Greg Carr
2007-07-02 19:27:16 UTC
According to the announcer there was 100k ppl at the Cloverdale
Fairgrounds as determined by the RCMP. I don't see how there could
have been more than 60k. There was almost no open drinking, no one was
selling drugs and the only drug being used was marihuana. No fights
and only two ppl I saw the worse for wear. Excellent work by the RCMP.
The crowd was mainly Caucasians with some Indos and Aboriginals,
didn't see any Asians. The April Wine t-shirts for sale were pretty
lame and I only saw one person with one. The most popular t-shirt
after various sort of Canadiana was any variant of the O.C.C. theme,
then any sort of HD shirt, followed by HA support gear then every rock
and country band on the planet combined. There was a group of HA
support ppl standing around one part of the gathering with two RCMP
standing nearby.
Mayor Diane Watts addressed the crowd and was warmly recieved. This is
the second time I have seen her at a public gathering in the last
three months and didn't hear one word of criticism of her at either.
Keep up the good work Mayor and keep improving. She specifically
thanked Waste Management from the list of corporate sponsors that
included one of the Jimmy Pattison companies and Chevron among others.
Wide Mouth Mason, Kim Mitchell and April Wine did an excellent job in
rocking the crowd and I thought the show was even better than the one
last year. Kim Mitchell is now greyer, short haired and wears glasses
in comparison to his 80's heyday. April Wine is now a four member band
in comparison to the five member group it was when I saw them play
arenas yrs ago. A little lame in comparison but I enjoyed the Jerry
Mercer drum solo just like I did two decades ago and so did the rest
of the crowd. A lot of ppl were filming the show so hopefully it will
end up on the various mp3 ngs and on YouTube and its various imitators
and possible successors.
Have been out and about Surrey quite a bit this long weekend including
walking around the 135A St and 108 Ave areas and just south of it and
didn't encounter one beggar, one drug dealer or one person doing drugs
outside of the free concert. In fact I had a couple of RCMP check me
out since they had nothing better to do. Keep up the good work. Somone
told me the RCMP are launching an undercover street investigation
around the 104 Ave and 150 St area.
Fairgrounds as determined by the RCMP. I don't see how there could
have been more than 60k. There was almost no open drinking, no one was
selling drugs and the only drug being used was marihuana. No fights
and only two ppl I saw the worse for wear. Excellent work by the RCMP.
The crowd was mainly Caucasians with some Indos and Aboriginals,
didn't see any Asians. The April Wine t-shirts for sale were pretty
lame and I only saw one person with one. The most popular t-shirt
after various sort of Canadiana was any variant of the O.C.C. theme,
then any sort of HD shirt, followed by HA support gear then every rock
and country band on the planet combined. There was a group of HA
support ppl standing around one part of the gathering with two RCMP
standing nearby.
Mayor Diane Watts addressed the crowd and was warmly recieved. This is
the second time I have seen her at a public gathering in the last
three months and didn't hear one word of criticism of her at either.
Keep up the good work Mayor and keep improving. She specifically
thanked Waste Management from the list of corporate sponsors that
included one of the Jimmy Pattison companies and Chevron among others.
Wide Mouth Mason, Kim Mitchell and April Wine did an excellent job in
rocking the crowd and I thought the show was even better than the one
last year. Kim Mitchell is now greyer, short haired and wears glasses
in comparison to his 80's heyday. April Wine is now a four member band
in comparison to the five member group it was when I saw them play
arenas yrs ago. A little lame in comparison but I enjoyed the Jerry
Mercer drum solo just like I did two decades ago and so did the rest
of the crowd. A lot of ppl were filming the show so hopefully it will
end up on the various mp3 ngs and on YouTube and its various imitators
and possible successors.
Have been out and about Surrey quite a bit this long weekend including
walking around the 135A St and 108 Ave areas and just south of it and
didn't encounter one beggar, one drug dealer or one person doing drugs
outside of the free concert. In fact I had a couple of RCMP check me
out since they had nothing better to do. Keep up the good work. Somone
told me the RCMP are launching an undercover street investigation
around the 104 Ave and 150 St area.