BrizVegas Kustom Karnival

On Sunday November 4th I went to the Acacia Ridge Hotel to attend the BrizVegas Kustom karnival which was put together by lori Lee. I arrived @ Acacia Ridge Hotel after 12.15pm as i caught the bus from the city where i had KFC for lunch. Rang home, took photos, waited and watch West Texas Crude perform which they were FANTASTIC and among the songs they did was Brown Eyed Handsome Man.
There was an interval where I took photos, had an drink of water and watch Almo Loos who is an barber performed with Dan from the Dualtones, Mark and Jon Flynn which he was great too.
there was another interval where I saw Mimi and Emma, bought Coke, drank it, watch Charlie Hightone which he was FANTASTIC and great and was backed by Dan, Jon and mark which they an great back up to him with excellent guitar playing by Dan and after Charlie's performance bought an vinyl EP which he signed it and got an photo with him.
There was an interval where I saw Sheri, Walter & Elisse, talked, saw Laura and Ramona, met Stewart, had an coke zero and watch the Go Getters which they were FANTASTIC and played great which they did an some great classic songs like Secret Agent Man, I FOught The Law and also bought an GoGetters shirt.
There was one more interval where i saw Kat,Jodie and Les, had another Coke Zero and watch the Jim ROckfords which they were FANTASTIC with Kylie Lovejoy on bass as well as singing lead on the Runaways song Cherry Bomb which she was just Great doing it and the show eventually finished around 6.15pm.
After the show Lyn who works for Lori took me home with her son and an lady named Karen. The show was FANTASTIC, the bands were FANTASTIC too, the cars were great and everything was great. Lori has an done an great job putting the thing and well done to her and the crew making it all happened. the 2nd BrizVegas Kustom Karnival will be at the Acaica Ridge Hotel on Sunday March 10th 2013 and the band who will be playing there is Los Straitjackets and also to those who have been to an rockabilly show go and see it which it's FANTASTIC and everyone has an great time dancing and enjoying themselves.

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