Stairway to Stardom

What is Stairway to Stardom? Sponsored by Skip’s Music, a musical institution in Sacramento since the 1970’s, Stairway to Stardom is “an eight-week Summer music program for young, non-professional musicians. Each participating student is placed in a band of fellow student musicians with a professional music coach and given the opportunity to create, develop, and perform original music on a professional level. Each band is required to perform two original songs and one cover song for the final concert.”

In 2017 our grandson Colton (at the time just 11-years old, and an incredible drummer) was lucky enough to be part of this educational, inspirational, and fun experience, which culminated in a competition between the ten bands in an outdoor concert in the park. Colton’s band, The Dynamics, rocked the crowd with their two original pieces and a cover of “Go Ask Alice”, and ended up coming in 2nd place. I was so happy we were in Sacramento for this very special event.