Day 8 Hawk Hill/Westhill Concert


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July 29th 2015
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Ready and set for the Hawkhill performance.
Events as it tranpsired by Spencer:



The day started off with an early wake up call at 7:00 am with Mr. Cupid knocking on my door, speaking in Spanish, "Buenos dias seƱor!". He knocks until I answer my door. "Wakey wakey" and then asks "chicken or fish?". I reply "chicken". He then asks, "white bread or whole wheat?". I'm trying to eat healthy so reply "whole wheat". He will remain at my door asking me questions until I give him eye to eye contact to let him be certain that I'm awake.

After having breakfast at 7am, we went back to our rooms, got changed and boarded the bus at 9:30 with our yellow TASSO shirts and blazers in hand. We arrived at Hawkhill House, a private nursing home, with mature trees surrounded by lush gardens and beautiful flowers. We then set up outside and started to perform at around 11am. The performance went well. Most of the residents are wheelchair-bound and quite elderly. This was a perfect community service event, we made them feel good. We were told that most of them have dementia and Alzheimer's. The performance ended around 12pm and we were served the
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Band members get out their dance moves.
best lunch to date. It was a buffet style lunch with chicken, kebabs, sandwiches, salad and much more. All the plates were cleaned. We also saw pictures from when TASSO visited the home previously in 2009. There is a picture of Robert and Nestor. I don't know how old they were at that point, but they had a baby face like mine!

We then boarded the bus at 1:15pm and head to our second performance at Westhill. When we got there, all of our pans were off-loaded from the truck. This was a welcoming sight. Nevertheless, it was a very tight performing space, so we had to leave out some of the instruments. We performed together with the Blackburn with Darwen Big Band (from England), Western Arts University Ambassadors (from U.S.), and the group from Ghana. After our performance, we did a collaboration with everyone and they picked "In The Mood" to be the song. All four groups worked together as we played alongside the big band and the American and African dancers danced with high energy! We then packed the truck, boarded the bus and headed back to our dorms. It was about 11:15 when we arrived back.
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Nestor making the residents laugh with his busted up dance moves.
Most of us changed, knocked on Mr. Cupid's door, and asked to go to watch the Blackburn band's performance in the Dome (30 second walk from our front door). After going to the performance, we came back at 12:30, checked in with Mr. Cupid, and headed straight to bed. It was a long day, but it was a good day. I had lots of fun.


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Salmon with the never ending calypso beat.
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Zindzi, Nigisti and Jeremy dancing.
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On our way to lunch.
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A poster on the wall from TASSO's previous visit to this location in 2009.
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Leaving the performance, on our way to the next one.
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Leaving the performance, on our way to the next one.
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Leaving the performance, on our way to the next one.
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Leaving the performance, on our way to the next one.
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Leaving the performance, on our way to the next one.
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Leaving the performance, on our way to the next one.
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About to take the group shot.
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The group shot.
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Another group shot.
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The front gates at Hawkhill.
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The front gates at Hawkhill.
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Boarding the bus to get to our next gig.
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Boarding the bus to get to our next gig.
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A poster on the wall from TASSO's previous visit to this location in 2009.


31st July 2015

Another amazing day with TASSO!
It's wonderful to be able to follow all of you through the travel blog. We're so proud of each of you for representing Canada so well. Hope you're having a great time!
1st August 2015
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Appreciation
Thanks so much to whoever ( whomever? ) is posting these blogs, especially at such a late hour. As a parent who misses my children so much, it is such a joy to be able to not only see them in these photos but to also keep up with the entire band's exploits on a daily basis. I definitely feel as if I am living this trip vicariously through all of you. Scotland looks as if it is just one amazing historic site after another and is so beautiful to boot. I have never before wished so much that I could have gone on a trip such as this one. Continued safe travels to all of you. Sincerely, Howard Chelin

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