If you haven't gotten a chance to get out to Surrey Celebration Site or 'LiveCity Surrey", you really should. I've been out for a couple of events now. The first being Daniel Wesley and Mini Donuts and then Sam Roberts and Mini Donuts last week.Unlike most of the free events downtown that are seeing long waits and lineups from food to bathrooms, Surrey is completely different. It's more family friendly, the crowds were manageable and the staff and facilities are top notch.
I showed up for Sam Roberts to find a large crowd at the front gate and was a bit worried I wouldn't get in in time because of security. After asking around with my True North Media Badge, I was directed to a different gate. I explained the situation to the guard and before I knew it he was calling his supervisor to the gate. Thankfully no one was around in case she came down and did the "sorry,not on the list" and me doing the inevitable walk of shame to the back of the line. A woman came down a few minutes later,looked at my badge,smiled,introduced herself as Melissa and handed me a Surrey 2010 Media badge. And before I had a chance to pick up my jaw, she told me to follow her as she escorted me backstage and out into the crowd.
Which brings me to the Mini Donuts or Do Nots as I call them. Seriously, they could lace them with arsenic and we'd still all be eating them. So good. And here is my only complaint. I had to wait 33 minutes in line for donuts. Ok, another...the food prices were insane. But it has been crazy expensive everywhere, so I've come to expect it, but come on, $9 for poutine? That's sacrilege. But I digress.
So both Sam Roberts and Daniel Wesley put on really great shows and I wish I had more to say about it,but the secondhand high I got from the crowd was so good, I spent the majority of the show in line for those damn donuts.
(Thank you to Melissa Snow and the staff @ Surrey 2010)
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