CONCERT TO CONTINUE A TRADITION.Byline: Sharon Cotal Staff Writer NEWHALL - The tradition of spending a laid-back Sunday Sunday: see Sabbath; week. afternoon in a lawn chair at Hart Park listening to country music is back, only with a different name and a new host. For more than two decades, the annual Country & Western Jamboree hosted by Cliffie Stone Cliffie Stone (March 1, 1917 in Burbank, California – d. January 17, 1988) was a country singer, musician, producer, and music publisher. Son of Herman the Hermit, Stone was known during his generation for his struggle to bring California's country & western music into drew hundreds of music lovers to the park to hear local artists until Stone's death in 1998. Now the concert has a new organizer, David Reeves Carpenter, and a new name, the Country Music Showcase. The first of the new concerts will be held Sunday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at William S William, crown prince of Germany William or Frederick William, 1882–1951, crown prince of Germany, son of William II. In World War I he commanded (1914) an army on the Western Front and was nominal commander in the German attack . Hart Park, 24151 N. San Fernando Road San Fernando Road is a major street in the city and county of Los Angeles. It starts off in Castaic as The Old Road, passing through Santa Clarita and the Newhall Pass, where upon its intersection with Sierra Highway near the junction of the Golden State (I-5) and the in Newhall. Carpenter worked with Stone for 10 years and, with The Homestead Homestead. 1 City (1990 pop. 26,866), Dade co., SE Fla.; inc. 1913. A large Miami suburb with a growing Hispanic population, Homestead is a trade center for the redland district, known for its many varieties of citrus and other fruits and vegetables. Band, performed many times at the Country & Western Jamboree. Now he plans to carry on the concert tradition in Stone's honor As a verb, to accept a bill of exchange, or to pay a note, check, or accepted bill, at maturity. To pay or to accept and pay, or, where a credit so engages, to purchase or discount a draft complying with the terms of the draft. . ``There's absolutely no way anyone could ever replace Cliffie, but when I found out that no one had picked up the shows at the park, I decided to step in,'' Carpenter said. ``I'm just trying to keep it going in my own small way.'' Stone was a local patron of country music and host of the television show ``Home Town Jamboree.'' He started the Country & Western Jamboree in the 1970s to showcase local talent. ``That's how he gave back to the community,'' Carpenter said. Sunday's concert will feature Carpenter and The Homestead Band, Kevin Keith Banford and The Bakersfield Boys, and numerous special guests who will take the stage to offer their musical talents to the production. The Country Music Showcase is free, and is sponsored by the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County Music Commission and the Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation, and funded by the Professional Musicians Union Local No. 47. Carpenter hopes the concert will be well-received so it can once again become an annual event. ``I'm starting out small, but I hope to make it bigger and do what Cliffie was able to do - give local talent a platform to showcase their music,'' he said. |
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