Music INSIGHT
Beach Party Cares
By Ben Nunnally
featured band
“This is probably the best show we’ve ever had” .
Trace William Cowen, Matt Blaskowski and Caed Turner of the band Beach Party (!) sit with guitars and a microphone, ready to play an acoustic set to what may be the most raucous crowd they’ve ever seen. They’ve just released their newest album, Vestavia, and the audience is ready to hear Beach Party’s signature pop-punk sound.
The audience mills around the pit area in front of the band, jumping, shouting, ready for a good time. But then it’s time to start the show: the crowd members are subdued by their mommies. They’re all preschoolers. “The pit” may have been an exaggeration. It’s really the floor of the Ayers Room at the Anniston Public Library. Beach Party (!) is here to read to the kids for Tuesday Storytime. According to Head of Youth Services Kim Westerbrook, Beach Party (!) were perfect for delivering this week’s musical theme to the kids.
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September 2013
INSIGHT