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[Ike Zimbel]

HAha. A week after the lock-down started, I ordered a Wahl hair trimmer kit on Amazon.
The wife does a fine job, and I am not too picky. I don't expect to pay for a haircut aver again.
At 25 bucks a pop, the kit was paid for in 6 or 8 months......
Chris.
Oh, on topic... Still nothing live going on in Montreal, We're "green zone" now, whatever that means.....
You can go to a bar at limited capacity, SIT DOWN and drink. No  dancing or walking around.
Bell Center (17,000 cap i think) is open to 2,500 spectators for the Stanley Cup series. Open a week and a half now. You can have a wedding for 250 - space permitting, but the reception is 25 inside, 50 outside. No dancing, sit down meals.

Yeah, but can you get a haircut? I'm heading down there tomorrow to work on the Stanley Cup. I tried to get one today, but no haircuts in Toronto until tomorrow, and of course they're all booked solid for two weeks!

[Chris Hindle]

Yeah, but can you get a haircut? I'm heading down there tomorrow to work on the Stanley Cup. I tried to get one today, but no haircuts in Toronto until tomorrow, and of course they're all booked solid for two weeks!

Yup. Montreal has been open to that (and hairdressers) since going Orange a bunch of months ago.
Trade a haircut for a pass??
Heck, I'd give you a trim myself.......
Hottest tickets in the province right now...
Chris.

[Russell Ault]

Are you able to have live music in Alberta? What are the guidelines? We can't have anything live in Ontario right now. I think we have to wait for Stage 3 and we're just expecting to enter Stage 2 this weekend. I'll finally be able to get a haircut!

Except for a few months during the second wave, "live music" didn't really quite stop here. Edmonton's professional choir was able to get health authority approval for live-streamed performances (no audience, masks, 2 m distance between singers, very large spaces with good ventilation), and the theatre that recalled me did the same events last summer (outdoors, audience and technician masked, 2 m spacing between performers, plexi shields between performers and audience if warranted) although last year I declined out of an abundance of caution. And by the time the current heatwave ends, Alberta will have basically "reopened", so I'm not entirely sure what things will look like when we start doing the actual shows.

HAha. A week after the lock-down started, I ordered a Wahl hair trimmer kit on Amazon.
The wife does a fine job, and I am not too picky. I don't expect to pay for a haircut aver again.
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When this all started my wife bought a pair of hair scissors and watched some YouTube videos, and everyone on Zoom has been impressed with how good my hair has looked!

-Russ

[John L Nobile]

Our premiere is messed up more than the others. Bear in mind that Ontario was the only place in the world where golf courses were closed in late April to mid May.

[Russell Ault]

Our premiere is messed up more than the others. Bear in mind that Ontario was the only place in the world where golf courses were closed in late April to mid May.

Not that it's a competition (what a terrible Olympic sport this would make), but I think I can state (without breaking the rules) that however messed up things are in Ontario, Alberta is almost certainly messier. For example, right around the time that India started running into shortages of basic medical supplies like oxygen, Alberta's per capita case rate was actually higher than India's.

Even messier: a few months ago there was an opinion poll about the province's COVID-19-related restrictions which indicated that ~48% of Albertans felt or strongly felt that the restrictions went too far while ~48% felt or strongly felt that the restrictions didn't go far enough. Good luck with that.

-Russ

[John L Nobile]

Even messier: a few months ago there was an opinion poll about the province's COVID-19-related restrictions which indicated that ~48% of Albertans felt or strongly felt that the restrictions went too far while ~48% felt or strongly felt that the restrictions didn't go far enough. Good luck with that.

-Russ

When do you expect to be doing full blown concerts there with no restrictions? My best estimate here would be late fall but I really hope I'm being pessimistic.

[Chris Hindle]

When do you expect to be doing full blown concerts there with no restrictions? My best estimate here would be late fall but I really hope I'm being pessimistic.

haha.
The Alberta Premier is hell bent on full open for July 1st, and Calgary Stampede to proceed as normal. July11 I believe.
Not all (most) Doctors agree with this "strategy"
I have not heard of any change of plan in the last few weeks, and the first is 2 days away......
Chris.

[Russell Ault]

haha.
The Alberta Premier is hell bent on full open for July 1st, and Calgary Stampede to proceed as normal. July11 I believe.
Not all (most) Doctors agree with this "strategy"
I have not heard of any change of plan in the last few weeks, and the first is 2 days away......
Chris.

It's not quite this, but close. Stampede, for example, is limiting capacity somewhat to encourage social distancing, and Calgary's mandatory mask bylaw might still be on the books by then (this is currently an open question). Everyone else in the industry around here seems to be proceeding with a good deal more caution, though, so other than Stampede there isn't much happening for big shows until August at the earliest (although even those dates are all "tentative"). The fact that a goodly number of the shows around here (and basically all of the really big ones) are part of US-based tours complicates things, too.

-Russ

[Chris Hindle]

It's not quite this, but close. Stampede, for example, is limiting capacity somewhat to encourage social distancing, and Calgary's mandatory mask bylaw might still be on the books by then (this is currently an open question). Everyone else in the industry around here seems to be proceeding with a good deal more caution, though, so other than Stampede there isn't much happening for big shows until August at the earliest (although even those dates are all "tentative"). The fact that a goodly number of the shows around here (and basically all of the really big ones) are part of US-based tours complicates things, too.

-Russ

Thanks for clearing that up a bit for me Russell.
My sources are the national news (for what it's worth), and a business associate in Edmonton who is scared. Real scared.

Stay Safe.
Chris.

[Tim McCulloch]

Not that it's a competition (what a terrible Olympic sport this would make), but I think I can state (without breaking the rules) that however messed up things are in Ontario, Alberta is almost certainly messier. For example, right around the time that India started running into shortages of basic medical supplies like oxygen, Alberta's per capita case rate was actually higher than India's.

Even messier: a few months ago there was an opinion poll about the province's COVID-19-related restrictions which indicated that ~48% of Albertans felt or strongly felt that the restrictions went too far while ~48% felt or strongly felt that the restrictions didn't go far enough. Good luck with that.

-Russ

The Plains is the Plains, whether in the USA or Canada.

Tim "44% vax in KS" Mc

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