GOOD NEWS (By: Kolin Kraning)

Sooo…

GOOD NEWS

Devron Suttle, a good friend of mine (and Penny Candy member, goes by the name of Whopper), competed in Guitar Center’s Annual Drum-Off, and I was able to go watch him contend in the store finals Tuesday night!!

I hopped into the car with Aaron Scott a.k.a. “Gummi Bear” and my friend Sal Garcia, we are still trying to get him to join Penny Candy, no such luck. =]

We drove out to the Guitar Center store in Rancho Cucamonga and made it in time to see Devron before the competition started.

We listened as two other drummers showed off their skills, I’m not going to lie, we were slightly impressed, but we knew that Devron a.k.a. Whopper was going to blow the competition out of the water! Once the MC called Devron’s name, the crowd went crazy!

A few weeks prior to the competition, the judges narrowed the competition down to the top five. Tonight’s show, round 2, was the final five competing for the “store champion” title. Since it was the second round of the competition, the crowd, and the competitors, already knew he was pretty amazing. Devron began to play, and it was instantly clear that he was going to be the victor that night.

At one point I saw the mother of one of the competitors turned to her son and say “You played well too, honey,” which, in my opinion was another way of saying “This kid is just too good!!”

By the end of the competition it was obvious that Whopper had won, and we were going crazy! Jumping around, cheering and yelling for him, we even helped carry all his winnings to the car so he wouldn’t have to. After, we headed to the mall so that our friend could take his iPhone to the Apple Store for something, and the entire time we were running through the streets singing, and screaming about how our friend Devron won the drum contest.

Needless to say, the night was fun. Devron is now moving on to the Districts level of the drum-off, which will be held sometime in November. I’ll keep you informed. YOU SHOULD ALL COME!!! He needs as much support as possible.

The following night, the fun continued with Whopper, Gummi Bear, Blow Pop, Fun Dip (Aaron and Daniel’s younger brother Stephen), Gum Balls (Christian Tucker), and a few other friends totaling 15 in our group all together. We piled into the Scott’s 15 passenger van (perfect fit!!!), and headed off to Knott’s Scary Farm.

I hadn’t been to Knott’s years, or in any kind of haunted house for that matter. We practically allowed ourselves to be afraid which made the night far more fun.

As we walked into the first haunted house (apparently people call them mazes now, but I like the traditional way better, so we will continue to call them haunted houses) the theme of the first house was based on the new movie “Quarantine”. My buddy Daniel decided to be brave and enter first. The entrance was on a slightly declining ramp, and halfway down the ramp Daniel was unpleasantly surprised by the first monster of the night. The blood soaked fire fighter jumped from behind the door and came within inches of Daniel’s face, sending his feet into the air. Daniel was so scared that his feet came out from under him and he fell straight onto his back! We laughed uncontrollably!

We went into about ten different haunted houses that night. The night was full of embarrassingly scary moments, but it was so worth it!

We stayed at the park until closing at 1am, then headed back home (STILL strange that I call a dorm room my home!). We arrived at around 3am, and I remembered “I STILL HAVE HOMEWORK!”

I ran up to my room, I needed to knock out this assignment ASAP so I could get some sleep before my 8am class, (I know, I didn’t exactly pick a great night for staying out so late, but everyone was going, so I had to). I finished my assignment within twenty minutes, and passed out. I honestly do not even remember my head hitting the pillow.

The next day was a LONG day, to say the least.

Moral of the story, do your homework ahead of time!

Kolin Kraning

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