Thursday, October 4, 2007

Surviving Honduas- with music!

Exciting musical developments here in Honduras...

Tom has been practicing with the computer teacher at our school for their new Wednesday night gig. Tom plays bass and his friend plays acoustic guitar and sings some favorite covers. Last night, we went down to Expatriates Bar for the big show. At first, there were only 15 or so people in the restaurant/bar. Around 9pm, a group of about 20 people piled in and sat at a long table. As we were talking with the owner of Expatriates, he was excited to let us know that the table was the Italian production crew and the whole cast of the new season of "Lost in Honduras," the European Survivor-type show. The cast is in town before being shipped off to their new "home" for a couple months. Last year, the same show came in and rented out the bar for a private party and brought in live entertainment, set decorators, and a sushi chef.
After seeing our guys playing music last night, the producers decided that they wanted Tom and Jason to be in the band for this year's send off party...

Tom is currently at band practice with Jason and a few other local musicians getting ready for this weekend's big show. I'm not going to give too many details now, as this is supposed to be kind of a secret in town. Luckily, I will be allowed to go too- and the producers told Tom last night that the theme this weekend is supposed to be Caliente- hot music, hot food, hot people, and lots of hot dancing. It's sure to be a fun night! Here's a picture from last year's season of Perdidos en Honduras...

http://www.todocorazon.net/supervivientes.html

In other news... We have 2 functional shower heads, the lady formerly living in our backyard has vacated the premises, our house is half yellow, and our puppy is anxious to come home. We've had to postpone our weekend plans to head to Utila tomorrow, but we now have a connection with someone who owns a house on the island and has offered for us to bring our dog and stay at his house anytime. We're making some good connections down here and starting to enjoy some of the perks of knowing people in the right places!


5 comments:

Megan said...

The party sound like fun!! Can you take pictures at it?? I look forward to the update. I am going to have Paula investigate the show...she is a good investigatory journalist....I want to know more....

Anonymous said...

Wow!!! Have a great timee. Love you and miss you.

Casey and Tom said...

Very cool!!!

Anonymous said...

I'm such a celebrity junkie (guilty pleasure that you already know, Karine) so I am more than excited about you crossing paths with the who's who of European Celebreality. Nice work Tom!
-Vegas

KarenLew said...

Hi guys! I just want to take a moment to let you know how much I love you both. Even though you are miles and miles away, everytime I check your blog, talk to you on the phone, or receive an email from you, its like you are here with me. The road might get a little rocky in the next day or so but know that I am just a phone call away and that we can always meet in cyber space. I will keep you posted on everything and keep checking Anne's (Tom's sister) website for updates. You guys are the best. Love from Denver, Karen