There’s nothing better than escaping a cold Northeast winter for some FL sunshine… except maybe escaping Canada for Florida sunshine. I got to do just that and play a few shows with Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Dave Mason of Traffic a few weeks ago. We toured St. Petersburg, Jacksonville and the Daytona area playing music and raising money and support for Work Vessels for Veterans www.WorkVesselsForVeterans.org.
Griffin and I started driving down Tuesday afternoon after a show in Bucks County, PA and we made it there just after a hurricane left on Wednesday morning at about 9:30 AM by this…
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It was veterans day and Dave performed a great show with all proceeds going to Work Vessels!
Here’s a photo I took of him and the band performing from backstage through a flag…
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And one of my performance...
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I had one of my NACA showcases back in CT in the middle of all the dates so I had to fly back to CT and I actually ran into my College President from UMiami, Donna Shalala in the Philadelphia Airport – small world! I gave her a CD and a few days later she emailed me to say it sounded great. Really sweet woman and an awesome role model, she is one of the reasons I’m proud to be a Hurricane!! (sorry I didn’t get down to South Florida everyone!)
The showcase went well and I flew back from CT to Jacksonville (Gator country I know!) and got to perform at this beautiful outdoor venue called The Jacksonville Landing with Dave.
Here’s some photos from the view behind the stage and of me performing…
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There are more photos from that event by photographer Craig O'Neal in the live photos section my website.
I met some really awesome people at the show and one fan actually had me sign his head! That was the first time I’ve signed a head before, here’s photos of that in progress!!
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The next day we were down at the White Eagle Lounge in Korona, FL. They had a huge event set up with lots of performers, vendors and support going out to the veterans from all of us. It was a great crowd with some really fun moments on stage and walking around my first biker rally! I met a sweet artist who hand makes these beautiful candles and gave each of us one. It made our car smell sooo good on the way home I really don’t want to burn it just yet!!
Here’s photos of me performing...
and the Work Vessels for Veterans booth…
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We had two beautiful shirts donated for the raffle by Alpine Stars www.AlpineStars.com that you can see in the picture. They outfitted me for the tour and I am so lucky because they are the most comfy but still stylish shirts and jackets, definitely check them out with the holidays coming up. They have a cool mens line too!
Here’s a pic of my in my Alpine Stars Jacket and top in Jacksonville…
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Thanks for reading! I hope you guys enjoyed hearing about all the different parts of my tour as much as I enjoyed being on it, having lots of different experiences and meeting all of you!
Natalie
Griffin and I started driving down Tuesday afternoon after a show in Bucks County, PA and we made it there just after a hurricane left on Wednesday morning at about 9:30 AM by this…
![](http://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/56933/3ab3c601de0d1b7983a8c3a423b2c7f507da0f63/medium/p1050320.jpg?1390859919)
It was veterans day and Dave performed a great show with all proceeds going to Work Vessels!
Here’s a photo I took of him and the band performing from backstage through a flag…
![](http://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/56933/095081ca13cbd1db3b7b2a6629fd3e5aa4aa8db0/medium/qry.jpg?1390859880)
And one of my performance...
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I had one of my NACA showcases back in CT in the middle of all the dates so I had to fly back to CT and I actually ran into my College President from UMiami, Donna Shalala in the Philadelphia Airport – small world! I gave her a CD and a few days later she emailed me to say it sounded great. Really sweet woman and an awesome role model, she is one of the reasons I’m proud to be a Hurricane!! (sorry I didn’t get down to South Florida everyone!)
The showcase went well and I flew back from CT to Jacksonville (Gator country I know!) and got to perform at this beautiful outdoor venue called The Jacksonville Landing with Dave.
Here’s some photos from the view behind the stage and of me performing…
![](http://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/56933/26cd9b7c9ebd88a2abee03b23e10c4395ca9d01c/medium/p1050348.jpg?1390859921)
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There are more photos from that event by photographer Craig O'Neal in the live photos section my website.
I met some really awesome people at the show and one fan actually had me sign his head! That was the first time I’ve signed a head before, here’s photos of that in progress!!
![](http://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/56933/5a92b6f3c1e41efd649fb97a260a54160f676746/medium/p1050376.jpg?1390859923)
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The next day we were down at the White Eagle Lounge in Korona, FL. They had a huge event set up with lots of performers, vendors and support going out to the veterans from all of us. It was a great crowd with some really fun moments on stage and walking around my first biker rally! I met a sweet artist who hand makes these beautiful candles and gave each of us one. It made our car smell sooo good on the way home I really don’t want to burn it just yet!!
Here’s photos of me performing...
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and the Work Vessels for Veterans booth…
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We had two beautiful shirts donated for the raffle by Alpine Stars www.AlpineStars.com that you can see in the picture. They outfitted me for the tour and I am so lucky because they are the most comfy but still stylish shirts and jackets, definitely check them out with the holidays coming up. They have a cool mens line too!
Here’s a pic of my in my Alpine Stars Jacket and top in Jacksonville…
![](http://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/56933/78aba3ca61ddf1ffe598d4e5f7fb27b6721c6405/medium/p1050379.jpg?1390859924)
Thanks for reading! I hope you guys enjoyed hearing about all the different parts of my tour as much as I enjoyed being on it, having lots of different experiences and meeting all of you!
Natalie