Monday, January 07, 2008
Icestock 2008
I don't think I've mentioned in previous entries the band I've been singing with this season. When I first got on station, I knew I wanted to sing in a band but it seemed everyone already had someone else in mind. Finally there was a band looking for a female vocalist as their's decided not to sing with the band this year. I started practicing with the group in early November, and we had two main shows we wanted to play for: Icestock and the Waste Barn Party. Both events are two of the mostly highly anticipated parties of the season. The Waste Barn Party is yet to come... more about that in a couple weeks. Icestock, however, was held on the 30th of December. It has to be on one of the two days we get off for New Year's. This year we had either Sunday or Monday off, meaning we had to be back to work on the 1st, so Icestock was a Sunday event. Along with Icestock also goes the Chili Cook-off. Last year, some of you might remember that I was an integral part of Team Nick for the cook-off. This year, I was focused on the music... a nice change. An assortment of pictures from the day's events...Anyone singing at Icestock was asked to come early in the morning to cheer on the solo and early group acts. I decided to be as colorful as possible... this is me wearing a selection of knits.
My friend Brian Nelson had asked me a few weeks prior if I'd be interested in singing "The Girl from Ipanema" with him at Icestock. He didn't want to sing the Portuguese part, so our friend Bill volunteered to do it. We practiced for a total of maybe on hour on the song, but it came together really well. There was a strong sense of irony in chosing the song, especially considering the weather during the morning of Icestock. Since Bill and I both showed up in fun, bright scarves we called ourselves B. Nelson and the Scarves and stayed on stage to help with another song as well.
Then I ran inside for my "costume change" and put on this loud pink and orange wig. This is a picture of my boss Cara and I. She later convinced Dave, the Station Manager, to wear the boa for awhile.
My outfit kept accummulating throughout the day. Brian Nelson gave me these sunglasses to wear with the costume I had planned for the band's performance, but they went with the bright wig so perfectly I wore them all afternoon. This is Erin and I... I told her this picture was for her mother.
A group shot of our band in the warm-up hut. Unfortunately I can't mention the name of our band on here (it's rated PG-13 and there are little kids that read this blog), but I will refer to us as P Spill (an abbreviation). We all have stage names, so from the left you've got Poopsie Starfish, Peaches Delite, Mashed Potato, Jimmy Large (back, white wig), Tasty Crumbles (aka Ralph), and Boom Boom (me, down in front). Before the day's event, we hadn't really mentioned much about our costumes to each other. We just knew we would all show up wearing something hilarious... who knew there could be so much baby blue in one room?
During one of the songs, we have a choreographed little bit that goes "Shake your money-maker! Shake your money-maker!" over and over. While we sing, we shake our booties back and forth. Thanks to Brian Nelson for this and the next two full stage photos!
Some of our fancy foot-work for "Get Up!" by Rick James. This is how we start the song and end it.
"And they were dancing and singing and moving to the groovin'!" We were all so energized on stage that we couldn't help from jumping during the chorus to "Play That Funky Music White Boy!"
On our first day back to work after Icestock, Brian Nelson sent me this next picture and titled it, "Look Mom, I'm a ROCKSTAR!" What a great pic this is, but I have no idea what I was doing!
After we finished our 30-minute set (there were a ton of bands - see the sign in the back of this picture), I ran into my friend Emily. She told me that I was an amazing singer and she wanted to have my babies. It just so happened that my good friend Bill was standing on the other side of me, and he had already asked to have my babies the week before when I had sung at a party at the BFC. I told Emily she was going to have to fight it out with Bill. Joolee (Bill's girlfriend) jumped in the background just as I snapped this photo.
I finished my day at Icestock up by dancing to the last band with my buddies Justin, Erin, Nick, and pretty much anyone else I managed to dance around with. It was a super fun day, and I already cannot wait for next year's Icestock!
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Did you mean Dec. 30? 'Cause it says Jan. 30 on your blog. Sorry, can't help editing. I have a problem.
Jessi
that looks AWESOME! and you're so damn cute, it hurts :)
youre awesome.
Purty lady. Have fun fun lady.