Memorial
Day, Labor Day, and Thanksgiving weekends, visitors can tour the studios
or homes of the many talented artists and crafts-people here in Green
Valley Lake. Maps to their homes are available in the Green Valley
Market. The Artists listed below are available for custom orders
throughout the year.
LOCAL ARTISTS:
WAKE
THE BARD wakethebard.com Celtic and Traditional
American Music
For
a small community, Green Valley Lake has a surprising number of
musicians. The members of the Celtic band, Wake the Bard (see below), host a Celtic
and Old Time music jam at the Lake Inn once a month. For more
information, contact Sandi at (909) 867-7105 or sandi@green-valley-lake.com. To see a list of tunes
most often played at the jams, click here.
Green Valley Lake's own
Celtic / Old Time band.
To see photos, hear their music,
or get booking information: Click Here
Dani Montoya
Digital
Art, Pine Needle Baskets, Gourd Baskets and Bowls
909-649-4346 Click Here
George Barton
The Rustic Craftsman
Handcrafted Furniture
909-867-3670 or
760-722-7281 Click Here
Johnson Family Boutique Photography of GVL on
mouse pads, T-shirts, etc.; woodworking, crochet...
909-867-1914 Click Here
Stephanie Adams Handmade Jewelry
909-867-9961 Click Here
Sandy Ellis Handmade candles and
candle holders, crocheted ponchos, scarves, hats, afghans
909-867-7115 Click Here
Artists.. If you want to be featured here call 909-867-7105.
If you want to be on the Artisan Tour, call Anne Howe, 909-867-2152.
A NATURAL SETTING FOR MUSIC One could say Green Valley
Lake is blessed in many ways, and two of those ways are its isolated location
and the National Forest that surrounds it and keeps it from growing and becoming
urbanized. There are no reminders here of "the outside world" and its traffic,
stress and noise. A car alarm going off is so rare it seems almost
foreign. Life can move at its own slow pace here and this gives one the
feeling almost of going back in time when things were simpler. You talk to anyone and they will all agree that this is why they
love living here. Maybe what it comes down to is it's easier to feel human
in this unique little corner of the world. Watching the sun's reflection
in the water as it sets over the lake, listening to the wind rustle the pine
needles in the towering trees--all these factors converge and help create an atmosphere where
things like playing music and dancing just come naturally. A visit to our own Lilleberg Museum reveals that Lilleberg himself was an excellent musician and could
play an endless variety of instruments.
And if you go even further back in the history, there were "barn dances" held here when Green Valley Lake was the
entrance to the toll road that led to Fawnskin and Big Bear. So is it
any wonder that music is becoming a big part again of this place that is
so richly blessed? Einar Lilleberg and friends, circa 1948
