I AM FEELING VERY GRATEFUL TO HAVE HAD A VOICE FOR THE SHOW IN CALGARY LAST SUNDAY EVENING. IT WAS NOT STRONG BUT IT WAS THERE SO TERRY COULD ACTUALLY PLAY HIS BASS ACCOMPANIMENT INSTEAD OF HOLDING MY PHONE TO SING MY LYRICS AGAIN. HA HA.
WE ARE COMING TO EXPECT THAT WE WILL HAVE LOVELY AUDIENCES BECAUSE THAT HAS BEEN OUR EXPERIENCE IN EVERY SINGLE SHOW SO FAR.
GERI AND HER HUSBAND, DREW, TREATED US TO A NICE SALMON DINNER BEFOREHAND AND GAVE US A ROOM FOR THE NIGHT TOO!
THE NEXT DAY, WE RUSHED HOME TO EDMONTON SO THAT TERRY COULD PACK UP OUR GEAR AND DRIVE ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE EDMONTON, INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TO SHIP OUR 8 BOXES OUT EAST. IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN SO EASY AS HE HAD THE CONTAINERS ALL READY TO GO AND AFTER ABOUT AN HOUR OF METICULOUS PACKING HE WEIGHED THE PACKAGES AND DROVE OUT.
WITHOUT GOING INTO TOO MANY DETAILS …A PARTICULAR SECURITY GUARD DECIDED THAT HE WOULD RIP APART EVERY SINGLE BOX AND SWAB EVERY SINGLE C.D. AND INSTRUMENT …FOR 2 HOURS ! THE MAN SAID THAT HE WOULD ‘DO HIS BEST’ TO REPACKAGE THEM UP . SO OF COURSE TERRY STAYED AND REDID ALL THE PACKING HIMSELF AGAIN (!)TO MAKE SURE IT WAS WELL DONE AND SAFE. TERRY WAS TOLD BY AN AIR CANADA EMPLOYEE THAT THIS PROCEDURE IS NOT COMMON AND IT WAS ONLY BAD LUCK THAT THIS PARTICULAR GUARD DECIDED TO DO THIS AND IF WE HAD ARRIVED AN HOUR EARLIER THE BOXES WOULD JUST HAVE BEEN SCANNED IN ABOUT 5 MINUTES.
VERY VERY FRUSTRATING TO BE SURE BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT OUR GEAR HAS ALREADY ARRIVED SAFELY AS OF THIS WRITING.
SO WE PACK TODAY AND HOPE WE HAVE THOUGHT OF EVERYTHING AS WE ARE ABOUT TO HEAD OUT TO NEWFOUNDLAND !
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