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Mike and
Chris
Glenn and
Gene-O,
In front of the '49 Woody during the hoop contest.
OTHER SHOTS OF OUR GREAT SUMMER
OF
2006
 
Surf lessons during an evening winter show at Disney's
California
Adventure.
Chris and Mini Mouse at DCA
Below-The
beautiful Orange County Pavilion show sporting our vintage
Beach Boys Christmas sweaters December 23rd 2006.
Below- The world
famous Hotel Del Coronado and the "Pacific Ocean
Blue" at one of our many corporate events
in April 2008.
Wow
! check out
Gene's Dennis Wilson blue satin flame kit
!!
MEMORIAM
TO THAD
This
page of our web site reflects the many memories and good times that
we have shared both as a group and as friends. This picture below
was taken in 2006 at Disney's California Adventure Park with our
dear friend and number 1 fan Thad. He shared the love and
spirit of The Beach Boys hardly missing a public Beach Toys
performance. Thad taught me (us) dedication and expression that
music brings to life. I am glad to have known this man and even more
glad that we were able to bring joy to his life through our
friendship and musical performances.
I am
saddened to say that our dear friend Thad passed away on May
17, 2008. We know that he lived for the happiness found in the music
of The The Beach Boys and our performances that were carried
in his heart, thus they will forever remain in that special place.
I
dedicate this photo page to Thad as it reflects the memories, joy
and good times that we have had over the years, reminding us of the
precious values of life itself.
We will miss you Thad !
Your friend, Glenn and
The Beach Toys.
BELOW: Some shots of our great trip to Spokane
Washington. Had a great time ! What a wonderful audience !
Too late of a night last night ?
The beautiful downtown waterfalls.
Gene under the bridge.
Wow ! That is a long way
down.
The falls from the gondola.
THE BEACH BOYS'
LANDMARK DEDICATION
MAY 20TH 2005, HAWTHORNE, CA.
BELOW LEFT-David Marks, Brian Wilson &
Al Jardine in front of their
landmark at 3701 W. 119th St. Hawthorne, Ca. BELOW RIGHT- Glenn and
Al Jardine
hangin'
out at The Beach Boys' after party. LOWER LEFT- The Beach Toys'
brick in the monument. LOWER RIGHT- The California State Landmark
for the home of Brian, Carl and Dennis Wilson, Hawthorne,
California..
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BELOW LEFT-The cake was great ! BELOW RIGHT-Chris
and Bob chillin' while Jim gets the Woody ready for the trip to the
dedication from the Hawthorne memorial center. BELOW LEFT- Brian and Melinda
getting ready to unveil the monument. BELOW RIGHT-David drops the
cloth while Brian and Harry look on.
BELOW LEFT- Three very proud Beach Boys.
BELOW RIGHT- Dennis' kids with Justyn Wilson. LOWER
LEFT-Paula Bondi- Springer and Brian. BELOW RIGHT- Singing
Dance, Dance, Dance at the California Historical landmark
cleibration ( L to
R) Alan Boyd, Beach Toys' Chris Hilliard,
Mike Moynahan, (w/tambourine) & Glenn Henry. Probyn Gregory , and The Honeys' Marilyn and Ginger.
Brian signs a guitar for great long time (80'S) Beach Boy drummer Bobby
Figueroa at his front table seat while Melinda
looks on. The Beach Toys "singing on" just behind
Brian.
For most tribute bands I believe this business begins simply with
a love and appreciation of the music and artists for which they
respectively portray. In my humble opinion it must be this way to
deliver the passion for the music be it any genre. The 9 months of
rehearsals, part sorting, listening, and studying in my hot garage
with now 3 of my best friends is easily justified every time we walk out on stage and perform together. For
me, the reward is the satisfaction of knowing that we are keeping the
music of The Beach Boys alive along with sharing a common care for the
preservation and continued awareness of the greatest music ever written in pop history.
Over the past 5 years we have been lucky enough to become a part of
The Wilson/Jardine/Marks family and many many friends of The
Beach Boys an American legend. At no time has there ever been
anything other then a complete open-arm welcome into a family of kindness, love, devotion and
spirit. Not without pain and hardship does this come however, and
that story has been told.
Very few (if any) tribute performers have ever had an opportunity to
perform for the original artists for which they portray.
On Friday
May 20th 2005 The Beach Toys had the true honor and privilege to
perform for Brian Wilson, Al Jardine, David Marks, The Beach Boys’
families, respective bands and many wonderful friends. There was
so much talent in the room as our audience it was to say the least a
bit intimidating. For us there were two ice
breakers that I would like to share with you: The first was when
Brian’s cute little daughter stood before us (and we all know kids
just don’t hold back) looking up and said “hey you guys look
like my daddy did in the olden days” Instantly, the hours, days
and months of hard work were validated. The second was when we
observed Brian busy with fans, reporters, autographs (seated only 15 feet from us in the front
row) and photos not missing a beat and singing along with us
while we performed his music. AWESOME, AWESOME AND AWESOME AGAIN. It doesn’t
get any better than that !!! Oh we made a few mistakes that were to be expected given
the situation but somehow the idea and message that we have been
carrying for years now had been sent.
We were honored to have The Honey’s join us in “Be
True To Your School” with the single release cheerleader cheers
added for that recreation of one of one of my favorite single
releases…. Simply unbelievable. To describe the way I feel about
that special day could take pages of this site, but for the sake of space I
will keep it short. Many thanks to the wonderful music of
The
Beach Boys, Alan and Adam, their talented band, Probyn Gregory
for
joining all of us on "Dance, Dance, Dance" and The Brian Wilson band,
The Honeys and all, for their wonderful complements of our
performance.
A special thanks to Harry Jarnigan (the man that started this
all) and his lovely wife Ann, Paula Bondi-Springer, Jeff Foskett,
Probyn Gregory (for his endless support) Trish, Hawthorne Parks and Recreation
Dept. Fred Vail, Jim (our unofficial
sponsor from Thalia Surf) for the great Woody Ride to and from the
dedication, and everyone involved for making May 20th 2005 A
day in my life I will never forget……
Glenn Henry-Leader/
Co-Fonder of The Beach Toys
Surf's
Up with The Beach Toys!
GLENN HENRY as Brian Wilson, RICHARD GIBSON as Carl Wilson, GENE
MARTIN
as Dennis Wilson, MIKE MOYNAHAN as Mike Love, and CHRIS HILLIARD
as Al Jardine
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