Canada Will Rock You

Last report from Canada. Calgary says it will rock you, whatever that means. If somebody rocked me I might call the police.

Now back to STL pix. There are rumors of nearly-naked people appearing on South Grand Boulevard tonight. Your intrepid reporter will cover the story. 

I Wanna Rock And Roll All Night

Another act from the evening show in Calgary, a Kiss tribute band, as they are called these days. I never rock and rolled all night even when I was young enough to try. And party every day? That's why I go to work, isn't it?

Tomorrow will have the last shots from Alberta, although I could go on for days more. Strange things are afoot in The Lou Saturday night.                     

Piano Wire

One of the features at the Stampede's evening show was an Elton John-type act with a difference. The piano and performer hung by wires from heavy cables, suspended between the stage and the top of the grandstand. It was, I'd guess, 10 or 15 m off the ground. The performer must have had deep trust in the engineers.

I think he was playing Bennie And The Jets, but I confess that at times I was paying more attention to the images than the performance.                         

TransAlta Show

After the chuckwagon races, a great day at the Calgary Stampede ends with the TransAlta Grandstand Show. Carolyn and I have never witnessed anything like it. The 90 minute extravaganza far surpasses anything we've seen in Las Vegas.

A large, complex stage on wheels is towed into the rodeo area. Then there is one brilliant act after another, accompanied by blazing lights, lasers and explosions of fire. This pair of acrobats was jaw dropping. I must be candid with my readers, though, and confess that my abdominal muscles don't look anything like this.

I'll do some posts on individual acts, but there are local events in the wings.