Sea of Stars...

homebound from Brandon.

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 11:45:40 -0700

After our show at the Park Theater in Winnipeg, we got to relax in Altona, MB at Andrew’s parents place. Altona is probably the flattest town in Canada…so biking is a great pass time, you can go forever! (unlike here in North Vancouver). Just as we arrived, so did their first week of summer, and with it, mosquitoes. I have never seen so many in one place! OFF! was my new best friend.

Post getting fed and slept and relaxed in Altona, we headed off back West to Brandon for the Western Canadian Music Awards! (This time I did not accidentally throw out my ipod in a Brandon gas station…) The awards are a three day conference and festival with the awards show on the fourth evening. Our showcase was on Friday in a MASSIVE country bar. We did not play country music. The rest of the weekend was so amazing, Western Canada is home to many, many amazing and kind musicians. So we spent our time reuniting with old friends and making lots of new ones. Sunday Andrew got to take part in the Record of the Week Club by writing a song with Matt of the Liptonians and Leeroy Stagger to perform at the awards ceremony that evening!

After much debauchery and good times we drove home for a solid day across the four provinces that make up Western Canada to our warm and lonely beds.

xo. Laura

WCMA tour blog NUMBER TWO.

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 12:40:02 -0700

WCMA tour blog NUMBER TWO.

WCMA tour blog # 1

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 12:39:00 -0700

WCMA tour blog # 1

September tour/video blog update

Sun, 13 Sep 2009 23:48:51 -0700

So we finally just made it to Andrew’s aunt and uncles place where we are lucky enough to all be able to sleep on beds tonight.

There are more stars in the sky here in Rosthurn (Saskatchewan) than I have ever seen! We also tried to check out the aurora borealis, as I have never seen one growing up on the West Coast, but it was just a faint green glow on the horizon. Still pretty cool.

We have been breaking in Miles, our drummer for the tour, pretty quickly, so things are going well. He drove for the first time today on some little Saskatchewan back roads and did alright. I am still not allowed to drive, due to some apparent danger that I may or may not cause to the passengers in the van.

So far all the shows have had amazing crowds, we have met amazing new friends and been able to visit almost all the old ones, (or sleep on their floors and couches!) We just have two shows left until we are at the WCMA’s in Brandon, Manitoba, one in Regina tomorrow at the Exchange, and the other in Winnipeg at the Park Theater. Come if you can or tell your friends if you can’t!

I will be posting a link to our latest video blog once it is finished uploading.

xo. Laura