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This was at Jupiter Summer Festival, where the reggae band Reel Ting was playing.

what a beautiful day after the 4th of July. we spent the night on the boat out here after the fireworks on the 4th, and woke up to sunny skies with drizzles and an amazing rainbow!

i wanted to get an action shot. this was taken at her first birthday party.

The Reel Ting Band Steel Drum Band and Steel Boyz, Solo and Duo acts are located in South Florida. The Reel Ting Steel Drum Band and Steel Boyz have been rated by the Local media as the number one true Steel Drum Caribbean band in the West Palm Beach Florida and Palm Beach County Florida areas. As one of the most frequently hired live bands and wedding bands in all of Florida, there music choices stem from deep rooted family ties on the Caribbean with countries like to Jamaica, Trinidad, St Vincent, St Bart's St. Thomas Virgin Islands and homegrown musician right here at home in Jupiter Florida and Palm City Florida and St Port Lucie Florida and West Palm Beach Florida. When it comes to Steel Drum music they are proud to have the top steel drum players musicians and entertainers in the state of Florida. They provide Steel Drum Music, Calypso Music and Reggae Music for Weddings (over 65 weddings a year), Beach Weddings, Island Weddings, Destination Weddings, Wedding Ceremonies, Corporate Events and Conventions. They also provide Steel Drum, Caribbean Music and Island Music for holiday parties, Christmas parties, house parties, pool parties, birthday parties, anniversaries, retirement parties, graduation parties, fundraisers, christenings, or any other special occasion.

The Reel Ting Band Steel Drum Band and Steel Boyz are well known for their high-energy and interactive performances. The musicians are all from the Caribbean Islands, giving you an authentic, Caribbean Steel Drum sounds. While on stage, the musicians teach different dances to the crowd, as well as many other 'follow-me' routines. The band is very professional, both in their attire, and approach to every event. The Reel Ting Steel Drum Band and Steel Boyz pride themselves on professionalism and many band members have studied music at a higher educational level. There Horn section and Saxophone player have studied at the famous Julliard School of Music in Boston Massachusetts and several other band members have earned four year College degrees as well. There flute player has studied as the famous Mass balm School of Music located in Philadelphia Pennsylvania. They are true professionals with many years of touring experience with famous bands and they understand the importance of professionalism, client relations, crowd entertainment and punctuality.

The Reel Ting Steel Drum Band and Steel Boyz Solo and Duo offer a wide variety of original Steel Drum music, from traditional reggae and calypso, and are famous for there "Cruise Ship Type" menu. They also offer the modern day soca and dancehall tunes. They perform some the top hit's" It's Five O'clock Somewhere" and Johnny Cash's, "Burning Ring of Fire" ,and they perform folk songs, Jimmy Buffet selections, such as "Volcano, "Cheese Burger in Paradise"," Pirate Looks at Forty" Jimmy Buffett in addition some of the love ballets associated with traditional wedding ceremony music and other popular wedding music and wedding songs.

During the holidays, the Reel Ting and Steel Boyz perform traditional Christmas Carols and other Christmas Music and Holiday Music on the steel drums. The Reel Ting Steel Drum Band and Steel Boyz can be as small as a solo steel drum player, or as large as a Twelve -piece live band with Brass and Horn sections. It all depends on the size of the event and the available budget. All acts include a steel pan player which is something that your guests will really like.

Past appearances as well as upcoming appearances are too numerous to list, as the band does over 220 shows per year. We have had hundreds of satisfied Brides and Grooms that have hired the Reel Ting Steel Drum Band and The Steel Boyz Solo and Duo Acts for their weddings. Some of the satisfied corporate clients include: Beach Development, Bank Atlantic, Bank of America, US. Airways, Governor of Florida Charlie Crist Inaugural Dinner Cruise, The Miami Dolphins Monday Night National Football league game, The PGA Professional Golfer Tour, West Palm Beach Florida.

The Reel Ting Steel Drum Band and The Steel Boyz is one of the most frequently hired live bands and wedding bands, Club Band Corporate Bands Caribbean Band Steel Drum Bands in Florida. They are one of the most popular choices when it comes to live music and we are proud to have some of the top steel drum players musicians and entertainers in the state. They provide Steel Drum Music, Calypso Music and Reggae Music for Weddings (over 65 weddings a year), Beach Weddings, Island Weddings, Destination Weddings, Wedding Ceremonies, Corporate Events and Conventions. We also provide Caribbean Music and Island Music for holiday parties, Christmas parties, house parties, pool parties, birthday parties, anniversaries, retirement parties, graduation parties, fundraisers, christenings, or any other special occasion.

The Reel Ting Steel Drum Band and Steel Boyz are well known for their high-energy and interactive performances. The musicians are all from the islands, giving you an authentic, Caribbean sound. While on stage, the Reel Ting Steel Drum Band and The Steel Boyz teaches different dances to the crowd, as well as many other 'follow-me' routines. The band is very professional, both in their attire, and approach to every event. The Reel Ting Steel Drum Band and The Steel Boyz always arrives early and starts on time!

The Reel Ting Steel Drum Band and The Steel Boyz offer Caribbean Music that is a threat and is soothing to the Soul and touches heart of all generations. Weather its Bob Marley's famous songs such as I Shot the Sheriff, or Red, Red Wine or Jamming, they will certainly get your parties groove on. In addition to the list of satisfied clients listed above we have added some new Corporate Client and Country Club clients in the past few years such as: Lost Tree Village located in North Palm Beach Florida , Admiral Cove Country Club located in Jupiter Florida, The Presidents Club located in West Palm Beach Florida Jonathans Landing located in Jupiter Florida, Frenchman's Creek located in Jupiter Florida Key Largo Holiday Inn ,Key Largo Florida and several other establishment in the Florida Keys and weddings throughout Florida and West Palm Beach and Palm Beach County, Dade Count and Monroe County. Gillikin Custom Boat Cruise Lines, American Cancer Society, Stuart Florida, Harley-Davison Motorcycles Company Stuart Florida and West Palm Beach and Daytona Florida Coke Corporate Meeting West Palm Beach Florida, Marriott Vacation Club, Islamorada Fish House Islamorada Florida keys, West Palm Beach PBI National Airport International Airport, Philadelphia Eagles National Football League Monday Night Football Game Miami, Florida ,Citizen Bank Park Philadelphia Pennsylvania Fund raiser concert, Sunrise Theater Fort Pierce Florida ,The Lyric Theater Stuart Florida, Governor of New Jersey Political rally Wildwood New Jersey, Stadium Grill Abacoa Jupiter Florida ,Sugar Cane Bistro Jupiter Florida, Square Grouper Jupiter Florida, Sugar Cane Bistro, Jupiter Florida, Bank Atlantic Port Saint Lucie Florida, West Palm Beach Florida, Palm Beach ,East Coast Mortgage Corporation ,Palm City Florida, Board of Realtors ,Stuart Florida Treasure Coast, Jack Nicklaus Professional Golfer Fund Raiser Children Hospital West Palm Beach Florida, Abacoa Town Center Grand Opening event Jupiter Florida, Marisol Country Club Honda Classic PGA event West Palm Beach Florida.

The Reel Ting Steel Drum Band is currently negotiating with the following cities to perform at community festivals throughout the state of Florida: City of West Palm Beach, Village of North Palm Beach, Town of Jupiter, City of Boca Raton, City of Delray Beach, and Ibis Country Club West Palm Beach. City of Stuart, Dancing in the Streets, Treasure Coast Main event.

The Reel Ting Steel Drum Band and the Steel Boyz have been home grown and raised with performing Superstars such as reggae superstars Shaggy, Inner Circle, Ziggy Marley and Sean Paul. Performances have taken us as far as New York, New Jersey .Abacoa Bahamas, North Carolina, South Carolina, and throughout Florida and the Caribbean. No matter what the occasion, or where it may be, The Reel Ting Steel Drum Band and The Steel Boyz welcomes the opportunity to perform at your event! To view videos of the band, listen to audio clips, and read testimonials from past clients, please visit our website at

www.reelting.com

windy cold day in NJ

Reba McEntire singing Fancy on the iPhone, which we were playing through the car stereo and singing along to, of course.

Created for my friend at http://uniguantanamontrose.blogspot.com/

FINALLY ate at Parc on Rittenhouse Square. i was very pleased. it was a perfect day, the place looks very cool and very french, and the food and service were good.

i had the Country Chicken Club sandwich...
he had a cheeseburger (c'mon dude that's the least french thing there...)

but we both had avocado... HOW LA!

and both with heaping piles of pommes frites

There was a giant question mark on the side of this building over the memorial day weekend. i thought it was pretty cool.