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Following the Northern CA Fires, Wednesday Night Big Band's small Savings dwindled to almost under $1,000. These funds pay for Featured Artists, Props, Promotion, Recording, Office & Administrative Expenses.
50% of Funds Raised will Benefit Wednesday Night Big Band directly & 50% will Benefit Norcal Arts Conservatory.
The 2 Goal(s) of this Fundraiser are:
1) To Raise & Deposit $5,000 in the Wednesday Night Big Band bank account. This will be used to create Video Promotion, Live Audio recordings, & ensure the preservation of this local group with over 30 years of musical history in Sonoma County, CA. We believe that the community benefits by conserving Jazz Big Band music for both Educational & Entertainment purposes. Please donate generously to this need.
2) To Raise $5,000 for Norcal Arts Conservatory Startup Expenses. Based in Sonoma County, this is a project led by Joshua Bluegreen-Cripps to Preserve & Further the Fine Arts, Jazz & Any Innovative Art Form. Initial Funds raised will go toward Audio & Visual Equipment. Any additional help will go toward Office & Studio Space. (I need help getting Sound & Video equipment so that I can provide free services for Community Benefit, as well as helping me share my Artistic & Creative Performance with a Larger Audience.)
Please Consider donating Generously. It is our Goal to have another fundraiser to develop & file Norcal Arts Conservatory as a Non-Profit. This Organization would offer free Community Art Therapy (& Research). Norcal Arts Conservatory would also offer a Symposium &/or Institute for post-grad students seeking to Study Performance with top Artists in Northern California.
Thank You.
Bio for Joshua Bluegreen-Cripps:
Joshua Bluegreen-Cripps is a Full-Time Event & Entertainment Producer, Promotor, & Performer Based in Northern California & San Francisco Bay Area. Mr Cripps provides Reputation Management with his Company Bluegreen Productions, which he founded in 1999.
He is on the Board of Directors & Director of Development at Classical Music "Not for Profit" Organization "The Artists' Salon", Producer & Promotor of Popular 17-Piece Jazz Big Band "Wednesday Night Big Band", Trumpet Player in Ska/Reggae Band "The Tahoes", Trumpet Player in Popular Positive Rap Group "Tru Lyric", & DJ/KJ on Contract w/ Anderson Entertainment, LLC (Wedding Djs, Live Bands and Photo Booths).
His Private Classical Trumpet & Music Training includes : Glenn Appell [Beach Blanket Babylon]; John Pearson [San Francisco Opera]; & Max Cramer.
Mr. Cripps first performed at Luther Burbank Center for the Arts with Santa Rosa Symphony at 13yo (and again at 16yo), soloed with The Baroque Sinfonia at 16yo, Played in The Sugar Bowl Halftime Show at 17yo and performed with the U.C. Berkely Symphony, also at 17yo.
Joshua Cripps' first band was Tin Circus. He co-created and co-composed the material with Judah Nagler (The Velvet Teen). This group was voted Best Band by Bohemian Reader's Choice.
In 2002, Joshua did Voiceover work for a small film called "Gender Equality" by Alison Geitner-Clifford, which won Best Short Film at Toronto Film Festival. His involvement with Radio includes DJing EDM on Public Radio Monterrey/Santa Cruz (2001-2002). He has been interviewed on KRCB (Sonoma County, 2016) for Arts and Entertainment work in Norcal, and been interviewed/featured on BrokenFM for his band Tin Circus.
In the past 24mo, Joshua has performed as featured entertainment at Marin Center (Marin, CA), Green Music Center (Rohnert Park, CA), Jarvis Center / Jarvis Conservatory (Napa, CA), Mystic Theatre [Petaluma, CA], The Big Easy [Petaluma], The Glaser Center (Santa Rosa, CA), Arlene Francis Center, (Santa Rosa, CA), SOFA Santa Rosa Winterblast, SOFA Stroll, ArtWalk, and Events (SOFA Santa Rosa, CA), & HopMonk Tavern Novato.
Other Recent Music clients include: YMCA, Starbucks, Sonoma Media Group, Mayflower Choral Society / Mayflower Chorus, & Turnitin @ Pandora Media Group.
The Wednesday Night Big Band was a SRJC Course that was cancelled after 40+ Years due to loss of Federal Funding for Community Music Education Groups. Mr Cripps was asked to Produce and Promote the group so it would continue it's rich legacy of Jazz Big Band Music in Norcal. This group has performed with most of the top jazz legends of the current & past decades. Currently under Mr Cripps production, The Wednesday Night Big Band performs every 2 weeks at popular jazz club, The Big Easy in Petaluma, CA. Mr Cripps w/ Wednesday Night Big Band has raised money for Santa Rosa Junior College's Music Program Discretionary Fund, directly paying for T Moran (known for drumming in Rock Band, Starship) to do a Jazz Big Band free masterclass. Mr Cripps has also hosted T Moran (Starship) to drum with the group, and featured JC Jazz Prodigy (Justis Jones), giving him both exposure and pay for performing. Other current features produced by Mr Cripps include: Doug Morton [Principle Trumpet, Santa Rosa Symphony] & Bennett Friedman [Director of Jazz Studies at SRJC].
Mr Cripps' Ska/Reggae Band "The Tahoes" Recorded 2 Singles in Nov. 2016 at Grammy Award Winning Prairie Sun Recording in Cotati, CA. The Two Singles, "Breakout" & "Hella Norcal" are Now Available on iTunes, Amazon, & Google Play. In the past 6mo they have Played Support to National Headliners: 311, Sublime, Wailers, Fortunate Youth, Fishbone, Aggrolites, & Mad Caddies & Played at: Event Center at Sonoma County Fairgrounds, Mystic Theatre, The Big Easy, Rojo's in South Lake Tahoe as well as smaller/private shows and venues.
Here is a Link to "Breakout" Lyric Video: https://youtu.be/Xg7dP9tziio
Here is a Link to "Hella Norcal" Music Video: https://youtu.be/lvF2UZsy7GI
Here is a Link to "Acorn" Music Video: https://youtu.be/I2hdiZJYP60
Joshua Bluegreen-Cripps is also a Professional Closeup, Parlour & Stage Magician on the side. He began performing Magic Professionally by age 12yo & first began learning Magic at age 6yo. His Parlour act features a Live Dove Appearing from a Flaming Pan. At Large Stage Events, Mr Cripps may perform the Zig-Zag Illusion (cutting an asst into 3 while standing) or The Box of Death (making an asst disappear in a box filled with swords). Joshua Bluegreen-Cripps past Magic Show clients include Enron, YMCA, Girl Scouts of America, Make-A-Wish Foundation, Public & Private Schools, & many other Corporate, Non-Profit and Private Clients for 25+ Years. Well-known Press Democrat writer, Dan Taylor, interviewed Joshua in 2010 for a piece on the top 5 Magician's in Northern CA.
www.PartyEventEntertainment.com
Bluegreen Productions, Owner
www.facebook.com/BluegreenMedia
www.twitter.com/BluegreenPro
www.instagram.com/Joshua_Bluegreen
The Tahoes, Trumpet
www.thetahoes.com
www.facebook.com/TheTahoes
www.twitter.com/TheTahoes
www.instagram.com/The_Tahoes
www.reverbnation.com/TheTahoes
www.tinyurl.com/TahoesYoutube
Wednesday Night Big Band, Producer
www.facebook.com/WednesdayNightBandCA
The Artists Salon, Board of Directors
www.TheArtistsSalon.com
www.facebook.com/TheArtistsSalon
Anderson Entertainment, DJ, Sound & Lighting Production
www.AndersonEntertainment.co
50% of Funds Raised will Benefit Wednesday Night Big Band directly & 50% will Benefit Norcal Arts Conservatory.
The 2 Goal(s) of this Fundraiser are:
1) To Raise & Deposit $5,000 in the Wednesday Night Big Band bank account. This will be used to create Video Promotion, Live Audio recordings, & ensure the preservation of this local group with over 30 years of musical history in Sonoma County, CA. We believe that the community benefits by conserving Jazz Big Band music for both Educational & Entertainment purposes. Please donate generously to this need.
2) To Raise $5,000 for Norcal Arts Conservatory Startup Expenses. Based in Sonoma County, this is a project led by Joshua Bluegreen-Cripps to Preserve & Further the Fine Arts, Jazz & Any Innovative Art Form. Initial Funds raised will go toward Audio & Visual Equipment. Any additional help will go toward Office & Studio Space. (I need help getting Sound & Video equipment so that I can provide free services for Community Benefit, as well as helping me share my Artistic & Creative Performance with a Larger Audience.)
Please Consider donating Generously. It is our Goal to have another fundraiser to develop & file Norcal Arts Conservatory as a Non-Profit. This Organization would offer free Community Art Therapy (& Research). Norcal Arts Conservatory would also offer a Symposium &/or Institute for post-grad students seeking to Study Performance with top Artists in Northern California.
Thank You.
Bio for Joshua Bluegreen-Cripps:
Joshua Bluegreen-Cripps is a Full-Time Event & Entertainment Producer, Promotor, & Performer Based in Northern California & San Francisco Bay Area. Mr Cripps provides Reputation Management with his Company Bluegreen Productions, which he founded in 1999.
He is on the Board of Directors & Director of Development at Classical Music "Not for Profit" Organization "The Artists' Salon", Producer & Promotor of Popular 17-Piece Jazz Big Band "Wednesday Night Big Band", Trumpet Player in Ska/Reggae Band "The Tahoes", Trumpet Player in Popular Positive Rap Group "Tru Lyric", & DJ/KJ on Contract w/ Anderson Entertainment, LLC (Wedding Djs, Live Bands and Photo Booths).
His Private Classical Trumpet & Music Training includes : Glenn Appell [Beach Blanket Babylon]; John Pearson [San Francisco Opera]; & Max Cramer.
Mr. Cripps first performed at Luther Burbank Center for the Arts with Santa Rosa Symphony at 13yo (and again at 16yo), soloed with The Baroque Sinfonia at 16yo, Played in The Sugar Bowl Halftime Show at 17yo and performed with the U.C. Berkely Symphony, also at 17yo.
Joshua Cripps' first band was Tin Circus. He co-created and co-composed the material with Judah Nagler (The Velvet Teen). This group was voted Best Band by Bohemian Reader's Choice.
In 2002, Joshua did Voiceover work for a small film called "Gender Equality" by Alison Geitner-Clifford, which won Best Short Film at Toronto Film Festival. His involvement with Radio includes DJing EDM on Public Radio Monterrey/Santa Cruz (2001-2002). He has been interviewed on KRCB (Sonoma County, 2016) for Arts and Entertainment work in Norcal, and been interviewed/featured on BrokenFM for his band Tin Circus.
In the past 24mo, Joshua has performed as featured entertainment at Marin Center (Marin, CA), Green Music Center (Rohnert Park, CA), Jarvis Center / Jarvis Conservatory (Napa, CA), Mystic Theatre [Petaluma, CA], The Big Easy [Petaluma], The Glaser Center (Santa Rosa, CA), Arlene Francis Center, (Santa Rosa, CA), SOFA Santa Rosa Winterblast, SOFA Stroll, ArtWalk, and Events (SOFA Santa Rosa, CA), & HopMonk Tavern Novato.
Other Recent Music clients include: YMCA, Starbucks, Sonoma Media Group, Mayflower Choral Society / Mayflower Chorus, & Turnitin @ Pandora Media Group.
The Wednesday Night Big Band was a SRJC Course that was cancelled after 40+ Years due to loss of Federal Funding for Community Music Education Groups. Mr Cripps was asked to Produce and Promote the group so it would continue it's rich legacy of Jazz Big Band Music in Norcal. This group has performed with most of the top jazz legends of the current & past decades. Currently under Mr Cripps production, The Wednesday Night Big Band performs every 2 weeks at popular jazz club, The Big Easy in Petaluma, CA. Mr Cripps w/ Wednesday Night Big Band has raised money for Santa Rosa Junior College's Music Program Discretionary Fund, directly paying for T Moran (known for drumming in Rock Band, Starship) to do a Jazz Big Band free masterclass. Mr Cripps has also hosted T Moran (Starship) to drum with the group, and featured JC Jazz Prodigy (Justis Jones), giving him both exposure and pay for performing. Other current features produced by Mr Cripps include: Doug Morton [Principle Trumpet, Santa Rosa Symphony] & Bennett Friedman [Director of Jazz Studies at SRJC].
Mr Cripps' Ska/Reggae Band "The Tahoes" Recorded 2 Singles in Nov. 2016 at Grammy Award Winning Prairie Sun Recording in Cotati, CA. The Two Singles, "Breakout" & "Hella Norcal" are Now Available on iTunes, Amazon, & Google Play. In the past 6mo they have Played Support to National Headliners: 311, Sublime, Wailers, Fortunate Youth, Fishbone, Aggrolites, & Mad Caddies & Played at: Event Center at Sonoma County Fairgrounds, Mystic Theatre, The Big Easy, Rojo's in South Lake Tahoe as well as smaller/private shows and venues.
Here is a Link to "Breakout" Lyric Video: https://youtu.be/Xg7dP9tziio
Here is a Link to "Hella Norcal" Music Video: https://youtu.be/lvF2UZsy7GI
Here is a Link to "Acorn" Music Video: https://youtu.be/I2hdiZJYP60
Joshua Bluegreen-Cripps is also a Professional Closeup, Parlour & Stage Magician on the side. He began performing Magic Professionally by age 12yo & first began learning Magic at age 6yo. His Parlour act features a Live Dove Appearing from a Flaming Pan. At Large Stage Events, Mr Cripps may perform the Zig-Zag Illusion (cutting an asst into 3 while standing) or The Box of Death (making an asst disappear in a box filled with swords). Joshua Bluegreen-Cripps past Magic Show clients include Enron, YMCA, Girl Scouts of America, Make-A-Wish Foundation, Public & Private Schools, & many other Corporate, Non-Profit and Private Clients for 25+ Years. Well-known Press Democrat writer, Dan Taylor, interviewed Joshua in 2010 for a piece on the top 5 Magician's in Northern CA.
www.PartyEventEntertainment.com
Bluegreen Productions, Owner
www.facebook.com/BluegreenMedia
www.twitter.com/BluegreenPro
www.instagram.com/Joshua_Bluegreen
The Tahoes, Trumpet
www.thetahoes.com
www.facebook.com/TheTahoes
www.twitter.com/TheTahoes
www.instagram.com/The_Tahoes
www.reverbnation.com/TheTahoes
www.tinyurl.com/TahoesYoutube
Wednesday Night Big Band, Producer
www.facebook.com/WednesdayNightBandCA
The Artists Salon, Board of Directors
www.TheArtistsSalon.com
www.facebook.com/TheArtistsSalon
Anderson Entertainment, DJ, Sound & Lighting Production
www.AndersonEntertainment.co
Organizer
Joshua Bluegreen-Cripps
Organizer
Santa Rosa, CA
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