post-relay

Short Blather today, sorry. I'm leaving in a few minutes for a 3.5 hour bus ride to Port Elgin to hang out with Craig, Jeff, Parki and some other friends.

Jeff drove up to Port Elgin yesterday evening, and he and Parki visited the Krispy Kreme outlet on the way to pick up some doughnuts for our friends in Port Elgin. Jeff told me on the phone last night that the set-up at the Mississauga outlet was very cool. He has promised to keep one Krispy Kreme for me to try when I arrive this afternoon. Can't wait to finally try my first KK!





Our set at Relay For Life went well last night, though we ended up having to cut several songs because of time constraints, including Viewmaster, I Want To Believe, Twinkle In His Eye, and Neurotic Love Song.

Many thanks to Luisa, Reid, Michael, Ronnie and Luisa's mom for coming to see us last night! One of my very favourite moments was when I was greeting Reid or Luisa with a hug; Ronnie launched himself at one of my knees and hugged my leg and wouldn't let go. He's such an affectionate kid. :-)

This makes them my first non-filk friends who have ever seen Urban Tapestry perform. Even Jeff has never seen us in live performance before.





It was a wonderful event. Much more emotional than I expected; it was wonderful to see so many people out to support cancer research. The Survivors' Lap was especially moving, where anyone who had survived cancer walked a lap around the track while the announcer read out the names of each person. Survivors' ages ranged from children to the elderly, athletes and those who had had limbs removed.

Reid took a ton of photos of our performance, so hopefully I'll be posting next week, and I'll also post more details.

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Today's Blatherpics:

	Thanks to Reid, Luisa, Michael and Ronnie for coming out to the event!
	The Survivors' Lap.
	Volunteers at the Artists' CD table.
	Allison and Jodi.