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    Something new at the Adorni Center, a redesigned stage and a colorful background for the dance floor using Matt Beard’s last three Redwood Coast Music Festival posters.
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    Thursday evening’s free Kick Off Dance at the Adorni Center began with sailor musicians in service dress whites from the Navy Band Northwest New Orleans Brass Band.
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    These fans of swing dancing gathered early at the Thursday evening’s free Kick Off Dance at the Adorni Center.
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    Dave Stuckey of The Hot House Gang came over to admire the piano playing by guest Carl Sonny Leyland during the second set of Thursday evening’s free Kick Off Dance at the Adorni Center.
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    Dave Stuckey and the Hot House Gang with guests Carl Sonny Leyland and Dan Barrett got the crowd up and dancing during the second set of Thursday evening’s free Kick Off Dance at the Adorni Center.
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    Bob and Janet Warden, of Boulder, Colorado, created their own dance floor in the William Thonson Gallery space at the Morris Graves Museum during Friday’s set by Alice Spencer and Friends with guest Whit Smith (retrospective art show by Jerry Pruce in the gallery).
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    Friday afternoon at the Morris Graves Museum included a set featuring singer Alice Spencer, of Austin, Texas, with guest musician Whit Smith, also from Austin, though they’d never performed together before.
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    Whit Smith, of Austin, Texas and The Hot Club of Cowtown band, was a busy musician over the four days of the festival with at least six different guest roles, including this Friday set at the Morris Graves Museum with Alice Spencer and Friends.
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    A contingent of several swing dancers from Boulder, Colorado, (including Judd Johnson and Diane Leonard in foreground) enjoyed Friday’s set by Alice Spencer and Friends with guest Whit Smith at the Morris Graves Museum.
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    Matt Munisteri’s Tribute to Chet Atkins at the Eagle House featured Joel Paterson, Dave Stuckey and Dennis Lichtman on Friday afternoon.
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    Cailan Halliday, of Eureka, and Sara Kingston, of Los Angeles, showed off some swing dance moves accompanied by Matt Munisteri’s Tribute to Chet Atkins band at the Eagle House with Joel Paterson, Dave Stuckey and Dennis Lichtman on Friday afternoon.
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    The Jontavious Willis Band opened Friday’s blues sets at the restyled venue in the Eureka Theater.
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    Jontavious Willis, whose band opened Friday’s blues sets at the Eureka Theater, also offered a Saturday Folk School blues guitar workshop. The 24-year-old singer and musician was nominated for a Grammy in 2020 for his album Spectacular Class.
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    Deke Dickerson and the Whippersnappers brought their high energy hillbilly, rockabilly and vintage style country to play multiple sets, including a tribute to country music guitar legend Merle Travis on Friday evening.
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    Gino Meregillano and the Lone Gunmen were busy on Saturday with their first set at 3 p.m. at the Veterans Memorial Building, followed by the opening outdoor set at the Gazebo at 5:30 p.m. and ending with a final set at the Eagle House at 9 p.m.
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    Saturday’s Folk School collaboration with the Humboldt Folklife Society included this Western Swing Rhythm Guitar workshop with Joey McKenzie of The Western Flyers.
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    They had to expand the Adorni Center performance stage for the Cadillac Ranch addition of The Roadside Attraction for a special show on Saturday afternoon. Cadillac Ranch is one of Humboldt County’s longest running country/Americana bands and its members include Pat Comella – vocals, mandolin, Liz Whitchurch – vocals, keyboards, Jake Wiegandt – vocals, guitar, Rick Levin – vocals, guitar, Jes Bishop- drums and Ron Sharp- vocals, bass. Members of The Roadside Attraction include Josh Foster – trombone, Amanda Piscitelli – tenor sax, Melissa Cherry – clarinet, Kaeden Williams – alto sax, Drake Newell – baritone sax, and Sara Fine – trumpet.
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    Pat Comella (left) with Cadillac Ranch and the recently added members of The Roadside Attraction were featured in a Saturday afternoon set at the Adorni Center.
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    There were a lot of familiar faces at the Redwood Coast Music Festival, including Charles Wilson and Genevieve Reilly, of Eureka, seen dancing at the Adorni Center on Saturday afternoon.
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    Saturday night’s Arts Alive! saw the return of festival headliner bands on a stage at the Old Town Gazebo starting with Gino and the Lone Gunmen followed by Two Tone Steiny and The Cadillacs with Danny Sandoval. The Navy Band Northwest New Orleans Brass Band closed out the night with its New Orleans funk, rhythm and blues, jazz and soul.
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    The Old Town Gazebo provided plenty of outdoor dancing room with music by Two Tone Steiny and The Cadillacs with Danny Sandoval on a portable stage.
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    In his first trip to the Redwood Coast, guest performer Danny Sandoval was kept busy with at least four sets with Two Tone Steiny and the Cadillacs, including this outdoor set at the Old Town Gazebo on Saturday night.
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    Harmonica player Mark “Steiny” Steinmetz made a return visit to the Redwood Coast Music Festival with his band, Two Tone Steiny and the Cadillacs. They were joined by the powerful saxophone of Danny Sandoval on the outdoor stage at the Old Town Gazebo for a set on Saturday evening.
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    Rhythm guitarist Joey McKenzie of The Western Flyers and guests Redd Volkeart and White Smith helped close out Sunday afternoon at the Adorni Center with an amazing set of Texas Bob Wills-style swing. Grammy winner and guitar-playing legend Volkaert is known as one of the greatest Telecaster guitar players in history. Smith is a guitarist, singer, songwriter and founding member of the Austin-based Western swing trio , Hot Club of Cowtown. The Western Flyers also featured 21-year-old Texan Ridge Roberts (in background) who has already won three National Fiddle championships and two Grand National fiddle titles.
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    The Western Flyers closed out Sunday afternoon at the Adorni Center with an amazing set of Texas Bob Wills-style swing featuring 21-year-old Texan Ridge Roberts who has already won three National Fiddle championships and two Grand National fiddle titles.
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    Fiddlers Michael Doucet of the Cajun band BeauSoleil and Tom Rigney of Flambeau know how to have fun and created a special show at the Redwood Coast Music Festival on Sunday afternoon at the Adorni Center.
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    It was great fun to watch the interactions between these two amazing fiddlers (Michael Doucet, left, of the Cajun band BeauSoleil and Tom Rigney of Flambeau) at the Redwood Coast Music Festival on Sunday afternoon at the Adorni Center.
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    Guest Michael Doucet of the Cajun band BeauSoleil and Tom Rigney and the Flambeau band got the crowd up and line dancing at the Redwood Coast Music Festival on Sunday afternoon at the Adorni Center.