Forest City Lovers

I am cross posting this with our Exclaim blog for the sole reason that I just had to share the fantastic time we’ve had in Swift Current, Saskatchewan. This has been our absolute most favourite (and awesome!) show on this tour. It all began when a girl called Cindy emailed us and asked us to play her town. I told her, “well, if you can get something together – we’ll be there!” And boy oh boy, did that town ever come together. We had the pleasure of working with Cindy and Shann (a lovely woman who helps run music events in town) who organised our night at the historic Lyric Theatre. The space was beautiful, expansive and old. The building has been saved from demolition by the local volunteer committee and they are working hard to restore it to its original beauty. Originally a popular theatre in war time, with live caberet and silent films, italso featured an apartment complex above the theatre for the caberet performers, and later the widows of the war.

Our show was such a success. We had a great all-ages crowd, so attentive and quiet, and it was really getting to know some of the audience members after the show. I can’t speak more highly of everyone that helped to run the night, they were incredibly hospitible and friendly beyond our wildest dreams. We will DEFINITELY come back to this town. And we have high hopes that others will stray from the Trans-Can and visit this inspiring community.

thank you so very much.

-kat.