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Peter and Mary News Jan. 2011

Monday, January 10th, 2011

January 2011 sent in by Mary

Wow, what a year we had! Not only did we do 25 performances for our many friends in Arizona and California, following a busy 2009 Christmas season; we also had another 125 performances before the year drew to a close.

And what a selection of events it was! From the Edmonton Valley Zoo and John Janzen Nature center, to the arrival of Thomas the Tank Engine in Calgary (year 4!). Then the grand opening of Fort Edmonton Park, (Canada’s largest historical park), on Victoria Day weekend, followed by the Northern Alberta International Children’s festival – an amazing 5 day event, (year 7), and the Battleford, Saskatchewan Children’s festival (3rd time), where all three stages had to be combined in an indoor area because of mud outside, and Mary emceed the entire event, plus we did our two performances.

This spring we were gratified to hear that we had no less than 4 songs from our ‘Sweet Rocky Mountains’ CD SIMULTANEOUSLY in the top 20 of Thunderbolt Radio, an internet radio station. Thank you all so much for listening, and of course to Jim and Chris at the station!

A tour through several towns in central Alberta for the 55+ market was greeted with rapturous response, as were the 8 shows we did for the Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village, and 2 fairs in Moose Jaw Saskatchewan, plus Vermilion, Alberta, both of which we have done several times before.

We were honoured to be asked to perform for the Canada Day festivities for the City of Edmonton, having been in Calgary and other cities for the last few years.

Plus several T.V. appearances; corporate and private functions; the always amazing Fort Edmonton Harvest; 8 shows at ‘Spooktacular’ for Halloween, and free access day for the Muttart Conservatory and the Zoo.

The Christmas season started on November 13th, with the arrival of Santa at Southgate; then he (and us) appeared at other venues throughout Nov/Dec, with many types of events for all ages, ending the year with a medieval New Year’s Eve at the Muttart Conservatory, with sword fights, armour displays, medieval dancing (and music) and much, much more culminating in a huge party and of course the traditional Old Lang Syne.

In the year we also managed a 3 week U.K. visit in July, plus another later in the year, also Mary once again hosted an 8 day Bus tour to Minot, N.D., for the ‘Hostfest’, her 4th time on this particular run.

Now it’s January, and we are preparing to head off to Arizona / California once again. We hope that the Christmas season was great for you, and that 2011 is a very special year.