Canadian National Exhibition 2012 Day 1

 

Photos taken on the midway as well as during the Canadian Forces Musical Salute Commemorating the War of 1812 on day one of the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto, Ontario, August 17, 2012

Glen Campbell

Tonight was a bittersweet night. I went to see someone who meant a lot to me back in 1975, but not a whole lot since: Glen Campbell. My earliest recollection of a 'favourite song' would have to be Rhinestone Cowboy, from the album of the same name. Tonight, I got to see the singer of said song, under slightly sad circumstances. Glen recently announced that he was in the early stages of Alzheimer's Disease, and that he was going to release one new record and have one final tour, of which tonight's show was the opener. He played a ton of hits (Galveston, Try A Little Kindness, Wichita Lineman, Country Boy, Southern Nights, the aforementioned Cowboy) and had 4 of his children along in his touring band. Hopefully they got to see how much dad meant to the crowd of, well, mostly-older-than-me's, and hopefully dad did, too. Given the ominous reasoning for the tour, what one could excuse as "senior moments" seemed more sinister tonight. Even still, the man sure can play his gee-tar and gave the crowd what they were looking for, including, for me, Rhinestone Cowboy.

Photos taken on August 31, 2011 at the CNE Bandshell, Exhibition Place in Toronto, Ontario.

Snowbirds 2010

On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the Snowbirds, here are some souvenirs of this year's Canadian International Air Show at the CNE.

Photos taken at the Canadian National Exhibition, Toronto, Ontario on September 5, 2010

SloanEx2K7

For the fourth time this tour, I was able to see the lads play, this time just a short Dufferin bus ride away from their home in west-end Toronto. The gig was very loose, a lot of fun and you could tell that this was the end of the road for this particular tour. Nice to see them mix up the set list a little this time, too. Here's a few snaps....

Chris

Jay

Oomps...er...Oops

Stacks

Andrew

Face-off

Patrick

Photos taken Saturday, August 26, 2007 at the Bandshell, Exhibition Place, Toronto, Ontario.