{"id":7337,"date":"2013-11-09T18:00:17","date_gmt":"2013-11-09T23:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/?p=7337"},"modified":"2017-12-11T20:58:29","modified_gmt":"2017-12-12T01:58:29","slug":"stars-never-sleep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/?p=7337","title":{"rendered":"Stars Never Sleep"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_7338\" style=\"width: 518px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7338\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7338\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/bitw-canyon-upperdeck.jpg\" alt=\"Blowin in the Wind from the upper deck of the Canyon, DestiNY USA\" width=\"508\" height=\"386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/bitw-canyon-upperdeck.jpg 508w, https:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/bitw-canyon-upperdeck-300x227.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 508px) 100vw, 508px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-7338\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Blowin in the Wind from the upper deck of the Canyon, DestiNY USA<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Great acts are hard to follow, especially a well-loved band like Blowin&#8217; in the Wind.\u00a0 The band played a Concert in the Canyon (DestiNY USA) last week to the delight of hundreds of their fans, shoppers and visitors to the area who poured into the mall.\u00a0 The acoustics weren&#8217;t the best, but everyone seemed to have a blast. Highlights of the show included a\u00a0 salute to military personnel and Charity for Children, Inc., a magical Michael Jackson montage (led by Eric Blackwell) and a public performance of the new DestiNY USA theme song.<\/p>\n<p>Blowin&#8217; was also joined for this gig by ultra-talented Dequan Bowens (aka Killer Keys),who we&#8217;ve seen jam with many local bands over the past few years.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s great to see a hard-working band get some more exposure and build their fan base. We&#8217;re not sure who the next schedule group to play the canyon will be, but Blowin&#8217; has set a high standard.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7340\" style=\"width: 518px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7340\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7340\" title=\"Hundreds of fans poured into the DestiNY Canyon to check out the show\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/bitw-canyon-fans1.jpg\" alt=\"Hundreds of fans poured into the DestiNY Canyon to check out the show.\" width=\"508\" height=\"355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/bitw-canyon-fans1.jpg 508w, https:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/bitw-canyon-fans1-300x209.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 508px) 100vw, 508px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-7340\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Packed house.<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\">\n<div id=\"attachment_7343\" style=\"width: 412px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7343\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7343\" title=\"Nina Albino\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/bitw-canyon-auntnina.jpg\" alt=\"Nino Albino\" width=\"402\" height=\"508\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/bitw-canyon-auntnina.jpg 402w, https:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/bitw-canyon-auntnina-237x300.jpg 237w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 402px) 100vw, 402px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-7343\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nino Albino, co-founder of Charity for Children, introduced the band.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_7339\" style=\"width: 446px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7339\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7339\" title=\"Percussionist Frank Speights sings lead on a cut.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/bitw-canyon-frank.jpg\" alt=\"Percussionist Frank Speights sings lead on a cut.\" width=\"436\" height=\"324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/bitw-canyon-frank.jpg 436w, https:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/bitw-canyon-frank-300x222.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 436px) 100vw, 436px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-7339\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Percussionist Frank Spaights.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_7341\" style=\"width: 518px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7341\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7341\" title=\"Billy Harrison keeping the beat on drums\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/bitw-canyon-billydrums.jpg\" alt=\"Billy Harrison keeping the beat on drums\" width=\"508\" height=\"357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/bitw-canyon-billydrums.jpg 508w, https:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/bitw-canyon-billydrums-300x210.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 508px) 100vw, 508px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-7341\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Billy Harrison keeping the beat on drums<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_7342\" style=\"width: 518px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7342\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7342\" title=\"Kathy Blackwell and Al Cutri: Killin it at the Concert in the Canyon (DestiNY) USA\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/bitw-canyon-kathy-al2.jpg\" alt=\"Kathy Blackwell and Al Cutri: Killin it at the Concert in the Canyon (DestiNY) USA.\" width=\"508\" height=\"345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/bitw-canyon-kathy-al2.jpg 508w, https:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/bitw-canyon-kathy-al2-300x203.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 508px) 100vw, 508px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-7342\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kathy Blackwell and Al Cutri: Killin&#8217; it at the Concert in the Canyon.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_7344\" style=\"width: 518px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7344\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7344\" title=\"The band conducted a television interview after the show.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/blowin-canyonshow-wb.jpg\" alt=\"The band conducted a television interview after the show.\" width=\"508\" height=\"453\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/blowin-canyonshow-wb.jpg 508w, https:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/blowin-canyonshow-wb-300x267.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 508px) 100vw, 508px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-7344\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The band conducted a television interview after the show.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_7345\" style=\"width: 446px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7345\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7345\" title=\"Eric Blackwell did a magical montage of Michael Jackson tunes to close the show.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/bitw-canyon-eblackwell.jpg\" alt=\"Eric Blackwell did a magical montage of Michael Jackson tunes to close the show.\" width=\"436\" height=\"328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/bitw-canyon-eblackwell.jpg 436w, https:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/bitw-canyon-eblackwell-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 436px) 100vw, 436px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-7345\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eric Blackwell during the MJ\u00a0montage.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_7346\" style=\"width: 446px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7346\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7346\" title=\"Kathy Blackwell invited Children for Charity ambassador Abbey Kessler on stage.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/bitw-canyon-kathy-guest.jpg\" alt=\"Kathy Blackwell invited Children for Charity ambassador Abbey Kessler on stage.\" width=\"436\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/bitw-canyon-kathy-guest.jpg 436w, https:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/bitw-canyon-kathy-guest-300x229.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 436px) 100vw, 436px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-7346\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kathy Blackwell invited Children for Charity ambassador Abbey Kessler on stage.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Great acts are hard to follow, especially a well-loved band like Blowin&#8217; in the Wind.\u00a0 The band played a Concert in the Canyon (DestiNY USA) last week to the delight of hundreds of their fans, shoppers and visitors to the area who poured into the mall.\u00a0 The acoustics weren&#8217;t the best, but everyone seemed to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[18],"tags":[2524,3048,3362,3363,3366,1271,4385,4999,3364,1733],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7337"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7337"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7337\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24248,"href":"https:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7337\/revisions\/24248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}