The Santa Rosa Press Democrat, a newspaper owned by the New York Times, has published a story about my mother, Betty Zukov, the wellspring of music in yours truly. She is the founder and director of the Healdsburg Chorus in Northern California, and an official “Living Treasure of Sonoma County.” Healdsburg is a charming little hamlet in the middle of some of the most beautiful wine country in the world and one of the state’s early villages. It is mentioned in Kevin Starr’s history of California.
The Chorus is a regular topic in our weekly phone conversations on Sunday nights. They’re also a very fine ensemble, which I’ve had the pleasure of hearing in rehearsal and concert. Click here to read the article and see my mom.
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That’s awesome. Thanks, Tim, for sharing, and special thanks to Betty Zukov for, well, everything.
FWIW: Me and “Mrs. Dexter Haven” love Healdsburg. It’s required reading whenever we’re in Sonoma. In fact, back in June, we spent some quality time hanging out in the middle of town after the wine tasting was done for the day, with me and CKDH, Jr, throwing around a football and frisbee. Now that we know about the excellent pedigree of the local community chorus, we’ll have to add it to our list of potential “things to do” whenever we’re in town.
Go Mom! I wish I had a blog to brag about her.
Just saw this….spouse and I spent much of our honeymoon in Healdsburg…Madrona Manor…just a skip away from Hop Kiln if I remember right. My mom is an accompanist, we should get them together….
Definitely.
Hop Kiln is da bomb. They have a great 100-year-old vine Zinfandel.
What a great Mom!
Talked to her last night. The Christmas shows are going well. She’s done two so far, with three more to go.