More ballet - Clara's Dream

Well I've been ignoring my "All in Six Days" blog and need to speed some time with it. Many people are looking for the pictures from the Cayman Islands. I will be posting more of the ballet pictures but I'm going to move my focus. I hope you are enjoying these pictures as much as I am. Here is my wish for all to have a Merry Christmas!

Greater Dover Dance Theatre - cont.

Those that are familiar with the two performances will recognize that the pictures are not in a particular order.

A New Venue - Ballet

On Sunday, December 5, 2009, the Greater Dover Dance Theatre presented performances of "Clara's Dream" and "The Christmas Gift" at Dover High School in Dover, PA. It was an enjoyable event and an opportunity to shoot low light no flash photography. Bumping my ISO more than I would like inorder to shoot a faster shutter helped me stop the action reducing blur. This resulted in more keepers, except when I mixed my memory cards in the dark during the performance and shot over top 200 or more pictures. If you can imagine how I felt when I got home and couldn't find the pictures I know I had shot. It was and still is an empty feeling in my stomach. I still don't know how I did it. But, life goes on and I have nearly 700 other pictures, with a gap in the middle of the event. Obviously, I'm not going to post them all but I'd like to leave everyone with a flavor of the performances. So the next series of posts here at Bob's Kitchen Sink will be from that afternoon. Hope you enjoy!

More Raindogs

This is the last that I'm going to post of the Raindogs even though I shot over 600 pictures between the two sets I attended. At the time of this post, I don't think the band has a web page or its own myspace page. If your interested in checking them out or finding more info, you can contact some of its members through the web page for the John Grecia band found in the previous post. There you can also listen to some of their, the Grecia Band's, music. Any updates or corrections in these posts will be corrected as they are made known.
I have sports and ballet pics to post so will be moving on. Also, I have images from Hershey Park's Candylane taken on its opening weekend to upload. Til then...

More of the Raindogs at Hershey Park

The "Raindogs" play a variety of Rock/ Pop/ Progressive music. Some of the members are from the group "The John Grecia Band" who have been playing together since 2005 and maybe earlier. The Raindogs have added a brass section which grows the band's size significantly. My guess for the best way to contact the band is through the my-space site for the John Grecia Band at www.myspace.com/johngreciaband .

The Raindogs at Hershey Park Amphitheater

Having a season's pass to Hershey Park entitles us to the entertainment in the amphitheater. All season long they have groups in to entertain park goers. Different genres are represented to satisfy the various music tastes. From week to week groups with notoriety to those seeking more than a regional interest take the stage playing two to three sets in an afternoon. Some of the groups return nearly annually while others are newcomers to the Hershey Park stage. And some have performed only to go on to bigger stages and larger venues.

One of the groups that performed toward the end of the season, 9/13/2009, The Raindogs are pictured below and in the next few posts.

Finishing Up Asia Featuring John Payne - John Payne

Its been a time consuming affair wading through the numerous pictures that were shot, processing them, then posting them. It was my intent to give each member of the band even coverage. I think I accomplished my goal. There are other groups that were at the American Music Fest that will eventually be featured later. The next posts I want to shift focus and work on some other events.
As for Asia, I wish all the best to John and the group. According to the band's site, they are due out with a new album late this fall. Again to contact them, go to http://www.theasiaband.com/ .

John Payne - Asia Featuring John Payne

We now feature the frontman for the band since 1992, John Payne. It has taken some time to get through the whole band but the task is nearly complete. John does vocals and plays bass. I would list his web site just as I have with the other members, but when it is visited, it is under construction since Dec. of '08. So I'll just post the band's site where a brief biography can be found and any contact can be made through it (http://www.theasiaband.com/).

More of Jay Schellen at the American Music Fest

Once again, the American Music Fest in Harrisburg, PA, was held the July 4th weekend of
2009. Asia band featuring John Payne was the closing band for the weekend. These pictures conclude the focus on the drummer for the band, Jay Schellen. More can be learned about him by visiting his site at http://www.jayschellen.com/ or the bands site at http://www.theasiaband.com/. The final member of the group John Payne will be the focus of the next posts.

Jay Schellen - Drummer for Asia featuring John Payne

Now we have the drummer, Jay Schellen, for the band, Asia featuring John Payne. According to his bio, he joined the band in 2005. As with the other members of the band, Jay also has quite a resume'. Jay has his own web site where more can be discovered about him. (http://www.jayschellen.com/)