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jj · 11-09-2010, 01:44 AM

at 9:25 I took a small drink up to the tracks that run through here (this section completed in 1880), did a quick toast and started singing CRT...but totally stumbled on the second verse and decided to hum the rest as I walked back to the house with head hung in shame)

neat bits of ceremony shown on video link, you can hear local school kids singing a bit of CRT, accompanied by a native Indian filmmaker on guitar

http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/TopStories...-party-101107/

lots of media equipment there for the event but i was impressed to see no teleprompter (ie. those kids didn't require any lyrics crutch

)

love the old maroon rail cars out west...the ones around here have lots of graffiti (trust me, it's not the lyrics to CRT!)

Cheers, CPR, Donald, Willie, Gord...thank you, navvies

ps) a fun download here http://www8.cpr.ca/cms/nr/cprinterne...enshistory.pdf

11-09-2010, 01:44 AM	#40
jj Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: ontario, canada Posts: 5,265	125th Anniversary of the 'uniting' of Canada (Last Spike of the CPR) at 9:25 I took a small drink up to the tracks that run through here (this section completed in 1880), did a quick toast and started singing CRT...but totally stumbled on the second verse and decided to hum the rest as I walked back to the house with head hung in shame) neat bits of ceremony shown on video link, you can hear local school kids singing a bit of CRT, accompanied by a native Indian filmmaker on guitar http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/TopStories...-party-101107/ lots of media equipment there for the event but i was impressed to see no teleprompter (ie. those kids didn't require any lyrics crutch) love the old maroon rail cars out west...the ones around here have lots of graffiti (trust me, it's not the lyrics to CRT!) Cheers, CPR, Donald, Willie, Gord...thank you, navvies ps) a fun download here http://www8.cpr.ca/cms/nr/cprinterne...enshistory.pdf Attached Thumbnails Last edited by jj; 11-09-2010 at 02:13 AM.