OpenRoad Dance Party & Wedding Cover Band
Walnut Creek, California, United States | SELF
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I would like to thank the "OpenRoad" band for doing such a great job at our annual crab feed at St. Michael's Church in Livermore. OpenRoad has played for us for three years now and they just get better. Their renditions of the old classics were excellent, better than most I have heard. Throughout the night while they were playing I heard from numerous people about how good they were and where did I find them, etc. It was truly a pleasure having OpenRoad join us for dinner and dancing to their music. We hope to see OpenRoad again next year!
Michael Valent, Crab Feed Chairman 2006, 2007 Assistant Chairman 2008 - St. Michael's Church News, January, 2008
I hope you all enjoyed playing at the Orinda Theatre Square for our 2007 Orinda Summer Music Series.
You have been very gracious and we will definitely keep you in mind for any future events!
Melanie Goodbar, Event Planner, Orinda Theatre Square, Sept. 27, 2007 - Orinda Theatre Square
OpenRoad is an entertaining, fun, cover band that has played for Jack London Square 4th of July Festivals since 2004. They play a wide range of music styles to entertain all different age groups, e.g., from Classic Rock, Motown/R&B, to hits from contemporary artists.
To get our student visitors and their parents involved and excited with our fall Back to School 2007 event, OpenRoad collaborated with us to include two dance contests with their performance. They played a song for "Musical Chairs" for the young elementary school children and the R&B classic, "Hand Jive", (Remember the movie Grease?), to challenge the 9-12 year old students. We got some great photos of the participants and winners!
OpenRoad will perform at future events at Jack London Square at the Oakland Marina.
August 25, 2007 - Jack London Square News
Multiple Sclerosis 150 Waves to Wine Bike Tour, Santa Rosa, Sept. 2006
"Thank you for supporting the 2006 Waves to Wine Bike Tour sponsored by Genentech. We were ecstatic to have OpenRoad join us in fighting the devastating effects of MS. We had over 1,100 participants at the MS 150 Bike Tour and have thus far raised over $675,000. OpenRoad's contribution directly affected the success of our event! Emily, (ERB Event Planning), will be in touch, (with OpenRoad), for next year’s Spring and fall events".
- Joanne Neuman, President, Northern California Chapter, National Multiple Sclerosis Society
- Northern California Chapter, National Multiple Sclerosis Society
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OpenRoad earned the Gigmasters' "Best of 2012 Award" based on our Client maximum 5:5 star rating points on their Client Survey in all areas including: professionalism, overall talent, handling special requests, how strongly Clients would recommend us to their friends, and overall satisfaction.
Nominated by KRON TV-4's Best of the Bay TV as one of 2009's "Best Bands in the Bay Area", OpenRoad plays everything from Classic Rock, 50's-90's songs, Motown/R&B, Standards to Current Artist Hits.
"The OpenRoad Promise"
We will go the "extra mile" to make your event successful:
- Free planning consultation to best understand your event needs, preferences.
- We tailor our song lists, balance dancing music vs. listening music, if needed.
- Songs for all special wedding moments: Wedding Party introductions, First Couple dance, Father Daughter dance, etc.
- We dress to suit your event; whether formal attire for weddings or even theme costumes, as needed.
- Male, female vocalists, guitar available for wedding ceremony performance.
We can provide your event with a master of ceremonies or work closely with your speaker(s). We even offer a "DJ-type service" to play special requests for a cocktail hour, during our breaks or at the end of the show, e.g., jazz to hip hop, to compliment our live performance.
Our group showcases outstanding female and up to four different male lead vocalists with a real flair for connecting with the audience. We feature up to five singers with full harmonies to sound just like your favorite songs.
OpenRoad Brochure
You can download a .pdf of our OpenRoad Band Brochure to print on your pc printer from the Brochure link at the top in the "Basic Requirements" tab in this Press Kit.
Artists Bios:
Dane Pador, (Lead/Harmony Male Vocals/Guitarist), Bay Area native, became interested in bands by learning to play the electric guitar as a teenager. Starting his first group with friends to play at his high school ignited his passion for performing. Dane has honed his skills as both a guitarist and background vocalist ever since. Stylistic flexibility and an eclectic taste in music has given Dane opportunities to perform and/or record with local groups ranging from Jazz, (The Jazz Souljahs), Hip Hop, (Young Chariz), Metal, (Worldwide Sickness), R&B, (Jimmie Reign), Pop-Punk, (Resistant Me) to Soul, (The Khe Vocalist).
Dane won the Lead Male Vocal category in 2010 at “Alice 97.3 Radio’s Saraoke Party” held at Bimbo's 365 Club in The City fronting Sara’s, The Skyrocking Jennifers. Dane’s love to perform, have fun and engage audience members brings him to the front of the stage in 2011 with OpenRoad.
Bernadette Martinez, (Lead/Harmony Female Vocals)
- Bernadette de Vera, started singing at the age of 5 in the Philippines. She loved to sing and began to compete in contests at school. Her passion for singing continued as she grew up. She entered contests at local radio stations and nationwide singing competitions.
Bernadette moved to the Bay Area in 1998 at 16. She enjoys singing karaoke and won 2nd place in 2007 in the Radio Alice 97.3 KLLC “Saraoke” contest. She won 1st place in April 2011 in the annual competition at the biggest karaoke bar in Pleasanton, the Sunshine Saloon. With her amazing voice, she’s gets offers to sing with local bands. Bernadette enjoys all types of music from Jazz, Blues, Pop-Rock, Soul, Hip-Hop, to R&B. Bernadette joined OpenRoad in October 2011.
The tight rhythm section has been together over 6 years and consists of:
Ed Vargas - Lead/Rhythm Guitar, Harmonica and Vocals
- Ed has played corporate events, weddings, festivals, and rock and blues clubs as far away as Pa Markurell's in Stockholm, Sweden. He was asked to jam on lead guitar at his own Santa Clara University reunion with Papa Doo Run Run; the Beach Boys cover band.
Lou Ahtty - Bass and Vocals
- Lou is a San Francisco native that grew up watching and learning from the Bay Area musicians that created the unique "San Francisco" sound. Lou has over 30 years experience playing bass and is also a seasoned sound production and recording technician.
Bill Ciullo - Keyboards, Guitar, Trombone and Vocals, including horn and string effects
- Bill has been playing keyboards and guitar in various bands located in the Bay Area for the past 30 years. The styles of the bands covered Originals, Punk Rock, Disco, Top 40, and Classic Rock. His keyboard playing has been heard on some original songs on the Radio.
Steve Molinari - Drums
- As an East Bay native, Steve's early influences included the funk/punk scene in San Francisco. He has been in numerous independent alternative rock bands performing in the western US and as far away as Nice, France. Most recently, Steve was in an alternative rock band in Southern California which regularly gigged on the Sunset Strip.
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