Singing and strumming outdoors, let the summer fun begin!

 

So the summer starts off with a few outdoor sing strums and I thought I'd share some photos and videos to get us excited about what is to come! Don't forget to get out there and support all those live music events!
Thanks as always to the lovely people who ask me to come add music to their event! 

The photo above is from the Heron Hospice Society annual walk at Patterson park! I filled in for Brian and Chris from All the Kings Men who's band member thankfully had a scheduled surgery moved forward and they jumped on the opportunity to get it done and found me last minute. 



This was at May Days in Ladner. I sang Anne Murray Songs which was a real treat and I was surprisingly nervous. Most likely because I had only ever sang Anne for seniors before who are admittedly generally sleeping. ;) 

And finally,  the below video was at Crescent Beach Marina, 

which new ownership took over and they wanted to throw a welcome party!


What a beautiful place~

Tonight I will be playing the Hilton downtown Vancouver in Hendricks and next week back at Lulu windery June 6th for Happy Hour! 


Finally if you like the awesome Pickleball Dragonfly top (secret pickleball pattern) I'm wearing in the first photo go check out my Pickleball ARTwear blog HERE to see where I got it! 


Catch up with ya later! 

a Mighty night for music!

I had the great pleasure of working with some incredibly talented people last week and I invite you to read all about it  in this wonderful article by the North Shore News.

My most heartfelt thanks to Jeff Neill, Saffron Henderson and Sara Ramsay for joining forces with me to make this  music magic for  this great event!!  It was an honour and a privilge! 

Kudo's to Chris Trygg and all the incredibly talented musicians who gathered to share their support! It was truly an epic night but don't just take my word for it, please see links to more band videos below!!

                      Many thanks to Mick Dalla Vee for capturing, editing and playing in these videos!

BANG!, One Way Or Another

                                                                          Free Ride
                                                                   This Flight Tonight

Shakey Ground

Shook me/ All Right Now

photography @justjash

  HUGE  Thank you's  also go out to the ROXY Vancouver for providing a wonderful venue, as well as to Tom Lee Music for your wonderful backline!

Gigging with HitZone at the fabulous Commodore Ballroom

The last time I was at the Commodore I was backstage shooting video of Loverboy for Kelly and Rach's All Access Pass. Last weekend I was fortunate enough to not just be backstage, but onstage.

And oh what a stage,  it was magnificent....I felt free as a bird!

The Commodore Ballroom. It's a legendary venue and many of the greatest bands and musical acts ever to pass through Vancouver have performed there over the years. Getting the opportunity to perform up on that stage is something of a massive thrill, not to mention a complete cakewalk as the staff and sound technicians at the Commodore treated us like gold.

So, I thought I would share some of my behind the scenes iPhone pictures from last weekend as my band HitZone played at the Commodore for a corporate event. I only took pics at soundcheck, but some of the band members took some live shots which I thought I would share also!

At sound check, I walked into the beautifully set up venue... Wow! It already felt like a party.

Russell Marsland, guitar genius and soul man getting his tones and sound set up during sound check.

Shawn Soucy, dialing in his monitor sounds so he can drive the bus with his solid, funky, outstanding beats and rhythms.

Billy Mendoza, grooving, driving the bus with Shawn and keeping the low notes .

Tom "check, check, hook me up with a wireless cause I'll probably jump into the crowd and party with the dancers"  Arntzen.

Outstanding horn players Bill Abbott and John Korsrud joined us for the night!  (Sorry John I only had this shot where your back is turned...)

And then, we took to the stage.....and oh what a night!

I love my job, so much!

Just thought I'd share a little peek with you all!

Happy Holidays everyone!

Hugs, Rach!