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TheUSAirForceBandof the Golden West will pres- ent a free concert in Red Bluff, by The Blue Yonders. This family-friendly event will take place at 7 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 30, at the historic State Theatre, 333 Oak St. in Red Bluff. Free tickets are available at the Tehama Country Visitor Center, 250 Antelope Blvd., Red Bluff. As one of the newer per- forming groups of the USAF Band of the Golden West, The Blue Yonders offer a unique and energetic folk rock performance of Irish and bluegrass influence. The seven-member en- semble features a variety of instruments: Irish flute, penny whistle, accordion, bodhran, djembe, man- dolin, guitar, bass guitar, French horn, trumpet and of course plenty of vocals. In addition to time-hon- ored standards, The Blue Yonders put an Irish-blue- grass spin on American classic and modern rock tunes. This eclectic and imagi- native group of professional Airmen musicians is cer- tain to have you grinning and toe-tapping. In 2013, the group de- ployed as part of the U. S. Air Forces Central Band to boost morale of deployed service members and to bolster diplomacy in host nation communities. They performed more than 65 shows throughout nine countries at military bases, embassies, civilian centers and international schools. The talented members of The Blue Yonders are proud to represent the more than 325,000 Air Force profes- sionals serving all around the world. The United States Air Force Band of the Golden West is dedicated to using the power of music to in- spire Air Force members and the nation, producing innovative musical pro- grams and products, and communicating Air Force excellence. All USAF Band of the Golden West concerts are free and open to the public, but you must have a ticket. This concert is spon- sored by State Theatre for the Arts, the Daily News and Tehama Concert Series. You can find out more in- formation about this event at www.statetheatrered- bluff.com or by calling the State Theatre box office at (530) 529-2787. CONCERT AirForcebandtoperformfreeatState COURTESYPHOTO The Blue Yonders. Blue Yonders show will take place Aug. 30 COURTESY PHOTO BY DIANE PENNER Selah Dance Academy will be having registration for the upcoming season 10a.m. to 1p.m. Saturday, Aug. 23at 446Antelope Blvd. #30. Fall classes begin Sept. 8. DANCE WILLOWS Smokey Bear is celebrating 70 years of fire prevention Saturday, Aug. 9 and local agencies are com- ing together to celebrate. Kids of all ages are in- vited to attend Smokey Bear's Birthday Party next Saturday, August 9 from 10 a.m. to noon at the Sac- ramento National Wild- life Refuge Complex at 752 County Road 99W in Wil- lows. The free event will feature firefighting equip- ment, as well as activities and fire prevention infor- mation sharing. Birthday cake will be served at 11 a.m. And, of course, Smokey Bear will be in attendance and available for photos to commemorate the event. The Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Cen- ter will be open. The Mendocino National Forest, in partnership with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service at Sacramento Na- tional Wildlife Refuge, is hosting the celebration. Agencies including Cal Fire and the Willows Fire Department are planning to join in. Additional nat- ural resource and firefight- ing partners have also been invited to attend. This fire prevention event is sup- ported through a grant from the Glenn County Re- source Advisory Commit- tee. "For more than 70 years, Smokey Bear has served as an icon of fire prevention, inspiring children and adults alike to be careful with fire in the forest and understand the devastat- ing impact wildfires can have on our valuable natu- ral resources," said Grind- stone District Fire Preven- tion Technician Shawn Her- mosillo. "With extremely dry fuel conditions, lack of water and ongoing drought, this is an excellent time to remember Smokey Bear's message and follow his tips for wildfire prevention." For more information on the celebration, contact the Mendocino National Forest at 530-934-3316. For addi- tional Smokey Bear infor- mation and resources, visit www.smokeybear.com. CELEBRATION Smokey Bear to turn 70 The Red Bluff - Tehama County Chamber of Com- merce, in partnership with festival host Rolling Hills Casino, is proud to present the Crawdad Festival in Te- hama County. The festival is set for 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 6. Featured will be all you can eat crawdads, beer and wine tasting and live music. Tickets are $20 for this 21 and older event and avail- able at the chamber office at the entrance to River Park or www.rollinghillscasino. com. All proceeds benefit the Red Bluff-Tehama County Chamber of Commerce. TO DO Crawdad Festival returns to county The beloved journey of Alice in Wonderland comes to life thanks to the young area talents from Blue Room Young Company. Alice, in her journey to catch the White Rabbit, en- counters adventures cra- zier than she can imagine, everything from a talking door to meeting Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum. All the fun and silly ad- ventures will be brought to life on the stage 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 25, at Chico State's Laxson Auditorium. Blue Room Young Com- pany, Chico Performances, and Enloe Medical Center have partnered to bring to life this thrilling adven- ture. Blue Room Young Company has performed 12 previous times with Chico Performances. This time around, the cast of Alice in Wonder- land Jr. is composed of 53 kids with ages ranging from 6-18. Tickets for evening mu- sical are $15 adult, $13 se- nior, $8 youth. To purchase tickets on- line visit at chicoperfor- mances.com or call the University Box Office at 898-6333. THEATER Alice in Wonderland Jr. coming to Chico in September Whiskeytown National Recreation Area is pleased to announce a plein air painting demonstration by Artist-in-Residence Carla Crawford 6-8 p.m. Thurs- day, Aug. 7. Join Crawford at Brandy Creek Beach and learn to see Whiskeytown in new ways through art. Partic- ipants are encouraged to bring a beach chair to the event. Crawford graduated with degrees in Art Stu- dio and Italian from the University of California, Davis, where she studied under the painters David Hollowell and Wayne Thie- baud. While at the Univer- sity of California, she spent a year in exchange at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna, Italy and an ad- ditional year studying at the Institute of Architec- ture in Venice. After graduating in It- aly, she remained in the country for six months teaching art and art his- tory and making master copies at the country's na- tional museums. She re- turned to California to pursue a graduate degree in Art Education at San Francisco State Univer- sity and taught art in pub- lic schools for three years while studying at the Ate- lier School of Classical Re- alism in Oakland. Deciding to devote her full time efforts to drawing and painting in the classi- cal tradition, Carla moved to New York to undertake a 3-year course of study in anatomy, portraiture and classical painting at the Grand Central Academy of Art and spent an addi- tional year studying in the director, Jacob Collins' private studio. From 2012- 13 Carla spent the year in Spain studying the Spanish painters and making mas- ter copies at the Prado Mu- seum. She has been an artist- in-residence at the School of the Arts in San Fran- cisco and at the Hudson River Landscape Fellow- ship and received the Al- fred Ross and Art Renewal Center Grants for Artis- tic Excellence. She co-cu- rated the Giorgio Morandi and Wayne Thiebaud show at the Morandi Museum in Bologna, Italy. Her work is exhibited in galleries across the coun- try and the permanent col- lection of the Crocker Art Museum in California. She teaches painting and draw- ing both in the graduate and undergraduate depart- ments at the San Francisco Academy of Art University. She lives with her husband in Oakland. Brandy Creek Beach is located off of J.F. Kennedy Memorial Drive, approx- imately 5 miles from the visitor center on Highway 299. This event is free to attend, however vehicles must still display a valid day-use pass. For more information about the Whiskeytown Artist-in-Residence pro- gram or this event, call Sean Denniston at (530) 242-3445. For more information about Whiskeytown, call or stop by the Visitor Cen- ter from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, or call (530) 246- 1225. You can also visit www.nps.gov/whis. 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