November Guitar Auction for Blue Star Music Camp
(Press Release | Posted 2002-10-16)
Leading San Francisco professional musicians, with the support of leading musical instrument manufacturers and music educational material publisher Berklee Press, publishing division of the Berklee College of Music, participated in the highly successful debut of The Blue Star Music Camp West in August 2002 Summer Session. Founded by Bay Area-native and guitarist Jimmy Dillon, Blue Star Music Camp West is based on an incredibly successful summer music education program first established in the summer of 2001 in South Haven, Michigan.
The not-for-profit Blue Star Music Camp West acquires its funding thanks to a series of benefit All-Star Jam Concerts. These concerts are combined with autographed musical instrument and Rock n' Roll memorabilia auctions and take place during the fall, winter and spring at well-known San Francisco Bay Area nightclubs, including the Petaluma Mystic Theater and Mill Valley's legendary Sweetwater Saloon. Many leading Rock, Jazz and Blues musicians, including Craig Chaquico, Bonnie Raitt, Bob Weir, Buddy Guy, Les Paul, and BB King have donated autographed instruments, which were auctioned off at past All-Star Jam Concert/Auction Fundraisers.
The next All-Star Jam Concert/Auction Fundraiser is scheduled for November 16, 2002 at the Sweetwater Saloon (www.sweetwatersaloon.com), in Mill Valley, Marin County, 15-minutes north of the Golden Gate Bridge.
For the November 2002 Fund Raiser, Keith Richards of THE ROLLING STONES donated an autographed Fender Telecaster, as did guitar great Robert Cray. Ernie Ball Music Man has donated an OLP MM-1 electric guitar autographed by all five members of the rock band DREAM THEATER. Even support from San Francisco Bay Area parents is phenomenal. One father, who was the winning bidder of Craig Chaquico's autographed guitar from an early 2002 Fund Raiser, has donated the instrument back to the Camp so it can again be auctioned off in November 2002.
To arrange interviews with Jimmy Dillon, contact Christopher Buttner, President, Aarvak Marketing Communications at email: cb@aarvak.com. For additional info about Blue Star Music Camp West: www.bluestarwest.org
Complete Blue Star Music Camp West story can be found at www.aarvak.com/pressrel/bluestar.html
