Did I mention that our lovely little home is on Boyd Avenue, North Winnipeg? Yes, I said North. Did I know that would elicit raised eyebrows and a warning -- "You girls be careful" -- from a kindly convenience store clerk? Nope. For those of you who are concerned, we are being careful and we have had no negative experiences. We certainly don't intend to have any either. The high res. jackets (for which we get many, many compliments) will not be seen in our neighborhood at 2:00 am -- or after dark for that matter.
Yesterday we did our tech at the Asper Centre in the am (thanks Stephanie and Jamie!) and hung posters at several of the venues, chauffeured by the kindly and knowledgeable Jim Gibbs, Winnipeg Fringe expert and veteran volunteer. We marshalled our strength at the King's Head Pub, chief watering hole for Fringe performers. We will definitely have to go back there for the fish and chips, which look pretty remarkable. Today we did two radio interviews, one with Ace Burpee at Virgin, and a second with CBC Manitoba, which will air at 3:10 pm on Friday. The drums are beating here in Winnipeg, and we hope that means there will be bums in the seats tonight when we open at the Asper on the University of Winnipeg campus. Beautiful little venue by the way. Air conditioned. I am predicting that Malia will not even break into a sweat. We rolled out the little blue uniform today, and it is looking fine. Fired off a Tweet with it to the Jays with #OCanada (we are campaigning for a berth at the August 27th afternoon game with Malia singing both anthems) before hearing about the fracas at last night's All Star game. Goodness. What are our chances now that the Jays will hand off such an opportunity to perfect strangers from far off Saskatchewan? Anyway, that is neither here nor there. Much to do right here in Winnipeg. I'll let you know how it all goes tonight.
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