by Melinda Sanchez
Staff Writer
There were four bands, great music and an audience that knew how to have fun without making trouble.
Last Friday’s “Justah Show” was held at Glenkirk Presbyterian Church in Glendora and was coordinated by “Prudente Creations” and Glendora High School senior and Christian Club president Eric Caines.
“We wanted to allow kids to do something on a Friday night that wasn’t chaotic, but not lame either,” Caines said.
Among the participating bands were Zuzu’s Petals, Misc X, Frank Scares Me and the headliners were Seven Ten. All of the bands exist to relay a message to youth, and with the purpose in wishing to spread their Christian faith, they play shows on Fridays, for free.
As the crowd slowly formed, the first band Zuzu’s Petals took the stage and punk-rocked the audience with its fast tunes, lyrics and high energy.
“It took a while for the crowd to warm up and start dancing and moshing but, like at all concerts, I think you just have to get used to the environment,” Caines said.
The second band up was Misc X, whose music revealed a mix of punk, rock and a hint of emo.
The audience warmed up and soon began to feel more comfortable with the bands and the other people in the crowd.
“I love dancing at concerts, but you also have to get a feel for the band before you can just bust out,” said Chris Dover, an audience member.
Frank Scares Me was the second to last to play, and had the crowd rocking. Lead singer Tim Villegas said, “It makes me really happy to see everyone having fun, especially when everyone gets along, like tonight.”
Headlining band Seven Ten, combining its ska, punk and salsa flavors, closed out the evening with a 45-minute set, including many songs from its debut CD which is still in production.
“Most of our songs have a moral or at least a message. We try to reach people and make sure they know that the only reason we do this is to bring glory to God,” said lead singer Neph Trejo.
Alto saxophonist Jay Trejo said, “It was hard for us to pick which songs we wanted to play because our trumpet player is out of town.”
Despite such difficulties, Seven Ten performed a crowd satisfying show.
“I would say that most of the people here came because of their friends who are in the bands, but a lot of them came to see Seven Ten who seems to be getting pretty big,” Caines said.
Rhythm guitar player Matt Alder said, “We’re working on recording our CD right now, and hopefully it will be out this summer. It can be ordered through our web site at www.Seventen.net.”
“Overall I think it was a great turn out. We probably had about 150 people here, and that’s great for a Christian show on a Friday in Glendora,” Caines said.
Seven Ten will play again on June 10, at Glendora Church of the Nazarene, to open the new youth facility.
“We are really excited about our show coming up on Father’s Day, because we’re going to play with The Supertones at the Glass House in Pomona,” Alder said.
The Supertones are a well known Christian ska band that has already produced three CDs which are available at most Christian book stores, and even mainstream record stores like Rhino Records in Claremont.
