Tales from the Tickle Trunk

 

 8 PM Saturday night. Wychwood Barns Loop Theatre for the performance of Jason Burnstick, and Asani (a part of ANDVPA's Creator Within event). Met some of my friends there and checked out the performances. I walked in this small theater late because I was waiting for a ride to the venue and tried to sneak in quietly. As I dart to a seat I hear "Charlie's here. Hey everyone that is Lisa Charleyboy and I'd like you to meet her, say hi." Jason Burnstick introduces me to the crowd. I wave, oops it does pay to be on time for events. Jason Burnstick's performance was a splendid surprise. It was my first time hearing him perform in an intimate environment and he was stellar.

Then Asani performed which was awesome since I had known one of their songs from a previous SPIRIT Magazine compilation from 2006. They also have a version of Oh Canada which is sung in English, French and Cree that they will be performing on Parliament Hill on Dec. 13th for the Olympic Torch relay. They will be backed by a huge choir so it will be quite a unique experience to take in if you are in Ottawa.

The Milestones crew (except for the Asani trio)

Rachelle posing with Greg Dreaver in from Ottawa. He is probably the most stylish Native man I know.

Check out Dreaver's cuff links.

10 PM. Milestones (John & Richmond) for a nosh and nip. It was totally crowded when we first got there but we were lucky to snag a few booths in the lounge. We broke up the bigger party and six of us decided to head over to Greg's friends party at a Royal York suite. Burns. It turned out we showed up about two hours past the peak of the party and it was winding down to a whisper. So we headed on over to Rachelle's so we could all hang. It was so fantastic having these friends all in one city at the same time (that can be a tough feat sometimes).

The fabulous isKwe in town from NYC. Me in a hat.

 

R made it over after he finished up a gig. 

1 AM. Rachelle's pad downtown. Our host brought out her bag of tricks and we tried on all sorts of her hats and glasses and scarves. I think that she should seriously buy a vintage chest so we can put everything in there and come over to play Mr. Dressup tickle trunk parties. Way fun!

 

 

Then we got silly and started doing 'Thomas Build-the-Fire' impersonations and it was seriously the highlight of the night.  "You know the only thing more pathetic than Indians on TV? Is Indians watching other Indians on TV."  Over and over again.