Curb-Run and The Arden Theatre in St Albert

Sept. 27, '07
Constantly driving from town to town in a van can lead to a need for athletic relief. We found that relief on a series of 8 curbs in a row, separated by about 5 inches each, just outside of the St. Albert Inn. The goal was to run back and fourth down the lengths of these curbs the most times without making contact with the ground below the curbs. After a long stretch of no one doing a single length without falling off the curbs, I managed to run five successive lengths. The first serious record contention of the night. I held that record firmly until Rob brought the house down with a new record of six lengths. We spent some time trying to beat Rob's record until frustration brought our interests from our original curb-run event to a more violent curb sport. We spent the next thirty to forty minutes playing King of the Curb, knocking each other off the curbs. The rules were simple. To win, go the longest without touching ground. Once you have touched the ground, you cannot make contact with other players until you are back on the curb. You can only get on the curb from one designated end. Our night ended for bed, but not before a potentially intesting prospect occured to us... but I'll save that idea for another time. (Hint: It involves YouTube)

Sept. 28 '07 In the early days of the band, we had the honor of participating in Contact East, a booking conference for venues in the east coast of Canada. To that point, we were not very experienced touring. So when Brenda Hetherington and Kurt Bagnall of The Arden Theatre in St. Albert, Alberta, and The Banff Centre of the Arts in Banff, Alberta, approached us in excitement after our showcase, we shared in their excited. But it wasn't until this Friday night in September that we finally were performing at The Arden. It was worth the wait. The theatre holds approximately 550 people, so the attendence of about 300 people gave the house a relatively full feeling. In addition to my sister Melody's attendence, a variety of friends from home came to the show. Sometimes I forget how many people from Prince Edward Island have moved to the oil rich west to make their living. We left the Arden feeling good about what we do. The hospitality was great, the audience was receptive, and to top things off, we sold a relatively large amount of CD's, 80. I would not be surprised to see us back in the not so distant future.

After the show, we arrived back to the St. Albert Inn and headed almost directly to the row of eight curbs beside the building, on Colin's second run he scored seven lengths. Colin still holds the record today.

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