A few weeks ago some of my old-time buddies from the band Skywind came together after several years apart, for the sole purpose of playing at a Benefit for a very sick little baby girl named Charlotte. Charlotte is the daughter of the lead singer, Wally, and was diagnosed with a mass around her liver that kept her in the hospital for nearly 4 months (out of the six since she has been born). Read Charlotte’s story on Caringbridge.
Back in the day (1997-2003) Skywind was an immensely popular rock band made up of guys from my HS. Rich, the drummer, is one of my man’s Bffs.
I didn’t take many photos that night because I was busy rockin out next to the stage (with Ang and Steve)but I took several videos at the show…. find them at the bottom of this post. Apparently there were tons of people we went to HS with at this show but I didn’t see many of them because I was rockin out. I did see a couple fo people that I never in a million years would have thought would be at the show…. check this out: Just before Skywind comes on I am up in front of the stage and a short person moves next to me. I look down and see these big brown eyes looking up at me…”Ms. Sauer, is that YOU?” OMG, it was one of my students (a second grader) who was there with her sister (6th grade) and her mom. I was like, “what are you guys doing here?” “We know Wally, our mom works with him!” They were there to support Charlotte and it was an all-ages show. Small freakin world. Thank the lord I wasn’t shitfaced or anything. I can’t go anywhere without watching my back!!
Here are the few photos I got of the evening (after the show):
Tanya, Dana, Me and Jamie
Richie and Angel
Colleen and Matty (who loves to make goofy faces in pics and annoy his wifey)
Amy, Raylene, Cassie and Me
Make sure to let the videos stream all the way before you play any of them ;)
Before Skywind played, Wally brought his oldest daughter (Josie) up on stage to play a song together
Here is an OLD song from Skywind, one of their first from the first album
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