GNG At The Delta Blues Festival

Friday, July 15, 2011

GNG At The Delta Blues Festival

This year The Delta Blues Festival will be held on Saturday, September 17, 2011 and is dedicated to the memory of the late Johnny Nitro, a fine local musician and a supporter of the Festival and Guitars Not Guns.

The Festival founded by the late Dave Williamson, is held each fall in Waldie Plaza in the historic Rivertown district of Antioch, CA. It is an outdoor, family friendly event. There is no alcohol permitted and admission is free.

Guitars Not Guns' Contra Costa County Chapter operates a promotional booth at the event to which kids and adults can come and play guitar. GNG-CCC will also raffle a guitar signed by the artists appearing at the Festival.

This year's line-up:

We hope to see you there!

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How You Can Help

Guitars Not Guns, Inc. in California is entirely a volunteer organization. It has no employees so all donations are used to fulfill Our Mission to provide free guitars and lessons to foster kids, at risk youth and other deserving children ages 8 to 18 years old.

We need volunteer guitar instructors, classroom assistants, grant writers, bookkeepers, fundraisers and program leaders. You do not have to know how to play guitar to be a volunteer.

To volunteer go the "Volunteer" page and follow the instructions. We and the kids can always use your help.

How The Program Works

We "loan" guitars and guitar accessories to our students that they are to use to practice and carefully maintain for eight (8) weeks of one hour per week classes. The students and their guardians sign a lease contract for the equipment and most care for the guitars. The guitar may be the only personal item the student has ever possessed since foster children may move multiple times each year from guardian to guardian or facility to facility.. The object of the contract is to teach the students to take care of possessions. The students are not told this but, upon successful completion of the first level of classes, the guitars and accessories will be given to them to keep at no cost. The final class is a party to celebrate completion of the eight week program. The students play and we bring in accomplished musicians, some that are their age, to motivate them to further study with us and independently. For some, it is the first time they have been exposed to live music.