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Bogota, Colombia<br />
20 JUNE 2012 – SHOW DAY (BOGOTA,<br />
COLOMBIA)<br />
Day started with a really great press<br />
conference with the three stars at 10:00 a.m.<br />
Then, the crew headed over to the venue<br />
at noon to start setup. Today’s venue was a<br />
super cool theatre called the Down Town<br />
Majestic. Once again, the local crew was<br />
incredible!! Can’t say enough about how<br />
helpful and enthusiastic everyone was here.<br />
The show started at 7:00 p.m. and over 1800<br />
people filled the entire floor and balcony to<br />
capacity. We ended at 10:00 p.m. and once<br />
again the autograph session lasted almost as<br />
long at the show. The guys managed to meet<br />
and take photos with everyone. This crowd<br />
was so warm. I love the people in Bogota!<br />
Travel Day<br />
21 JUNE 2012 – TRAVEL DAY (BOG to UIO)<br />
Today’s flight from Bogota to Quito, Ecuador<br />
was only an hour-and-a-half. Even with the<br />
additional airport hours at both ends, we got<br />
to the hotel at a reasonable time. Our host<br />
invited us all to his home for dinner with his<br />
family. And when I say “family” I mean the<br />
WHOLE family: brothers, sisters, cousins,<br />
children, EVERYONE! It was such an honor<br />
to get to spend this special time with our<br />
generous hosts. They seriously treated us<br />
like royalty. Did I mention that they grilled<br />
the most amazing things? There was sausage<br />
and chicken and Ecuadorian steak and lots<br />
of MEAT! It was all so delicious! Even this<br />
vegetarian had to try a bite of the steak. After<br />
dinner, they were gracious enough to give us<br />
a little tour through town so we could witness<br />
the beautiful architecture, monuments and<br />
churches. It was an incredible night of<br />
relaxing and just enjoying the experience<br />
together.<br />
Quito, Equador<br />
22 JUNE 2012 – SHOW DAY<br />
Back to work! Load-in at 9:00 a.m.<br />
Soundcheck starts at noon and the show<br />
starts early, at 4:00 p.m. If I haven’t made<br />
it clear enough already, our hosts and local<br />
crew in Quito are unbeatable. It is an<br />
absolute pleasure to work with them all. The<br />
venue today was a very modern theatre on<br />
a hill overlooking beautiful Quito. The guys<br />
played flawlessly and had the crowd roaring<br />
again. Sadly, this was the last show with<br />
Alvaro, so it was bittersweet to hear his final<br />
note tonight.<br />
Travel Day<br />
23 JUNE 2012 – TRAVEL DAY (UIO to GRU<br />
via LIM)<br />
Unfortunately, the Mexican government<br />
couldn’t grant the proper Brazilian visa to<br />
Alvaro on time, so he isn’t able to join us on<br />
the last stop in Sao Paulo. Fortunately for<br />
him though, his flight home is not as long<br />
as ours today. The rest of us had a nearly<br />
thirteen-hour day of travel from Quito to Sao<br />
Paulo with a connection through Lima, Peru.<br />
The view of the Andes mountain range from<br />
the plane sure was spectacular!<br />
Day Off!<br />
24 JUNE 2012 – DAY OFF!<br />
Except for another really great press<br />
conference this morning at 11:00 a.m., today<br />
we get to enjoy a day off. YAY! The guys<br />
definitely deserve it. So, it’s time to just<br />
explore Sao Paulo with our fantastic hosts, do<br />
a little shopping and rest up for the big finale<br />
tomorrow.<br />
Show Day<br />
25 JUNE 2012 – (SAO PAULO, BRAZIL)<br />
Everyone told us we were going to have<br />
a blast in Sao Paulo, and they were right.<br />
The people here are so fantastic! Once<br />
again, the local crew blew us away with<br />
kindness. Load-in started at 11:00 a.m., with<br />
soundchecks starting at 2:00 p.m. The venue,<br />
Teatro Mix FM, was really nice and the sound<br />
there was excellent. Since Alvaro couldn’t<br />
be with us for this performance, local DW<br />
artist, Robson Caffé, started the show at 6:00<br />
p.m. The audience loved their hometown<br />
hero, and Marco and Chester welcomed him<br />
with open arms, as well. Everyone sounded<br />
incredible tonight. Show ended at 9:00 p.m.<br />
Now it’s time for the final autograph session<br />
and tear-down. Then, it’s time to celebrate!!<br />
Travel Day<br />
26 JUNE 2012 – (GRU to HOME!)<br />
I’m so very sad that we’ll all be going our<br />
separate ways today. This tour was way too<br />
quick and we all want to keep going, but<br />
it will certainly be nice to get home. After<br />
about a twenty-hour travel day for most of us,<br />
we’re back to Los Angeles. Well, guess I’d<br />
better settle in. Thank you everyone! We had<br />
an awesome time meeting you on this trek.<br />
Hope to see more of you out there very soon.<br />
Who knows where the next DW International<br />
clinic tour will take us? Don’t forget to check<br />
www.dwdrums.com/edu/calendar.asp for the<br />
latest dates and educational happenings.<br />
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