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Canada Day celebrations in Ottawa (note, links may lead to fabulous music):
The night before we headed up for the Tech Dress, as has become a tradition. It's been growing in popularity every year, and apparently this year started at 2 pm so that the performers could do a couple of songs if they wanted to. Which is incredibly cool, except for the part where we didn't know that.
So we missed Colin James by about 6 hours, but we caught Stars, a Montreal indie band who I liked a lot. Then we went and ran some errands, and so home, and so to bed.
Yesterday, we got to the Hill at noon toadmire the glittering tinsel of neo-colonialism watch the Changing of the Guard, Musical Ride, the Governor-General's speech, the Snowbirds' fly-over and all that traditional housekeeping.
And once we got that out of the way, Colin James.
The Hill was incredibly crowded, so we Dibbled at our favourite hot-dog stand, temporarily relocated to Wellington Street for the day, while listening to The Samba Squad (ably backed up by the gun crew, who must have had some powder left after the 21 gun salute) got dessert from Farmers Feed Cities, who have correctly reasoned that giving people really really good homemade ice cream is a FABULOUS way to make them appreciate the importance of supporting local agriculture, and headed over to the Major's Hill Park programming via The Rideau Locks, which were busy cycling five boats through; much fun to watch and a nice break from the crowds.
We got to Major's Hill just in time for the 3pm show and the official debut of the Six String Nation Guitar. I got to touch it. I ... may have wibbled. We got to hear Stephen Fearing, who got to be the first person to play it in performance, play The Longest Road on it. And I now have a Six String nation guitar pick signed (well, initialed) by all three Rodeo Kings, which I shall be mailing to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
benet on Tuesday. Because I love him THAT MUCH.
So we stayed on Major's Hill for the evening; better fireworks view, MUCH smaller and mellower crowd (and I was flaring like crazy) and Blackie and the Rodeo Kings. I sighed a bit about missing Colin James; turns out I sighed too soon, actually, but read on.
You all missed a great show. Except you didn't completely miss it, at least not yet. It'll be running Monday on CBC Radio One at noon (which means you can catch it, by careful selection of which city you choose to listen from, for as long as it's noon somewhere in Canada).
Recommended. SEKKRIT MESSAGE TOnindulgence: YOU DO NOT WANT TO MISS THIS SHOW :)
Joel Fafard, La Volee d'Castors, K'Naan, Kinnie Starr, Buck 65, and Blackie & The Rodeo Kings -- and guest. Because, yanno, why settle for three guitar gods on a stage when you can have four?
Also, the discerning listener might detect the sound of my squeeing my head off from the first row. :)
The fireworks were truly spectacular, and even longer than last year's.
The walk home wasn't so great; the rain held off until after the fireworks, but on the way home we got soaked. Still. A fine Canada Day.
Note to Antipodean contingent: Buck 65 will be at @Newton in Sydney on July 6 and at the Prince Bandroom, Melbourne, on July 7. (He's also got dates in Byron Bay and Brisbane, but AFAIK I don't know anyone in either of those places).
Also for the UK contingent: Jul 21 in London and Jul 22 in Brighton, plus a few more dates; more here.
Today's Post-Canada Day plans include liquids, rest, sunburn treatment, anti inflammatories, trying to get the kitchen done, and writing; Ian's off on a 2 day hike.
The night before we headed up for the Tech Dress, as has become a tradition. It's been growing in popularity every year, and apparently this year started at 2 pm so that the performers could do a couple of songs if they wanted to. Which is incredibly cool, except for the part where we didn't know that.
So we missed Colin James by about 6 hours, but we caught Stars, a Montreal indie band who I liked a lot. Then we went and ran some errands, and so home, and so to bed.
Yesterday, we got to the Hill at noon to
And once we got that out of the way, Colin James.
The Hill was incredibly crowded, so we Dibbled at our favourite hot-dog stand, temporarily relocated to Wellington Street for the day, while listening to The Samba Squad (ably backed up by the gun crew, who must have had some powder left after the 21 gun salute) got dessert from Farmers Feed Cities, who have correctly reasoned that giving people really really good homemade ice cream is a FABULOUS way to make them appreciate the importance of supporting local agriculture, and headed over to the Major's Hill Park programming via The Rideau Locks, which were busy cycling five boats through; much fun to watch and a nice break from the crowds.
We got to Major's Hill just in time for the 3pm show and the official debut of the Six String Nation Guitar. I got to touch it. I ... may have wibbled. We got to hear Stephen Fearing, who got to be the first person to play it in performance, play The Longest Road on it. And I now have a Six String nation guitar pick signed (well, initialed) by all three Rodeo Kings, which I shall be mailing to
benet on Tuesday. Because I love him THAT MUCH. So we stayed on Major's Hill for the evening; better fireworks view, MUCH smaller and mellower crowd (and I was flaring like crazy) and Blackie and the Rodeo Kings. I sighed a bit about missing Colin James; turns out I sighed too soon, actually, but read on.
You all missed a great show. Except you didn't completely miss it, at least not yet. It'll be running Monday on CBC Radio One at noon (which means you can catch it, by careful selection of which city you choose to listen from, for as long as it's noon somewhere in Canada).
Recommended. SEKKRIT MESSAGE TO
nindulgence: YOU DO NOT WANT TO MISS THIS SHOW :)Joel Fafard, La Volee d'Castors, K'Naan, Kinnie Starr, Buck 65, and Blackie & The Rodeo Kings -- and guest. Because, yanno, why settle for three guitar gods on a stage when you can have four?
Also, the discerning listener might detect the sound of my squeeing my head off from the first row. :)
The fireworks were truly spectacular, and even longer than last year's.
The walk home wasn't so great; the rain held off until after the fireworks, but on the way home we got soaked. Still. A fine Canada Day.
Note to Antipodean contingent: Buck 65 will be at @Newton in Sydney on July 6 and at the Prince Bandroom, Melbourne, on July 7. (He's also got dates in Byron Bay and Brisbane, but AFAIK I don't know anyone in either of those places).
Also for the UK contingent: Jul 21 in London and Jul 22 in Brighton, plus a few more dates; more here.
Today's Post-Canada Day plans include liquids, rest, sunburn treatment, anti inflammatories, trying to get the kitchen done, and writing; Ian's off on a 2 day hike.
