Upcoming Decade Night Events

 

Rock 'N' Winds '70s Night

When: June 16, 2012; Acoustic Tailgate BBQ Party @5pm; '70s Night Show @7pm
Where:  Ukrainian American Cultural Center, Whippany, NJ
Click HERE for Driving Directions

Video - Blink 182 Bassist Mark Hoppus: Bassists Look Too Bored

Hey, bass players.  Yeah, you guys.  Watch the video below of Blink 182 bassist Mark Hoppus lead a room full of bassists in the fine art of not looking bored while playing on stage.  Big thanks for Funny Or Die for existing so we can see stuff like this.  Big thanks to YouChoose Band bassist Steve Stetler, who's not bored looking on stage, for existing so he can bring this to our attention.  Note: Bad words are in this.

Your YouChoose Song Of The Day: "Heaven Knows"

After looking through a list of Donna Summer songs, this one just seemed like the appropriate one.  RIP Donna.  While there are still hordes of people who think Disco was the worst type of music ever to come out of a pair of stereo speakers (ironic if these people like Smooth Jazz), you and your music was loved by millions all around the world.  And listening back, there are some great songs.  Looking forward to the concert when we see you in heaven.

Always Best Care: We Are Family

We learned something recently during a discussion with Wendy Long.  She and her brother, Robert, run the Northern NJ franchise of Always Best Care Senior Services.  We'd always spoken about the "senior services" part when they were a sponsor of CUMAC '80s Night 2.0.  But Wendy said something interesting.  Always Best Care can also provide child care services.  In other words, they can take care of your whole family.  Hence, your YouChoose Song of the Day by Sister Sledge.

The Stars & Sponsors Aligning For Rock 'N' Winds '70s Night

Things are humming along for Rock 'N' Winds '70s Night, which will feature The Hanover Wind Symphony and your YouChoose Band on June 16th in Whippany.  Song requests?  Check.  Really good song requests?  Check.  Sponsors?  Check.  Rehearsal dates & sound set?  Check.  BBQ for our Acoustic Tailgate BBQ Party?  Check.  Both shoes are on our feet, so there's no waiting for one of them to drop.  We're charging full-speed ahead for YOU!

1979- Three Mile Island, No Nukes & Dan Fogelberg

In the early morning hours of March 28, 1979, the worst accident in U.S. commercial nuclear power plant history began at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania.  Over the resulting days, radioactive gas was released into the air and 40,000 gallons of radioactive waste water was released into the Susquehanna River.  Some say a country's energy policy was changed forever that day.  Maybe it was.  But more than regulations and fear resulted from this accident.

Your YouChoose Song Of The Day: "Old Man"

Here's Neil Young's great song from '71, "Old Man."  Guess what?  We're doing it at Rock 'N' Winds '70s Night.  Even better - it's one of the combined Hanover Wind Symphony/YouChoose Band songs.  You've got to come and check it out.  We can't wait to hear it ourselves!

Kurt Zimmerman - The Horn's Dylan

You may know this already.  In case you don't, Bob Dylan's real name/original name/birth name isn't Bob Dylan.  It's Robert Zimmerman.  And the former Mr. Zimmerman changed the music world with his lyrics, his style, his willingness to be different.  Your YouChoose Band has its own Dylan.  His name is Kurt Zimmerman.  And he plays trumpet.  If you want, you can call him Kurt Dylan.  Or just Dylan.  He won't answer to it.  He may smile just the same.

"Well," you start to say before finishing, "what does your 'Dylan' do?"

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