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parch · 07-13-2010, 10:05 AM

I'm absolutely loving everyone hating on the Young Canadians. I used to be in the Stampede Showband and we had to work with them for the Grandstand Show. They were always so hardcore about their lip syncing and thrusting and the whole show was really just a big joke for us. It was a lot of fun to perform in, but I don't know how people can possibly take it seriously. Though I've never actually watched it, I don't think I want to, especially after hearing about this MJ tribute.

I had never seen the wine garden before, but sure spend a lot of time there on Saturday. It was a good time, and a nice change from hanging out in the beer gardens all day. There was some cheesy figure skating thing on the Corral, and the band was pretty bad, but I enjoyed most of the acrobatics/skating. Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir (Ice Dance gold medalists from Vancouver) were there though, and that made it worth it. If you've got children, the Stampede Showband performs a more kid oriented show on the Plaza stage at noon everyday. The last few years it's been a Dr. Seuss theme, and Harry the Horse is there... not too sure about this year though. They also perform at 8:00 every night. It's just good music more than anything. At the end of the night (10:45ish maybe?) we checked out the Bell Circus where they have the BMX shows, and they had some dive team there. It was really neat, they had drummers, and people spinning poles lit on fire while these divers dive into a pool from way up high. At the end, they light a chick on fire, and she dives into the pool and the fireworks start right as she hits the water, and you've got a great view of the fireworks from the bleachers.

Another shameless plug... if you're going down today and want to get in from the cold-ish weather, there's a marching band competition in the Saddledome. It starts at 1:00 and runs for maybe two and a half hours, and finals start at 6:00. There are a lot of good bands, and most of them just finished touring around the States and are at their best. The Stampede Band went undefeated, and won every award that was given out over the week and a half or so they were down there. I might be a little bias, but it's not as lame as you might think!

Just a few things that hadn't been mentioned that I thought people might enjoy.

07-13-2010, 10:05 AM	#127
parch Crash and Bang Winger Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Calgary Exp:	I'm absolutely loving everyone hating on the Young Canadians. I used to be in the Stampede Showband and we had to work with them for the Grandstand Show. They were always so hardcore about their lip syncing and thrusting and the whole show was really just a big joke for us. It was a lot of fun to perform in, but I don't know how people can possibly take it seriously. Though I've never actually watched it, I don't think I want to, especially after hearing about this MJ tribute. I had never seen the wine garden before, but sure spend a lot of time there on Saturday. It was a good time, and a nice change from hanging out in the beer gardens all day. There was some cheesy figure skating thing on the Corral, and the band was pretty bad, but I enjoyed most of the acrobatics/skating. Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir (Ice Dance gold medalists from Vancouver) were there though, and that made it worth it. If you've got children, the Stampede Showband performs a more kid oriented show on the Plaza stage at noon everyday. The last few years it's been a Dr. Seuss theme, and Harry the Horse is there... not too sure about this year though. They also perform at 8:00 every night. It's just good music more than anything. At the end of the night (10:45ish maybe?) we checked out the Bell Circus where they have the BMX shows, and they had some dive team there. It was really neat, they had drummers, and people spinning poles lit on fire while these divers dive into a pool from way up high. At the end, they light a chick on fire, and she dives into the pool and the fireworks start right as she hits the water, and you've got a great view of the fireworks from the bleachers. Another shameless plug... if you're going down today and want to get in from the cold-ish weather, there's a marching band competition in the Saddledome. It starts at 1:00 and runs for maybe two and a half hours, and finals start at 6:00. There are a lot of good bands, and most of them just finished touring around the States and are at their best. The Stampede Band went undefeated, and won every award that was given out over the week and a half or so they were down there. I might be a little bias, but it's not as lame as you might think! Just a few things that hadn't been mentioned that I thought people might enjoy.