Scott Valley Bluegrass Festival, Etna, CA 2011 editorial comments by George Fredson
Posted on July 19, 2011 with 0 comments
Dateline: July 16-17, 2011 Etna, California, Scott Valley Bluegrass Festival
Back home again from another music festival, my fifth one for this summer, it becomes graphically apparent to me why music festivals are my life’s passion. In my humble opinion, I believe that the Scott Valley Bluegrass Festival is the crown jewel of west coast festivals from Washington to Southern California. “Perfect in every way’” is a gross understatement when speaking of the whole festival experience. In a setting, only rivaled by Eden itself, there is no place I’ve found that even comes close to the beauty of the Scott Valley and the hamlet of Etna. Whoever ordered the weather this year needs a firm pat on the back. Even the cleansing cloudburst on Sunday, did little to dampen the spirits of the crowd or keep them from enjoying the music and fellowship of the festival. Where else on this planet can you still find a place like the Scott Valley, where the “deer and the antelope [...]
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Back home again from another music festival, my fifth one for this summer, it becomes graphically apparent to me why music festivals are my life’s passion. In my humble opinion, I believe that the Scott Valley Bluegrass Festival is the crown jewel of west coast festivals from Washington to Southern California. “Perfect in every way’” is a gross understatement when speaking of the whole festival experience. In a setting, only rivaled by Eden itself, there is no place I’ve found that even comes close to the beauty of the Scott Valley and the hamlet of Etna. Whoever ordered the weather this year needs a firm pat on the back. Even the cleansing cloudburst on Sunday, did little to dampen the spirits of the crowd or keep them from enjoying the music and fellowship of the festival. Where else on this planet can you still find a place like the Scott Valley, where the “deer and the antelope [...]