Coyote Creek Auction

The Drop Daddies rocked the Twin Creeks school auction for the last two years, but this year, we were also invited to play at the Coyote Creek Elementary School auction.  This is the school that Ian’s kids attend.

The event was held on March 7, 2014 at the Castlewood Country Club, a beautiful estate high in the Pleasanton hills overlooking the valley.   We were in the main 6,000 square foot ballroom, and the place was packed!  There were about 250 guests.

It was a 20’s theme, and the ladies were dressed to the nines.  The auction was lively, with incredibly generous bids going for items like a Giants ticket package, kids’ fire truck party, Tahoe ski package, and even a Tesla VIP test drive.

We kicked off the entertainment with a contemplative Radioactive, then got the dancing started with Lonely Boy, Magic Carpet Ride and Melt With You.  We followed those up with another 20 songs, until our hard stop time of 10:55pm.    No one wanted to stop, least of all us- so we decided try out a new one- Neil Diamond’s Sweet Caroline.  This was our first time playing it live, and it was a hit.  As we had hoped, people were singing along in the chorus, and calling out the “sweeeet caroline, bah, bah, bah” parts.

It was a great, energetic crowd, and we had a blast playing!