Day 6 - 182 -- Music Leads the Way

Happy Canada Day!  The weather here led the town to postpone fireworks until tomorrow. The possibility of showers or drizzle did not deter a small group of us, though. It has become an annual tradition to prepare pizzas and watch a fireworks show in the yard of a rural abode. We were a smaller group this year, but there was no shortage of pizza. I tried a perogy pizza for the first time at this even. Others included interesting mixtures of vegetables (including fennel). Once darkness fell, all attention was on the sky in the yard. We were not disappointed with some of the wonderfully named fireworks.

Earlier in the day, I listened to the events from Parliament Hill in Ottawa. An eclectic mix of pure Canadian music was featured. I want to share some of those choices here today. The first is an upbeat power song sung by a mid-twenties trans artist who grew up in Halifax and Antigonish (in the summers when his parents directed and acted in the summer rep theatre in town). This artist and song come from the televised reality talent show, The Launch. The second is by a singer-songwriter from Petty Harbour, NL. This upbeat song had the crown singing and dancing, as did the first shared here. The third -- yest its a three-for kinda day -- has a great beat, too. The Mntreal -based singer-songwriter's style was much different than the other two shared. In this song, the metre and rhyme play a huge role and are presented so well by an iconic voice. In Ottawa today, Les Ballet Jazz de Montreal performed a piece choreographed to this song. Just a bit of diversity for the day. Enjoy!


Hope -- T. Thomason

Come out with Me -- Alan Doyle

Nevermind -- Leonard Cohen