The Best Show, Ski Legends and F.A.C.T.O.R

so very tired........

My head is dipping, eyes slowly closing. What a fun weekend and busy week this has been. Highlights are as follows:

- Show at Cafe Nara a success...most relaxing show I have had in a long time. A special thanks to Sonny for inviting us to play and to Reg. for helping us with sound.

- Met ski legend Dan Treadway and danced the night away at Hanky Panky's.

- Stayed up till 4:00am working on my application to F.A.C.T.O.R, a government grant program distributing $ from Heritage Canada to emerging recording artists for professional demo's (cross your fingers for me). I'll find out in the next 12 weeks if I get accepted.

I am off to the Charlottes and Prince George next month. Cheers Sall

This Weekend Cafe Nara in Terrace

Only time for a quick post today....I am in the middle of booking a Fall Tour (starting Sept) thru BC. I will be in Terrace this weekend at Cafe Nara. Show starts at 7:00 and is free of charge! Hope to see you all there. Then in April I am off to PG and Haida Gwai for a couple of shows! Yahoo I love Music!

Cowpuccino's Grand Reopening

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I found this photo yesterday when cleaning up my harddrive. A customer took it and gave it to Jud at the Grand Reopening of Cowpuccino's here in Prince Rupert. He forwarded it to me for my website. Sall

Share the Green

The annual hospital Equipment Fundraiser/ St Patty's Day celebration at the Crest was again a fun filled, green beer drinking extravaganza. The Mix 56 broadcast live from 2- 8pm showcasing local talent. Highlights for me were the young all-girl band Yo Fadda and Irish Song wielding local band Celtic Rain that showcased the talents Chis Vick on Fiddle. Gary and I played around 6:00pm. I was worried that Gary was not going to make it due to miss-communication on my part and a schedule that was running a bit early. He slid into his chair halfway through my first song, perfect timing! It was a great set...Adrenalin was up and the crowd was very reactive. At the end of the night we convinced Jacques Schmitt(sp?) to take the stage for an impromto jam. He pulled over an hour of covers out of his head, accompanied by Gary on Drum, Nancy on back up vocals and myself on shaker/vocals. Its the first time I have ever jammed like that in public. Lots of fun!

Steve Slade in the House (literally)

Had another great evening tonight. Steve Slade was in town to do a show last night. He is a multi-dimensional singer songwriter from the Yukon with a voice like 'whipped butter' with and edge. Not a very adequate description but it's all I can think of right now after 3 glasses of red wine!. Friends of mine Frances Riley and Sarah Foster opened for him at the Tom Rooney and the president of the North Coast Performers suggested that I talk to him about his touring experiences and pick his brain. So over halibut(My Steve Cooked), couscous and red wine we had an enjoyable evening of music and I got some advice from a man who has been-there-done-that!. He will be playing at Cowpuccino's on Monday March 21st in the evening. Its a night you will not want to miss.

sall at prince rupert birthday bash

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Photo from the Prince Rupert Birthday Bash

Photo by Andrew Hoshkiw

Happy Birthday Prince Rupert

I am drinking a beer, sitting in my little office in the basement, balancing my books and thinking to myself that Mercedes (landlord) painted this room a really cheery yellow colour. It makes it less painful and easier to accept that being an emerging musician means being poor! Well, I am not doing it for the money anyhow! I got to play at the PAC in Prince Rupert again this week. It's always such a treat to be on the big stage! This time it was for city's 95th Birthday Celebration. The City and Musical Community put on a free performance, showcasing local talent and offering birthday cake (mmmmmm yummmy). I always say this town is a musical hotspot and this show made my point. Kate Fish one of the performers is one of the most promising vocalists I have heard in a long time. She has this great bluey, soulful voice that makes you sit up and listen and then relax and enjoy. The evening also involved many of Karin Lljung Music works Kids, Celtic Rain, Patti, Lonnie and Jewel (The Undies Girls)and many more. I played a new my new song ...still untitled. I have got to get better at the song naming stuff. Thursday night Gary came to town and we had a practice, while Cedar dosed in our armchair and Steve made oatmeal muffins (mmmmmm muffins) Well I had better go, I am starting to sound like Homer Simpson (mmmmmmmmm). Nite' Sall

Adventures in Terraceland!

Well.....the van spent Friday night outside the new Liquor Store in Terrace. It did not want to start after we stopped in to pick up some beverages. Nicole graciously picked us up and transported us to the "Spaetzle' Party! 15 people, live crab, German Pasta, great wine and great music, a little hoola hoop and some great musical jamming suddenly it was 4:00am. The next morning it took several hours to get the van started. The Terrace Volkswagen Dealership was too busy to deal with us and sent us to Nappa to get parts (not impressed!) The Nappa guys were awsome and gave us lots of suggestions...it turns out the wire to the starter had come loose. Rather than race up to the hill for 2 hours of skiiing we hit Sight and Sound to look at guitars. I played a $1700 Yamaha guitar that was sweet! The best part of the day was meeting and jamming with Jeremy from the Kitimat band Anything August. We sat in the guitar room and played away....I checked out thier website later in the day. These guys are a band to watch. Great music! After, we checked out some second hand stores and I found a puffy MEC downfilled jacket for 10$ a bit beat up but will be a great camping jacket and found Steve a merino wool, fleece lined jacket from New Zealand for 17$ normally ($300). Had another practice night with Gary and said goodbye to Alex and Andreas they were heading to Hazleton to go snowboarding that night and then they head back to Germany/Austria on Monday. Got up bright and early this morning and I am now back in Rupert getting ready to run the open mic night this evening at Cowpuccinos. Time for a quick nap I think......

Coastal Crab and German Dinner

Well I am off to Terrace again, this time with 6 live crab. Steve, Cedar and I are off to Garys for a practice and an authentic German Meal. All I know is that it involves hand made boiled noodle/pasta, onions and butter...mmmmm sounds good! No gigs this weekend, just practice and preparation, good wine, good friends and a lesson in German Cuisine!