Back in US!

Hi everyone!

It’s 7 PM on thursday and we just arrived from Québec to Wysox, Pennsylvania, few minutes ago. Despite of last days weather, we had a nice nine hours (or so) drive. Even if it was cold this morning in Québec, the sun was there! We had some snow in early afternoon but as we’re from Québec, we’re used to that!

Some of you may think 9 hours driving is long… You’re right, it is! But if we compare to what we did last year for that same kind of tour, it’s not that much! One year ago, we had to drive 28 hours to reach our first destination! Fortunately, during the tour we were always getting closer to home! The way back didn’t take that long! But this time, we’ll have to drive about 20 hours to get to Québec… We shall not think about it yet, should we?!

For those who met us 4 years ago on our first tour with Arts Midwest, you may be interested by the fact François-Olivier (bass player) is back with us! He was there for our first experience here and he will end this second part with us also! That’s nice! He entertained us well in the car today by sharing funny stories and movies on his computer! We also talked about funny things we’ve done 4 years ago and we feel like it’s all looking good for this year! We look forward our first workshop tomorrow morning! As we were supposed to arrive yesterday (but we couldn’t because of the weather), we postponed the workshop we were supposed to have today. It will take place tomorrow night. We hope to meet a lot of people here, as it’s our first time in Pennsylvania!

As we didn’t have the opportunity to play with François-Olivier since last tour with him here, we needed to practice a bit! So we met last sunday and did a run-through of the show. That went very well! We had the chance to practice in a theater for free and we have to thank the lovely people with who Stéphanie works in Québec! We practiced at the auditorium of the high school where she teaches. That’s the second time they lend us this place and we are really grateful. Here are some pictures taken last Sunday.