The Santa Ynez Valley Historical Museum hosted an opening reception on Sunday, July 8th to showcase their newest exhibit, “Celebrating Los Olivos—120 Years Young”. Museum director, Chris Bashforth, and exhibit manager, Curt Cragg, were on hand to greet guests and answer questions as many admired the varied photos and historical items chronicling the development of Los Olivos at the turn of the century.
Refreshments were served in the courtyard, while inside an original Powers Camera-graph 613 (circa 1906) projected a silent, black and white, Buster Keaton in The General, against the very screen and advertisement billboard that once hung in the Liberty Theater almost a century ago. The exhibit will be on display through end of October. Museum hours are Wednesday through Sunday, 12 to 4p.m. For exhibit information call (805) 688-7889 or visit: www.syvm.org.
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Santa Ynez Charity League
Santa Ynez National Charity League members from the 11th Grade, along with their 8th Grade Buddies, spend time getting to know each other, as well as, planning their next year of activities while camping at El Capitan Beach . The girls and their mothers also spend time together throughout the year supporting local Santa Ynez Valley philanthropies.
Two Local Girls Have a Lucky Day
Local country music fans Alexa age, 13 and Hannah Borroel age 17 got the “Lucky Day” of a lifetime while in Nashville, TN at the CMA Music Festival last month. While waiting for their favorite band, Sugarland, to come on stage, Cheryl Burke from “Dancing with the Stars” picked the sisters and a friend from Nashville, Melissa Greenfield age, 17, out of a crowd of 200,000 fans and whisked them back stage for a private meeting with the artists.
 The girls’ “Lucky Day” segment will air during the two-hour telecast “CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night to Rock” on Monday, July 23rd, on ABC. Photo by: ABC / Adam Larkey |
“We were totally surprised and in denial.” Hannah says of the experience. The sisters don’t know why they were picked, but they guess it had something to do with the Sugarland fan t-shirts they were wearing. They spent a few minutes backstage alone with the musical duo, took some photos, and watched the performers, Jennifer and Christian, have an interview before taking the stage.
This isn’t the first time Alexa and Hannah have met their music idols face to face. Their first encounter was at a concert at Gainey Vineyard, the second a chance meeting outside a hotel. At another meeting the girls brought them a bottle of local Carhartt wine, no doubt the reason Sugarland remembered them so readily backstage at their CMA concert.
Rotary Club of Solvang
2007 4th of July Parade Award Winners
Sweepstakes – “Reel Cowboys”
Best Float – “Lady Justice” Solvang Bakery & Clayton Law Firm
Best Use of Parade Theme - Solvang Lutheran Home
Most Patriotic – US Marshals Posse
Most Original – Lady Bugs
Most Amusing – Lompoc Shrine Club
Most Unique – Rancho de la Florecita Peruvian Pasos
Best Band – Santa Ynez Valley Jazz Band
Best Singing Group – Noble Family of Arizona – National Anthem
Best Family Group – Willow Creek Ranch
Best Church Group – Valley Christian Fellowship
Best School Group – SYV High School Theater Group
Best Animal Group – SYV Humane Society
Best Wagon Group – Berman Family and Birthday
Best Wagon – Single – Else Wolff
Best Automobile Group – Road Masters of Santa Ynez
Best Automobile – Single – Bob Stafford 1965 Jaguar SYV Lions
Best Automobile Restored – Doug Hartshorn 1929 Ford Roadster with Coca-Cola Trailer
Best Automobile – Antique – Atto Alexander 1920 Model “T” Truck
Best Automobile Antique Group – SYV Model “A” Club
Best Fire Engine – Solvang City Fire Department
Best Tractor – SYV Rotary Brad Hinnrichs 1945 “M” Farmall
Best Equestrian Group – SYV Sheriff’s Activity League Jr. Mounted Posse
Best Mule Entry – SYV Elks Lodge 2640
Best Viking Ship – Vikings of Solvang
Best Cub Scout Troop Pack – Packs 41, 42, 48
Best Girl Scout Troop Pack – Troop 445 & 882
Best Color Guard – American Legion Post 160
Best Helicopter – SB County Dave Wight & Jon Simon
Best Clown – David Tate
Best Sport Group – SYV All-Star Baseball Teams
Best Military Group – Flat Fender Friends
Best Walking Group – Friends of the Library
Best Dancing Group – Desert Delights
Best Tap Dancers – Clos Pepe Vineyard
Most Energetic – Trikke Tech, Inc
Best Group for a Cause – U2U State Boys Soccer Champs Uniform Drive