We won, we won!! Woo hoo! Saturday night was the 2008 Orange County Music Awards, sort of like our local verson of the Grammys, and the Fallen Stars took home the award for "Best Live Acoustic Band." It was our third or fourth year competing (I can't remember which!) and our first win! Here's a picture of Bobbo, Gregg and me with our good friend Corvette Sandy, one of the founders of the OCMAs. She was so happy for us it was tough to tell who was more excited about us winning - us or her!
It was such a rush to hear them call our name. They played our song "Raining in Hollywood" as we made that long walk throught the crowd to take the stage and it was great seeing so many familiar faces smiling and cheering for us on the way! Bobbo and Gregg both said a few words and I for once was speechless! :) After we left the stage the other founder, Martin Brown, told the crowd that we were a great example of the spirit of the OCMAs because when we started a few years ago we weren't all that impressive, but we worked hard and improved every year and have become a really great band that everyone should go and see! Oh, and now we're eligible to perform at next year's award show too!
Anyway, it was a terrific night and I just wanted to say thank you to everyone that came out to the many semifinals and finals to support us and to the judges who put so much hard work into putting the OCMAs together every year. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
