I Love Christmas posted!!
So, I've got "I Love Christmas" up and running for ya here on my site!! oh mannnn, all you gotta do is head to the music section of my website here, listen, and let me know what you think! I really hope you like it cause i LOVE it... I'm so excited 
Happy Christmas
Rockanogan!!!
Hoooo weeeeee! On the 26th and the 27th I journeyed to the Okanogan for the 2nd Annual Molsen Rockanogan Music Festival! Sooooo fun. I played an hour-long set at the Sturgeon Hall Restaurant, and it was honestly one of the funnest gigs to play. It was a small room and a small crowd, but the best crowd I could have asked for. Everyone was so goshdrrn great! They listened, they clapped, they whistled. Haha I loved it That can be hard to ask for in a sports bar type situation, especially on a Friday.
The Okanogan is soo beautiful, and we got the chance to have a little look around on Saturday. We visited Mission Hill winery; it's like stepping into Italy... So incredible! Okanogan's also full of the nicest people. When we went there, we billeted with a family called the Kalesnikoffs. They were so incredibly gracious to have us. Their daughter Brittany Kalesnikoff played the Rockanogan too! We got to go see her, and she was great!
It was a really fun weekend on the whole... Couldn't have asked for anything more
Canadian Music Cafe and the Toronto International Film Festival
My, my, my! Been a busy couple a weeks for me, folks! Where shall I start?
Well, just got back from Ontario where I attended the Toronto International Film Festival! TIFF, if you will. Had so much fun let me tell ya. I first got to attend Norman Jewison's Annual Barbecue, held at the Canadian Film Center. What an incredible property, holy shiz! Unfortunately, it was pooourring rain during the barbecue... that didn't stop anybody though. Place was packed and there were just loads of umbrellas bobbing around. My sweet new moccasin boots got real muddy, but I suppose that's the price you pay!! I did an interview for the Canadian Film Center, wishing them a happy 20th birthday! Word on the street is that the interviews they took that day will be made into a video and shown in movie theaters... something like 7 millions people will see it! Pretty sweet, huh?
I next got to play at the Drake Hotel on Queen Street West. Closed reception for the Whistler Film Festival and The First Weekend Club... really fun party! The lounge was so packed it seemed folks had trouble moving around! I was behind my piano, luckily. Playing some tunes, as always!
The big thing of my Toronto trip though, was the fact that I was a part of the Canadian Music Cafe. What an opportunity! The Canadian Music Cafe showcases Canada's vibrant music scene to film and television industry leaders from around the world. The room was packed, and luckily I got to go first. Everyone was listening, one woman afterwards even said to me that "you could have heard a church mouse!". That made me smile I got a fistful of business cards from some great people. Who knows? Maybe something amazing will come of this trip!
The Sunshine Coast Folkfest
I suppose it's time to tell you all about the Sunshine Folkfest! Time for an update!
On the Labour Day long weekend, me and my new friend Kaitie Sly travelled out to Powell River. Kaitie was playing bass for me on this gig and we had so much fun! It was a really magical festival... as if fairies and gnomes put it together! Really it was just hippies though... and they were great. Gosh, even the food at the catering tent was incredible! As if someone had lovingly put together a meal for us So nice!
The crowd really seemed to enjoy what we were doing and listened to our entire 50 minute set. Seriously, that can be tough to ask for at an outdoor festival. Well it was an amazing location with the ocean at our backs and the forest all around. And the tunes coming from the other artists we got to hear were great too! Everyone was obviously having a lot of fun
Summer at last
Ahh Sunshine! After the coldest spring on the west coast in decades, a gig in Scottsdale was just the thing. We arrived at the Pheonix airport and were whisked away to the Four Seasons Resort in Scottsdate. Delicious food, great swimming pool, lots of sun, terrific rooms, treated like a princess - I love it!! The evening event was at Los Cedros, an Arabian horse ranch. The grand piano was in the middle of a courtyard under the stars with the dinner tables all around. Must have been good 'cause I sold lots of CDs.
Next day we moved to stay the weekend with Joanie and Pete, my aunt and uncle who live in Carefree. Great house in the desert. The sunset outlines the saguaro cactus sentry on the horizon. Stuff of postcards. I'll go back in a flash.
...Ali
thanks John and Janet!
On Saturday Apres Ski,
there was a great looking couple at the Bistro who listened. They really listened... to all three sets... even when I sang a couple of my favorites twice. So I introduced myself at the end of the gig. It turns out that John and Janet had caught me on the Global morning show last week. thank you guys for driving all the way to Whistler to hear me. I'm sorry I didn't introduce myself to you earlier in the evening.
A big thanks from Ali to John and Janet...
Publicity
So one of Ali's friends found an intriguing video on youtube a few days ago. It seems Ali is getting some publicity. We don't know who made this video or who the actor is asides for the name "muffy the good house witch". We don't mind a bit though, thanks for the attention.
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