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Friday, October 20, 2006

Popfest! New England - Sunday afternoon

Sunday was quite a hectic day, as there was an early show at The Elevens and we had to pick up Secret Shine at the train station. We hadn’t heard from them at all, so we were quite nervous. We didn't sleep well worrying and the next morning we woke up somewhat early. I found their phone number in England and left them a message – I figured that it was their cell phone number. Luckily one of them sent me a text message to let us know that they were arriving in Stratford, CT at about 11am. William went to go pick them up in our rental mini-van while I made sure there were enough places for everyone to sleep.

They arrived back at about 11:45am and we gave everyone tea and coffee. They were all tired, but at least we had a few moments to relax in the living room before heading out. Secret Shine is Scott, Dean, Jamie, Katherine and their new drummer, Ritchie. Also along for the ride was Rob. We had a chance to listen to our second sneak preview of an upcoming release, this time Secret Shine’s next EP, “Beyond, Sea and Sky.” It sounded great. Although I was in the other room, I heard string arrangements in the background!

The early show started at 4pm, so we left at about 2:30pm. It was a beautiful day and we had a lovely ride through New England on our way to Northampton. Katherine came with Chris Mac and I in the Volvo and “the guys” went with William. We didn’t really talk about much, we just enjoyed the beautiful sunshine bouncing off the golden autumn leaves.

As far as the schedule goes, Sunday went perfect. The Sawtelles from CT played first. If there's one thing we can say about The Sawtelles, it's that they'll play anywhere, anyplace, anytime. Gotta love that spirit! Peter had an amazing guitar with an amazing story. I can’t remember where he got it, maybe somewhere local, like a tag sale, but the entire guitar is made out of metal and it was from the 1930s. On the back was artwork like palm trees, because the culture of Hawaii was in fashion at the time. The guitar was probably fabricated by metal workers, giving it an industrial quality, but it was really beautiful.

Polar Bear Parade were up next and we were really surprised about how great they sounded. They just found a new bass player, Marta, who represented one of the several bands at Popfest who had female bass players. The concentration of women playing bass was extraordinary, deserving its own post in the Skipping Stones Blog (Christine also being a bass player). We also used this very cute quote as Polar Bear Parade's band description:

From: Marisha Chinsky
Subject: Re: Message from San Diego Zoo Web site user to Visitor/Guest Inquiries

Please get the polar bears on the camera. The view is only water. I have not seen the bears on camera in a long time. You should consider getting the moving camera that tracks movement like the Panda Cam at the National Zoo.

Thank you,
Marisha

From: PublicRelations
To: Marisha ChinskyBR> Sent: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 13:00:29 -0800
Subject: Re: Message from San Diego Zoo Web site user to Visitor/Guest Inquiries

Thank you for your suggestion. Please understand that our cam does not cover all of the areas where the polar bears may choose to go.

Here's a pic of Polar Bear Parade:


Polar Bear Parade were followed by Panda Riot - ha ha! They were totally cute - what else can I say? Girl on vocals / keyboards, guy on guitar. We really liked Surefire Broadcast. We're not sure where Hammonton, New Jersey is, but we sure hope that we'll get invited to a pool party!!! *hint hint* All the band members supported the other bands and were really enthusiast - look at this shakin' goin' on! Lisa was also representin' on the bass.


Here's a pic of Rodney on guitar:

posted by christine  # 7:59 PM

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