By Town Crier Staff Report

Foothill College hosts this weekend’s Northern California Songwriters Association’s “Creation: Craft: Connection.” More than 400 songwriters, performers and music industry professionals are expected to attend.

Professional songwriters will present classes, screenings and open forums Saturday and Sunday. They will focus on how to write and promote winning songs and break into the industry.

Guests include Doug Johnson, former head of Giant and Epic Records, who has produced some of Nashville’s best; Randy Bishop, a songwriter who has more than 180 cuts spanning the decades from Vanilla Fudge to Toby Keith; plus Bay Area songwriter Steve Seskin, co-writer of “Grown Men Don’t Cry.”

On both evenings there will be a concert where veterans of the business and the Bay Area’s best newcomers will perform their own songs.

The conference is open to the public. Nonmembers may register for $195 for one day, $295 for two days. Members may sign up for one day at $175 or $245 for both days.

For more information, call Ian Crombie at 654-3966.