Merry Christmas!

On behalf of Southland, Roy Cooper, Kevin Cisneroz, Mike Lundy, Wayne Landes, and our families , we just want to thank everyone that supports and helps to keep us going. We wish you a very Merry and Blessed Christmas. And we look forward to seeing you in the New Year.

Fountain of Living Waters

This morning we played at Fountain of Living Waters church in Phelen. They are currently meeting at the Phelen Middle School.

Pastor, Dale, is pictured here addressing the congregation.
Southland playing the the dining hall where the service is held weekly.

Mike was unable to play today, so Daniel filled in for him. Daniel used to be a guitar student of Wayne's about 6 years ago and now he is playing in a few Praise & Worship bands for his church and school. Thank you Daniel for being there for Southland. You were great!

A view of some of the congregation of Living Waters. Also, in the very front wearing a blue shirt is our old sound guy, Joel Escarzaga. He and his family attend this church, so he was able to fill in and do our sound this morning. We miss having him as our full time sound man, but are looking forward to having him fill in for us again in the future. Thanks for your great and hard work Joel!

Today was "Family Day", so instead of the the kids going into their own classes, they were able to stay in for the concert. Because they are kids after all and their attention span is limited (even with great music), they had a couple of tables set up in the corner for them to draw and color. We even saw a few of them dancing in the back!

Afterwards, the church held their Harvest Festival. There was this very popular bouncer/slide out in the parking lot. Free food was served, games were played and each child went home with tons of candy.

Thanks you Fountain of Living Waters for having us. We look forward to next time!

Yucca Valley

Southland played in Yucca Valley for two weekends in a row. The first weekend New Beginnings Community Church asked five groups/artists to come play in the Sears parking lot as a way to introduce this new church to the community. It was pretty much an all day event (11am to 5pm). Not only did they have the bands, there were also activities for the kids.

Mike and Roy

Wayne and Kevin

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The following weekend, First Southern Baptist Church of Yucca Valley, had their Harvest Festival at their church property. Here Southland performed on a trailer with an awesome backdrop of the desert and mountain. I love how you can see a cross just behind Wayne's shoulder. The church also had free hot dogs, beans, chips, drink, ice slushies and ice cream, along with lots of fun games and crafts for the kids. Pastor Stephen Jones, his family and congregation were a welcoming & fun group of people. Thank you for having us.





I also really like this picture of Wayne and Kevin, with the cross right in the middle of them.


Behind the band, showing the church and the patrons.

No folks, we do not have our own road crew. We do it all ourselves. If anyone is interested in being our volunteer Roadie, let us know! ha ha ha

Thank You Troops!

This is a song that Wayne Landes wrote and composed to thank our troops for serving and protecting out country. Please click the link below. I hope you are as blessed by this song as I am. Also, if you know how to post the actual video to this blog, please let me know.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQIXCyaUWeA

Cowboy Church - August 2009

In August we led worship for Norco's Cowboy Church. This is always a fun service, because we are outdoors not only enjoying worshiping our Savior, but also enjoying what He has made. We meet just behind the grandstands in the VIP tent, so the horses and bulls are always eating right next to where we play, which is lots of fun.

Kevin, Mike and our little helper/future Southland member.

Rev. Bob Harris giving his sermon.


Christian Cowboy Poet reciting a poem he had just written a few days prior.

After the service, it is always a joy to fellowship with other Christian cowboys and their families.

Orange County Fair 2009

We were very excited to go back to the Orange County Fair for the second year in a row. This time we were moved up to the Main Stage, played on Saturday vs. Friday and performed at 11:15am.

Roy (Bass), Wayne (Lead Vocals/Guitar), Kevin (Drums) and Mike (Vocals/Rhythm Guitar)

Wayne's father-n-law did a wonderful job at selling our CD's for us while we were on stage. Thank you.

We love the OC Fair, because it is smaller than the LA Fair, and therefore more intimate. Also, it is a great fair for our family and friends to come out and support us at.

Thank you OC Fair for having us back! We hope to play for you again next year.

Hemet Valley Baptist Church - July 4, 2009

Wayne's previous pastor asked Southland to come down to his current church in Hemet to play at their 4th of July celebration. The church started out the day by playing softball on their baseball field, followed by a BBQ and Southland's music. There was lots to do for all ages. Games, Face Painting, Clowns, Bounce Houses, etc., as well as a firework show at night.

Here is Southland playing the first set of the day. It was very hot, so we were thankful for shade the pop up's provided.


A couple of Hemet locals came out to support Southland, even though they don't attend this particular church. Thank you!

Although you can't see it in this picture, you can see the wonderful shade that the huge tent provided. The people sitting back enjoying our music really appreciated this.

One of the face painting clowns bringing joy to a special little girl.

Giggles the Clown. He walked around making balloon animals for all the kids and adults alike.

Southland playing the second set of the day. This time it was a bit cooler, as the sun was getting ready to go down.

Two of our regular band mates were out of town, so we asked our old bass player, Rex, to come fill in for Roy and the drummer, Kent, filled in for Kevin. He is a professional drummer that fills in for various drummers and he was pure joy to work with.

We had a fabulous time celebrating our country's freedom down in Hemet!

Relay for Life - March 2009

Relay For Life is a fundraiser for cancer research. At Relay, teams of people camp out at a local high school, park, or fairground and take turns walking or running around a track or path. Each team is asked to have a representative on the track at all times during the event. Because cancer never sleeps, Relays are overnight events up to 24 hours in length.

This is something very important to all the members of Southland, as each of us knows someone who has been affected by cancer. Because of this, we chose to take time to volunteer to perform for the walkers/runners trying to raise money.


Mike (Rhythm/Lead Guitar), Randall (Drums), Wayne (Vocal/Guitar) and Roy (Bass)
The grandstands are empty behind us, because everyone was either on the football field or on the track.


Wayne Landes singing a song not only for the runners/walkers, but also for our Savior.

Mike Lundy and Randall Tosten.

The Jones Family have become fast fans of Southland, as well as great friends. I am sure this will not be the last time you see their faces on our blog.

Northwinds Church Movie Night (Summer 2008)

Northwind Church held a movie night last Summer, as a way to introduce themselves to their community and hopefully get new members. They started off the evening with Southland playing and teaching the crowd how to line dance. There were also free bottles of water and popcorn. Lots of people in the neighborhood came out to enjoy the music, to play in the park, visit with their neighbors and watch Lion King on this cool blow up screen.

Here we have Roy (Bass), Wayne (Vocal/Guitar), Jeff Olsen (Drums) and Mike Lundy (Rhythm Guitar). Jeff first played in Southland when he was just 16 years old. He has since become a professional drummer having played with Jazz Keyboardist, David Benoit, and Monkey's Peter Tork. He is a great friend and we are very fortunate to have him fill in for us when he can.

After we played and then tore down our equipment, we also settled in to watch the movie.

San Diego Fair's Gospel Fest 2008

In my post below, I promised you a post about performing at the San Diego Fair's Gospel Fest.
To be eligible to play for the SD Fair Gospel Fest, we first had to complete an application and then go down to the House of Blues for an audition. A couple of weeks later we found out that they wanted us (out of a few hundred), our time and stage. We played at 11:00am and then had the rest of the day to enjoy the fair with our families.


The announcer introducing Southland to the audience


Roy, Wayne, Kevin and Rex on the Plaza Stage.

Here is a small glimpse of our CD table with a cutie pie hiding out in it's shade.
This same cutie pie also came out and danced a little while we played.
Oh, in case you are wondering, those white tents were the changing rooms for the bands. I just knew you were curious! lol