Island Trees Memorial Middle School student Jesse Kinch, a seventh-grader and Levittown resident, was chosen by promoters to be the opening act for Ryan Star of the hit CBS television show Rockstar Supernova. The show took place on Thanksgiving night at the Crazy Donkey in Farmingdale. Kinch's band included Rick on keyboards, Randy Coven on bass and John Macaluso on drums. Kinch and the band played several songs from the Rockstar Supernova show and a couple of originals. The highlight of the night was when Kinch was performing Star's hit Back of Your Car, Ryan began to film him with his camcorder, eventually joining him on stage for the remainder of the song.

For Jesse this was a dream come true.

"I was blown away by Ryan's performances on the Rockstar Supernova show and so was the rest of the audience," Kinch said. "To be on the same stage with him two months later was so unbelievable. He is as good as it gets as a writer and performer."

For more information about Kinch visit www.jessekinch.com.