18 • May 2016 • UPBEAT TIMES, INC.
Upbeat Times 17th
Annual Spring Guide 2016
Wavy Gravy’s 80Th Birthday Event For Seva Foundation To Benefit Sight Restoration Programs Around The World!
ered outdoor venue, located at the base of Sonoma Mountain in Rohnert Park. All proceeds from the event will support Seva Foundation’s sight res- toration programs around the world. Tickets are on sale now. For more information visit seva. org.
About Wavy Gravy ‘In 20 years I’ll be 100’, says
Rohnert Park, CA. ~ On Sun- day May 22nd, Seva Founda- tion will host an all day event featuring two stages of music & entertainment, food & craft vendors, art galleries and a silent auction. Performers in- clude: YONDER MOUNTAIN STRING BAND, STEVE EARLE, NEW RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE, JOHN
Wavy, on the eve of his 80th birthday and still going strong. Formerly
known as
POPPER, THE T SISTERS, ACHILLES WHEEL, DEAD WINTER HOT
GRATEFUL The event CARPENTERS,
BUTTERED RUM, BLUEGRASS
BOYS and SAMBADROP, plus special guests and host WAVY GRAVY.
will take place at the SOMO Village Event Center, Sonoma County’s newest solar pow-
Hugh
Romney, in 1969, Wavy stood on stage in front of nearly half a million people at Woodstock and announced ‘what we have in mind is breakfast in bed for 400,000’. Named by B.B. King ... Wavy Gravy has spent the past 45 years putting his best red nose forward in the world, one bubble at a time, to help make the world a sweeter and
Refreshing, Colorful & Tasty!
Happy Hour:
M-F 4-6:30pm &
All Day Sunday!
Open: Every Day:
11 AM to Midnight
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725 4th St. Santa Rosa 707-545-2337
more humane place. Now en- tering his 80th year full steam ahead, still in the guise of an eternal hippie clown, occasion- ally walking a fi sh on a leash, Wavy Gravy shares each day with a little grace, a lot of hu- mor and a major dose of good- ness. Wavy has devoted his life to supporting many good causes but his two true legacies are, his deep
involvement with
Seva Foundation, a Berke- ley based organization he co- founded with Ram Dass & Dr. Larry Brilliant in 1979. Seva Foundation has restored eyesight for nearly 4 million people with programs reaching many of the poorest places in the world. Wavy is also co-founder, with his wife Jahanara, of Camp Winnarainbow, a circus and performing arts children’s camp in northern California that nurtures creativity, skills mastery, personal growth and community. A full-length documentary
fi lm ‘Saint Misbehavin’: The Wavy Gravy Story, chronicles Wavy’s early days to recent past with a message of activ- ism, inspiration & hope. For more information on these projects please visit:
seva.org, campwinnarainbow. org, rippleeffectfi
lms.com
JOKES & Humor # 7
During the invasion of Sicily in World War II, General George Patton was preparing to take the city of Palermo. He checked with his meteorologists and learned the day he had chosen would be incredibly rainy. So he issued an order to place copies of the New York ‘Times’ im- mediately beneath the tailgates of the transports carrying his troops. In this way the men could keep their feet dry.
His staff was mystifi ed. Why the “Times”? Why not the New York “Daily News”? Patton was adamant, and one did not argue with the General.
As fi ve tons of old copies of the “Times” were being loaded, the General issued one of his greatest quotes to the as- sembled war correspondents: “these are the ‘times’ that dry men’s soles.”
“Trust yourself.
You know more than you think you do.”
Benjamin Spock “You’re not obligated to win. You’re obligated to keep trying. To the best you can do everyday.” ~ Jason Mraz
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