4th of July was DA BOMB!

The 4th of July was pretty cool.
I found this girl on YouTube
who is an amazing singer.
Her name is Krista Nicole and
she just turned 14 and she has NEVER performed LIVE.
We contacted her dad and talked
of Krista's future over dinner.

Long story short,we put
a band together
for her consisting of
my son and Matt (the guitarist
for Squish)
and a
bassist who is Matt's friend.
Squish had a 4th of July
gig up at Longview
Washington's Go Fourth Festival
and we thought it would be
great experience for Krista to
perform on stage for a
crowd.

Krista's family came
up from Medford on the 3rd and
that was the first time the band
was able to practice
together.

The next day the band
loads up in the tour bus
and travels about 40 minutes to Lake Sacajawea.

Krista does a 30 minute set and although
she is nervous, she gives an AWESOME performance!
She starts singing and people come from nowhere
and sit in front of the stage to see this amazing talent.

It's so exciting for me because here is this girl
and her dream is to be a singer.
She has YouTube and Myspace
but to really get out there
and perform in front of a crowd
is a different thing altogether.
I feel good because
I had a hand in making this
happen for her, but I feel honored to be a part of it.