photocredit: sunnyjim.com BY: RACHEL SMITH With all the running around to events and activities and such things of summer, it’s been a spell since I’ve touched on the Island Fever Showcase. If you haven’t already heard… the incredible sounds of Trop Rock & Roll are coming to the Surf Ballroom August 31 – Sept...
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In like a Lamb… and out with Island Fever?
BY: RACHEL SMITH I know this term is usually used for the month of March. But honestly… has there ever been a year that it’s been factual? If March came in like a lion, did it go out like a lamb? Or vice versa? And am I really that old that I can’t remember this from just a few short months ago? Wait. Don’t...
Drop Dead Dangerous
photocredit: wearedropdeaddangerous.com BY: RACHEL SMITH Things might get a bit dangerous at the Island Fever Showcase in Clear Lake, Iowa. Drop Dead Dangerous, actually. As I was leafing through the Island Fever brochure to decide who the next feature would be on the blog, their name tweaked my interest. However,...
Live Like Jimmy Buffett
photocredit: Donny Brewer BY: RACHEL SMITH A few weeks ago, I wrote a blog letting the North Iowa area know of a new event coming to the Surf Ballroom over Labor Day Weekend. An event that, the more I read up on the acts and listen to their music, I think is going to be absolutely incredible. Trop Rock &...
A Fever you Definitely WANT to Catch…
BY: RACHEL SMITH I want you to imagine you’re sitting on a beach somewhere. Feel the warm sun on your face. There’s a fruity drink in your hand and you take a sip just as a soft breeze blows through the palm trees. The sound of water gently lapping against a dock, or the shore, lulls you into a state of total...