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<strong>Big</strong> <strong>Bear</strong> <strong>Today</strong> <strong>March</strong> <strong>2018</strong>—Page 9<br />
`Blues Boss’ Wayne keys Mardi Gras<br />
Kenny “Blues Boss” Wayne makes Mardi Gras magic at the Chamber gala<br />
Irish food, Art’s tunes at Barnstorm<br />
Catch Irish songs with Art Harriman<br />
and what many say is <strong>Big</strong> <strong>Bear</strong>’s best<br />
corned beef and cabbage on St. Patrick’s<br />
Day, Saturday <strong>March</strong> 17 at Barnstorm restaurant<br />
in the airport terminal from 5-9 p.m.<br />
Enjoy the traditional meal, which<br />
comes with potatoes and carrots, with<br />
Harriman’s toe-tapping Irish ditties. Soup<br />
of the day is split pea and there’s green<br />
beer for that Irish luck, Guiness and more.<br />
Corned beef and cabbage will be available<br />
at lunch too. Barnstorm’s regular menu will<br />
also be available as well.<br />
Harriman is a Saturday night regular<br />
at Barnstorm till summer, passing out<br />
songlists to guests with dozens of songs,<br />
usual covers like “Route 66,” “Under the<br />
Boardwalk” and such. That’s a small part<br />
of his schtick and every tune comes with a<br />
personal story. After movie appearances<br />
with Elvis, Lana Turner and Hank Williams<br />
Jr. plus on television in the “Bill<br />
Cosby Show,” “Hee Haw” and for six years<br />
on the Children’s Miracle Network Telethon<br />
with Bob Hope, Johnny Cash and<br />
many others, Harriman has met and played<br />
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He was the good looking band leader<br />
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Harriman’s “Six-Piece One-Man Fundance<br />
Band” has been a favorite for years, guitar,<br />
tambourine, harmonica, bass, cymbals<br />
and his voice creating music.<br />
His hand-clapping original songs are<br />
what he calls “Good Time Music” and it’s<br />
impossible to listen to “Ol’ Jack<br />
Danielson,” which he co-wrote with late<br />
football star-turned actor Merlin Olsen,<br />
without breaking a smile. “<strong>Big</strong> <strong>Bear</strong> Valley,”<br />
one of several tunes showing off his<br />
yodeling skills, is full of spirit...not unlike<br />
John Denver. And you haven’t lived till<br />
you’ve heard Art play “When the Saints<br />
Go <strong>March</strong>ing In” on his inch-long world’s<br />
smallest harmonica... which he also played<br />
on stage at the Grand Ole Opry.<br />
Barnstorm Restaurant is in the airport<br />
terminal at 501 W. Valley Blvd. in <strong>Big</strong> <strong>Bear</strong><br />
City. Call (909) 585-9339.<br />
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New Orleans-inspired food and drink,<br />
dancing to music by jazz and boogie<br />
woogie star Kenny “Blues Boss” Wayne<br />
and his band, and a host of surprises highlight<br />
<strong>Big</strong> <strong>Bear</strong> Chamber of Commerce’s<br />
Mardi Gras Dance Party on Saturday,<br />
<strong>March</strong> 10. Swing those beads!<br />
Held from 5-10 p.m. at the Convention<br />
Center at <strong>Big</strong> <strong>Bear</strong> Lake, the evening<br />
promises to be <strong>Big</strong> <strong>Bear</strong>’s party of the year<br />
with live and silent auctions, and dancing<br />
to internationally-acclaimed and multiple<br />
award-winning artist Wayne and his very<br />
talented band. Guests will enjoy <strong>Big</strong> Easytheme<br />
buffet, specialty cocktails, Mardi<br />
Gras decorations and more during the<br />
Chamber of Commerce’s premier<br />
fundraiser of the year.<br />
“There’s no boogie woogie-blues piano<br />
man out there today who pounds the<br />
88s with the conviction of Kenny `Blues<br />
Boss’ Wayne,” aptly noted the Chicago Sun<br />
Times. The zoot-suited Wayne has headlined<br />
many international concerts and festivals<br />
including Edmonton’s Labatt Blues<br />
Festival, Koktebel Jazz Festival and<br />
Southside Shuffle in Port Credit, Ontario.<br />
Wayne’s nine album releases have garnered<br />
tremendous acclaim including three<br />
Juno Award—that country’s equivalent of<br />
the Grammys—nominations in Canada for<br />
Best Blues and/or Gospel Albums before<br />
finally winning the honor in 2006 for Let<br />
it Loose. His “<strong>Big</strong> City Back Country<br />
Blues” is a <strong>2018</strong> Juno Award Nominee for<br />
Best Blues Album.<br />
In addition Wayne’s 2016 release<br />
Jumpin’ and Boppin,’ a throwback to classic,<br />
rollicking jump blues style of yesteryear,<br />
drew solid reviews so it’s clear the<br />
blues master is very much at the top of his<br />
game. No wonder Living Blues Magazine<br />
named Wayne “Most Outstanding Musician”<br />
(Keyboard) in 2015. He is a Boogie<br />
Woogie Piano Hall of Fame Inductee at<br />
2017 Cincinnati Blues Festival.<br />
“We’re excited to bring a musician of<br />
Kenny Wayne’s stature to <strong>Big</strong> <strong>Bear</strong>,” said<br />
Marlene Cain, Chairman of the <strong>Big</strong> <strong>Bear</strong><br />
Chamber of Commerce.<br />
Terrific auction items are a highlight<br />
of the event with getaways including two<br />
night stay at the Orleans Hotel and Casino<br />
in Las Vegas, perfect place to keep Mardi<br />
Gras going. From furniture to winter season<br />
passes, restaurant gift certificates to<br />
lake adventuress, there’s amazing gifts to<br />
bid on and tremendous values.<br />
Tickets for fun-filled Mardi Gras<br />
Dance Party are just $75 per person which<br />
includes dinner with choice of stuffed<br />
Cajun chicken or shrimp creole (vegetarian<br />
available) plus collard greens, hush<br />
puppies, rice and beans, garden salad and<br />
bourbon banana bread pudding and King<br />
Cake for dessert. $85 includes roundtrip<br />
Mountain Transit transportation.<br />
Tables of eight are priced at $600 and<br />
selling quickly. Reserve your tickets or<br />
tables before they’re gone by calling the<br />
Chamber at (909) 866-4607 ext. 3 or online<br />
at bigbearchamber.com.<br />
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