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Fall 2003 World Music Series
Presented by the Oceanside Public Library
and
The Friends of the Oceanside Public Library
Sunshine Brooks Theater
217 N. Coast Highway
Performance Time: 7:30 p.m.
Tickets: $10.00
Call 435-5560 for more information
 Celino Romero
Saturday, September 6
The first performance in the series features Celino Romero, youngest member of the world-renowned classical guitar quartet, "Los Romeros". In countless other appearances, Celino demonstrates his personal style, both as a soloist and in recitals with his father Celin. He has been the featured soloist with the Vermont Symphony Orchestra, and has appeared with orchestras in Houston, Seattle, Ottawa, Salt Lake City and El Paso and on stages in Europe, Asia, Australia, & South America.
 Bill Magee Blues Band
Saturday, Oct 4
Born in Collins, Mississippi in 1943, Bill Magee grew up loving music, listening to Muddy Waters, Elmore James and B.B. King on his father’s small radio. Bill toured Europe and Asia with his own band, The Kansas City Playboys, in 1967. He has worked with artists including Jimi Hendrix, B.B. King, Howlin’ Wolf, Muddy Waters, Jimmy Reed, Otis Redding, John Lee Hooker, Bobby ‘Blue’ Bland, Wilson Pickett and Bo Diddley in venues like The Regal in Chicago, The Royal in D.C., and Madison Square Garden and Yankee Stadium in New York City.
 Elk Whistle
Saturday, Nov 1
Bill Neal, also known as Elk Whistle, is a Native American flute performer, recording artist, storyteller, and teacher, as well as director of the Elk Whistle Ensemble. Neal, whose ancestry is Cherokee, plays the plains-style cedar flutes of the Lakota, Kiowa, and Comanche Nations and the river cane flutes of the Choctaw and the Cherokee. The Tongva Tribe honored him with the name, "Mah-na-che-a-shun", which means "He Sings With His Heart". He currently performs over 300 times per year, including appearances in venues such as the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles.
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