Highland Elementary Graduation

Congratulations to the students who completed the basic eight course and thanks to the instructors, Ben Bruce, Joe Braun and Ed Tobin for their efforts.

 

Performances

 

Guitars Not Guns Annual Ebay Charity Auctions

The Guitars Not Guns national program will be conducting an auction on Ebay starting on November 27 to raise money to support chapters like ours all across the country.  There will be a number of artist signed guitars, accessories and other memorabilia auctioned. 

Artists signed guitars are from Sting, Ann & Nancy Wilson of Heart, Sammy Hagar, Rick Derringer, Leon Russell, Frank Hannon and Jack Gibson.  A complete list of the items along with pictures and links to the Ebay auction site may be found at:

https://sites.google.com/site/guitarsnotguns501c3/

Here are pictures of Nancy (top) and Ann Wilson signing the Gibson J-45 acoustic electric guitar donated by the Gibson Foundation back in August up in San Francisco.

West End Celebration Performances

Two groups of kids from Monterey County chapter of Guitars Not Guns performed at this year's West End Celebration hosted by Sand City.  The group from King City performed on KPIG's Please Stand By program and later on the main stage.

A second group of students from the Marina, Seaside and Salinas programs joined together to perform Frere Jacques and Pipeline.  Following the group performances, Matt Acuna from Salinas performed Sleepwalk accompanied by his instructor Jeff Richman.

 

West End Celebration 2013

The weekend of August 23, 24 and 25, 2013 Sand City will host their annual West End Celebration.  The weekend starts Friday night with Kick-off party held at Carmel Stone Imports featuring Tommy Castro and Red Beans and Rice.  On Saturday and Sunday there will be free live music on two stages and art displays throughout town.  Some of the musicians/groups scheduled to perform are Moonalice, Chris Cain, Mother Hips, Mike Beck, Lightfighters, Casey Frazier and others to be announced.

Guitars Not Guns Monterey County appreciates the support that the Sand City makes to our program and we encourage you to come out and enjoy a weekend of music and art.

This year we were fortunate to have Joe Bonamassa donate a signed Epiphone guitar that will be raffled off at 5PM on Sunday August 25th.

More details about the West End Celebration may be found at: http://www.westendcelebration.com/index.html

Rancho Cielo Arts Festival

Back in late May, Rancho Cielo held an Arts Festival and invited the Guitars Not Guns students to perform.  Unfortunately the normal teachers, Jim Hanson and Jeff Richman were out of town for the Memorial Day holiday so Marina teachers Tim Patchin and Ed Tobin filled in to lead the group, accompanied by retired judge Robert Moody.

Here is a video of the students performing Frere Jacques and student Matt Acuna (accompanied by Tim Patchin) performing the classic 'Sleepwalk'.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCryE0tb_kE

Fairview Middle School Graduation in Gonzales

Congratulations to the recent graduates of Guitars not Guns in Gonzales and thank you to volunteer instructors Jerry Willis and Brian Shaw.

 

 

 

Marina High School Graduation

Congratulations to the Marina High School students who recently completed the beginner guitar course and had a good time doing it. 

Also a big thanks to instructors Tim Patchin (R) and Ed Tobin (L)