Saturday 14JUL2007                           Click here to listen to a selection from this evening's performance

Beach Time in San Sebastian, Spain!   This evening's performances are in the town square.  Followed by dinner at the Cider House!

                      


Dear Family, Friends, and Random people who read the Etiwanda web site,

    Well this trip has been one for the record books so far. Many memories have been instilled in my mind that will be impossible to forget. One memory that will stay with me forever is the concert I attended which featured the one and only, internationally known hip hop/ rock group, the BEASTIE BOYS!!!!! It started off with the usual opening acts that did nothing to get the crowd pumped up for the Beastie Boys. Right when the Beastie Boys played their first note, the crowd exploded into a giant mosh pit of doom. Everybody went crazy. During the first 2 minutes of the show a fight almost broke out right in front of my group and me, but the security guards broke it up. Since it was very hot in the concert hall, many guys took their shirts off and decided to share their sweat with everyone. Other than that the concert was pretty awesome. The Beastie Boys sounded great and everybody had a great time. That pretty much sums up the concert. Well we just arrived in San Sebastian and I am very excited to go to the beach and hang out with my friends. Even though it took 9 hours to get here I still have enough energy to go swim and soak in the Spanish culture. Well that is it for this journal entry hope everyone is having a great summer in So Cal. Peace Out!!!!!!!!

Matthew Padilla

                        
   

Hello Loved ones and Friends,

 This is the wonderful, most infamous member of the band, Kameron Hollis. Only kidding. Well since we left America, I have talked to my mother and my voicemail only. It’s a little depressing not being able to use my phone to talk, and of course not texting hurts the most. So far all of our performances have been great. The European love to shout for encores, which have been really humbling. I have never experienced that before, it really is a privilege and honor. As far as the girls, lets just say if they spoke English I would be elated. I do miss sleeping in a bed, because all of our sleeping gets done on the bus. Which is not very comfortable by the way. But our bus driver Renee’ makes it better. He is the best bus driver the band has had. I’m even considering hiring him when I head out for my world tour.
The showers have been a task because of the hard work that each individual puts in to fit into the tub. It’s like Shaq trying to take a shower in Gary Coleman’s tub. IT JUST DOESN’T WORK! All the hotel rooms have been very nice, just a little more compact than American hotel rooms. The funny thing about the Europeans is that mostly all of them speak English. Which is wonderful because 90% of the band only can say about six phrases in French.
While in Montreux, it rained everyday. Which got old after the second day we were there. Luckily the Etiwanda band is strong and fierce and will play in rain, sleet, or snow. We came close a couple of times to having to cancel some performances because of the rain being so heavy. Also, I strongly encourage all the parents to take their child to the Doctor for just a minor check-up. Because we have inhaled so much cigarette smoke that I know that my lungs have aged already. Besides that, the festival was incredible. I saw Chic Corea and Pat Metheny in concert. For those who do not know who they are…GOOGLE THEM. I can’t wait to play Spain and go to the beach.

Well that’s it for me. Bye!


Kameron A. Hollis

P.S. Hello to my Family, Jeff, Tiki, Britney, Tymeless Music, UPS Music, Jensine, my Koinonia family, The Jackson’s, and the “Loved Ones”.