New Year's Eve 2006
First of all - Happy New Year to everyone! Next, The Pride wrapped up the year in style with a New Year's Eve gig at the Chateau Bromont. Now that was the way to sign off on 2006 and welcome in 2007. After installing the gear and doing the soundcheck Brian and Kevin even went for a soak in one of the outdoor hot tubs. A quick bite of supper and then we were all business. The business of having fun of course.
We played a couple of sets during the guests' supper, each starting with Kevin, sax player Sam Berniker and I doing some instrumental material before Samara and Brian took the stage to sing. We knew right away that people were looking forward to a night of dancing as many were on the dance floor even during supper.
Finally, at 10:30 PM we took the stage for the dancing part of the evening. The crowd was as excited and as energetic as we had hoped and we weren't 16 bars into the first song before the dance floor was packed. It stayed that way through the rest of the party. I made sure to vary up the styles regularly giving everyone in the audience, which ranged in age from little kids to seniors, something they could really dance to. We played for over an hour then took a short break - just time enough for us to change outfits - and returned for the second set at 10 minutes to midnight. We played a couple of songs then started the countdown to the new year. As the last second of 2006 ticked away there was joyful pandemonium throughout the hall. We began to sing Auld Lang Syne and the response from the crowd was thunderous as they sang along, easily drowning us out. The party didn't stop there and then, however, as we continued to pour on the music, driving the energy level through the roof. At last we ended the party at 1:10 AM, leaving the party-goers and ourselves completely exhausted.
This was our first event at the Chateau Bromont as well as our first with the agency that booked us there. After the peformance we gave, and judging from the comments and congratulations we received, it won't be the last. Next up for The Pride are more corporate-type shows early in the new year, January 6th being the first of them. We're particularly looking forward to two gigs in February. On the 7th we perform as a 6 piece band in the Grand Ballroom at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal and on the 22nd the 4 piece heads up to Pointe-au-Pic to perform at the Manoir Richelieu. Right from the start 2007 looks like it will be a very good year for The Pride. To wrap up this post I will mention that I have uploaded photos of the New Year's Eve party to the web site. Go to www.theprideband.com/pics.html and click on the 2nd gallery of pics from our holiday season, 2006. The last 5 rows are of that night's festivities. Enjoy!
Marc C.
We played a couple of sets during the guests' supper, each starting with Kevin, sax player Sam Berniker and I doing some instrumental material before Samara and Brian took the stage to sing. We knew right away that people were looking forward to a night of dancing as many were on the dance floor even during supper.
Finally, at 10:30 PM we took the stage for the dancing part of the evening. The crowd was as excited and as energetic as we had hoped and we weren't 16 bars into the first song before the dance floor was packed. It stayed that way through the rest of the party. I made sure to vary up the styles regularly giving everyone in the audience, which ranged in age from little kids to seniors, something they could really dance to. We played for over an hour then took a short break - just time enough for us to change outfits - and returned for the second set at 10 minutes to midnight. We played a couple of songs then started the countdown to the new year. As the last second of 2006 ticked away there was joyful pandemonium throughout the hall. We began to sing Auld Lang Syne and the response from the crowd was thunderous as they sang along, easily drowning us out. The party didn't stop there and then, however, as we continued to pour on the music, driving the energy level through the roof. At last we ended the party at 1:10 AM, leaving the party-goers and ourselves completely exhausted.
This was our first event at the Chateau Bromont as well as our first with the agency that booked us there. After the peformance we gave, and judging from the comments and congratulations we received, it won't be the last. Next up for The Pride are more corporate-type shows early in the new year, January 6th being the first of them. We're particularly looking forward to two gigs in February. On the 7th we perform as a 6 piece band in the Grand Ballroom at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal and on the 22nd the 4 piece heads up to Pointe-au-Pic to perform at the Manoir Richelieu. Right from the start 2007 looks like it will be a very good year for The Pride. To wrap up this post I will mention that I have uploaded photos of the New Year's Eve party to the web site. Go to www.theprideband.com/pics.html and click on the 2nd gallery of pics from our holiday season, 2006. The last 5 rows are of that night's festivities. Enjoy!
Marc C.
posted by The Pride at 6:45 PM
