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4A | BRENTWOODPRESS.COM COMMUNITY OCTOBER 3, 2008
Stuarts to be honored as first
Artists of the Year at festival
by Ruth Roberts
Staff Writer
Seven years ago, when Sue and
Bruce Stuart became involved in the
creation of the Brentwood Art, Wine
& Jazz Festival, their goal was to spotlight
and honor local musicians and
artists. This year, organizers are returning
the favor.
For the fi rst time, directors of the
Brentwood Art Society are adding an
Artist of the Year award to the festival
agenda, and the Stuarts are its inaugural
recipients. The award will be
presented at 10 a.m. on Oct. 11 at City
Park in Brentwood.
Sue will be accepting the honor for
herself and posthumously for her husband
Bruce, who died in June. “Bruce
would have loved this,” said Sue, who
will be conducting the Brentwood Concert
Band at the event in Bruce’s name.
“I wish he were here, too.”
Bruce was a retired teacher and
musician who was instrumental in organizing
the Brentwood Concert Band.
His lifelong passion for music and performing
took him to Carnegie Hall
and Japan. He played with many ensembles,
including the Devil Mountain
Jazz Band.
Rod Lynn, left, and Emil Geddes, right, present the Artist of the Year
award to Liberty High choral director Sue Stuart. Stuart and her husband
Bruce, who passed away this year, will be honored at the Brentwood
Art Society’s Art, Wine & Jazz Festival next weekend.
Sue is Liberty High School’s longtime
choral director. Her department
has won many state, national and international
honors. Sue is also the driving
force behind Liberty’s 80VOLTS (80
Voices Of Liberty Tour Students) musical
booster club, which has participated
Photo courtesy of Peggie Schuitemaker
in international competitions. Sue has
also served as a judge for a number of
choral and ensemble festivals.
“It is with great pleasure that the
Brentwood Art Society has chosen
see Stuarts page 25A
Demonic
decorations
The Brentwood Advisory Neighborhood
Committee (BANC) will be naming the city’s
most ghoulish home as winner of the upcoming
2008 Halloween Decorating Contest, a special
Halloween version of the committee’s Home of
the Month program.
Any home within the Brentwood city limits
displaying creative Halloween-related decorations
in its front yard will be considered. The winning
homeowners will receive a yard sign stating their
winning status, plus coffee mugs and a pass giving
them special parking privileges at Home Depot.
If you know of a home you’d like to nominate
for the Halloween Decorating Contest, visit
www.ci.brentwood.ca.us and click on the link for
BANC. Nominations will be taken until Oct. 24
and the winning home announced Oct. 30. For
more information, call 925-516-5366.
Veterans Day
paraders
The organizers of Antioch’s inaugural
Veterans Day Parade are seeking parade entries.
The parade will be held on Nov. 11 at 11 a.m.
downtown in the Rivertown District. The parade
route will be along Second Street, from A to L
streets. Applications are available on line at www.
art4antioch.org or by calling parade organizers Jim
and Susan Davis at 925-757-2020. Residents and
organizations from all East County communities
are encouraged to participate.