Last weekend was blindingly hot, clear blue skies, lovely long warm weekends, the ideal time to have a BBQ party outside with a live band...
However, this is Rio 5 and the weather gods don't seem to like us very much, so we got lumbered with the weekend of 6th June to contend with the grey skies and the cold weather.
Our first outside gig of 2009, playing for Morton Stokes Ltd in Dronfield at their summer BBQ - our first corporate function, the first of many!
Again we had the time and space to set up, we got there at 2pm with the "medium-sized" sound rig (just the 2x 2KW amps) and set the show up on the back of a 24ft curtain-sided trailer, a cosy set-up really, sometimes when you see bands on the back of 40ft trailers they look a bit lost, but 24ft is just about perfect for lights, lasers, smoke and the band.
So we got the party started at about 8.30pm, shortly before the BBQ and bonfire started and the weather held off and the lucky people got to hear 2 new songs which we had only had a play through at the last practice, namely "I'm Still Standing" by Elton John and "Handbags & Gladrags" by The Stereophonics, both of which went very well. That's something like 8 new songs since the start of the year - with more to come.
With plenty in the pipeline and Christmas coming, things are looking good for Rio 5
Until next time, and there will be a next time
Rio 5!
However, this is Rio 5 and the weather gods don't seem to like us very much, so we got lumbered with the weekend of 6th June to contend with the grey skies and the cold weather.
Our first outside gig of 2009, playing for Morton Stokes Ltd in Dronfield at their summer BBQ - our first corporate function, the first of many!
Again we had the time and space to set up, we got there at 2pm with the "medium-sized" sound rig (just the 2x 2KW amps) and set the show up on the back of a 24ft curtain-sided trailer, a cosy set-up really, sometimes when you see bands on the back of 40ft trailers they look a bit lost, but 24ft is just about perfect for lights, lasers, smoke and the band.
So we got the party started at about 8.30pm, shortly before the BBQ and bonfire started and the weather held off and the lucky people got to hear 2 new songs which we had only had a play through at the last practice, namely "I'm Still Standing" by Elton John and "Handbags & Gladrags" by The Stereophonics, both of which went very well. That's something like 8 new songs since the start of the year - with more to come.
With plenty in the pipeline and Christmas coming, things are looking good for Rio 5
Until next time, and there will be a next time
Rio 5!
