Val Fowler has been a member of Golden Link since 1993, after moving here from Denton, Texas in 1990. He served as GL President in 1995/1996 (which included the 25th Anniversary of GL. Following Vern Lindberg's 6-year tenure as president, Val served for 6 years, which encompassed the Peter Yarrow concert, the Judy Collins concert and GL's 50th Anniversary. He served for 4 years as Artistic Director for the Turtle Hill Festival, encompassing the two COVID virtual festivals. A "song finder," Val loves to find, learn, arrange, and perform songs, on the theory that, "If I don't find 'em and perform them, people will likely not hear them." This set will include at least three "new discoveries." Val credits Golden Link as the catalyst for everything he currently can do, playing and singing. "And I was greatly blessed that all my guitar playing friends in college and grad school were finger pickers."
Bonnie Abrams and Allen Hopkins have enjoyed a 30 year plus musical partnership. It was probably close to that long ago when they did their first Golden Link member showcase concert! Bonnie and Allen have done numerous workshops at The Turtle Hill Folk Festival through the years. They perform Bonnie's original songs, traditional & contemporary folk and Yiddish songs. Bonnie has 5 CDs on the Dynamic Label and Allen, on his many instruments, has been featured on all of them. The duo performed for the opening of the Lifespan luncheon featuring Judy Collins that was held on March 28th, 2024.