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Starfire Family Concert

Sleepy Valley RV Resort

January 11, 2011


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Starfire FamilyThe Starfire Family performed for a packed house at Sleepy Valley Tuesday evening.  A popular group, they appeared for two performances last season and have a full schedule throughout the Rio Grande Valley this season.

Here they pose for a "Kodak Moment" at the beginning of the concert.

Jalen plays stand-up bassFifteen year-old Jalen plays stand-up bass, bass guitar and lead.

John plays leadJohn, family patriarch, sings bass and plays lead guitar.  He performed a memorable rendition of Chantilly Lace along with many other selections from the 50's and 60's rock and roll.

nearly full house at Sleepy ValleyThe nearly full-house shows its appreciation for a very entertaining performance.

Sue GottschalkSue, the primary spokesperson for the group plays drums, lead guitar, keyboards, tenor saxaphone and performs vocals.  Here she appears in one of her many costumes during the concert.

Josiah GottschalkJosiah, "Joe," youngest member of the family has, in the short span of four years,  learned to play drums, perform vocals and...

Joe plays fiddle...play violin on which he performs a rendition of  "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" that could stand up to a Charlie Daniels performance.

Joe plays bassJoe also plays bass and lead guitar.  John announced that before the family came south for the winter Joe "bought himself a Cello."

On the "off" season Joe studies music at Lawrence University in Appleton, WI.

Sue GottschalkSue appears in a "Bobby Soxer" costume for a selection of tunes many of the audience members first heard during their high school years, including "My Boyfriend's Back."

Joe plays fiddleTo close the concert, Joe gets intimate with the audience playing a couple popular fiddle tunes down on the floor.



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