Logos For Amateur Groups

This was a family band.
In addition to primary residence with a pool,
they had a weekend house on a lake.
So while on vacation, they went to the beach.
Of course! They came up with the name themselves.
When performing, they wore tie-dyes and shades.

We put this group together to feature a student drummer.
His given name was Benjamin, so naturally . . .
a fellow student came up with this stage name.
This led to the formation a jazz combo.

A band of brothers, family name was Wondra.
The original nucleus was the siblings,
a keyboard player and a guitar player.
Later they were joined by a drummer friend.
Yours truly supplied the bass parts.

This ensemble featured two friends,
one on clarinet and one on flute.
The name of the first was  _ I _ D _ A _.
The name of the other was  _ I _ T _ R _ A.
Filling in the blanks is up to you.
(Hint: It was not   W I L D C A T   &   W I S T E R I A .)

Technically he was a solo artist I played backup for.
Another guessing game: What was his last name?
It lent itself nicely to a familiar-looking logo.

Naming a mixed ensemble this is like
a classical composer naming a sonata "Sonata,"
or writing a minuet and naming it "Minuet."
At least I tried to be creative with the poster.

It's not unusual for artists to begin to build a repertoire
before coming up with a name under which to perform.
This group's repertoire included "Puff The Magic Dragon"
and "Part Of Your World" from "The Little Mermaid."

I was never very good at throwing darts; however,
the first word was chosen by picking a random adjective
and the second came from a list of unrelated nouns.
The resulting name resonated with the musicians,
because they were students at a junior high school
whose mascot was Viking. I didn't know that before.

Another example of the group choosing its own name.
This is also another example of a band of brothers.
Their middle names were Stanwood and James, and . . .
it was more classy sounding than James Stanwood.