So....an update. It's official, three people have admitted to checking out this blog - Kevin's Mom, Sandra, and Ray Smith (who looks at it late at night when he is really bored). Be brave...step forward and let me know if you're reading this!
Gigs:
CNE - with Stephen Kabakos and the Elvis band, minus the horns - the usual - the CNE never changes, it seems. Our stage was smaller and the PA worse than ever before. We've been playing there for 6 or 7 years and every year it gets a little worse.
Milton Steam Era - small crowd, but a good show. Post activities at the pub and watching Ray sing Kareoke.
Horse Ranch/Hotrods - cold, wet day. Yuch. Again, weak PA. Oh well...
Molly Blooms' - Kevin and I worked the room well - some new tunes with loops - a little quiet for University being back, but then there are tons of university pub events the first weeks
Corporate Gig on Friday - cancelled, but we're getting paid anyway, so that's alright. Bought an engagement ring and saw a band at Rude Native and Kevin at the Duke instead
Kevin and I have our first gig ever at the Fox and Fiddle Friday, should be fun. The place is always packed.
School's back in. The frustrating burocratic crap and lack of reality among the higher ups continues to frustrate. McGinty's plan for every student to succeed includes small "credit recovery" classes, basically one on one with teachers, for students who failed a course last year. So while that teacher works with a half dozen kids for the semester, all the other class sizes go up. The classroom average still looks okay on paper, but we still have tons of classes in the 40+ range. I have over 100 students in 3 classes this semester, and others have it worse. Nothing like punishing the good students...
Enough whining - off to play with Alysha Brooke at the Fergus fair. Where's the sun? Have caught Sandra's cold, so might not be as fun as usual.
Happy Sunday!
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