The Maritimes
ECMA Edition.The East Coast Music Awards are on as I'm writing this. Joel Plaskett openned the show with his big hit which really got the crowd going. That applause ushered in the Trailer Park Boys who seem to have hosted this thing for the past 10 years running. I'm waiting for the day when they appear at an awards show out of character; it's going to be East Coast equivalent of Kiss playing their first show without their makeup.
So a couple things always get me about the ECMA's. 1)I love the fact that the awards know no bounds; country singers sit beside opera singers who sit beside rockers who sit beside rappers who sit beside folkies who are likely sitting beside a Rankin. 2)I love the fact that the awards are truly local. Two of tonight's nominees are from Fredericton. One of them, David Myles, is a friend of the family and lived just down the street. The other, Measha Brueggergosman, is a renowned opera singer who once was a freakish rugby player.
The performance keep getting better and better on this show and that's good news because next year the ECMA's are coming to Fredericton. That should be a good time; I'm going an God help me if I don't get to sit beside Cookie Rankin.
In closing I'm leaving you with a sample of the ecclectic mix coming out of the East Coast right now. This is Classified with his ode to the Maritimes:
Good stuff.
On with the show.
Sam Moon's mumu
posted by Vitamin S @ 6:55 p.m.
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