i found out on friday that there was a christmas special being taped for cmt today...and that the higgins were going to be guests on the show...and that there were a few open spots in the audience, so to contact "this person" to reserve seats. i was apparently too late coz i got an email back saying there were no seats left.
so i emailed eileen, asking if the band was allowed to have a "guest list" and if they'd be amazing enough to let a poor schmuck like me get in on this action.
long story short - eileen phones me last night saying we won't know until this morning. she phoned me this morning saying we were in. so dana (a fellow rack packer) and i headed to toronto, getting horribly lost on the way (from brampton...i dunno, don't ask me how).
so we showed up an hour and a half late, but all we'd missed is a bunch of choir shots (an all girls choir. young girls but very good!) and part of tara oram's set. i ran right into eileen as soon as we got into the theatre and said a quick hello before she had to take off backstage.
to make another long story short, we heard a total of four songs in 6 hours...there was lots of repeating the songs to get different camera angles and stuff...make up and hair fixing in between takes, etc. it was a loong day and the only way i stayed sane was from the anticipation of seeing the higgins do their own thing (they sang in another song with the whole cast right after tara's set but i wanted to see them in action).
so anyway...i got lots of pics that i posted on facebook, as well as a bunch of videos from the rehearsals, etc...we hung out a bit at lunchtime and then when their set was done, we waited for them to come out to find out what the plans were for the rest of the night. dana had to go home (and was my ride home...uh oh) but they asked if i wanted to come back to the hotel for dinner and drinks. so i did - and insisted that i'd find my own way home. after all, their hotel was right across from union station so it wouldnt' be that hard.
so we went out for dinner at the epic restaurant in the royal york hotel...a little pricey but the pub we were hoping to go to was closed (go figure - it's sunday). had a great time, lots of laughs and took a bunch of crazy pictures. i got to know them as people and they shared a few stories and ins-and-outs of the music industry. dinner was even paid for by cmt. i'm still blown away at the fact that they thanked me for hanging out with them, and that they considered me more of a friend than a fan.
hanging out with them reminded me why i was so drawn to them in the first place - the fact that they are so real and genuine. they're down to earth and friendly and just want to do what they love. they're human. and they are doing their best not to let it get to their heads. it's admirable.
all in all, it was a great day. i had to skip the run for the cure but i promise i'll walk 5 km on my own sometime in the next week.
next time they're in town, hopefully we can do something like this again but we might take the chance to play some music together if time is on our side. :)
so i emailed eileen, asking if the band was allowed to have a "guest list" and if they'd be amazing enough to let a poor schmuck like me get in on this action.
long story short - eileen phones me last night saying we won't know until this morning. she phoned me this morning saying we were in. so dana (a fellow rack packer) and i headed to toronto, getting horribly lost on the way (from brampton...i dunno, don't ask me how).
so we showed up an hour and a half late, but all we'd missed is a bunch of choir shots (an all girls choir. young girls but very good!) and part of tara oram's set. i ran right into eileen as soon as we got into the theatre and said a quick hello before she had to take off backstage.
to make another long story short, we heard a total of four songs in 6 hours...there was lots of repeating the songs to get different camera angles and stuff...make up and hair fixing in between takes, etc. it was a loong day and the only way i stayed sane was from the anticipation of seeing the higgins do their own thing (they sang in another song with the whole cast right after tara's set but i wanted to see them in action).
so anyway...i got lots of pics that i posted on facebook, as well as a bunch of videos from the rehearsals, etc...we hung out a bit at lunchtime and then when their set was done, we waited for them to come out to find out what the plans were for the rest of the night. dana had to go home (and was my ride home...uh oh) but they asked if i wanted to come back to the hotel for dinner and drinks. so i did - and insisted that i'd find my own way home. after all, their hotel was right across from union station so it wouldnt' be that hard.
so we went out for dinner at the epic restaurant in the royal york hotel...a little pricey but the pub we were hoping to go to was closed (go figure - it's sunday). had a great time, lots of laughs and took a bunch of crazy pictures. i got to know them as people and they shared a few stories and ins-and-outs of the music industry. dinner was even paid for by cmt. i'm still blown away at the fact that they thanked me for hanging out with them, and that they considered me more of a friend than a fan.
hanging out with them reminded me why i was so drawn to them in the first place - the fact that they are so real and genuine. they're down to earth and friendly and just want to do what they love. they're human. and they are doing their best not to let it get to their heads. it's admirable.
all in all, it was a great day. i had to skip the run for the cure but i promise i'll walk 5 km on my own sometime in the next week.
next time they're in town, hopefully we can do something like this again but we might take the chance to play some music together if time is on our side. :)
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