In the Beginning

      Sandy wrote me a note one day over a year ago suggesting that we start a band. She had picked up guitar over the last few months, and knew I could play keyboard. We asked our friend Cori if she wanted to play drums for us because her brother had a set, and she could kind of play drums. Unfortunately, she said no. Then we asked Shannon because it had always seemed that she wanted to learn drums.

Our name

      Without even having a single rehearsal, we came up with our name. Sandy and I decided that whatever we dreamed about would be the name of our band. First she had a dream about getting free ice from Wegman's [local grocery store] with Paul McCartney. Then I had a dream about ice skating in my living room. Then I had a dream about being in a snow-filled auditorium while watching the Beatles perform "Help". We knew that snow or ice had to be used in our name. Sandy's sister said we should have an animal name misspelled (like the BeAtles), so we chose TurtleZ. Then we picked a colour for these Snow Turtlez to be. Chartreuse [neon yellow-green] was perfect.

The Crazy Life of CST

      Then things got crazy. While Shannon seemed kind of out of the band already, Emi expressed an interest in joining. She was our new drummer. One problem, she had no drums either. For literally months of Sandy and I rehearsing several times a week, Emi still hadn't a drum set. I picked up guitar and began playing rhythm guitar and bass riffs on a few songs, Emi had no drums. We began writing a movie about CST, Emi still had no drums. Shannon joined as our lead singer, Emi had no drums. We began rehearsing at my church where there were drums, and we discovered that Emi didn't drum so well. We entered our school's variety show try-outs, warning Emi that she better get a set before the audition. She finally got a drum set!

Our first performance

      Towards the end of the month, we found out that Emi didn't have her drum set anymore, and that she didn't want to play drums anymore. She said she wanted to play bass. "Sure," I said. "If you can get a bass and learn how to play it."

      That same day we got a new drummer. Her name was Nicole, Cola for short. She was a very talented drummer who could pick up songs in a few minutes. We had two rehearsals with her, then she quit. She said that she was too busy to commit to CST. That broke me. CST was finally complete, and then Cola quit.

      A few weeks later, Elise volunteered to learn drums. We invited her to a rehearsal and she was pretty good, at least better than Emi. But...her mom said that there was no way she would get drums. So sadly, Elise was out.

      Over Memorial Day weekend, Sandy and I walked up to Main Street in our town with our acoustic guitars. We sat on a bench and played for about an hour. Suddenly a car pulled up in front of us. A women got out, and she appeared to be the owner of the antique store we were playing in front of. She listened to us for a while, then went into the store. When she came back out, she gave us two dollars and her business card. After she left, I looked at the card and said, "Sandra, that was the mayor."

      Sandy and I have been practicing a lot over the past couple weeks. We even have a full play list for a concert:

-Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, the Beatles

-Twist and Shout, the Beatles

-Drops of Jupiter, Train

-Immigrant Song/Heartbreaker/Livin Lovin Maid, Led Zeppelin

-Something, the Beatles

-Hallelujah, Rufus Wainwright

-Like A Rolling Stone, Bob Dylan

-Wonderwall, Oasis

-My Generation, the Who

-Satisfaction, the Rolling Stones

-Tangerine, Led Zeppelin

-You've Got to Hide Your Love Away, the Beatles

-I Won't Back Down, Tom Petty

-Yellow Submarine, the Beatles

-Substitute, the Who

-Wild Horses, the Rolling Stones

-Wish You Were Here, Pink Floyd

-Love Me Do, the Beatles

-Dy'er Mak'er, Led Zeppelin

Birthday: December 2, 1987

Birthplace: New York

Nicknames: Sandy, Sandy-ra, Sandy Cheeks

Instruments: Guitar, trumpet

Top 3 Favourite Bands: The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd

Email: nygal2006@hotmail.com

Screen name: DarkHorse122

Marital Status: married to George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Mick Jagger, Jim Morrison, Jimmy Page, Tommy Chong, Syd Barrett, David Bowie, Roger Daltrey, and Billy Boyd. In reality, dating a guy named Tyler.

Favourite Colour: purple

Website/Homepage: none quite yet

Favourite CD: Revolver

Favourite song: TAXMAN

Favourite Beatle: GEORGE! Do we have to ask?

Hair Colour: dirty blonde

Eye Colour: blue with yellow ring around pupils

Why did you join CST?: I founded it (with Katie) `cuz I was learning to play guitar and (still) itchin' to become a rock star!

KATIE, rhythm guitar/keyboards

Birthday: February 26, 1989

Birthplace: Washington

Nicknames: Kat, Ringo, Beatles, Hippy

Instruments: Guitar, piano, clarinet, sax

Top 3 Favourite Bands: the Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd

Email: allstarrgurl7@hotmail.com

Screen Name: mAcCaLeNnOnGIRL

Marital Status: married 10 times over! (dont ask) Not currently dating anyone my own age (or that I acctually know), but I've got my eye on someone...

Favourite Colour: green and red (but not together)

Website/Homepage: this one, duh!

Favourite CD: The White Album by the Beatles

Favourite Song: "Happiness is a Warm Gun"

Favourite Beatle: John Lennon!

Hair Colour: brown

Eye Colour: brown

Why did you join CST?: Sandy came up with the idea of a band and I was like "Cool! That'd be great!"

SHANNON, lead vocals

EMI, bass