Happy times with our most important friends!
The following photos by Mike Taylor, Calaveres Enterprise.
Mokelumne Hill Elementary School
In concert, from left to right,
Eddie Boggs, Becky Jo Benson, Randy Sparks,
and Robert Wise, Music Educator.
The students from Mokelumne Hill Elementary School, with Teacher Robert Wise,
wrote a song to sing to Randy Sparks, Eddie Boggs, and Becky Jo Benson.
Shown below, from left to right, Eddie Boggs, Randy Sparks,
Vecca-The-Show-Dog, and Becky Jo Benson.
The students of Mokelumne Hill Elementary School
sang another original song to Randy Sparks.
Valley Springs Elementary School
The following photos by Nick Baptista, The Valley Springs News.
Randy Sparks opened the show.
Students sang along with Eddie Boggs
as Teachers Robert Wise, and Sheri Marsh,
with Becky Jo Benson acted out the lyrics of the song.
The New Christy Minstrels gave a free concert to the students at
the Saint Ignatius Church School, in Fair Oaks, California.
The New Christy Minstrels Foundation
World Headquarters
Leavenworth, Kansas.
Dolan Ellis, The Official Balladeer of the State of Arizona, and an original member of
The New Christy Minstrels, tries out one of the beds in the Bunkhouse bedroom at
the World Headquarters. The building is designed for the housing, and training of Artists who learn
the body of work of Folk Music that is used in the free concerts for schools across the country.
From left to right Randy Sparks, Dolan Ellis, Arva and Dave Deutschendorf.
