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Originally Posted by Yamer
And here's one for you nostalgia fans. This is a letter written to Mike Greggs from the Students' Association of Red Deer College in 1988 requesting that the Hip do a gig at the Far Side Bar (the College bar).
This was slightly before my time, but evidently the Hip played at the Far Side in Red Deer quite often before they really took off. Our Executive Director (then Admin Assistant/Accountant) recalls one winter night in the late 80s that the band was due to go on in an hour but they were nowhere to be found. Their manager explained that the boys liked to get in a game or two of pond hockey before they went on stage, but he wasn't familiar with Red Deer so he had no idea where they might be.
In a time before cell phones, the then Admin Assistant/Accountant had to get in her car and drive around Red Deer to all the outdoor rinks to look for the Tragically Hip so they didn't miss their gig. She found them lost in the game at the Bower rink.
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So you work at RDC. We are walking distance from each other.
Great Story, BTW.
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Captain James P. DeCOSTE, CD, 18 Sep 1993
Corporal Jean-Marc H. BECHARD, 6 Aug 1993
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