Edmonton Folk Music Festival 2011

The Secret Sisters

The Hill from the top

Mr Matt Andersen

Deep Fried Oreos

Our favourite fellow volunteers

     For the second year Niki and I volunteered as Liaison Security for the EFMF. It was fantastic. I had forgotten how much fun it was. The constant music, the colour of the hill filled with tarps and people, the food, and the general fun atmosphere. If you have never been, I suggest planning for next year. Tickets sold out in two hours this year, so it will definitely take planning. Or you can just try and volunteer like us. They feed you and you get to go to the volunteer party afterwards. Delhi to Dublin played this years party on Friday night, and we had so much fun dancing to their music. Made us instant fans. Niki and I also had dinner with Peter Brown one night in the volunteer tent. We very much enjoy his radio stylings and humour, so that was a treat. I was very excited, but tried to be cool. On top of hosting Radio Active, he is the producer of CBC's 'The Irrelevant Show'.
If you asked me for a quick list of my favourite performers from this year, I would say: Matt Andersen,  Brandi Carlile, KT Tunstall, Delhi To Dublin, and The Secret Sisters. I could name quit a few more, but those are the ones at the top of mind. I would suggest going to these artists web pages, and if they come to your town, go see them. Matt Andersen gave me goose bumps and no one does a Johnny Cash cover like Brandi Carlile. More pictures can be found here.
Cheers,
Scott

Edmonton Sunset

Hovan's Birthday Trip

All our tix

At the beginning of June I went to Victoria for a little trip to visit my friend Hovan, for his birthday. He's a proud new father, and as such doesn't get out much anymore. For his birthday his lovely wife let us watch movies, play video games, and generally do the things working and parenting full time don't let you do. We ended up seeing every movie playing at Silver City in Victoria. Hangover II was probably my least favourite, while I enjoyed all the others. That's a picture of all the movie tickets. The island seems to be fertile ground, so I also got to see some new babies, and see some about to be new babies. Feeling the baby who was going to be Niko move around inside my friend Yarrow was amazing. I've never felt a baby move around like that before, it was brilliant. All in all it was a good trip, and I am very much looking forward to Christmas when we get to go out there again. We did a stop at Phillips Brewery in Victoria too. They do this thing called a growler, and I got one and brought it back to Edmotnon. Alley Kat fills it up for me when needed, so that has me pretty happy. As always, more pictures can be found at my picasa albums.
Cheers,
Scott