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local Wednesday 24 august 2022
Aruba’s youth got talent with Rocking Youth Band

There are so many musical jon with ukulele. There are
groups nowadays, which also three voices singing,
can be found on the inter- and one of them is opera.
net, making it impossible Currently, Parejo said that
to know how many groups they are busy with mixing a
are born each day. In Aru- modern concept with op-
ba, recently a youth musi- era, a personal production
cal group was created at project.
a school with the goal of
entertaining and to keep Currently, the band does
growing in music. covers of various artists,
but they also already have
Rocking Youth Band is a their own songs and their
group formed by 9 young- own production in that mu-
sters aged between 13 and sical area. “They are very
15 years. Last weekend, excited to do that, but
they had their first perfor- they’re barely one year
mance outside their school, in, combining their studies
which was where their with music lessons and the
band was created a year band”, Parejo said.
ago. Normally they per-
formed at different school As young teens, each of
events, and this took place them has their school re-
in a known setting. sponsibilities, their aspira-
tions and other hobbies,
In the beginning they were like windsurfing or becom-
directed by their teacher ing a plane pilot. They
Petra Alben, but Alben have the purpose of doing
moved to the Netherlands, a production in one year’s
leaving behind the plea to time, which is the school
not waste their talent and year which has just started.
to present the group with During this time they want
various instruments like pia- to produce their own songs
no, bass, guitar, drum and with producers and arrang-
ukulele, among others. ers, in a way that makes
everyone happy with the
This time our reporter did results, without losing their
a special interview with focus on school.
Tony Parejo, a professional
musician who gives music Parejo also said that they
lessons. He represents this have decided to change
youth musical band and the band’s name because
is also the father of two of they had the name of the
the band members. He school where they study,
says that their first perfor- which is ‘Schakel Band’;
mance for the general but because some of them
public last Saturday was a ceived private lessons for vocals; Isabella Manrique, who plays the piano. have changed schools,
complete success, as the the instruments in which 14, who sings; Ethan and they decided to change to
people present thoroughly they specialized. Ian Parejo, 14, specialized These 9 teens, according to ‘Yessified Chicken Nugget’
enjoyed it. Rocking Youth Band con- in drum, percussion, violin Parejo, have a special dif- – Parejo explained that not
sists of Paula Spinosi, 14, and guitar; Cynthia Rafael, ference from other musical all of them were in agree-
The members received mu- Jenna Croes, 15 – both 14, dedicated to bass gui- groups, because their per- ment with that name, and
sic lessons at the school, dedicated to playing uku- tar; Lukas Teklenborg, 15, formance varies. They not this is why they changed
where some of them are lele; Vida Maria, 13 who with cajon and percussion; only play rock, pop or bal- the name again, to ‘Rock-
still students, and each re- is in charge of violin and and Hugo Vroegop, 13, lads, but they also mix ca- ing Youth Band’.

Meanwhile they continue
training their new songs.
Parejo mentioned that they
are organizing an activity
for the month of Septem-
ber, but he could not share
any details yet.
As they are a relatively new
musical group, they don’t
have social media as a
group yet, but their repre-
sentative, Parejo, assured
that soon the community
will hear more of them
and come to know their
talent.q