Brevard Live February 2013 - 1 2 - Brevard Live February 2013 Brevard Live February 2013 - 3 4 - Brevard Live February 2013 Brevard Live February 2013 - 5 6 - Brevard Live February 2013 Content February 2013 FEATURES page 51 MARDI GRAS TRAVIS TRITT Columns Mardi Gras is the Fat Tuesday before the He is currently traveling the country on his 40-day-fasting season prior to Easter. We solo-acoustic tour and giving audiences an Charles Van Riper celebrate this tradition all month long. Two intimate experience playing his songs, and 22 Political Satire huge street parties are inviting the Mardi telling stories in a rare and intimate expe- Gras crowds and restaurants have Louisi- rience. Calendars ana style foods on the menu. Page 19 Live Entertainment, Page 11 25 Concerts, Festivals GRANT SEAFOOD FESTIVAL GREAT WHITE Great White and others performed at the Expose Yourself This festival is put on by the folks in Rock for our Heroes show at Hiram’s last 30 by Charles & Lissa Grant, a small fishing town in South month. Charles & Lissa were at the con- Brevard that becomes home of the big- cert and let you know how it was. Brevard Scene gest fish fry in the South East once a year. Page 20 Steve Keller gives It’s a 100 percent volunteer effort. 33 you the lowdown. Page 13 GHOSTTOWN MAKES COMEBACK Out & About BREVARD BUSKING COALITION A little over a year ago this original band 37 by Joe Cronin The Original Music Series featured many was going strong, even performing at the House of Blues in Orlando. Now they are talented bands but only one band could HarborCityMusic take the Grand Prize. That was the Brevard back together. Kyle Ravel (drums), Mark Original Music is Busking Coalition, a band with a big and Wasser (bass) and Sam Rece (guitar/vo- 42 colorful sound and show. cals) are going for it again alive and well. Page 14 Page 40 Brevard Live February 2013 - 7 8 - Brevard Live February 2013 BREVARD LIVE The largest and most popular free entertainment magazine on the Space Coast February 2013 and beyond for 21 years. PUBLISHER/EDITOR Heike Clarke STAFF ACCOUNT MANAGER Dear Readers, Charlene Hemmle ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE t has been a good start of the year, to music. Besides some killer-jams (the Cynthia Prindle and this month it’s even getting better. music teachers often join in), you’ll find MUSIC WRITERS I Caleb Miller There’s the exiting Super Bowl followed everybody from songwriter to rock band. Steve Keller by Mardi Gras and Valentine’s Day. The We even met comedian Duncan Jay at OUT & ABOUT hospitality business is ready for the Open Mike’s and recruited him as Mas- Joe Cronin challenge. Look at the abundance of en- ter of Ceremony for the Original Music PHOTOGRAPHY tertainment that our county has to offer. Series. These places are small and cozy. Jesse Hearndon For us who live here, Life Is Good! You find the locals hanging out and hav- Misti Blu Day (Cover Photo) Shelley Chandler ing a good time while listening to some Chuck Van Riper Brevard Busking Coalition! That is the cool cats sharpening their chops. COLUMNISTS band that won the 2nd annual Original Chuck Van Riper Music Series. These musicians have an On a personal note: I started out this Charles Knight & incredible new sound, a fusion, it seems, year by presenting one lifetime achieve- Lissa Galindo of everything that has ever been played ment award that was the most special HARBOR CITY MUSIC Sam Rece before. And it sounds like fun. Their award among all. It was a “favorite Reproduction of any portion of show is as colorful and entertaining as couple” award that went to my parents Brevard Live Magazine is strictly their music. Music fans of Brevard, you who celebrated their 60th wedding anni- prohibited without the written have to check out this band! versary in January (photo below). They permission of the publisher. are my favorite couple rock stars. This Catch some old friends who have been was a beautiful intro to our 10th annual ADVERTISEMENT/ SALES the sound tracks of your life. Willie Nel- Brevard Live Music Awards that Chris- Phone: (321) 956-9207 son is in town along with Travis Tritt, topher Long and I intent to put together [email protected] Corky Siegel, and Larry Coryell. The this year. COMMENTS & LETTERS King Center offers once again big per- Brevard Live Magazine formances like “In The Mood” and The Our Mardi Gras cover girl this month P.O. Box 1452, Peking Acrobats. And many clubs are is Jenna Wilson, a member of the East Melbourne, Fl 32902 featuring the best of live entertainment Coast Bombshells, who posed for Misti Copyright © 2013 this county has to offer. - The tourists are Blu Day’s camera. Brevard Live All rights reserved back in town! We are not responsible for photos Heike Clarke, Editor-In-Chief or scripts sent to Brevard Live Our community is humming with life. Magazine. Published photos and Get an insight of “Brevard Live” by articles become property of this turning the pages and find out where the publication. We are not action is. Don’t forget the smaller ven- responsible for wrongful advertised or canceled venues. ues, that’s where most bands start before they move on to the more established Download a pdf file places. There’s Steagles in Eau Gallie, a BREVARD sandwich shop, that has locals hopping FLORIDA on weekends and at their special parties. Florida Discount Music just opened a LIVE hip bar in the back of the music store, at www.brevardlive.co called “Open Mike’s.” It offers a place Check out our affiliate at to sit and enjoy a drink while listening www.harborcitymusic.com Brevard Live February 2013 - 9 10 - Brevard Live February 2013 Brevard Live bands and rolling floats which set the tone for future cel- Brevard Celebrates ebrations. Since then krewes have remained a fixture of the Mardi Gras celebrations with a variety of krewes holding parades and balls throughout the Mardi Gras season still to- day. Other customs that have lasted through the decades in- MARDI GRAS clude bead throwing, wearing masks, decorating floats and eating King Cake. ardi Gras is French for Fat Tuesday, re- Mardi Gras has become a legal holiday in the state of ferring to the practice of the last night of Louisiana. In Brevard County we haven’t come that far. “Meating richer, fatty foods before the ritual Therefore we celebrate Mardi Gras not on Tuesday but the fasting of the Lenten season, which begins on Ash weekend before. Wednesday. While not observed nationally through- out the United States, a number of traditionally ethnic French cities and regions in the country have notable celebrations.” This is according to the allknowing Wiki- Crawfish Etouffee Recipe pedia. Brevard County doesn’t really care about all of that. We’re neither French nor necessarily Cathelic but 1 pound crawfish, cleaned, salt and pepper to taste we appreciate a good party. Therefore you can get 3/4 cup water your fix with craw daddies, jambalaya, red beans and 1 stick butter rice served up by local restaurants and some other, 1 teaspoon all-purpose flour bigger events. This year’s Cocoa Village Mardi Gras is 1 teaspoon salt featuring a concert with the Soul Rebels Brass Band 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper which is a New Orleans favorite that will perform at 1 tablespoon tomato paste Riverfront Park. The street party held in the village on 2 garlic cloves, minced Saurday, February 9th, includes a parade with floats 1 onion, chopped and a New Orleans atmosphere. Merritt Island offers a 1 tablespoon parsley huge lot party held next to Maverick’s Sports Bar with 2 slices lemon DJs and live entertainment and authentic food all day 1 tablespoon green onions long on February 9th. In a medium saucepan- melt butter and saute onion over Historians date Mardi Gras back thousands of years to pa- medium heat until tender. Stir in flour gradually, mix well. gan rituals and celebrations by the Romans including the Add water, lemon, tomato paste & garlic. Cook on medi- festivals of Saturnalia and Lupercalia. When Christianity ar- um-low for 20 minutes. Add a little water if starts to stick. rived in Rome, leaders decided to incorporate some of these Add crawfish and cover saucepan. Cook for 8 minutes. Add Roman traditions and celebrations into the new faith. Mardi green onions & parsley & cook for 2 minutes. Serve over Gras and Carnival celebrations became a period of abandon rice and excess that preceded Lent, the 40 days of penance be- tween Ash Wednesday and Easter Sunday. These carnival Etouffee (“ay-too-fay”)…a rich gravy served over fluffy celebrations spread throughout Europe. white Louisiana rice cooked to perfection…a food connois- The French then brought the Mardi Gras celebrations to seur’s delight! America in 1699 when an explorer, Sieur d’Iberville sailed to America and landed in what is today Louisiana. They held a celebration upon arrival and named the spot Point du Mar- di Gras. In the next decades, New Orleans and other French settlements celebrated the season with street parties, balls and lavish dinners. During the 1800’s public celebrations of Mardi Gras centered around people in costumes and masks that were riding in carriages and on horseback. The first documented Mardi Gras parade was held in 1837 which is a tradition of Mardi Gras that still continues today. In 1857, a secret soci- ety of New Orleans businessmen called the Mistick Krewe of Comus, organized a torch-lit Mardi Gras procession with Brevard Live February 2013 - 11 12 - Brevard Live February 2013 Brevard Live eafood, seafood seafood! That’s menu of succulent seafood makes what this festival in Grant is all this a weekend no one wants to miss.