I've been kidnapped by Canadians!

I write to you now from the bowels of Victoria, B.C. I am being held hostage by a lovable canadian couple and a bunch of crazy fiddlers! They have been feeding me delicious meals, letting me sleep in warm beds, and entertaining me with stories of the Canadian countryside.

Now that I think about it, it's not that bad...

I'm here in Victoria for the first ever String Revolution concert - this wednesday, Jan. 6th, at Hermann's Jazz Club, 8pm! My journey began at 4:am yesterday morning in Sarasota, FL, where I leapt out of bed and was driven two hours to the Orlando airport. Three hours on a plane to Toronto, four hours sitting around reading The Beekeeper's Apprentice, five hours watching In The Loop and Funny People on a plane to Victoria, and one fiddle-infested ferry ride later, here I am at a beautiful farmhouse home with Nellie Quinn, Chelsea Sleep, and the incomparable Lea Kirstein.

I'm sitting at the kitchen counter of Nellie Quinn, one of the hottest young fiddlers in town, and one of the performers in the Revolution show. I met her at Mark O'Connor camp in New York (MOC NYC 09) along with the three other fiddle chicks who plan on kidnapping me here in Canadia and never letting me leave... Last night we ate a tasty tasty meal of Lamb Stew and went right to sleep (after some goofing off and emailing and trifle). One of the best sleeps of my life... and now I'm up, and Nellie's mother Jan is making oatmeal pancakes!

Nellie was out until 4AM and doesn't want to get up. Lea is Gmailing with out sound guy down the hall. It's all good. Lea has made a huge to do list for the week, and I'm going to make notes on it in accordance with MY to-do list.... outline arrangements, finish transcriptions, drill through tunes and make sure I can play them... you know how it is.

We're feasting on pancakes now and will be leaving for the world's best coffee soon, so I'm gonna sign off!

Fiddlefiddlefiddle...

Love Sue