How to N.O.T miss performing at a gig on a snowing day by LOCUS

On a snowing day, I would very much like to be a couch potato being roasted by the fireplace with the television on and watching Home Alone 2 and pretend I'm still 10 years old.

But no, not this past Monday night Dec the 14th. Jason, Kelvin and I had a very adventurious day and it felt like we traveled across the Atlantic ocean and back. To make it easier, I have sorted out our very eventful day in a timeline. Our goal was to make it alive and well with all our equipments to the Solace Music Nation show at The Tipper on 2066 Kingsway on the first snowing day this year. To make matters more adventurious, the whole thing started the night before.

Sunday Dec 13th

7:00pm

- It suddenly dawned on us that it will snow on our show night!!!!!!!!We had to figure out how to get to the venue with A.L.L our equipments but without driving in the snow. ( ......we are city people, we don't do snow tires.......)

11:00pm

- Jason and I decided to pack everything ( a car full of guitar, keyboard, stands and . . stuff) and move them to the venue at 8am in the morning, before the snow starts at 4pm in the afternoon.

Monday Dec 14th

6:00am

- Jason got up and packed and double checked we have everything.

- I just got up, and looking very miserable, and raced down hwy 1 to get to Jason's place at 7am

7am

-loaded everything to the car

8am

- unloaded everything at the venue

9am -3pm

- while Jason and Kelvin were working very hard at their job, I hibernated on the couch next to the fireplace

5:00pm

-met Jason and Kelvin in dt by public transit, and began our journey from dt to the venue at the corner of Victoria and Kingsway : The Review Room @ The Tipper 2066 Kingsway, Van.

5:01pm

- it suddenly dawned on us that this is the first time we ever took public transit to perform at a show.......

5:25pm

- arrived at Nanimo skytrain station and pray to God our #25 bus arrives on time because we were in the danger of becoming 3 ice statues as warning to other musicians to not to take public transit on a freezing snowing day. ( We were in our nice performance clothes. . . they tend to be. . thin . . .)

5:30pm

- arrived at the venue safe and sound, just. . couldn't feel all 10 toes, otherwise we were very much alive.

All in all, we had alot of fun performing at The Tipper and got to meet some great musicians like Gina Lily and Owen Lloyd Williams. And I got to try their very delicious Apple pie :) It's definitely all worth it at the end :)

And!!!!! THANK YOU JEREMY FOR PICKING US UP AND SAVING OUR LIVES!!!!!! WE LOVE YOU XOXOXOXOXO!!!!!!!

with love,

Kaila