892019 March FHE 2015pdf

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullmarch-fhe-2015pdf 2628

983137 983152983157983138983148983145983139983137983156983145983151983150 983151983142 983156983144983141 983137983157983138983157983154983150 983146983151983157983154983150983137983148983150983156983141983154983156983137983145983150983141983154E 26

AUBURN CONCERT BAND PLAYS MUSIC FROM THE BRITISH ISLESBy Paul Cambra

Think British invasion and you go straight to1964 But the music of the United Kingdomand Ireland has been crossing the Atlantic

for centuries From Baroque to folk ddles tofes the rich musical history of the British Isles canbe traced back to the polyphonic melodies of thelate middle ages

But this month itrsquos all about the brass hellip and thewoodwinds hellipand the percussion

ldquoBrass bands have been popular in Britain sincethe 1800srdquo said Craig Thomas trumpeter withthe Auburn Concert Band ldquoToday they are oneof the most popular forms of music in Englandrdquo

The Auburn Concert band will present ldquoMusicfrom the British Isles ndash from Celtic to Beatlesrdquo fortwo free performances this month The 40-pieceensemble will take on everyone from Gustav Holstto LennonMcCartney

ldquoWersquore not just playing a Beatles song itrsquos a sym-phonic workingrdquo said conductor Tom CandlishldquoYou know how Hey Jude sort of rocks out at theend The arranger takes that same idea but addsa counter melody underneath Itrsquos a mix of the

original material with material for an orchestra Itrsquosnot the way the Beatles played it They are a rockband we are a concert bandrdquo

They will however step slightly out of the box forthese shows adding a piper Chuck Jamison fora medley of bagpipe tunes which they will ac-company And Jamison who plays drums for thecountry and western band Dust in My Coffee willbring his band mates to do a two-song Celtic setin the middle of the show Country Celtic if youwill

ldquoThe Auburn Concert Band is very enthusiasticabout the variety of music we are playingrdquo Can-dlish said ldquoItrsquos not just serious music all of thetime We are mixing it up with folk tunes and poppieces The audiences we play for have really ap-preciated thatrdquo

Yoursquoll hear Brian Borursquos March one of Irelandrsquosoldest traditional folk songs Yoursquoll hear DannyBoy which Candlish calls ldquothe epitome of concertband musicrdquo And then therersquos Those MagnicentMen in their Flying Machines from the 1965 mov-ie and McNamararsquos Band which was a top-10 hitfor Bing Crosby

And if yoursquore not leaving the show humming theending to Hey Jude chances are yoursquoll be whis-tling the Colonel Bogey March better known asthe theme song to The Bridge on the River Kwai

ldquoThe British Isles have certainly contributed to themusical history of this countryrdquo Thomas said ldquoItrsquosamazing when you go back the fact that therewere craftsman making these instruments so mu-sicians could play these beautiful and elaborate

classical piecesrdquo

Thomas the trumpeter has his own personal con-nection to the UK

ldquoI have a couple of cornets that I bought fromsomeone in Englandrdquo he said ldquoThe characteris-tics of the British horn are a little different moresoft and mellow In describing the differencebetween a cornet and a trumpet the trumpet Iwould describe as having a bright and projectingtone and the cornet a softer more mellow tonerdquo

From bright to mellow and a few stages in be-tween this British invasion mixes history with har-mony

TOMMY TUNES

Warm and Lori Yarbrough

From left Bruce Heseltine JohnSmiley and Trent Taylor

From left Roberta SullivanDave Lake and Angela Costa

ndash FROM CELTIC TO BEATLES

WHO Auburn Concert Band

WHEN 7-9 pm Wednesday March 4

WHERE Newcastle School 8951 Valley View Drive Newcastle

WHEN 7-9 pm Wednesday March 11

WHERE The State Theatre985 Lincoln Way Auburn

COST Free

INFO auburnconcertbandnet

OTHILL PROFESSIONALS

892019 March FHE 2015pdf

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullmarch-fhe-2015pdf 2728

E 27

OTHILL PROFESSIONALSbull Computer Repairs

bull Computer Rebuildsbull Mac amp PCbull Networking

bull Reconditionedbull Computers for Salebull No Fix-No Chargebull Reasonable Fees

30 Years Experience

Chuck Rivers

(530) 268-0360

Patrsquos Roofing Inc Patrsquos Roofing Inc

Roofing Repairs

Leaks Re-Roofs amp Maintenance

Gutter Cleaningamp Service

25 Years Experience

bull 24 Hours A Day bull

(530) 888-8179 (510) 978-9202

BondedSLC971005

Meadow Vista ConstructionMichael and Shane Phillips

36 Years in Business

Phone 530 878 2897 bull Fax 530 878 0719

kim47sbcglobalnetPO Box 374 Meadow Vista CA 95722

All Phases of Constructionincludingx Custom Homesx Dry Rot Repairx Additionsx Bath and Kitchen Renovationsx Structural and Foundation Repairx Hardwood Floorsx And All Finish Work

wwworegonlandcomNo Credit Check

(503) 925-0981

Klamath FallsLAND REPO

1-3 AcresWe Finance$7500 Cash

or $200Down amp$10190Month

A+ AFFORDABLE A+

Gravel Roads amp Driveways

Made or Repaired Quick amp Pretty

Larry T Weeden 273-3922

gravelroadsanddrivewaycom

Grading Excavation PadsCulverts Landscape Prep

Cleaning Up amp HaulingEtc+++

FREE ESTIMATE SCL742152

C l i p

Nrsquo S av eF or S eni or Di s c o un t

New positions for experienced

dependable compassionate

Caregivers Assist Seniors in their own homes

Help them with light housekeeping

companionship personal hygiene

meals appointments amp more

Please Join Our TeamHourly shifts start at

$1025 per hour Apply at wwwhelpathomeonlinecom

Voted ldquoBEST of the BESTrdquo

In-Home Care 2014

Do You Want to

Make a Difference

in the Lives of Seniors

NOW OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK

FREE IN HOME CONSULTATIONS

9166260367 wwwhandpickincom

Home to over 30 Dealers -Outside Pickerrsquos Market

Every 4th Sunday of Month

HomesRanchesBusinessDown Sizing or RelocatingBuy OutsConsignments

Place your ad in theFoothills Professional Directory

only $65 per month

Call Mary Rist (530) 852-0290

892019 March FHE 2015pdf

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E 23

MISS-A-DAY bull MISS-A-DEAL

Incredible Values On All HomeImprovement Projects

HoursTues - Sat 9am-6pm

Somedonationrestrictions

apply

EXPLORE THE FLAVORS DISCOVER NEW TASTES

N E W

R io Ra n c h e ro

S k i l l e t

N E W

Ca l i Av o ca d o Sk i l l et

1800 Auburn Ravine Road Auburn

530-885-8857

copy 2015 DFO LLC At participating restaurants for a limited time only Selection and prices may vary

20 OFFENTIRE GUEST

CHECK One coupon per check per visit Not valid with any other coupons or promotional offers Coupon has no cash valueNo change returned Taxes and gratuity not included Alcoholic beverages not included Valid at participating Dennysrestaurants Selection and prices may vary Only original coupon accepted Photocopied and Internet printed or purchasedcoupons are not valid No substitutions copy 2014 DFO LLC Printed in the USA Offer ends 3-31-15

Take a taste of the countrysbest flavors including the

NEW Rio Ranchero Skillet andthe NEW Cali Avocado Skillet

Try a new bold flavor today

681 Newcastle Road Newcastle (I-80)

916-663-2011

PUTTING LOCAL FLAVOR

892019 March FHE 2015pdf

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullmarch-fhe-2015pdf 2428

983137 983152983157983138983148983145983139983137983156983145983151983150 983151983142 983156983144983141 983137983157983138983157983154983150 983146983151983157983154983150983137983148983150983156983141983154983156983137983145983150983141983154E 24

IN YOUR DAILY GRIND

When yoursquore in need of coffee there arecertainly a lot of choices Sure youcould buzz through the drive through

and have your McBeverage handed to you andbe done with it

Or you could hit one of many locally-owned cof-fee shops and cafeacutes each with their own ambienceand deacutecor and really soak up the wide variety of lo-cal avor in a way that no corporate chain ever can

Here in the foothills you can bike up to the Trail-head Coffee in Penryn and sip an espresso conpanna while you have your bicycle worked on Orlounge on a Victorian sofa under a glass chande-lier at the Cafeacute Mekka in Nevada City Or minglewith judges and lawyers while grabbing a cappuc-cino at the Courthouse Cafeacute in Auburn Or evenplay a round of bocce ball while you sip your mac-chiato at The Flower Farm in Loomis

Whether your choice is black coffee or a nonfat

soy latte yoursquoll nd lots of choices in Placer andNevada County Here is an unbiased sampling toconsider Cranking up Ella Fitzgeraldrsquos cover ofldquoBlack Coffeerdquo while you drive there is optionalbut highly recommended

PUTTING LOCAL FLAVOR

NEVADA CITY Cafeacute Mekka237 Commercial St Nevada City (530) 478-1517

Cafeacute Mekka is easily the most eclectic and funkyof the coffee houses I visited The Gold Rush-erabuilding is lined with tables and vintage sofasbooks and art even a piano in the corner Mekkahas a huge drink menu with beans from TempleCoffee in Sacramento as well as baked goodsmade by DeGroot Bakery Mekka rotates artshows monthly has open mic nights music andpoetry with limited seating outside The SummerIce a blend of chocolate caramel and espresso isa denite must try

Three Forks Bakery and Brewery 211 Commercial St Nevada City (530) 470-8333threeforksnccom

Open since August Three Forks merges a bak-ery with a brewery providing coffee and micro-brews along with pizza and sandwiches Its beansare from local roaster Fable in Grass Valley Themodern sleek-looking space with some outdoorseating offers a new take on both the traditionalbakery and the microbrewery

GRASS VALLEY Carolines Coffee Roaster 128 South Auburn St Grass Valley (530) 273-6424 carolinescoffeecom

Carolines is a family-owned coffee house in Grass Valley with specialty-roasted coffee includingtheir own house blend as well as scones pas-tries quiches gourmet olives and sandwichesCarolines has a warm and friendly vibe with asmall outdoor seating area located on the groundoor of the classic Madison Lodge Building

AUBURNThe Courthouse Cafeacute1425 Lincoln Way Auburn (530) 889-1373

Sitting directly across the street from the AuburnCourthouse is The Courthouse Cafeacute a 1930s con-verted bungalow which makes for an intimatehome-like setting complete with a small replaceand reading areas Its beans are from Santa CruzCoffee and the baked goods are made fresh dai-ly Obviously a popular spot for the lawyers and judges needing caffeine x before court the cafeacuteis a denite hot spot in the mornings The Court -house Cafe is part of the Placer 360 art scene and

By Matthew Whitley

Bicycle memorabilia lines the wallsof the Trailhead Coffee and CyclingL i P

Photo by Matthew Whitley

892019 March FHE 2015pdf

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullmarch-fhe-2015pdf 2528

983137 983152983157983138983148983145983139983137983156983145983151983150 983151983142 983156983144983141 983137983157983138983157983154983150 983146983151983157983154983150983137983148 E 25

features local art year round and a small outdoorseating area

Depoe Bay Coffee Company 893 High St Auburn (530) 889-1021 depoebay-coffeecom

Conveniently located right down the street fromthe ofces of the Foothills Entertainer mdash muchto the relief of the staff mdash the Depoe is Down-

town Auburnrsquos go-to spot for a cup of Joe Thecafeacute has a couple of different seating areas roaststheir own beans and serves bakes goods break-fast and sandwiches Depoe Bay offers live musicevery other Sunday as well as local art

PENRYN

Trailhead Coffee and Cycling Lounge2210 Taylor Road Penryn (916) 663-1501 coffee-andbikescom

The Trailhead located directly across from GrifthQuarry Park is both a coffee house and a full bicy-cle shop Co-owner Jerry Cannon is a competitivecyclist who has merged his two passions into onebusiness Decorated with Tour de France memo-rabilia and vintage gear the shop pays homage toall things bicycle Cyclists can have repairs doneon their bikes while hanging out on the wood-

en patio drinking one of the Trailheadrsquos specialtyroasts The cafeacute offers pastries and baked goodspower and energy bars and breakfast burritos

LOOMIS

The Flower Farm Nursery9280 Horseshoe Bar Road Loomis (916) 652-5650 owerfarminncom

The Flower Farm is a cafeacute set in one of the arearsquosmore beautiful and pastoral settings The facilityalso operates a bed and breakfast host eventsand weddings operates a nursery and gift shophas a waterwheel pond bocce ball court and gar-dens Also on the property is Casque Winery allsurrounded by citrus orchards and gardens Thecafeacute menu features ingredients taken right offtheir farm In the fall and winter they sell pump-kins and Christmas trees hellip how many cafeacutes dothat

ROCKLIN

Origin Coffee and Tea2168 Sunset Blvd Rocklin (916) 787-5676 orig-incoffeeorg

Origin Coffee and Tea is a nonprot coffee housewhose sole mission is to raise money and aware-ness to end human slave trafcking At Origin all

of the employees donate their time and the mon-ey raised goes to the Grace Network Rescue Thebeans they carry are free trade and roasted locallyOrigin offers table and couch seating in a modern

but sparse environment There is live music in-cluding benet concerts Itrsquos coffee with a cause

ROSEVILLEShady Coffee and Tea325 Douglas Blvd Roseville (916) 742-4117 sha-dycoffeeandteacom

Shady Coffee and Tea is a small cafeacute and eateryclose to Downtown Roseville that offers specialtyroasts including Mast Espresso beans and En-

timos Coffee from Citrus Heights Shady offerssandwiches salads breakfasts beer and wineThey also have a nice-size back patio a drive-upwindow art on the walls and open mic on Fridaynights Be sure and try the Affogato vanilla beanice cream topped with espresso

Lounge in Penryn

Emmit Johnston Grass Valley resident andbarista at Carolines Coffee in Grass Valley

Photo by Matthew Whitley

From left Joe Fernandez VinceMUSIC FROM THE BRITISH ISLES

FROM CELTIC TO BEATLES

892019 March FHE 2015pdf

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullmarch-fhe-2015pdf 2628

983137 983152983157983138983148983145983139983137983156983145983151983150 983151983142 983156983144983141 983137983157983138983157983154983150 983146983151983157983154983150983137983148983150983156983141983154983156983137983145983150983141983154E 26

AUBURN CONCERT BAND PLAYS MUSIC FROM THE BRITISH ISLESBy Paul Cambra

Think British invasion and you go straight to1964 But the music of the United Kingdomand Ireland has been crossing the Atlantic

for centuries From Baroque to folk ddles tofes the rich musical history of the British Isles canbe traced back to the polyphonic melodies of thelate middle ages

But this month itrsquos all about the brass hellip and thewoodwinds hellipand the percussion

ldquoBrass bands have been popular in Britain sincethe 1800srdquo said Craig Thomas trumpeter withthe Auburn Concert Band ldquoToday they are oneof the most popular forms of music in Englandrdquo

The Auburn Concert band will present ldquoMusicfrom the British Isles ndash from Celtic to Beatlesrdquo fortwo free performances this month The 40-pieceensemble will take on everyone from Gustav Holstto LennonMcCartney

ldquoWersquore not just playing a Beatles song itrsquos a sym-phonic workingrdquo said conductor Tom CandlishldquoYou know how Hey Jude sort of rocks out at theend The arranger takes that same idea but addsa counter melody underneath Itrsquos a mix of the

original material with material for an orchestra Itrsquosnot the way the Beatles played it They are a rockband we are a concert bandrdquo

They will however step slightly out of the box forthese shows adding a piper Chuck Jamison fora medley of bagpipe tunes which they will ac-company And Jamison who plays drums for thecountry and western band Dust in My Coffee willbring his band mates to do a two-song Celtic setin the middle of the show Country Celtic if youwill

ldquoThe Auburn Concert Band is very enthusiasticabout the variety of music we are playingrdquo Can-dlish said ldquoItrsquos not just serious music all of thetime We are mixing it up with folk tunes and poppieces The audiences we play for have really ap-preciated thatrdquo

Yoursquoll hear Brian Borursquos March one of Irelandrsquosoldest traditional folk songs Yoursquoll hear DannyBoy which Candlish calls ldquothe epitome of concertband musicrdquo And then therersquos Those MagnicentMen in their Flying Machines from the 1965 mov-ie and McNamararsquos Band which was a top-10 hitfor Bing Crosby

And if yoursquore not leaving the show humming theending to Hey Jude chances are yoursquoll be whis-tling the Colonel Bogey March better known asthe theme song to The Bridge on the River Kwai

ldquoThe British Isles have certainly contributed to themusical history of this countryrdquo Thomas said ldquoItrsquosamazing when you go back the fact that therewere craftsman making these instruments so mu-sicians could play these beautiful and elaborate

classical piecesrdquo

Thomas the trumpeter has his own personal con-nection to the UK

ldquoI have a couple of cornets that I bought fromsomeone in Englandrdquo he said ldquoThe characteris-tics of the British horn are a little different moresoft and mellow In describing the differencebetween a cornet and a trumpet the trumpet Iwould describe as having a bright and projectingtone and the cornet a softer more mellow tonerdquo

From bright to mellow and a few stages in be-tween this British invasion mixes history with har-mony

TOMMY TUNES

Warm and Lori Yarbrough

From left Bruce Heseltine JohnSmiley and Trent Taylor

From left Roberta SullivanDave Lake and Angela Costa

ndash FROM CELTIC TO BEATLES

WHO Auburn Concert Band

WHEN 7-9 pm Wednesday March 4

WHERE Newcastle School 8951 Valley View Drive Newcastle

WHEN 7-9 pm Wednesday March 11

WHERE The State Theatre985 Lincoln Way Auburn

COST Free

INFO auburnconcertbandnet

OTHILL PROFESSIONALS

892019 March FHE 2015pdf

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullmarch-fhe-2015pdf 2728

E 27

OTHILL PROFESSIONALSbull Computer Repairs

bull Computer Rebuildsbull Mac amp PCbull Networking

bull Reconditionedbull Computers for Salebull No Fix-No Chargebull Reasonable Fees

30 Years Experience

Chuck Rivers

(530) 268-0360

Patrsquos Roofing Inc Patrsquos Roofing Inc

Roofing Repairs

Leaks Re-Roofs amp Maintenance

Gutter Cleaningamp Service

25 Years Experience

bull 24 Hours A Day bull

(530) 888-8179 (510) 978-9202

BondedSLC971005

Meadow Vista ConstructionMichael and Shane Phillips

36 Years in Business

Phone 530 878 2897 bull Fax 530 878 0719

kim47sbcglobalnetPO Box 374 Meadow Vista CA 95722

All Phases of Constructionincludingx Custom Homesx Dry Rot Repairx Additionsx Bath and Kitchen Renovationsx Structural and Foundation Repairx Hardwood Floorsx And All Finish Work

wwworegonlandcomNo Credit Check

(503) 925-0981

Klamath FallsLAND REPO

1-3 AcresWe Finance$7500 Cash

or $200Down amp$10190Month

A+ AFFORDABLE A+

Gravel Roads amp Driveways

Made or Repaired Quick amp Pretty

Larry T Weeden 273-3922

gravelroadsanddrivewaycom

Grading Excavation PadsCulverts Landscape Prep

Cleaning Up amp HaulingEtc+++

FREE ESTIMATE SCL742152

C l i p

Nrsquo S av eF or S eni or Di s c o un t

New positions for experienced

dependable compassionate

Caregivers Assist Seniors in their own homes

Help them with light housekeeping

companionship personal hygiene

meals appointments amp more

Please Join Our TeamHourly shifts start at

$1025 per hour Apply at wwwhelpathomeonlinecom

Voted ldquoBEST of the BESTrdquo

In-Home Care 2014

Do You Want to

Make a Difference

in the Lives of Seniors

NOW OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK

FREE IN HOME CONSULTATIONS

9166260367 wwwhandpickincom

Home to over 30 Dealers -Outside Pickerrsquos Market

Every 4th Sunday of Month

HomesRanchesBusinessDown Sizing or RelocatingBuy OutsConsignments

Place your ad in theFoothills Professional Directory

only $65 per month

Call Mary Rist (530) 852-0290

892019 March FHE 2015pdf

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullmarch-fhe-2015pdf 2828

892019 March FHE 2015pdf

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullmarch-fhe-2015pdf 2428

983137 983152983157983138983148983145983139983137983156983145983151983150 983151983142 983156983144983141 983137983157983138983157983154983150 983146983151983157983154983150983137983148983150983156983141983154983156983137983145983150983141983154E 24

IN YOUR DAILY GRIND

When yoursquore in need of coffee there arecertainly a lot of choices Sure youcould buzz through the drive through

and have your McBeverage handed to you andbe done with it

Or you could hit one of many locally-owned cof-fee shops and cafeacutes each with their own ambienceand deacutecor and really soak up the wide variety of lo-cal avor in a way that no corporate chain ever can

Here in the foothills you can bike up to the Trail-head Coffee in Penryn and sip an espresso conpanna while you have your bicycle worked on Orlounge on a Victorian sofa under a glass chande-lier at the Cafeacute Mekka in Nevada City Or minglewith judges and lawyers while grabbing a cappuc-cino at the Courthouse Cafeacute in Auburn Or evenplay a round of bocce ball while you sip your mac-chiato at The Flower Farm in Loomis

Whether your choice is black coffee or a nonfat

soy latte yoursquoll nd lots of choices in Placer andNevada County Here is an unbiased sampling toconsider Cranking up Ella Fitzgeraldrsquos cover ofldquoBlack Coffeerdquo while you drive there is optionalbut highly recommended

PUTTING LOCAL FLAVOR

NEVADA CITY Cafeacute Mekka237 Commercial St Nevada City (530) 478-1517

Cafeacute Mekka is easily the most eclectic and funkyof the coffee houses I visited The Gold Rush-erabuilding is lined with tables and vintage sofasbooks and art even a piano in the corner Mekkahas a huge drink menu with beans from TempleCoffee in Sacramento as well as baked goodsmade by DeGroot Bakery Mekka rotates artshows monthly has open mic nights music andpoetry with limited seating outside The SummerIce a blend of chocolate caramel and espresso isa denite must try

Three Forks Bakery and Brewery 211 Commercial St Nevada City (530) 470-8333threeforksnccom

Open since August Three Forks merges a bak-ery with a brewery providing coffee and micro-brews along with pizza and sandwiches Its beansare from local roaster Fable in Grass Valley Themodern sleek-looking space with some outdoorseating offers a new take on both the traditionalbakery and the microbrewery

GRASS VALLEY Carolines Coffee Roaster 128 South Auburn St Grass Valley (530) 273-6424 carolinescoffeecom

Carolines is a family-owned coffee house in Grass Valley with specialty-roasted coffee includingtheir own house blend as well as scones pas-tries quiches gourmet olives and sandwichesCarolines has a warm and friendly vibe with asmall outdoor seating area located on the groundoor of the classic Madison Lodge Building

AUBURNThe Courthouse Cafeacute1425 Lincoln Way Auburn (530) 889-1373

Sitting directly across the street from the AuburnCourthouse is The Courthouse Cafeacute a 1930s con-verted bungalow which makes for an intimatehome-like setting complete with a small replaceand reading areas Its beans are from Santa CruzCoffee and the baked goods are made fresh dai-ly Obviously a popular spot for the lawyers and judges needing caffeine x before court the cafeacuteis a denite hot spot in the mornings The Court -house Cafe is part of the Placer 360 art scene and

By Matthew Whitley

Bicycle memorabilia lines the wallsof the Trailhead Coffee and CyclingL i P

Photo by Matthew Whitley

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httpslidepdfcomreaderfullmarch-fhe-2015pdf 2528

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features local art year round and a small outdoorseating area

Depoe Bay Coffee Company 893 High St Auburn (530) 889-1021 depoebay-coffeecom

Conveniently located right down the street fromthe ofces of the Foothills Entertainer mdash muchto the relief of the staff mdash the Depoe is Down-

town Auburnrsquos go-to spot for a cup of Joe Thecafeacute has a couple of different seating areas roaststheir own beans and serves bakes goods break-fast and sandwiches Depoe Bay offers live musicevery other Sunday as well as local art

PENRYN

Trailhead Coffee and Cycling Lounge2210 Taylor Road Penryn (916) 663-1501 coffee-andbikescom

The Trailhead located directly across from GrifthQuarry Park is both a coffee house and a full bicy-cle shop Co-owner Jerry Cannon is a competitivecyclist who has merged his two passions into onebusiness Decorated with Tour de France memo-rabilia and vintage gear the shop pays homage toall things bicycle Cyclists can have repairs doneon their bikes while hanging out on the wood-

en patio drinking one of the Trailheadrsquos specialtyroasts The cafeacute offers pastries and baked goodspower and energy bars and breakfast burritos

LOOMIS

The Flower Farm Nursery9280 Horseshoe Bar Road Loomis (916) 652-5650 owerfarminncom

The Flower Farm is a cafeacute set in one of the arearsquosmore beautiful and pastoral settings The facilityalso operates a bed and breakfast host eventsand weddings operates a nursery and gift shophas a waterwheel pond bocce ball court and gar-dens Also on the property is Casque Winery allsurrounded by citrus orchards and gardens Thecafeacute menu features ingredients taken right offtheir farm In the fall and winter they sell pump-kins and Christmas trees hellip how many cafeacutes dothat

ROCKLIN

Origin Coffee and Tea2168 Sunset Blvd Rocklin (916) 787-5676 orig-incoffeeorg

Origin Coffee and Tea is a nonprot coffee housewhose sole mission is to raise money and aware-ness to end human slave trafcking At Origin all

of the employees donate their time and the mon-ey raised goes to the Grace Network Rescue Thebeans they carry are free trade and roasted locallyOrigin offers table and couch seating in a modern

but sparse environment There is live music in-cluding benet concerts Itrsquos coffee with a cause

ROSEVILLEShady Coffee and Tea325 Douglas Blvd Roseville (916) 742-4117 sha-dycoffeeandteacom

Shady Coffee and Tea is a small cafeacute and eateryclose to Downtown Roseville that offers specialtyroasts including Mast Espresso beans and En-

timos Coffee from Citrus Heights Shady offerssandwiches salads breakfasts beer and wineThey also have a nice-size back patio a drive-upwindow art on the walls and open mic on Fridaynights Be sure and try the Affogato vanilla beanice cream topped with espresso

Lounge in Penryn

Emmit Johnston Grass Valley resident andbarista at Carolines Coffee in Grass Valley

Photo by Matthew Whitley

From left Joe Fernandez VinceMUSIC FROM THE BRITISH ISLES

FROM CELTIC TO BEATLES

892019 March FHE 2015pdf

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullmarch-fhe-2015pdf 2628

983137 983152983157983138983148983145983139983137983156983145983151983150 983151983142 983156983144983141 983137983157983138983157983154983150 983146983151983157983154983150983137983148983150983156983141983154983156983137983145983150983141983154E 26

AUBURN CONCERT BAND PLAYS MUSIC FROM THE BRITISH ISLESBy Paul Cambra

Think British invasion and you go straight to1964 But the music of the United Kingdomand Ireland has been crossing the Atlantic

for centuries From Baroque to folk ddles tofes the rich musical history of the British Isles canbe traced back to the polyphonic melodies of thelate middle ages

But this month itrsquos all about the brass hellip and thewoodwinds hellipand the percussion

ldquoBrass bands have been popular in Britain sincethe 1800srdquo said Craig Thomas trumpeter withthe Auburn Concert Band ldquoToday they are oneof the most popular forms of music in Englandrdquo

The Auburn Concert band will present ldquoMusicfrom the British Isles ndash from Celtic to Beatlesrdquo fortwo free performances this month The 40-pieceensemble will take on everyone from Gustav Holstto LennonMcCartney

ldquoWersquore not just playing a Beatles song itrsquos a sym-phonic workingrdquo said conductor Tom CandlishldquoYou know how Hey Jude sort of rocks out at theend The arranger takes that same idea but addsa counter melody underneath Itrsquos a mix of the

original material with material for an orchestra Itrsquosnot the way the Beatles played it They are a rockband we are a concert bandrdquo

They will however step slightly out of the box forthese shows adding a piper Chuck Jamison fora medley of bagpipe tunes which they will ac-company And Jamison who plays drums for thecountry and western band Dust in My Coffee willbring his band mates to do a two-song Celtic setin the middle of the show Country Celtic if youwill

ldquoThe Auburn Concert Band is very enthusiasticabout the variety of music we are playingrdquo Can-dlish said ldquoItrsquos not just serious music all of thetime We are mixing it up with folk tunes and poppieces The audiences we play for have really ap-preciated thatrdquo

Yoursquoll hear Brian Borursquos March one of Irelandrsquosoldest traditional folk songs Yoursquoll hear DannyBoy which Candlish calls ldquothe epitome of concertband musicrdquo And then therersquos Those MagnicentMen in their Flying Machines from the 1965 mov-ie and McNamararsquos Band which was a top-10 hitfor Bing Crosby

And if yoursquore not leaving the show humming theending to Hey Jude chances are yoursquoll be whis-tling the Colonel Bogey March better known asthe theme song to The Bridge on the River Kwai

ldquoThe British Isles have certainly contributed to themusical history of this countryrdquo Thomas said ldquoItrsquosamazing when you go back the fact that therewere craftsman making these instruments so mu-sicians could play these beautiful and elaborate

classical piecesrdquo

Thomas the trumpeter has his own personal con-nection to the UK

ldquoI have a couple of cornets that I bought fromsomeone in Englandrdquo he said ldquoThe characteris-tics of the British horn are a little different moresoft and mellow In describing the differencebetween a cornet and a trumpet the trumpet Iwould describe as having a bright and projectingtone and the cornet a softer more mellow tonerdquo

From bright to mellow and a few stages in be-tween this British invasion mixes history with har-mony

TOMMY TUNES

Warm and Lori Yarbrough

From left Bruce Heseltine JohnSmiley and Trent Taylor

From left Roberta SullivanDave Lake and Angela Costa

ndash FROM CELTIC TO BEATLES

WHO Auburn Concert Band

WHEN 7-9 pm Wednesday March 4

WHERE Newcastle School 8951 Valley View Drive Newcastle

WHEN 7-9 pm Wednesday March 11

WHERE The State Theatre985 Lincoln Way Auburn

COST Free

INFO auburnconcertbandnet

OTHILL PROFESSIONALS

892019 March FHE 2015pdf

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullmarch-fhe-2015pdf 2728

E 27

OTHILL PROFESSIONALSbull Computer Repairs

bull Computer Rebuildsbull Mac amp PCbull Networking

bull Reconditionedbull Computers for Salebull No Fix-No Chargebull Reasonable Fees

30 Years Experience

Chuck Rivers

(530) 268-0360

Patrsquos Roofing Inc Patrsquos Roofing Inc

Roofing Repairs

Leaks Re-Roofs amp Maintenance

Gutter Cleaningamp Service

25 Years Experience

bull 24 Hours A Day bull

(530) 888-8179 (510) 978-9202

BondedSLC971005

Meadow Vista ConstructionMichael and Shane Phillips

36 Years in Business

Phone 530 878 2897 bull Fax 530 878 0719

kim47sbcglobalnetPO Box 374 Meadow Vista CA 95722

All Phases of Constructionincludingx Custom Homesx Dry Rot Repairx Additionsx Bath and Kitchen Renovationsx Structural and Foundation Repairx Hardwood Floorsx And All Finish Work

wwworegonlandcomNo Credit Check

(503) 925-0981

Klamath FallsLAND REPO

1-3 AcresWe Finance$7500 Cash

or $200Down amp$10190Month

A+ AFFORDABLE A+

Gravel Roads amp Driveways

Made or Repaired Quick amp Pretty

Larry T Weeden 273-3922

gravelroadsanddrivewaycom

Grading Excavation PadsCulverts Landscape Prep

Cleaning Up amp HaulingEtc+++

FREE ESTIMATE SCL742152

C l i p

Nrsquo S av eF or S eni or Di s c o un t

New positions for experienced

dependable compassionate

Caregivers Assist Seniors in their own homes

Help them with light housekeeping

companionship personal hygiene

meals appointments amp more

Please Join Our TeamHourly shifts start at

$1025 per hour Apply at wwwhelpathomeonlinecom

Voted ldquoBEST of the BESTrdquo

In-Home Care 2014

Do You Want to

Make a Difference

in the Lives of Seniors

NOW OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK

FREE IN HOME CONSULTATIONS

9166260367 wwwhandpickincom

Home to over 30 Dealers -Outside Pickerrsquos Market

Every 4th Sunday of Month

HomesRanchesBusinessDown Sizing or RelocatingBuy OutsConsignments

Place your ad in theFoothills Professional Directory

only $65 per month

Call Mary Rist (530) 852-0290

892019 March FHE 2015pdf

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullmarch-fhe-2015pdf 2828

892019 March FHE 2015pdf

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullmarch-fhe-2015pdf 2528

983137 983152983157983138983148983145983139983137983156983145983151983150 983151983142 983156983144983141 983137983157983138983157983154983150 983146983151983157983154983150983137983148 E 25

features local art year round and a small outdoorseating area

Depoe Bay Coffee Company 893 High St Auburn (530) 889-1021 depoebay-coffeecom

Conveniently located right down the street fromthe ofces of the Foothills Entertainer mdash muchto the relief of the staff mdash the Depoe is Down-

town Auburnrsquos go-to spot for a cup of Joe Thecafeacute has a couple of different seating areas roaststheir own beans and serves bakes goods break-fast and sandwiches Depoe Bay offers live musicevery other Sunday as well as local art

PENRYN

Trailhead Coffee and Cycling Lounge2210 Taylor Road Penryn (916) 663-1501 coffee-andbikescom

The Trailhead located directly across from GrifthQuarry Park is both a coffee house and a full bicy-cle shop Co-owner Jerry Cannon is a competitivecyclist who has merged his two passions into onebusiness Decorated with Tour de France memo-rabilia and vintage gear the shop pays homage toall things bicycle Cyclists can have repairs doneon their bikes while hanging out on the wood-

en patio drinking one of the Trailheadrsquos specialtyroasts The cafeacute offers pastries and baked goodspower and energy bars and breakfast burritos

LOOMIS

The Flower Farm Nursery9280 Horseshoe Bar Road Loomis (916) 652-5650 owerfarminncom

The Flower Farm is a cafeacute set in one of the arearsquosmore beautiful and pastoral settings The facilityalso operates a bed and breakfast host eventsand weddings operates a nursery and gift shophas a waterwheel pond bocce ball court and gar-dens Also on the property is Casque Winery allsurrounded by citrus orchards and gardens Thecafeacute menu features ingredients taken right offtheir farm In the fall and winter they sell pump-kins and Christmas trees hellip how many cafeacutes dothat

ROCKLIN

Origin Coffee and Tea2168 Sunset Blvd Rocklin (916) 787-5676 orig-incoffeeorg

Origin Coffee and Tea is a nonprot coffee housewhose sole mission is to raise money and aware-ness to end human slave trafcking At Origin all

of the employees donate their time and the mon-ey raised goes to the Grace Network Rescue Thebeans they carry are free trade and roasted locallyOrigin offers table and couch seating in a modern

but sparse environment There is live music in-cluding benet concerts Itrsquos coffee with a cause

ROSEVILLEShady Coffee and Tea325 Douglas Blvd Roseville (916) 742-4117 sha-dycoffeeandteacom

Shady Coffee and Tea is a small cafeacute and eateryclose to Downtown Roseville that offers specialtyroasts including Mast Espresso beans and En-

timos Coffee from Citrus Heights Shady offerssandwiches salads breakfasts beer and wineThey also have a nice-size back patio a drive-upwindow art on the walls and open mic on Fridaynights Be sure and try the Affogato vanilla beanice cream topped with espresso

Lounge in Penryn

Emmit Johnston Grass Valley resident andbarista at Carolines Coffee in Grass Valley

Photo by Matthew Whitley

From left Joe Fernandez VinceMUSIC FROM THE BRITISH ISLES

FROM CELTIC TO BEATLES

892019 March FHE 2015pdf

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullmarch-fhe-2015pdf 2628

983137 983152983157983138983148983145983139983137983156983145983151983150 983151983142 983156983144983141 983137983157983138983157983154983150 983146983151983157983154983150983137983148983150983156983141983154983156983137983145983150983141983154E 26

AUBURN CONCERT BAND PLAYS MUSIC FROM THE BRITISH ISLESBy Paul Cambra

Think British invasion and you go straight to1964 But the music of the United Kingdomand Ireland has been crossing the Atlantic

for centuries From Baroque to folk ddles tofes the rich musical history of the British Isles canbe traced back to the polyphonic melodies of thelate middle ages

But this month itrsquos all about the brass hellip and thewoodwinds hellipand the percussion

ldquoBrass bands have been popular in Britain sincethe 1800srdquo said Craig Thomas trumpeter withthe Auburn Concert Band ldquoToday they are oneof the most popular forms of music in Englandrdquo

The Auburn Concert band will present ldquoMusicfrom the British Isles ndash from Celtic to Beatlesrdquo fortwo free performances this month The 40-pieceensemble will take on everyone from Gustav Holstto LennonMcCartney

ldquoWersquore not just playing a Beatles song itrsquos a sym-phonic workingrdquo said conductor Tom CandlishldquoYou know how Hey Jude sort of rocks out at theend The arranger takes that same idea but addsa counter melody underneath Itrsquos a mix of the

original material with material for an orchestra Itrsquosnot the way the Beatles played it They are a rockband we are a concert bandrdquo

They will however step slightly out of the box forthese shows adding a piper Chuck Jamison fora medley of bagpipe tunes which they will ac-company And Jamison who plays drums for thecountry and western band Dust in My Coffee willbring his band mates to do a two-song Celtic setin the middle of the show Country Celtic if youwill

ldquoThe Auburn Concert Band is very enthusiasticabout the variety of music we are playingrdquo Can-dlish said ldquoItrsquos not just serious music all of thetime We are mixing it up with folk tunes and poppieces The audiences we play for have really ap-preciated thatrdquo

Yoursquoll hear Brian Borursquos March one of Irelandrsquosoldest traditional folk songs Yoursquoll hear DannyBoy which Candlish calls ldquothe epitome of concertband musicrdquo And then therersquos Those MagnicentMen in their Flying Machines from the 1965 mov-ie and McNamararsquos Band which was a top-10 hitfor Bing Crosby

And if yoursquore not leaving the show humming theending to Hey Jude chances are yoursquoll be whis-tling the Colonel Bogey March better known asthe theme song to The Bridge on the River Kwai

ldquoThe British Isles have certainly contributed to themusical history of this countryrdquo Thomas said ldquoItrsquosamazing when you go back the fact that therewere craftsman making these instruments so mu-sicians could play these beautiful and elaborate

classical piecesrdquo

Thomas the trumpeter has his own personal con-nection to the UK

ldquoI have a couple of cornets that I bought fromsomeone in Englandrdquo he said ldquoThe characteris-tics of the British horn are a little different moresoft and mellow In describing the differencebetween a cornet and a trumpet the trumpet Iwould describe as having a bright and projectingtone and the cornet a softer more mellow tonerdquo

From bright to mellow and a few stages in be-tween this British invasion mixes history with har-mony

TOMMY TUNES

Warm and Lori Yarbrough

From left Bruce Heseltine JohnSmiley and Trent Taylor

From left Roberta SullivanDave Lake and Angela Costa

ndash FROM CELTIC TO BEATLES

WHO Auburn Concert Band

WHEN 7-9 pm Wednesday March 4

WHERE Newcastle School 8951 Valley View Drive Newcastle

WHEN 7-9 pm Wednesday March 11

WHERE The State Theatre985 Lincoln Way Auburn

COST Free

INFO auburnconcertbandnet

OTHILL PROFESSIONALS

892019 March FHE 2015pdf

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullmarch-fhe-2015pdf 2728

E 27

OTHILL PROFESSIONALSbull Computer Repairs

bull Computer Rebuildsbull Mac amp PCbull Networking

bull Reconditionedbull Computers for Salebull No Fix-No Chargebull Reasonable Fees

30 Years Experience

Chuck Rivers

(530) 268-0360

Patrsquos Roofing Inc Patrsquos Roofing Inc

Roofing Repairs

Leaks Re-Roofs amp Maintenance

Gutter Cleaningamp Service

25 Years Experience

bull 24 Hours A Day bull

(530) 888-8179 (510) 978-9202

BondedSLC971005

Meadow Vista ConstructionMichael and Shane Phillips

36 Years in Business

Phone 530 878 2897 bull Fax 530 878 0719

kim47sbcglobalnetPO Box 374 Meadow Vista CA 95722

All Phases of Constructionincludingx Custom Homesx Dry Rot Repairx Additionsx Bath and Kitchen Renovationsx Structural and Foundation Repairx Hardwood Floorsx And All Finish Work

wwworegonlandcomNo Credit Check

(503) 925-0981

Klamath FallsLAND REPO

1-3 AcresWe Finance$7500 Cash

or $200Down amp$10190Month

A+ AFFORDABLE A+

Gravel Roads amp Driveways

Made or Repaired Quick amp Pretty

Larry T Weeden 273-3922

gravelroadsanddrivewaycom

Grading Excavation PadsCulverts Landscape Prep

Cleaning Up amp HaulingEtc+++

FREE ESTIMATE SCL742152

C l i p

Nrsquo S av eF or S eni or Di s c o un t

New positions for experienced

dependable compassionate

Caregivers Assist Seniors in their own homes

Help them with light housekeeping

companionship personal hygiene

meals appointments amp more

Please Join Our TeamHourly shifts start at

$1025 per hour Apply at wwwhelpathomeonlinecom

Voted ldquoBEST of the BESTrdquo

In-Home Care 2014

Do You Want to

Make a Difference

in the Lives of Seniors

NOW OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK

FREE IN HOME CONSULTATIONS

9166260367 wwwhandpickincom

Home to over 30 Dealers -Outside Pickerrsquos Market

Every 4th Sunday of Month

HomesRanchesBusinessDown Sizing or RelocatingBuy OutsConsignments

Place your ad in theFoothills Professional Directory

only $65 per month

Call Mary Rist (530) 852-0290

892019 March FHE 2015pdf

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullmarch-fhe-2015pdf 2828

892019 March FHE 2015pdf

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullmarch-fhe-2015pdf 2628

983137 983152983157983138983148983145983139983137983156983145983151983150 983151983142 983156983144983141 983137983157983138983157983154983150 983146983151983157983154983150983137983148983150983156983141983154983156983137983145983150983141983154E 26

AUBURN CONCERT BAND PLAYS MUSIC FROM THE BRITISH ISLESBy Paul Cambra

Think British invasion and you go straight to1964 But the music of the United Kingdomand Ireland has been crossing the Atlantic

for centuries From Baroque to folk ddles tofes the rich musical history of the British Isles canbe traced back to the polyphonic melodies of thelate middle ages

But this month itrsquos all about the brass hellip and thewoodwinds hellipand the percussion

ldquoBrass bands have been popular in Britain sincethe 1800srdquo said Craig Thomas trumpeter withthe Auburn Concert Band ldquoToday they are oneof the most popular forms of music in Englandrdquo

The Auburn Concert band will present ldquoMusicfrom the British Isles ndash from Celtic to Beatlesrdquo fortwo free performances this month The 40-pieceensemble will take on everyone from Gustav Holstto LennonMcCartney

ldquoWersquore not just playing a Beatles song itrsquos a sym-phonic workingrdquo said conductor Tom CandlishldquoYou know how Hey Jude sort of rocks out at theend The arranger takes that same idea but addsa counter melody underneath Itrsquos a mix of the

original material with material for an orchestra Itrsquosnot the way the Beatles played it They are a rockband we are a concert bandrdquo

They will however step slightly out of the box forthese shows adding a piper Chuck Jamison fora medley of bagpipe tunes which they will ac-company And Jamison who plays drums for thecountry and western band Dust in My Coffee willbring his band mates to do a two-song Celtic setin the middle of the show Country Celtic if youwill

ldquoThe Auburn Concert Band is very enthusiasticabout the variety of music we are playingrdquo Can-dlish said ldquoItrsquos not just serious music all of thetime We are mixing it up with folk tunes and poppieces The audiences we play for have really ap-preciated thatrdquo

Yoursquoll hear Brian Borursquos March one of Irelandrsquosoldest traditional folk songs Yoursquoll hear DannyBoy which Candlish calls ldquothe epitome of concertband musicrdquo And then therersquos Those MagnicentMen in their Flying Machines from the 1965 mov-ie and McNamararsquos Band which was a top-10 hitfor Bing Crosby

And if yoursquore not leaving the show humming theending to Hey Jude chances are yoursquoll be whis-tling the Colonel Bogey March better known asthe theme song to The Bridge on the River Kwai

ldquoThe British Isles have certainly contributed to themusical history of this countryrdquo Thomas said ldquoItrsquosamazing when you go back the fact that therewere craftsman making these instruments so mu-sicians could play these beautiful and elaborate

classical piecesrdquo

Thomas the trumpeter has his own personal con-nection to the UK

ldquoI have a couple of cornets that I bought fromsomeone in Englandrdquo he said ldquoThe characteris-tics of the British horn are a little different moresoft and mellow In describing the differencebetween a cornet and a trumpet the trumpet Iwould describe as having a bright and projectingtone and the cornet a softer more mellow tonerdquo

From bright to mellow and a few stages in be-tween this British invasion mixes history with har-mony

TOMMY TUNES

Warm and Lori Yarbrough

From left Bruce Heseltine JohnSmiley and Trent Taylor

From left Roberta SullivanDave Lake and Angela Costa

ndash FROM CELTIC TO BEATLES

WHO Auburn Concert Band

WHEN 7-9 pm Wednesday March 4

WHERE Newcastle School 8951 Valley View Drive Newcastle

WHEN 7-9 pm Wednesday March 11

WHERE The State Theatre985 Lincoln Way Auburn

COST Free

INFO auburnconcertbandnet

OTHILL PROFESSIONALS

892019 March FHE 2015pdf

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullmarch-fhe-2015pdf 2728

E 27

OTHILL PROFESSIONALSbull Computer Repairs

bull Computer Rebuildsbull Mac amp PCbull Networking

bull Reconditionedbull Computers for Salebull No Fix-No Chargebull Reasonable Fees

30 Years Experience

Chuck Rivers

(530) 268-0360

Patrsquos Roofing Inc Patrsquos Roofing Inc

Roofing Repairs

Leaks Re-Roofs amp Maintenance

Gutter Cleaningamp Service

25 Years Experience

bull 24 Hours A Day bull

(530) 888-8179 (510) 978-9202

BondedSLC971005

Meadow Vista ConstructionMichael and Shane Phillips

36 Years in Business

Phone 530 878 2897 bull Fax 530 878 0719

kim47sbcglobalnetPO Box 374 Meadow Vista CA 95722

All Phases of Constructionincludingx Custom Homesx Dry Rot Repairx Additionsx Bath and Kitchen Renovationsx Structural and Foundation Repairx Hardwood Floorsx And All Finish Work

wwworegonlandcomNo Credit Check

(503) 925-0981

Klamath FallsLAND REPO

1-3 AcresWe Finance$7500 Cash

or $200Down amp$10190Month

A+ AFFORDABLE A+

Gravel Roads amp Driveways

Made or Repaired Quick amp Pretty

Larry T Weeden 273-3922

gravelroadsanddrivewaycom

Grading Excavation PadsCulverts Landscape Prep

Cleaning Up amp HaulingEtc+++

FREE ESTIMATE SCL742152

C l i p

Nrsquo S av eF or S eni or Di s c o un t

New positions for experienced

dependable compassionate

Caregivers Assist Seniors in their own homes

Help them with light housekeeping

companionship personal hygiene

meals appointments amp more

Please Join Our TeamHourly shifts start at

$1025 per hour Apply at wwwhelpathomeonlinecom

Voted ldquoBEST of the BESTrdquo

In-Home Care 2014

Do You Want to

Make a Difference

in the Lives of Seniors

NOW OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK

FREE IN HOME CONSULTATIONS

9166260367 wwwhandpickincom

Home to over 30 Dealers -Outside Pickerrsquos Market

Every 4th Sunday of Month

HomesRanchesBusinessDown Sizing or RelocatingBuy OutsConsignments

Place your ad in theFoothills Professional Directory

only $65 per month

Call Mary Rist (530) 852-0290

892019 March FHE 2015pdf

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullmarch-fhe-2015pdf 2828

892019 March FHE 2015pdf

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullmarch-fhe-2015pdf 2728

E 27

OTHILL PROFESSIONALSbull Computer Repairs

bull Computer Rebuildsbull Mac amp PCbull Networking

bull Reconditionedbull Computers for Salebull No Fix-No Chargebull Reasonable Fees

30 Years Experience

Chuck Rivers

(530) 268-0360

Patrsquos Roofing Inc Patrsquos Roofing Inc

Roofing Repairs

Leaks Re-Roofs amp Maintenance

Gutter Cleaningamp Service

25 Years Experience

bull 24 Hours A Day bull

(530) 888-8179 (510) 978-9202

BondedSLC971005

Meadow Vista ConstructionMichael and Shane Phillips

36 Years in Business

Phone 530 878 2897 bull Fax 530 878 0719

kim47sbcglobalnetPO Box 374 Meadow Vista CA 95722

All Phases of Constructionincludingx Custom Homesx Dry Rot Repairx Additionsx Bath and Kitchen Renovationsx Structural and Foundation Repairx Hardwood Floorsx And All Finish Work

wwworegonlandcomNo Credit Check

(503) 925-0981

Klamath FallsLAND REPO

1-3 AcresWe Finance$7500 Cash

or $200Down amp$10190Month

A+ AFFORDABLE A+

Gravel Roads amp Driveways

Made or Repaired Quick amp Pretty

Larry T Weeden 273-3922

gravelroadsanddrivewaycom

Grading Excavation PadsCulverts Landscape Prep

Cleaning Up amp HaulingEtc+++

FREE ESTIMATE SCL742152

C l i p

Nrsquo S av eF or S eni or Di s c o un t

New positions for experienced

dependable compassionate

Caregivers Assist Seniors in their own homes

Help them with light housekeeping

companionship personal hygiene

meals appointments amp more

Please Join Our TeamHourly shifts start at

$1025 per hour Apply at wwwhelpathomeonlinecom

Voted ldquoBEST of the BESTrdquo

In-Home Care 2014

Do You Want to

Make a Difference

in the Lives of Seniors

NOW OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK

FREE IN HOME CONSULTATIONS

9166260367 wwwhandpickincom

Home to over 30 Dealers -Outside Pickerrsquos Market

Every 4th Sunday of Month

HomesRanchesBusinessDown Sizing or RelocatingBuy OutsConsignments

Place your ad in theFoothills Professional Directory

only $65 per month

Call Mary Rist (530) 852-0290

892019 March FHE 2015pdf

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullmarch-fhe-2015pdf 2828

892019 March FHE 2015pdf

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullmarch-fhe-2015pdf 2828