Second day of the Virgin Festival

Waiting at the VIP lounge
Originally uploaded by Maria in Toronto

We started the second day at the VIP Lounge enjoying a few Bud Light beers. We took the ferry and headed for the day of fun and music.
Greg and I participated in the football contest.

It was actually quite embarassing, I couldn’t even win a lousy t-shirt.

We saw the sunset.

I ran into Bridget, a knitter.

And enjoyed a lot of nice music:

The Killers, The Editors…

…and, of course, the Smashing Pumpkins, which was amazing.

We had an amazing time. Thanks Virgin Mobile and BlogTO!

Day 1 of the Virgin Festival

On the ferry
Originally uploaded by Maria in Toronto

We took the ferry to the Toronto Islands and got there on time to see Bjork.

We had a great time at the concert. It was a great show and we had great view.

The show ended with a blast!

Then it took us two hours to catch the ferry back. I was all tired and cranky, but nevertheless looking forward to the next day’s show.

The Virgin Festival is this weekend!

And I just scored free tickets! I won a contest for BlogTO. I am so excited. We will be attending both Saturday and Sunday for free.
Thanks BlogTO and Virgin Mobile!

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New contest, just for fun

Guess the song these lyrics come from and the artist:
1. when I left your house this morning
it was a little after nine

2. Enter number two:
A movie queen to play the scene

3. You can call me pavlov’s dog.
Ring a bell and I’ll salivate

4. Was the sun through yellow curtains,
and a rainbow on the wall

5. The sinners, the saviors, the loverless priests
I’ll see you next Sunday

Bonus: Guess the theme embraced by all these lyrics.
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Opera

So I love opera, and I am seriously considering getting a season ticket for the 2007-2008 season of the Canadian Opera Company. I would be attending:
Marriage of Figaro; Wed., Oct. 24, 2007 at 7:30 p.m.
Don Carlos; Wed., Oct. 31, 2007 at 7 p.m.
Tosca; Wed., Feb. 20, 2008 at 7:30 p.m.
Barber of Seville; Fri., May 16, 2008 at 7:30 p.m.

The Marriage of Figaro is one of my favourites, and I love the music of the Barber of Seville.

There are two tiny issues, though:
++ It is totally against me to plan something more than one year in advance,
++ I would attend by myself and I find that a bit sad. I would like someone to share it with, but there’s no one that I know that would like to do the same.

Oh well, I’ll sleep on it and decide tomorrow.

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La Traviata

I’m so excited, I got tickets for me and my mom to go see La Traviata at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. It’s a production by Franco Zefirelli and I’m really looking forward to seeing it. I have a DVD of Carmen, produced by Zefirelli, and it is amazing. I’m sure we are going to enjoy it live.
I’m also glad I’m going, since no one ever wants to go to the opera with me. A lot of people think it’s boring. I insist it’s because they’ve never been and don’t really know opera. Opera is dramatic, opera is romantic, it’s a predecessor to musicals. I love it. Plus Verdi is light, anyway (I probably wouldn’t want to go to a Wagner opera either).

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Djobi, Djoba, Cada Dia Yo te Quiero Mas

The Gipsy Kings were amazing. We had so much fun. First we stopped at the Flatiron for some dinner. Unfortunately everything on their menu has meat, so we couldn’t eat much. We ended up sharing a plat of spicy fries. Also they finally got rid of the NTN Trivia so, really, I probably won’t be going much anymore. We ran into Eric at the Flatiron, a long time reader of this blog.

Just before 8 we headed to the Hummingbird Centre for the concert. I had a great time. But, do you notice how there are 7 Gipsy Kings in the pictures? Well there were only 5 last night, I don’t know if the other 2 quit the group, or what happened. They were great, though. I love the “guitarra flamenca” and all the gitano stuff (I do take flamenco classes after all). They sang some slow romantic songs, they played some instrumental songs and they sang their greatest hits. Everyone was dancing and having a great time.

Afterwards we met up with Becky and Mike and went to Big Daddy’s for a snack and margaritas. We wanted to have some New Orleans themed outing since it was Fat Tuesday yesterday so Mike had a hurricane.
All in all we had a great evening full of good music, good friends and good drinks.

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Los Gipsy Kings

I am so excited. Tonight we’re going to see the Gipsy Kings at the Hummingbird Centre. James got the tickets as a Valentine’s Day gift for me. I’ve been singing all morning.
It’s one of the best gifts I ever got!

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