I had a great FebFest weekend, despite Erin not being in town for most of it... boohoo. Friday night an outdoor concert with my on my favorite Canadian bands: The Trews. The set up a big heated stage between the bank of Montreal and the Keg right down in market square. The show was opened by BullMoose from Montreal and then The Trews rocked market square for over an hour and half a half. Despite the -15 degree weather they didn't let up. In fact half way through the concert they were working so hard you could see the steam coming off the top of their heads! I talked to the base player Jack the next day and he said the heaters on stage worked really well so his fingers stayed thawed the whole time. Impressive! (*smile*)
Saturday was the Limestone Classic. Mark, Kevin, Jen, Michelle (and only 3 kids... Gabriel was at a sleepover!) and I braved the cold in the bleachers to take part of the sights and sounds of ex-NHLers panting heavily on the new ice-rink in market square. Needless to say, it certainly lived up to my expectations. Kicked off by an appearance by the official Stanley Cup, this year instead of starting the round robin game right away, they had an all-star first game: All NHLers versus the military military hockey team and the final score was 4-4. Nice! Oh, I forgot to mention there was a fun addition to the ranks of hockey stars this year: GIRLS! Yup...we had girl hockey stats: Jayna Hefford, Vicky Sunohara from the Gold Medal Winning Olympic team. And joining them was Kathleen Kauth from the Bronze Medal winning USA team. After watching how great this lady skated I think she may have been the best hockey player on the ice the entire day. V.cool! We had yummy foods during the day including breakfast at Morrison's and lunch at the Brew Pub. Noel and I scored K-Rock tuques too. Sweet! And between Friday night and Saturday during the day, my toes almost got frotbite...but I don't even care! Great day weekend all around. Thanks Kingston for FebFest, it sure holds back the February blahs.
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