PONDS and BEYOND in Knappa!

Ponds and Beyond in Knappa remote!

We had such a GREAT time. Ponds and Beyond is always such a fun place to go. Lorelei and everyone at Ponds and Beyond are down to earth and fun to work with. We took the SoBe No Fear Scooters, giving people the opportunity to spin the wheel of winning and qualify to win the scooters.

Just about everyone who spun the wheel qualified for the giveaway that day, for the following weekend at Broadway park in Seaside.

Lorelei had tons of great deals and prices for customers who came in that day. Lorelei specializes in water features, ponds and anything to do with water! At the remote, in between people coming by, we found this pink …thing… that I was dared to put on my head… so I did

No, it wasn’t a shower cap, we weren’t quite sure what it was, but it made for a good laugh and who am I to turn down a harmless dare?!

Thanks to YOU, our EAGLE listeners for coming out and to everyone at Ponds and Beyond for the GREAT time!

RYAN SHUPE and the RUBBERBAND!

What a fun group! RYAN and THE RUBBERBAND! They all came into the studio and joined me live on the EAGLE COUNTRY CAFÉ. We had nothing really planned, so it was a really fun show! We talked a bit about the group and their songs, but it turned to THE GOONIES!

Growing up in Astoria, I get a kick out of the excitement people have for the whole Goonie thing! I guess I’ve taken it for granted a bit, having lived here and being here when the movie was filmed.

I had to share the story of when I was in high school, I ended up meeting the cast, Corey Feldman, Sean Astin, Josh Brolin, Jeff Cohen and others, with some friends of mine. So, the whole time they were here, we all hung out together.


Steve Antin, (he played the jerk ‘Troy’ in the movie ) rented a car, came to my house, met my parents, and even went to the 'new fancy McDonalds. :) We all just had a great time hanging out, so it’s always funny to me when people come to town, can’t wait to see the Goonie’s house and ask all about it.

Well, Rodger Archibald of the Rubberband, started quoting lines from Goonie’s and his impersonations of the characters was hysterical. So, from music to the Goonies for an hour’s show was funny.

They found the ‘Bunny Suicide’ joke books in the studio and had a good time with that too, so the interview was just a unique experience that was very down to earth and fun.

Before the interview was over, we decided to have a contest at the concert that night. We decided to name it the "RYAN SHUPE & THE RUBBERBAND, ROCK’EM, SOCK’EM, ROBOT TOUR, TRUFFLE SHUFFLE CONTEST” If you’ve seen the Goonie’s then you know about ‘Chunk’ and the Truffle Shuffle. It’s when you lift your shirt, grab all of the excess belly you can and shake it up and down… very funny! That night we held the contest. 7 people got on stage and did the ‘truffle shuffle’ The crowd chose the winner, who got a signed CD from the Band. Wow. It was something else! We have such GREAT sports in EAGLE COUNTRY!!

The band was great and their music rocks. Jesse Cain opened for them and did a great job. Ryan and the Rubberband has a great album, Dream Big, check it out, if you haven’t already. My favorites..’Simplify’, ‘Banjo Boy’ and ‘Dream Big’.

I went to lunch with them earlier in the day and had a great lunch at THE BAKED ALASKA . Ryan’s wife was there with Ryan’s little girl, who is a doll and looks JUST like daddy.

After the show, we had more great food and service at the SCHOONER’s Twelfth St. Bistro, right next to the Liberty.
We Had another great show, with another great group of talented, fun people. RYAN SHUPE & THE RUBBERBAND! I hope they come back, they were a blast!

http://www.shupe.net/

BRYAN WHITE at the CLATSOP COUNTY FAIR!

BRYAN WHITE put on a great show at the fair this year and was genuinely a very nice person to be around. He came out with two other guys from his band who were lots of fun. Bryan played some of his older favorites and some of his new songs. Bryan was on a 6-year hiatus and is BACK! He took time off during the height of his career, to get married and have a family. People came out and were so excited to see him back on the road singing and playing here in EAGLE COUNTRY!


If you read the previous story about Jesse Cain, you know what Bryan did for Jesse to make Jesse’s dream come true. Bryan was so kind to all of us, but took extra time to spend with Jesse and when he invited Jesse to sing with him on stage, the crowd loved it. I was so impressed by Bryan. He has had hit after hit, but still remembers what it was like when he was younger and idolized Steve Wariner. He ‘passed it forward’ and made a huge difference in Jesse’s life that night, and I think also showed the crowd that dreams do come true…you just can’t ever give up. Bryan and Jesse signed autographs and took pictures with fans for at least an hour…they signed for anyone and everyone that was there and wanted one. It was great!


After the show, Jesse and I went with Bryan and the guys to FULIO’S Tuscan Steak House and Pastaria in downtown Astoria. Peter Roscoe, owner and chef, kept the restaurant open just for us and prepared us delicious meals and desserts.

Dinner was amazing. No surprise if you’ve ever eaten at Fulio’s. One of the guys, Joey, eye-spied an old piano and went over and started playing. The 5 of us stood around the piano, sang everything from Classic rock and the Judd’s, to the theme to the Jetson’s and Gilligan’s Island.

It was wild and every one of us sang, on and off key and just had a ball. When I talked to Joey a few weeks later, he said it was a highlight of their year; being at FULIO’S just messing around having fun. It definitely was a great time.

Peter, smoked his cigar, sat back and just watched us have fun. We didn’t leave until midnight and Peter was so gracious. He said got a kick out of it and enjoyed the evening. I know we all did!
www.bryanwhite.com

Another Dream Comes True! JESSI CAIN Opens for BRYAN WHITE!

More dreams come true! When Bryan White was booked to open this years CLATSOP COUNTY fair, I thought of my friend, Jesse Cain. First of all the excitement that BRYAN WHITE was coming and the excitement I knew Jesse would have when he found out! Jesse, extremely talented and kind, played with me when I opened for Joe Diffie. We became friends and the dedication and support he gave me when I was getting ready for DIFFIE, we had lots of time to chat.

I knew two of Jesse’s hero’s and biggest musical influences were Garth Brooks and Bryan White.

Jesse had already had the opportunity to sing with Garth when he was younger and got some great advice from the Super-Star, Brooks. So, when BRYAN WHITE was booked, I went to our GM, Paul and asked if it would be alright if Jesse opened for Bryan White. When he said, ’yes’ I could barely wait to call Jesse’s mom!

That night, when Jesse got home from work, his mom had me on her cell phone, which was on speakerphone, in her pocket, so I could hear.

She asked Jesse how he’d like to go see Bryan White perform and I giggled as I heard him get excited, asking where he was playing, etc…Then his mom asked, “How would you like to open for him?” Even though her phone cut out half way through his reaction, (aaaahhhh!) A few moments later Jesse was on the other end of the phone, beside himself and just in disbelief that he would be opening for his other ‘hero’. A few tears of joy were in his voice as well and I was SO happy for him.


When I interviewed Bryan before the concert, I told him about Jesse and Bryan said it was so flattering to be ‘on the other end’, because when he was a kid, Steve Wariner was his musical hero and he knew exactly what Jesse was feeling. Bryan went on to say that when he met Steve Wariner, he could barely sleep that night and later in life, when he worked with Steve, he said it was still hard to be himself and not catch himself thinking, “I am sitting here with Steve Wariner”!

The night of the show came and Bryan was incredible to Jesse. They hung out in the back trailer and the highlight for Jesse, was when Bryan asked him to come on stage and sing with him. Jesse was all smiles and did a great job. He sang with Bryan White!! I barely kept a dry eye, knowing what it feels like for dreams to come true…and I had just witnessed a huge moment in a person’s life I respect and admire.

I told our GM, Paul, “you did it again…you helped make another dream come true”. Paul being so humble and kind just brushed it off and said, “ahh, he did great..It was great.”




Jesse is going places and keep your eye on him…He will be a name you’ll hear all over the world someday. Sounds corny? Wait and see…

www.jessecain.com

BILLY DEAN a the Tillamook County Fair

BILLY DEAN!
The EAGLE gave away tickets to some of the different concerts and the Pig-N-Ford races at the Tillamook County Fair this year again. I had a great time as we ‘left the EAGLE’S Nest’ and you all took a flight on down the coast to the Billy Dean Concert with me.I saw some of you that won tickets at the concert, which is always fun and Billy put on a great show!

I took My daughter Jodi with me again and Joven, (from Joe and Joven’s Pick of the Day) came along too. After the show, Jodi and I went back and had the opportunity to meet Billy and the rest of the band. Jodi and I actually talked with the guys for quite awhile and I got an impromptu, hysterical, interview with the band….that later I found out didn’t record, because it was dark and I pushed the wrong button.

I was so mad, but now have a small flashlight hanging from my key chain. You would have all enjoyed it, but sometimes a golden egg, ends up breaking. The hazards of living in a nest!

I did find out some inside info on a member of Jason Aldean’s band….one of the guys from Billy’s band, has a brother that plays with Jason Aldean. It’s a secret now, but I’ll let it out later at the Aldean show…. Anyway, Jodi and I had a blast chatting with the band and Billy. All very talented, funny and really very nice.

After we were done visiting, Jodi, Joven and I went to the carnival at the fair and I went on the Octopus ride…alone…and probaply embarrassed myself but didn’t care!
I got on that ride, and laughed, screamed and giggled like a little kid out loud, and I’m not a quiet person!! Jodi thought it was ‘cute’, I thought she’d die before being seen with her crazy mom after I got off the ride, but she wasn’t.
The best therapy for a bad day? The Octopus ride at a carnival!!! Astoria? Let’s build a theme park!

DWIGHT YOAKAM in concert THE EAGLE'S SONJA Opens the Show

Not a lot of pictures, but we’ll may add them later…Dwight put on a great show and it was an honor to open for him at the Seaside Convention Center, in Seaside. Dwight is quite an accomplished singer, songwriter, musician and actor. The Crowd really enjoyed him.

Check out his website: www.dwightyoakam.com

As for opening for him? I remember sitting on the steps of the Seaside Convention Center, MANY years ago, imagining myself playing there at that venue someday…years later? I did! I played with Pacific Rain Factory again and of course, my husband Jerry, played as well. It really was surreal for me to be there playing and we had a ball…. Thanks again to my GM, Paul Mitchell for the opportunity. It was amazing!

TOYS for BIG BOYS! Discovery Channel's 'Boat Mom' of the famed MAVERICK, Donna Quashnick attends AND the BLAZER girls are there too!!

NNB Radio's 1st TOYS FOR BIG BOYS!!

At the SEASIDE CONVENTION CENTER..

What a great event! From Poker, to boats, fishing poles, golf clubs and accessories, hybrid cars, trucks, gadgets for this and that....car stereos and ATV's (among tons of other things) to The BLAZER GIRLS and the Discovery

Channel's, THE DEADLIEST CATCH, crew

of the MAVERICK. It was everything, fun for guys (and gals)!

NNB Radio had our booth there with the wheel of winning, giving people the opportunity to win His and Hers, SoBee NO FEAR Scooters! We gave away shirts, hats, air freshners, keychains and other great stuff! It was great to see all of you who stopped by to say hello!

The Crew of The Maverick are actually locals from Astoria and having known Donna 'Boat MOM' Quashnick, for many years, it was good to see her again! (Rick was off on a boat somewhere)
Jeff and Gretchen were doing great with life in general and selling Maverick Seafood. People at the event were able to taste fresh crab and buy it if they wanted. There was of course, a line all day, wanting Donna's ('BOAT MOM'S) Autograph. http://dsc.aol.discovery.com/fansites/deadliestcatch/bios/bios_02.html

A few of The BLAZER girls showed up and signed Blazer girl Posters, which made many of the younger boys...and some of the older ones too...very happy!

All in all it was a very succesful event and a relaxed fun day!

Thanks to everyone who came to enjoy the event and the many vendors that had booths at the event!

Pictured above: Top to Bottom:

1)Donna Quashnick & Sonja 2)Stepahanie and Tami at the NNB Radio Booth

3)Gretchen serving up crab, Gretchen, Blazer girl, Jeff, Donna, Sonja, Blazer girl

4)Poker anyone? 5) Gretchen and GM, Paul Mitchell

REGATTA PARADE! NNB has a GREAT Time!

THE REGATTA PARADE!

We had SO much fun and it was great to see our community lined up and down the streets of Astoria celebrating this yearly event.

From amazing floats, to kids and different organizations walking, or riding to the Clydesdales, it was another successful parade. NNB Radio participated this year and were so happy we did.


Our General Manager, Paul Mitchell and his wife Joyce were there along with friends. Also, there wearing a sweaty red clown nose, was our news guy Michael Desmond, his wife and his kids. Stephanie and her nephew were there with Stephanies amazing dog, Ernastine, who stands up and ‘gives you ten’! Tom Freel was on main street, broadcasting and my daughter Jodi and I rode the "SOBEE NO FEAR" Scooters, that we have been giving people the opportunity to win at our remotes that we’ve held at different businesses throughout the Clatsop and Pacific Counties.













We’ll be there again next year and appreciated you, our listeners, letting us know you were there with your shouts of hello, cheers and clapping as we went by. Thank YOU so much. It’s so nice to see some of the faces we talk to everyday!

(Pictured above: Jodi and Sonja on the SOBE No Fear Scooters; Clifford the dog and Jodi; Stephanie and 4-legged pal, Earnastine; Tom Freel broadcasting from main street in Astoria for the parade; The station mobile; GM Paul Mitchell and friends driving in the parade, pulling the trailer w/ Jodi & I on the scooters)

WE WILL NEVER FORGET-September 11th, 2001

I did a Sept 11th tribute through country music on the EAGLE COUNTRY CAFE on Monday Sept. 11th, 2006- 5 years later... I played the songs that YOU our country listeners wanted to hear during that time and in the aftermath of that horrible day...

A day that will forever be etched in our minds, hearts and lives...

For a time we weren't Republicans or Democrats. We were UNITED all together, as who we are so PROUD to be....AMERICANS.


May GOD always BLESS the USA.

ROGUE ALE HOUSE presents a NEW sandwich! The "SONJA CLUB"

What a cool thing! The Rogue Ale House in Astoria, at the foot of 39th, named a sandwich after me! The SONJA CLUB ! Thank you to The Rogue for the honor!

It's very good (If I do say so myself!) and David Rubeo, pictured below, is the one who had the idea and decided what to put in it! It is packed with meat, cheese, the works! Go try it out! It will be on the new menu coming out, until then, go ahead and ask to order it, the kitchen knows how to make it and it is available... let me know what you think!
http://www.rogue.com/