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First time on stage with my band Christina Five

March 30th, 2008

After a rather impressing Rolling Stones concert in Budapest during the summer of 2007, me and four friends decided to start a band ourselves as well. Not with the ambition to become as good as The Rolling Stones of course, yet we felt like it would be fun to practice every now and then and have some beers afterwards. I mean, every guy should at least play in a sports team or a band, we have chosen the latter. The band is named after a boat we used to party on, the Christina (Five).

We're ready to rock with our sle...Now, six months later, we were offered the opportunity to play on an open stage in the Verkadefabriek (old chocolate factory in Zaandam). We couldn’t think of a reason not to. It’s all about fun after all. And the crowd would mainly consist of friends, so the quality of the music wouldn’t be all that important. And so it happened. After three hours of jazz, we were called to the stage. As you can imagine, we were pretty frustrated by that time. Which is good, if you’re in a rock band.

So watch the video to see the manic performance of Jerry Houtman (key-guitar), Ridzert Beetstra (bass), Peter Evers (drums), Sander Ritman (guitar) and me (singer front man):

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2 Responses to “First time on stage with my band Christina Five”

  1. Jerry Says:

    Rock on Ernst! I have to correct you though: it’s officiously called a keytar ;)

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