Looking back at a very memorable March

April 12th, 2011 | By Orange Grove

Now THAT was a TRIP! We’ve always had great adventures everywhere we’ve gone…but this one was truly out of this world!

There were of course signs that pointed towards what it might become. For example, in January when we found out from Heineken that Wyclef would be the main act and that we would be opening for him. Not just any superstar we’d be opening for but an artist OG has looked up to and been inspired by from the very beginning.  Then a couple weeks later when we found out we’d be performing on the main night of the Moonsplash, our first show at this very special festival and our first concert ever on Anguilla..on top of that, on that very same night it would be a Supermoon..the biggest our moon has looked in over 20 years! Then to find out that Daphne Schmon (director of the Children of the Wind,  which is being released this Summer and will carry some of our music) was putting together a team of highly trained professional cinematographers to come down to the islands with us and shoot it all. For the big show at the Heineken Regatta we had a SIX-piece camera team recording it all! They also captured many other special moments with us on Sint Maarten, Curacao and Anguilla. We are very excited to be releasing this material later this year!

And the good things seemed to just keep falling into place. The shows at the Red Piano were real sweet.. our first concert at the Soggy Dollar was bangin!…the charity concert at the Sister Regina Primary school was special..sailing over to Anguilla in serious style on board the Bolero (a magnificent 100 ft monohull sailing yacht) was such an adventure…the charity show for helping Japan was a great success.. and all the crowds were amazing! We also had to work hard for it..don’t get me wrong..there were days when we had time for nothing else but arranging things for the trip, and also days while on the islands when we hardly had time to stop and think about anything else but the big show, the audio recordings, the video recordings, the radio interviews…but it’s what we love to do so even those times we seemed a bit stressed..we were exactly where we wanted to be doing exactly what we wanted to be doing. When you love what you do the work is that much easier..we are very blessed in OG.

There are QUITE a few people and companies we would like to thank for helping us to make this tour possible and as successful as it was! In no particular order, OG sends out our heartfelt gratitude to Heineken SXM, ILTT, John Leone, Pierre Ferland, Pineapple Pete’s, The Petrelluzzi Family, L’Esplanade, The Maidwell Family, The Streefkerk Family, Island 92, Laser 101, The Daily Herald, Daphne Schmon, The Bardfield family, Bobbie D Davis, Mike Kopman and the crew of the Bolero, Bankie Banx, Ursula Michael, Moonsplash, Anguilla Access, Cap Juluca, Appie, Arjen, Leander, Anna and Maccow, Dierenbescherming Curacao, Iris de Haan, Brakkeput Mei Mei, The Soggy Dollar Beach Bar, The Red Piano, Jason and Drew, Sound Masters, Rouge, Temptation and its wonderful staff, Mr Rude, Tri Sport, The Old Wife restaurant, MSR TV, Bon Appetit, Ronald de la Fuente, The Real Radio Show and Dolfijn FM. We truly appreciate your genuine love and support!