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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear friends –<span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">A few wonderful events coming up shortly in <b>California, Singapore, New Jersey</b> and
the <b>Stanford Jazz Festival</b>…..I hope
you will enjoy.<span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>May 13<sup>th</sup> –
Camptonville, CA<span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>May 21<sup>st</sup> –
Esplanade, Singapore<span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>May 25<sup>th</sup>
Rutgers, NJ<span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>June 25<sup>th</sup>
Stanford Jazz Festival, CA<span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Firstly, this Saturday night, a rare US appearance of the <b>Elements Trio</b> featuring <b>Gwyneth Wentink</b> on harp and <b>Kala Ramnath</b> on violin and vocals along
with me on sax. We will be performing at the <b>Camptonville Performing Arts Center</b> in Camptonville, CA as part of
the Sri Moonshine Music Series, curated by <b>Terry
Riley.<span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">This is a bit of a trek for our Bay Area friends…but well
worth the effort. I suggest you make a weekend of it and enjoy the beautiful
Sierra Foothills…made even more lovely by this year’s bountiful rainfall.<span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Some lodging recommendations in the area….<span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u>Overnight Accommodations<span></span></u></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:cambria"> Very
near Camptonville – Willow Creek Campground…and Cabins – <i><u>Good</u> </i>-<span></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:cambria"> <a href="http://willowcreekcampground.net/home/cabins/">http://willowcreekcampground.net/home/cabins/</a><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:cambria">20 minutes from Camptonville<span></span></span></p>
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<p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:cambria"> Milano’s
Inn – North San Juan, CA – <i><u>Nice</u></i>
- <a href="http://milanosinn.com/"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">http://milanosinn.com/</span></a><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:cambria">30 – 40 minutes from Camptonville<span></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:cambria"> <span></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:cambria"> </span><b><span style="font-family:cambria;color:rgb(72,72,72);letter-spacing:-0.45pt;background-image:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial">Romantic Get-Away Mid-Century Cottage –
<i><u>Very Nice</u></i> – near Café Collage</span></b><span style="font-family:cambria"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"> <a href="http://www.airbnb.com/rooms/5652128?s=ffK61UMD"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">http://www.airbnb.com/rooms/5652128?s=ffK61UMD</span></a><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:cambria"> Lodging
in Grass Valley and Nevada City – <i><u>Generally
Good</u></i> -<span></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:cambria"> <a href="http://www.aboutnevadacounty.com/lodging/">http://www.aboutnevadacounty.com/lodging/</a><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The following weekend, Sunday May 21<sup>st</sup> at 6:30pm,
I will be performing at the <b>Esplanade
Recital Studio in Singapore</b> in a tribute concert to the late great
mandolinist <b>U. Srinivas</b>. The
performance will feature Srini-ji’s brother, <b>U Rajesh</b>, on mandolin along with vocalist <b>Karthik</b>; <b>Fazal Qureshi</b>
on tabla; <b>Gino Banks</b>, drums and <b>Harmeet Manseta</b>, keyboards.<span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.sistic.com.sg/events/cbeyond0517">https://www.sistic.com.sg/events/cbeyond0517</a><span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/Artecompass/%23">https://www.facebook.com/Artecompass/#</a><span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">…and New York friends !! straight from Singapore to the <b>Nicholas Music Center at Rutgers</b>, New
Jersey to perform with my dear friends <b>Vishwa
M Bhatt</b> on Mohan Veena (Indian slide guitar) , <b>Krishna Bhatt</b> on sitar and <b>Nihar
Metha</b> on tabla. <span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> <b>May 25<sup>th </sup>…at 7:30pm<span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Tickets available:<span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://events.sulekha.com/sangam-confluence-of-classical-folk-fusion-music_event-in_new-brunswick-nj_313019">http://events.sulekha.com/sangam-confluence-of-classical-folk-fusion-music_event-in_new-brunswick-nj_313019</a><span></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:15pt;background-image:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(51,51,51)">For bulk bookings or student
discount: <span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:15pt;background-image:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Contact<span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span><strong><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Ashish Desai 973-652-6607</span></strong> & <strong><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Jagadish Christian 201-240-6019</span></strong> <span></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:15pt;background-image:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(51,51,51)">June 25<sup>th</sup> , Stanford Jazz Festival<span></span></span></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:15pt;background-image:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(51,51,51)">And last…. but certainly not
least…we are delighted to be invited back to the Stanford Jazz Festival for
another <b>Indian Jazz Journey</b>. This
time featuring the extraordinary <b>Mahesh
Kale </b>(Nat’l Award Best Male Vocalist) on vocals with our awesome ASPADA
team, <b>Osam Ezzeldin </b>(Billy Cobham,
Giovanni Hidalgo) piano, <b>Kai Eckhardt </b>(John
McLaughlin Garaj Mahal) bass and<b>
Selvaganesh</b> <b>Vinayakram</b> (Remember
Shakti, Jonas Hellborg) on percussion.<span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:15pt;background-image:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(51,51,51)">More on this later….</span><span style="font-family:cambria"><span></span></span></p>
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<div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature">George Brooks<br><a href="http://www.georgebrooks.com" target="_blank">www.georgebrooks.com</a></div>
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