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MONDAY, AUGUST 22, 2011
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
KELSEY CIPOLLA/KANSAN
Members of Quiet Corral had one of their biggest performances to date as they played on the second stage at Buzz Beeach Ball in LIVESTRONG Sporting Park on Friday. Other bands at the concert included Jane's Addiction, Incubus and Bush.
KELSEY CIPOLLA
kcipolla@kansan.com
Quiet Corral's Jesse Braswell Roberts sang into the microphone while beating on a drum alongside guitarist Isaac Flynn as the band's set ended. The Lawrence-based band's small audience crowded around the second stage and seemed to expand the longer they played at Buzz Beach Ball, held Fri
day night at LIVESTRONG Sport ing Park in Kansas City, Kan.
The audience, a mix of fans as well as people hearing the band for the first time, gathered to see and hear the kind of performance that has garneredquiet Corrala large local fan base and gigs across the country. And they did not leave disappointed.
awesome.
Andrew Perkins, a fan from Shawnee, said that Quiet Corral is
"I bought their CD off of Iunes a while ago and loved it," he said.
Other members of the audience were unfamiliar with the band and showed up to hear headliners Bush, Incubus and Jane's Addiction. Performances were staggered throughout the night and over two stages, making it easy to listen to all the bands performing.
"I have no idea who these guys
are, but they sound really good," attendee Rachel Miller said.
Miller walked over to where Quiet Corral was setup after AWOLNATION, an indie rock band, finished playing on the main stage.
Band members were excited about the opportunity to play to a new crowd and with big name bands that have been stars of the alternative rock scene since the
90s. Flynn said one highlight of the night for Quiet Corral was getting to meet artists they had grown up idolizing, like Tom Morello. LIVESTRONG Sporting Park is the largest venue the band has played, and the scale of the event caused some technical difficulties. The volume of the band's music on the other stage made it difficult for Quiet Corral to perform a sound-check, which resulted in a sound
problem for the first two songs. But it was not enough to ruin the band's experience.
“There was a time when I looked up and thought 'Wow, I'm playing in a stadium right now,' Flynn said. "We definitely hope to continue to play events like that and play with bands of that caliber."
Edited by Rachel Schultz
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Stunt pilot dies in Kansas City
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City's annual air show took to the skies again Sunday, a day after spectators were sent home when a stunt pilot crashed to the ground while performing loops and spirals in his small plane.
Sunday's performance opened with a tribute to pilot Bryan Jensen, including a rendition of taps and planes flying in missing man formation. The day's show was dedicated to him.
The Minnesota native was killed Saturday afternoon when his biplane named "The Beast" traced to pull out of a dive and crashed into a fiery ball on the grass next to a runway at Wheeler Downtown Airport.
Thousands of spectators at the Kansas City Aviation Air Show fell
into a hush after Jensen's plane hit the ground, and event organizers immediately shut performances down for the day.
Jeff Caddell said he met Jensen four years ago and considered him to be an extraordinary pilot who loved interacting with people as much as he did flying.
"Bryan was nothing but a class act kind of guy. He loved people so much and loved seeing them have a great time," said Caddell, who organizes the annual Wings Over Ashville air show in Alabama. "I would see Bryan take special time out with the public to answer questions, and he did it on a level that made you feel special — unlike how some public figures do."
Authorities have not released Jensen's age and hometown. Caddell said Jensen often participated in air shows with his girlfriend, C.C.
Gerner, who also is a stunt pilot.
According to Jensen's website, he had more than 23,000 hours of commercial flight time and had been flying aerobatics for 15 years.
Caddell said his last memory of Jensen was after an air show when a little boy came up to talk to him.
According to Gerner's website, she was scheduled to be at the Kansas City air show this weekend. When The Associated Press reached Gerner by phone Sunday afternoon, she said she wasn't ready to talk about Jensen's crash. Jensen announced on his website, www.beairstairs.com, in January that he had been promoted to captain with Delta Airlines. A spokeswoman with Delta told the AP on Sunday she knew about his crash but couldn't confirm he worked for the airline because there were no human resources staff available to verify it.
"Bryan got on one knee to have a picture made with the boy and stayed kneeled down to talk with him for a bit," Caddell said. "That was Bryan.
"Someone would come up to him and ask a basic question that a lot of people would hesitate to ask. He would take the time to answer on a level that anyone would understand. A lot of times other guys would blow you off."
The National Transportation Safety Board and Federal Aviation Administration are investigating the crash, but show director Ed Novaliyi said there's nothing to indicate that weather or other outside factors contributed to the crash.
Officials said Saturday's fatal crash was the first ever recorded at the Kansas City air show. Sunday's show went off without any problems.