Vancouver 2010 Olympic gigs
Friday, February 12, 2010 at 04:42AM Last night I played a gig with a great singer named AJ Woodworth. Her, with Jesse Tucker and I backing her up, played two songs at the West Vancouver leg of the 2010 Olympic Torch Relay. It was outside, near the rec centre, it was kinda chilly and a bit wet but not necessarily rainy, and I was impressed with how many people came out to see the torch show up. Before us, there was a all-female a capella group, a marching band, a mens' choir (just to even it out) and a childrens' choir.
I showed up looking forward to the gig, but when I was standing on stage just a few feet away from the fire that had made it's way some thousands of miles (and, as I write this, continues to weave through parts of the Lower Mainland), I came to appreciate that I was in some way involved with a pretty significant event in this city's history. It's not as though the cynical smart-ass completely melted away, I mean, there was a mens' choir and a bunch of trombone players to make fun of after all, but I was glad to be a part of it, more than I thought I would.
And guess what? I'm doing it again on this Saturday night, when I perform for the Vancouver 2010 Cultural Olympiad with Jessie Farrell at the LiveCity Downtown Stage at 10pm. It's free, and it's going to get crazy. If you haven't done so already, it's worth making your way downtown just to be in the mix - just so you can say you did.
Hope to see you at the show. And here's a tip: If you want to blend in wear red and white, because everyone else will be.
Reader Comments (1)
Enjoyed your comments about the torch relay and the Cultural Olympiad. I was in a band in 1988 and we played a gig at an indoor park in downtown Calgary for the "Olympic Winter Festival", so playing the Olympics is now a family tradition!
I'm writing this on your 29th birthday. You definitely have more hair than I did when I was 29! No doubt you can thank your mom Heather for that! Happy Birthday. You're a good man.