The 64th annual Art in the Park outdoor festival reconvened last weekend in our municipal lakeside green space after a two year covid hiatus. For its yearly Veteran`s Tent pavilion, the BRC founder, who is a former USAF medical corps serviceman, submitted to the show an “Auric Eagle” banjo which was festooned with laser-cut wood inlays.
To further celebrate the reinstitution of the sprawling June fair and its exhibit honoring veterans, the BRC craftsman simultaneously fashioned the “Wings of Music Cell Perch.” This smartphone holder is ornamented with left-over fretboard decorations and was gifted to his son in Texas who grew-up a Bluegrass musician. Upon receipt, he messaged back to his dad, “Thanks, it’s beautiful!”
Our son`s Lone Star family resides in a home that houses three BRC banjos and a grandson who has an abiding interest in constructing vintage WW II fighter aircraft on his computer like the airborne P-51 Mustang seen below. This pastime invokes detailed conversations between the Texas youngster and his grandfather who is a life-long student of military history and a wartime poster collector.
From the BRC: A special thank-you to the men and women serving in our Armed Forces.
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