Nine ClientFests In, the Roadsters’ Mascots Are Still Working Daniel Del Real’s Fence Line

Cruiser and Crooner spent Sunday afternoon working the crowd at Dutch Hollow Farms, crane kicks, tinsel wigs, and all.

Dutch Hollow Farms, Modesto, CA · September 20, 2026

Client: Modesto Roadsters · Pioneer League
Year: 2026
Discipline: Sports & Alternate Identities

Cruiser in a black leather jacket and Crooner in a gold sequin jacket squared off against each other on the dirt, a ferris wheel turning behind them — Dutch Hollow Farms, Sunday afternoon

Give Crooner a little music and an audience, and the gold sequin jacket finally makes sense.

Crooner in his gold sequin jacket and sunglasses, holding a vintage microphone — Crooner, with a microphone and an audience

That was Sunday at Dutch Hollow Farms, where Daniel Del Real threw open the gates for The Del Real Group’s ClientFest, the ninth one now, judging by the shirts everyone was wearing. String lights ran the rafters of the barn, a ferris wheel turned slow against the sky, and specialty corndogs, cotton candy, and funnel cakes moved through the crowd about as fast as the kids did. Right in the middle of it: two Modesto Roadsters, both of them sponsored by Daniel, Cruiser’s leather jacket stitched with THE DEL REAL GROUP across the back so nobody had to ask whose party this was.

The back of Cruiser's black leather jacket, stitched with THE DEL REAL GROUP and the company's gold house-and-key mark — Stitched across the back, so nobody had to ask

Greg and I came out from Slightly Obsessed Studios to support them, his camera close at hand. Halee Smith of Girls Smash Guitars joined us too, guitar over her shoulder even though this one wasn’t a gig for her; her production team, Scott and Jen, stood right behind her the whole afternoon.

Halee Smith in a Girls Smash Guitars cap and heart-shaped sunglasses, playing her pink guitar — Halee Smith, Girls Smash Guitars

No Kid Left Out

Cruiser worked the crowd the way he always does: easy, unhurried, kneeling down for every hug like he had nowhere else to be. Eddie Sanchez, in a ClientFest shirt, pulled him in for a selfie like he’d been rehearsing the pose all week. Crooner, predictably, had other plans. At one point he squared up for a mock Karate Kid crane kick, going toe to toe with Cruiser while the crowd around them laughed. Later, somebody produced a pile of tinsel wigs. Crooner’s was gold, to match his jacket. Cruiser’s was green on one ear, rainbow on the other. They wore them for photo after photo the rest of the day.

Cruiser down on one knee in front of a small child, at the child's eye level — Kneeling down for every hug

Eddie Sanchez in a ClientFest shirt holding his phone out for a selfie with Cruiser and Crooner — Eddie Sanchez, in a ClientFest shirt

Cruiser mid-kick in a mock Karate Kid crane stance, facing Crooner — Toe to toe

Cruiser wearing a tinsel wig, green on one ear and rainbow on the other, over his sunglasses — Green on one ear, rainbow on the other

Halee worked right alongside them in her Girls Smash Guitars cap and heart-shaped sunglasses, cotton candy in hand, handing out the Halee-and-Cruiser baseball cards she designed and had printed herself. A little girl walked off holding hers with both hands, careful not to bend it.

Halee Smith with her pink guitar, standing with two children at the edge of the crowd — Halee, working right alongside them

Nine Years on the Fence Line

The fence Cruiser and Crooner had worked all afternoon carried nine years of client photos, each one framed inside its own little house-shaped cutout: families grinning in front of their own front doors.

Cruiser and Crooner with two guests in front of the fence, where nine years of client photos hang in house-shaped cutouts — Nine years of front doors

Cruiser’s jacket has carried the Del Real Group patch all year. Crooner’s hasn’t, and he is not exactly quiet about it. He showed up with a black Del Real Group backpack slung over his gold jacket anyway, Halee matching him with one of her own.

Halee Smith and Crooner from behind, both wearing black Del Real Group backpacks, Cruiser beside them in his tinsel wig — Halee matching him with one of her own

By four o’clock, nine years looked like a kid running up for a hug and a woman standing on tiptoe to fix Crooner’s tinsel, that same fence of framed front doors behind them, waiting on a tenth.

A woman reaching up on tiptoe to straighten the gold tinsel on Crooner's head — Standing on tiptoe to fix Crooner’s tinsel

Cruiser holding a small girl on his hip, both of them facing the camera — Waiting on a tenth

One more date: fans who want to see Girls Smash Guitars plugged in, plus a surprise appearance from Cruiser, can catch them at Queen Bean Coffee House this Sunday, September 27. All ages, 4 to 8 p.m., doors at 3. Five Years Later opens at 4, Halee and Girls Smash Guitars take the stage at 5:15, and Cruiser closes out the night at 6:30 with Bad Haley, Halee’s own alter ego. Tickets and event details

Special thanks to Daniel and The Del Real Group for the invitation and nine years of ClientFest, to Farmer John, Amy, and the whole Dutch Hollow Farms team for hosting like family, and to Halee, Scott, and Jen for showing up for every single kid who wanted a photo.

Written by Andie Kat Gallup, edited by Phoebe Jade Sterling, and media by Greg Gallup · Slightly Obsessed Studios

The whole afternoon