Published by msnbc Santa Maria, CA: A passion for playing By Times Staff Santa Maria Times updated 3/29/2011 5:47:11 AM ET A passion for playing and some help from a youth music program has taken Joe Parra from guitar student to teacher and transformed his life. The 19-year-old senior at Lopez High School, an alternative…

The Contra Costa Library 100th anniversary celebration this Sunday, July 21, 2013 at Pleasant  Hill park!  Come visit our guitars not Guns booth and see. Special performance by Guitars not Guns own volunteers,  the Breedloves, Jay Kirkland and Barbara Gorin perform a special acoustic set of their original music and some covers!  Lots of music,…

TAKE THE CHALLENGE!  Volunteer VP Special Projects Jay Kirkland Took The Ice Bucket Challenge – WITH A TWIST!  Contra Costa County California President Barbara Anne Gorin Took The ICE BUCKET Challenge!  VOLUNTEER VP OF INSTRUCTION – BROOKS LUNDY TOOK THE ICE BUCKET CHALLENGE!