If
you are visiting
Sedona to go hiking...
Kings Ransom
Sedona Hotel is
the place you
need to stay!
Sedona Hotels present... Spring Fling in Sedona!
Hiking through the Wildflowers! Cinco de Mayo on the Verde Canyon Railroad!
Sedona Bluegrass!
Sedona has had an unusually rainy season this winter, but the sun is shining again and that means, Wonderful Wildflower Hikes! When was the last time you were truly awed by anything? Come to Sedona and stay at the Kings Ransom Sedona Hotel so you can step out the door and hike into the glorious Coconino Forest. Within a short walk from the Kings Ransom, you will be treated to a brilliant display of desert wildflowers that you only see after a glorious rain-filled winter. You will be delighted at the abundance and diversity of the blooms you will observe on your hike…you may even want to bring a local wildflower book with you, if you want to identify what you behold! Have a Spring Fling this year in Sedona and experience the Red Rocks on foot…the best views are close… you couldn’t pick a better time of the year! Don’t forget to bring your camera!
While you are here, be sure to treat yourself to a delicious gourmet Mexican dinner prepared by Sedona restaurant Elote Café’s chef, Jeff Smedstad. We recommend you come early, as reservations are only taken for a group of five or more. Start with a wonderful Margarita while you are relaxing at the end of a perfect day!
Whether you come for wildflower viewing, hiking, or to celebrate one of the events listed below, Sedona is the perfect destination for a Spring Fling! Just to entice you to spend some week days (Sunday through Thursday night) with us, when you book your reservation,Say: “I’m coming to Sedona for a Spring Fling” and we will give you $10 off per night on any weekday reservation using our internet rates. Call for a reservation at (800) 846-6164!
Here are some other noteworthy events you may enjoy this spring in Sedona:
Cinco de Mayo on the Verde Canyon Railroad
Those who envision Arizona as a dry and colorless place have never witnessed the dazzling display of Spring in Bloom in the Verde Canyon. Under multi-hued canyon walls, the first flush of satiny green leaves adorn cottonwoods and willows as the canyon floor erupts in gaudy bouquets of wildflowers. The Verde Canyon Railroad celebrates this joyous season with gala events on the round-trip ride from Clarkdale to Perkinsville.
Arriba! The Cinco de Mayo Celebration on May 5th unleashes a colorful fiesta saluting a rich cultural heritage.
The lively music sets the toe-tapping mood to enjoy a zesty Mexican lunch from the Copper Spike Café. Sip a margarita from the comfort of the coaches. Don’t be surprised when a seductive spring breeze pulls you out onto open-air cars to savor heart-squeezing panoramas of a stunning canyon wilderness.
Trains depart the depot at 1:00 pm and return at 5:00 pm, just in time to continue the day’s frolic with a guitar-strummin’ good time at the Blazin’ M Chuckwagon Dinner Show in nearby Cottonwood. Reservations for this uniquely Arizona cowboy experience can be made at the same time as train reservations.
The Verde Canyon Railroad depot is located in Clarkdale, Arizona, 25 minutes from Sedona and 2 hours north of Phoenix.
Where: Verde Canyon Railroad, 300 North Broadway, Clarkdale
Phone: 800-293-7245
Sedona Blue Grass Festival 2010
Chamber Music Sedona’s 27th season closes with five days of the annual Sedona Bluegrass Festival. Headlining the Festival is Grammy-nominated Tony Trischka who is perhaps the most influential banjo player in the roots music world. The festival includes special performances at Sedona schools, a barbeque benefit concert in Munds Canyon, a free community concert at the Sedona Public Library, performances at Sedona galleries, and instrumental workshops. The Festival concludes at Los Abrigados Resort – Creekside, on May 9, from 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
"You think about somebody like Miles Davis or John Coltrane, people who learned everything about jazz and then digested it and it came out a new way. I think Tony's very similar; he's that kind of figure in the banjo world. Tony was ahead of his time. My springboard was Tony Trischka, and without Tony, none of what's happened with my music would have happened." Béla Fleck
Tony Trischka is perhaps the most influential banjo player in the roots music world. For more than 35 years, his stylings have inspired a whole generation of bluegrass and acoustic musicians. He was not only considered among the very best pickers, he was also one of the instrument's top teachers, and created numerous instructional books, teaching video tapes and cassettes.
A native of Syracuse, New York, Trischka's interest in banjo was sparked by the Kingston Trio's "Charlie and the MTA" in 1963. Two years later, he joined the Down City Ramblers, where he remained through 1971. That year, Trischka made his recording debut on 15 Bluegrass Instrumentals with the band Country Cooking; at the same time, he was also a member of Country Granola. In 1973, he began a two-year stint with Breakfast Special. Between 1974 and 1975, he recorded two solo albums, Bluegrass Light and Heartlands. After one more solo album in 1976, Banjoland, he went on to become musical leader for the Broadway show The Robber Bridegroom. Trischka toured with the show in 1978, the year he also played with the Monroe Doctrine.
Beginning in 1978, he also played with artists such as Peter Rowan, Richard Greene, and Stacy Phillips. In the early 1980s, he began recording with his new group Skyline, which recorded its first album in 1983. Subsequent albums included Robot Plane Flies over Arkansas (solo, 1983), Stranded in the Moonlight (with Skyline, 1984) and Hill Country (solo, 1985). In 1984, he performed in his first feature film, Foxfire. Three years later, he worked on the soundtrack for Driving Miss Daisy.
Trischka produced the Belgian group Gold Rush's No More Angels in 1988. The following year, Skyline recorded its final album, Fire of Grace. He also recorded the theme song for Books on the Air, a popular National Public Radio Show, and continued his affiliation with the network by appearing on Garrison Keillor's Prairie Home Companion, Mountain Stage, From Our Front Porch, and other radio shows. Trischka's solo recordings include 1993's World Turning, 1995's Glory Shone Around: A Christmas Collection and 1999's Bend. New Deal followed in 2003. The new studio album was a bluesy adaptation of bluegrass standards that featured, among other things, a vocal cameo by Loudon Wainwright.
Double Banjo Bluegrass Spectacular, featuring an appearance by comedian Steve Martin, Earl Scruggs and many other luminaries, came out four years later. For this recording he went back to Bluegrass and reinvigorated the double banjo tradition of that style along the way and brought along some fine companions. In October 2007, Tony was given an IBMA (International Bluegrass Music Association) award for Banjo Player of the Year 2007. Double Banjo Bluegrass Spectacular received IBMA awards for Recorded Event of the Year, Instrumental Album of the Year and a Grammy Nomination.
With his fearless musical curiosity as the guiding force, Tony Trischka's latest critically acclaimed release, Territory roams widely through the banjo's creative terrain. Nine selections partner Tony with fellow banjoists Pete Seeger, Mike Seeger, Bill Evans, Bill Keith, Bruce Molsky, and twelve all-Trischka solo tracks explore a panorama of tunings, banjo sounds, and traditions; tapping the creative potential of America's signature musical instrument.
Also performing at Sunday’s Festival is the Anchorage-based Bearfoot Band, who was recently nominated in the first round of IBMA’s Emerging Artist of the Year Award, and the Arizona-based Burnett Family and Crystal Ridge Bands. Beginning Wednesday, May 5, a variety of activities will take place including a Library Informance, three in-school concerts, and BBQ Concert. Four workshops will be presented in Sedona as well as four First Friday Gallery
General admission tickets are $25 and reserved seats $40 and may be purchased by calling Chamber Music Sedona at 928.204.2415.
Tickets are available by calling 928.204.2415 or at the following outlets:
Bashas’ in Sedona
Rycus’ Corners in the Village of Oak Creek
Arizona Music Pro and Cedar Music in Flagstaff
Planet Video and Music in Cottonwood
Think For Ink in Prescott
Arriba! The Cinco de Mayo Celebration on May 5th unleashes a colorful fiesta saluting a rich cultural heritage. 
Chamber Music Sedona’s 27th season closes with five days of the annual Sedona Bluegrass Festival. Headlining the Festival is Grammy-nominated Tony Trischka who is perhaps the most influential banjo player in the roots music world. The festival includes special performances at Sedona schools, a barbeque benefit concert in Munds Canyon, a free community concert at the Sedona Public Library, performances at Sedona galleries, and instrumental workshops. The Festival concludes at Los Abrigados Resort – Creekside, on May 9, from 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
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