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BAHS Jamborees are both concerts and food drives, such as this one at Vista Hermosa Resort in Rosarito, Baja California in 2019. Featured here are (l to r) Arturo Cardenas,
Scott Saunders, Palaco Blues Band, Miguel Korsa, Sixx Pack, Phillip Singletary, "Sweet" Rachel Pack, Victor Vital, Mopar Murray and Connie Price-Panthen.
Photo by Terry Van Arsdale
the organization. Similar to a small weekly festival, Jamborees Joe Bonamassa – who both donated signed guitars as raffle
feature top local and regional musicians, local jammers and prizes to raise money for purchasing food – BAHS was able
special guests – all sharing their passion for blues, live music to rally and raise 35,917 pounds of food in 2020, exceeding
and helping their community. The collected food and revenue the 2019 total of 26,574 by 9,343 pounds.
stay in each community hosting the event. Now in 2021, as allowed, BAHS will continue their nearly
At the start of 2020, BAHS was operating weekly, decade-long successful Jamboree tours in both Mexico and
biweekly and monthly Jamborees in Rosarito, Ensenada, San the United States. Additionally, all the new BAHS chapters
Felipe and Mexico City, along with Vista, CA, and Yuma, AZ, put on hold due to COVID-19 will be plugging in, including
with new chapters starting in both the U.S. and Mexico. On Mexican chapter Jamborees in Puerto Vallarta, Obregon, La
March 8, 2020, following the BAHS San Felipe Jamboree, all Mision, Cabo San Lucas and United States chapters in San
events were canceled. The world was hit with a pandemic. All Diego, Las Vegas and Phoenix. On August 7, 2021, BAHS
live music stopped. Everything BAHS did, stopped. will host their annual BAHS FEEDBACK Festival in the wine
Fortunately, as we all know, you can’t stop the blues! country of Valle de Guadalupe, Baja California, Mexico.
With the support of BAHS’s International Board, Chapter BAHS can’t give hunger the blues without your help. BAHS
Boards, members and supporters like Guns N’ Roses and is looking to expand their Jamboree circuit to establish more

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