FREE “CONCERTS ON THE GREEN” OPENS MAY 22 WITH THE CAT-ILLACS
Printer-friendly versionMay 18, 2009 (El Cajon)–The 14th Annual Concerts on the Green, the free weekly summer concert series featuring live music for all ages opens Friday, May 22, 2009 from 6:00 to 8:00 pm on the Prescott Promenade in Downtown El Cajon. Opening night of 2009 Concerts on the Green will feature the Rock’n Roll sounds of The Cat-illacs. In addition Ed Waymire returns as Master of Ceremonies. Sponsored by Rock Forever Entertainment and Sycuan Resort and Casino, Concerts on the Green is offered every Friday evening through September 4, 2009. Presented by the El Cajon Community Development Corporation, the family-oriented Concerts on the Green features top entertainers in a friendly park setting every Friday evening from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. From blues to rock, and jazz to swing, there is something for every type of music lover. Free to the public, the popular Concerts on the Green attracts several hundred spectators each week. Additional sponsors include Toyota of El Cajon. Bring a picnic, or enjoy dinner at one of several fine restaurants now open on Main Street in Downtown El Cajon. For more information, call the El Cajon CDC at (619) 401-8858, or visit on-line at www.downtownelcajon.com 2009 Concerts on the Green Schedule May 22: The Cat-illacs (Rock & Roll) May 29: The Stilettos (Rockabilly) June5: The Corvettes (Oldies) June 12: Smokestaxx (Soul, Jazz, and Rock & Roll) June 26: Theo and the Zydeco Patrol (New Orleans) July 3 Java (Dance) July 10: Diamond is Forever (Neil Diamond Tribute) July 17: Scott Martin Latin Soul (Latin Soul) July 24: The Farmers (Americana) July 31: Bill Magee (Blues) August 7: The Heroes (Dance) August 14: The Variations (Big Band) August 21: Eve Selis (Americana) August 28: The Coolrays (Beach Boys Tribute) September 4: FX5 (Dance) Printer-friendly version
THEY’VE GOT RHYTHM: FROM TRIBAL DRUMS TO DIDGERIDOOS AT SAGE & SONGBIRDS FESTIVAL
Printer-friendly version“I had a dream that I would have a drum,” recalled Neka’asawe, a drum maker who was among the many vendors displaying indigenous crafts at the Sage & Songbirds Festival at Viejas Outlet Center in early May. “I went into a sweat lodge and prayed. A spirit told me I would make many drums.” Printer-friendly version
FLIGHTS OF FANCY: PILOTS FLOCKED TO VINTAGE AIR FLY-IN AT GILLESPIE FIELD
Printer-friendly versionMay 17, 2009 (El Cajon) – For Leslie Day and Heather Gamble, flying is all in the family. “My father was a World War II pilot,” said Day, who know pilots a 1951 T-28 A Korean War trainer. (photo) Gamble also inherited her love of flying from her father, though she only took up flying in recent years. When she did, she got an unexpected bonus. “My flight instructor became my husband,” said Gamble, now a member of San Diego 99, a chapter of the International Organization of Women Pilots that dates back to Amelia Earhart, the first female aviator. Today, she pilots a 1952 Cessna named “Dimples.” Day and Gamble were among about 70 pilots who flew in to exhibit their vintage aircrafts at the first-ever vintage aircraft fly-in at Gillespie Field in El Cajon on May 16 and 17. “There have been several thousand people here already,” Tom Weeks, president of the San Diego Chapter of the Antique Airplane Association, told East County Magazine on Saturday afternoon, the first day of the two-day event. The estimate was made by County Department of Public Works officials, he added. Organizers hoped that the fly-in, held at a new parking ramp area adjacent to Gillespie Field, would help bolster the local economy. “They are trying to get people in here,” Gamble said. “Pilots can fly in and take the trolley to downtown.” In addition to aircraft dating from the 1920s to the 1950s, the show also had classic cars and vintage farm equipment on display. Periodically, visitors thrilled to the sight of vintage planes taking wing for fly-overs above the crowd. If you missed the fun, organizers hope to stage a repeat performance next year. But you won’t have to wait that long to view more vintage planes. Air Group One, the San Diego wing of the Commemorative Air Force, will host Wings Over Gillespie on June 6, 7 and 8—including reenactments of World War II and Viet Nam aerial battles complete with pyrotechnics. For details, see http://wingsovergillespie.org/welcome.htm. Printer-friendly version