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By VENITA PHILBRICK For the Daily News Dinner at the Tremont.....and entertain- ment at the State Theatre became a Bull Sale tradition in February 1948. The first Bull Sale Show was orga- nized in 1945 accommodat- ing 300 RB visitors and turning away several hun- dred. The next year, 1946, a show was held in an empty building on Main Street, selling 635 tickets and turn- ing away many. In 1947 the new State Theatre was available with a seating capacity of 1000, and again many were turned away. The shows were orga- nized by Red Bluff busi- nessman, Dave Minch. The 1948 show program listed top-notch vaudeville and an orchestra from San Francis- co for not one, but two shows and tickets were $2.50 each. The shows fea- tured headliners such as The King Cole Trio, Donald O'Connor, Mills Brothers, Patti Page, Stan Kenton Orchestra, Helen O'Con- nell, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Mel Torme, The Pied Pipers and vaudeville acts that were "hot" in their day. The Bull Sale was a 3- day event early in February and people came from all over the Pacific Coast to buy and sell their registered Hereford bulls. Bull Sale programs show this format continued each year until 1956. The 1955 program is the first to show a Tehama County Cow Belle's Buffet Luncheon at the RB Women's Club House. In 1956, the Bull Sale Show at the State Theatre was a matinee only with a banquet and evening show held at the Exhibit Building on the fairgrounds. A Hawaiian theme featured Hilo Hattie Troupe as part of a 2-hour vaudeville show. In 1957, a fourth day was added to the program. The Tremont Hotel event was moved to Thursday night and was the beginning of a "hospitality" event sponsored by the Red Bluff Chamber of Commerce. The Friday night Bull Sale Show was again combined with a banquet and enter- tainment held on the fair- grounds. The 1958 program con- tinues the Thursday night Chamber hospitality event, the Cow Belle's Friday lunch and shows a Friday evening "Bullerama" in City of Red Bluff, an entire evening of fun, dancing, buffet dinners, vaudeville, movies carried out in a Mardi Gras atmosphere – not location specific. A newspaper article indicates that Tennessee Ernie Ford was scheduled to be the guest auctioneer, however, no indication if he was entertaining as well. The featured entertainer at the Friday night event and guest auctioneer in 1959 was Rex Allen. Hospitality night continued to be at the Tremont Hotel Mt. Lassen Room, sponsored by the Chamber. Eventually the Bull Sale became a 5-day event incor- porating the sale of Geld- ings and Dogs…this year celebrates 69 years for the Bull Sale… 48 years for the Geldings and 31 years for the Dogs. The Tremont is no longer, however, as new traditions are being created, the State Theatre invites you, once again, to an evening of memorable entertainment. Celebrate "The Man In Black" at a Johnny Cash Tribute concert on Saturday, January 23, 2010. Doors open at 7 p.m. and the con- cert starts at 7:30 p.m. Tick- ets are available at the box office or online. General Admission $15/Seniors (60+) and Stu- dents $8. Ticket price includes admission to a movie screening of "Walk The Line" on Sunday, Jan. 31 at 7 p.m. Thursday, January 21, 2010 – Daily News – 5 Come in and see our new lower prices We are open and NOT CLOSING Everyday 7am-3pm 200 So. Main St. Red Bluff, Ca 529-9488 BUY TWO GET 3RD FREE! equal or lesser value Anything on the menu This contest costs you nothing to enter if you use our proven program. PROVEN CLINICAL SUCCESS no other program can match. NONE! You WIN at Losing! 60 days: Lose the most Pounds and win! • Individuals: Men & Women • Doubles & Teams of Four Register January 4 - February 4, 2010 Over $8,000 in cash & prizes Clinically proven nutritionally balanced meals Personal support of one of our Health Coaches Our Health Coaches help you succeed because: • each of them has had personal success on the program • each of them has been trained to provide the support you need You KNOW you WANT to LOSE WEIGHT and GET HEALTHY. You KNOW someone who needs to do the same. You KNOW it is much easier and more fun if you do it together. Winning team of 4 receives $4,000 Call us @ (530) 232-0843 JOIN us in your quest to become HEALTHY. Certain health conditions and restrictions apply. See contest rules for details. Pastimes Arts & entertainment Selling your art on commission Where can a beginner show their work for sale? Often a friend or family member has a business and would proudly display your work for sale to help you out. Perhaps there is a shop in town that caters to people inter- ested in your style whether it is western, wild life or cartoons, and they might dis- play your work. Any shop would want to show and sell the best work avail- able, but would that be fair to you if you could show in a better gallery. Whoever you choose to ask for display space, start at the top and work your way down the list to give yourself the best chance possible. It is standard procedure for the gallery or shop to take a commission to sell your work which could be 30-60 percent. High end galleries take the higher per- centage. So factor their commission into the selling price along with your time in planning and painting, studio rent, transportation, paint, brushes and canvas. Also, give yourself an hourly wage for your time. Red Bluff is not widely traveled by outsiders. Advertising and word of mouth is helping to make Red Bluff known. This past weekend I met a couple downtown who had heard of Red Bluff's antiques, they took the off-ramp and wandered around in the shops. Suppose your work is in one of those shops or gallery, then the owner shows your work for you and promotes you. If you sell your own work then you do all the bookwork, taxes and advertising. Many gallery owners started their business to just sell their own work but the time it took them to run their gallery left them no time to paint. It's a dilemma, do you want to paint or run the store and sell other peoples work? Some galleries are co- ops where the artists work unpaid a number of days each week. Or your gallery might allow you to work part-time and pro- mote yourself to visitors. Setting up in the gallery and demonstrat- ing is a good way for people to get to know you and your work. Buy- ers love to see art developing before their eyes. Selling your work online might cut the commission out of the picture, yet realize that you have a website to pay for and you will need to ship the work yourself. However, the audience is wider and could be prof- itable. I personally like the contact with the buyer which puts me in touch with their needs, allowing me to fine tune the work. I sold a water lily painting with a simple fish in it by making the fish a Koi. A simple change made the sale. If you work with a gallery, remember to keep your street price the same so that you don't undercut the people who represent you. When a shop or gallery agrees to work with us, then we should promote them also, they do a lot for us that may not be seen on the sur- face. Dana Eker is a watercolorist living in Red Bluff. She is a member of the Red Bluff Art Gallery, with artwork displayed around town. E-mail Dana at danaeker@hotmail.com. You may view her work at http://www.cafepress.com/ pondperfect and http://redbluffartgallery.com /dana_eker.htm. Dana Eker Beginner's Easel Man in Black concert, film Celebrate The Man In Black at a Johnny Cash Trib- ute concert on Saturday, Jan. 23. Doors open at 7 p.m. and the concert starts at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are available at the box office or online. General admission is $15. Seniors and students are $8. Ticket price includes admission to a movie screening of "Walk The Line" on Sunday, Jan. 31 at 7 p.m. More Magic of Movies screenings will be held as follows: Feb. 12, A League of Their Own; March 12, Turner and Hooch; April 10, The Cowboys, a John Wayne classic; May 7, The Money Pit. Screenings made possible by a donation from Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson. Photography display at Whiskeytown Whiskeytown Nation- al Recreation Area will present an exhibition of photographs by nature photographer Jim Duck- worth at the Visitor Cen- ter Jan. 24 through March 13. On exhibit are images of birds that are com- monly found at Whiskey- town. Duckworth, a Shasta County resident, is an active retiree who enjoys the outdoor life. He par- ticipates in kayaking, ski- ing, hiking and nature photography. During his working years he played profes- sional baseball for 11 years, including four years in the Major Leagues as a pitcher with the Washington Senators, spent 25 years with the California Highway Patrol before retiring as a Lieutenant, taught ele- mentary and middle school for seven years, and then worked two years for the Penguin Paddlers Kayak store in Redding. In 2006, Duckworth began to focus full-time on developing his skills as a nature photographer. His primary emphasis now is photographing wild birds from his sea kayak while paddling on the many lakes through- out Northern California. Photographing from a kayak enables him to slowly and very quietly approach the birds with- out disturbing them and to photograph them in natural situations within their environment. "It is a very relaxing and satisfying way to spend a day, especially when the birds cooperate and pose nicely for the camera," Duckworth said. The Visitor Center is on the corner of Highway 299 West and Kennedy Memorial Drive and is open daily 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more informa- tion, call 246-1225. The birds of Whiskeytown Red Bluff Bull Sale traditions