portraits (st. stephen): will power band

if you've not yet heard will power play yet, then you have been missing out on some great fun and really wonderful musicianship. they are a blast to watch - their zeal for playing together and entertaining others is infectious, motivating even the most sceptical partygoer to start moving their feet and jump around! there is no doubt that wherever will, rick, paul and chris are playing there is a party! even as i sit here and type these works i am listening to their cover of the black eyed peas "i gotta a feeling" and my toes are tapping and i am tempted to get up and do some jumping around! 

will power is a cover band and their set list includes some oldies (but goodies) such as "johnny be good" and "sweet home alabama," as well as numerous current hits such as katy perry's "firework," and train's "soul sister," amongst many other hit songs spanning the last 30-40 years. also included in their set list is a song written by ssu alumni joel mason (the geese), inspired by his time and love for new brunswick, called "new brunswickers arise."

my esteem for band for the band is not biased, even though will (lead singer) and his wife hannah are good friends of mine; and even though drummer chris and his new wife are new friends and that i had the pleasure of photographing their wedding this past saturday, and even though rick  (electric guitar) and paul (bass) are their respective families played important roles in my life when i was a student at ssu, and continue to be good friends to me. no, my esteem for the band really rest on the fact that they play because it makes them happy, because they love to make music.  these guys are not playing for fame or fortune; they are playing for fun, and for the love of playing music and entertaining others. for real. 

it is my hope to see them playing more and more, and i believe they will be playing at this year's international fest.

back in may i spent some time walking around time with the band and did some photos for them, and also accompanied them a couple weeks back to the arena in st. stephen where they provided some pre-show entertainment before the grand march! spending time with these guys is always great fun and we got some great shots!! here is a collection of photos from our photo shoot, the sound check and live performance!

*seeing my logo/copyright on these photos makes me think i need to make it a little less "girly!"

love & sunshine,

shannon-may