We made our way from the Woodland Stage, walked by the Concert Bowl then onward to check out some blues at The Grierson Stage. Enjoy!!!! S, xo
Courteney, Vancouver Island – Vancouver Island Musicfest – Day 5 – Part II – The Music – David Amram
This jazz musician, composer, author, story teller, and wanderer has befriended Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie….. S, xo
Courteney, Vancouver Island – Volunteering at Vancouver Island Musicfest – Day 5 – Part I
Today was music during the day – Performer Services – what I call Backstage Food Services – because that is what it is – 7:00pm-12:30am shift! Music will be a separate blog! The day started with a few more campers filling the volunteer lot. Some time in the sun: Some food vendor PULLED PORK POUTINE!!!…
Courteney, Vancouver Island – Vancouver Island Musicfest – Day 4 – The Music – Part IX – Walk Off The Earth – What A Show!!!!
Walk Off The Earth was a surprise. This slick, tight cover group were fun with a great light show. Their own songs were fun too! To me, as I write this after the festival….this band was the most captivating in light show, musical talent and innovative ways of singing their own songs and cover songs…
Courteney, Vancouver Island – Vancouver Island Musicfest – Day 4 – The Music – Part VIII – The StepCrew!!! Total Fun!
The StepCrew were A LOT of fun! These dynamic performers dance, sing and are champion fiddle players!!! You can’t stay still!!!! If you’re having a bad day, watch these videos!! You’ll feel happier in seconds!!!! S, xo
Courteney, Vancouver Island – Vancouver Island Musicfest – Day 4 – The Music – Part VII – Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley
We made our way to the Concert Bowl to watch Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley. This duo plays bluegrass, country, blues, western swing. They’re were awesome!!! ps….sorry for the short music clips – I was videoing so much that I cut it short to just get a taste of each musician! S, xo
Courteney, Vancouver Island – Volunteering at Vancouver Island Musicfest – Day 4 – Part VI
Time for some goofy moments (brought on by a wee bit of local wine) as we made our way to the main stage, with a walk back stage because we could and deep fried fresh mini donuts (munchies were a regular thing for a lot of these BC’ers…..no cliche intended but the cliche is real!!)!!!…
Courteney, Vancouver Island – Vancouver Island Musicfest – Day 4 – The Music – Part V – Celeigh Cardinal
I was looking forward to her! I wasn’t disappointed! Celeigh Cardinal reminded me of Jann Arden with her rough edge and powerful voice. She’s an honest woman who speaks her mind without apology! S, xo
Courteney, Vancouver Island – Vancouver Island Musicfest – Day 4 – The Music – Part IV – Qristina Brooke & Tracy Lynn & The Savage Hearts
We started in The Grassy Knoll watching Warming Up The Stage with Blaine Dunaway, Sweet SantaFe, Tracy Lynn & The Savage Hearts and Qristina Brooke. Qristina Brooke is a fiddler and singer who played traditional Irish, Old-Time American and French Canadian tunes! I loved her!!! Tracy Lynn & The Savage Hearts joined in for her last…
Courteney, Vancouver Island – Vancouver Island Musicfest – Day 4 – The Music – Part III – Sweet SantaFe
We started in The Grassy Knoll watching Warming Up The Stage with Blaine Dunaway, Sweet SantaFe, Tracy Lynn & The Savage Hearts and Qristina Brooke. Sweet SantaFe are a couple who sing authentic, romantic and uplifting music with Cuban influences. I enjoyed this couple. They inspired me to write music of my love for Michael…
Courteney, Vancouver Island – Vancouver Island Musicfest – Day 4 – The Music – Part II – Blaine Dunaway
We started the festival off watching music in The Grassy Knoll watching Warming Up The Stage with Blaine Dunaway, Sweet SantaFe, Tracy Lynn & The Savage Hearts and Qristina Brooke. Blaine Dunaway is a violin, cello, trumpet and flugelhorn player from the Comox Valley. He’s spent studio time with Eartha Kite, Mae Moore, and many…
Courteney, Vancouver Island – Volunteering at Vancouver Island Musicfest – Day 4 – Part I
Today the music starts! I’m breaking this day into parts – so you can pick what you want to look at – which will probably be the music – so the musicians will get their own blogs! For those interested in the behind the scenes – Performer Services should be called – Backstage Food Services….
Courteney, Vancouver Island – Volunteering at Vancouver Island Musicfest – Day 3
Today was the last full day of set up. Tomorrow the music begins! But first, I have to mention another difference between Courteney and Halifax – NO MOSQUITOS OR BLACK FLIES!!!!!!! WHAT A TREAT!!!!!!!!!!! You can sit outside at night and not be eaten alive by bloodsucking insects!!!!! AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!! Now, back to the day! Let’s…
Courteney, Vancouver Island – Volunteering at Vancouver Island Musicfest – Day 2
Firstly, I have to say is what I notice in difference between Courteney and Halifax. Difference one is how TALL the trees are! The forests are beautiful! They feel magical because the trees are so tall! Next are how tattooed the women are!!! Wow!!! Everywhere I go here, women have MANY tattoos!!! I don’t have…
Courtenay, Vancouver Island – Volunteering at Vancouver Island Musicfest – Day 1
Well, here we are. I’ll let you read more about Vancouver Island Musicfest by clicking on the link on its name. My focus is behind the scenes of what it is like to be part of the crew of this musical unity and the actual festival itself! Michael is an Electrical Volunteer. He makes sure…
An Unoriginal Blog on Intellect and Emotion
Does intellect inhibit emotion? Do emotions inhibit intellect? Does intellect suppress the ability to express emotion and do emotions suppress the ability to rationalize with logic and sound reason? There is an entire world of grey in-between intellect and emotion. There is nurture vs nature, subjective expectations, self-interest vs altruism, left brain vs right brain…
Confidence
As I sit here in the Toronto Pierson Airport on our way to British Columbia, I’m people watching while sipping a Tim Horton’s coffee and thinking about confidence. As all of these people of many different cultures walk by, I wonder? Who has confidence? Who feels safe within themselves? Who feels self-assured because of their…
Timmins, Canada – Bouncin’ in the Bearskin!
On the start of our journey to British Columbia, Michael and I flew from Timmins to Sudbury, Sudbury to Toronto. From Timmons to Sudbury, we flew with Bearskin Airlines! I kept calling them Bearclaw! The boarding passes are written in English, French and Cree. In the airport restaurant I bought a butter tart! This one…
Ontario, Canada – Mostly Mileage!
In four days, Michael and I drove a total of 2,598 kilometers throughout Ontario. Now, here is something new to me…… There are many 18-wheelers on the Ontario highways. These drivers are on a schedule. No time to stop and pee…..so they pee in bottles and throw the bottles out the window. These bottles are…
Kapuskasing, Ontario – Keeping Kool in the Kap!
Michael and I returned to Kapuskasing for one more evening with his brother Joel and sister-in-law Dana, but Dana was visiting with her mom and brother in Calgary, Alberta. We enjoyed an evening that started with playing snooker! I had a craving for butter tarts, so I decided to bike into town! Michael joined me…
