HUNTINGTON LIGHTHOUSE MUSIC FEST 08 PART 1

The Huntington Lighthouse Music Fest 2008 got off to a rough start this Labor Day with a sudden and very unexpected rainout of the scheduled Saturday show. The The Huntington Lighthouse Music Fest 2008 got off to a rough start this Labor Day with a sudden and very unexpected rainout of the scheduled Saturday show. The Lighthouse Committee volunteers, and concert crew from HDH Davidson, after spending Friday ferrying out the huge sound system, all arrived at Gold Star Battalion Beach at 6am to wait for the rain to stop. However, by 8am it became obvious that this rain was not going to let up and the date was rescheduled for the following day, Sunday. Word spread throughout the North Shore boating community like wildfire and with much juggling and magic, the entire festival with 6 of the areas busiest bands was on for Sunday. Everyone arrived at the dock to a beautiful sunrise and the promise of perfect boating weather. By 10 the Lighthouse was alive with sound and video crews, volunteers setting up tents, running power lines and firing up generators. The Pirates arrived with sabers rattling and guns blazing, ready to Wreak havoc on the unsuspecting boaters, all in the name of good wet fun and fundraising .for the beloved Lighthouse. After a bell toll to honor the passing of Lighthouse Committee members and a few brief words from the local politicians, the festival was off to a dancing, rocking good time with the calypso sounds of The TOCO Band playing authentic Island Soca Music that had the hundreds of early arrivals blowing their horns in approval. Overhead, vintage WWII
planes from the Warbirds Of Long Island roared by to the whoops and hollers from the excited crowd. Next up was the local legend WILLIE STEELE playing a set of boogie woogie , blues and swing to further set the musical mood for the day. Next up, BLACKLIGHT, featuring concert promoter Donald Davidson brought the crowd back to the San Francisco 60s with their blend of psychedelic classics, followed by the hot set of classic rock by veteran rockers CRISIS. By late afternoon , the bay was packed with over a thousand boats full of delighted sailors and music lovers and no one had any plans of leaving till the last note was played. The 70s and 80s classics were belted out next by SOUTH OF SUNRISE who delivered on of the most diverse sets of the day with leader Pauls High voice soaring across the water, backed by a very tight trio of rocking party pros. Last but definitely not least was BEHIND CLOSED DOORS. An amazing 10 piece R&B, swing and blues band with a great combo of male and female lead singers and a smoking hot horn section. They rocked as the sun set and finally, reluctantly, the bay full of boats waved goodbye, weighed anchor and set sail for home, already marking Labor day 2009 on their calendars for next years Huntington Lighthouse Music, Fest which will feature One if by land, two if by sea. Twin shows both on the water at the lighthouse and at a Huntington location to be announced
Well see ya all there, keep on rocking.

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Music

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• HUNTINGTON
• LIGHTHOUSE
• MUSIC
• FEST
• WAR
• BIRDS
• SOUTH
• OF
• SUNRISE
• CRISIS
• BLACKLIGH
• HDH
• DAVIDSON
• BEHIND
• CLOSED
• DOORS
• WILLIE
• STE