Monday, August 8, 2011

Jammin' with Joel


My husband was in a band in his late teen and early 20's.  Occasionally a friend from high school -- Joel Hoekstra -- would stop in and jam with the guys.  Joel eventually left for music school in California and for the last few years has been in the band Night Ranger.  He also toured with Trans Siberian Orchestra last Christmas and is in the Broadway production of Rock of Ages in New York City.  Last December when TSO played in Orlando we took Dave's parents to the show. I had given Dave his new DSLR camera early and he shot some awesome pictures.  Afterward we had a chance to meet and greet the band and surprise Joel.  It was great for Dave to see him and for me to meet him.  Joel later emailed Dave and promised to get together and spend more time hanging out with us the next chance that he is in the area.   He also has some of Dave's photographs on his website.  I used Frosted Designs awesome sketch #20 for this layout....you should check them out HERE....they have some awesome challenges, sketches and inspiration.

Photobucket

6 comments:

  1. Awesome LO, love the embellishments. :-)

    ReplyDelete
  2. Awesome page Sandi. The sketch was perfect for this page. Wonderful tribute.

    ReplyDelete
  3. Wonderful layout. Thanks so much for your kind comment on my blog!

    ReplyDelete
  4. WOW what an awesome story and your layout is amazing!!!! I love the TSO and so want to go see them when they come to Austin... Thanks so much for joining us over at Frosted Designs!!! Hugs!!

    ReplyDelete
  5. What a rockin' layout Sandi! So neat that he autographed the ticket for you.

    ReplyDelete
  6. Super cool layout, Sandi!! How cool that Joel autographed your ticket!

    ReplyDelete

Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...