What a great audience was at the Sandusky State Theater Friday night. Wow! There were 650 people or so and the energy they gave us was wonderful! We did meet really nice people and that was funny to notice FO still has his young fans ! By the way we think we discovered what all this mistery is about : his hair! We’re making fun of FO with this popularity with teenage girls, but we’re in fact very glad it brings them to the show! In the end, it turns out they love the concert and not only his hair! Once again everything went well and we’ll surely be able to choose few songs from this set to go on the live CD in April!
Through this week in Sandusky, we made good friends with Mike and Pam who were our local contacts for the first half of the week. We had such a great time with them at their house Wednesday night! We were supposed to see them again after the concert Friday but it didn’t work. Mike, who is the director of the music department of Terra Community College told us he will try to make us come back next November while we’ll be touring with the Ohio Arts Council. We hope to be back!
Saturday, as it was our day off, we drove to Cleveland, about one hour away from Sandusky. We went to the Guitar Center because Guillaume has problems with his drum stool. Unfortunatly they didn’t have the kind of stool he wanted, but they told him it could be possible to repair it (but it would take time). So Guillaume will wait until he gets to the Guitar Center in Terre Haute and see what can be done.
One thing is sad : musicians in a music store like Guitar Center can’t go there, try musical instruments and buy nothing. So, FO tried a Jazz Bass for more than 30 minutes and « had » to buy it! He says he doesn’t need it, but as it was at a really low price and it sounded very well, he wasn’t able to leave without it! Finally, we all went out of the store with a little something! Shakers, guitar cleaning stuff, wire adaptors! It may be dangerous with our next visit to the Guitar Center that we fill up the trailer and the van! Stéphanie will probably always ask us the big question : «Do you really need this?» She thought it would help, but as FO replied « Sure I don’t » and bought the bass anyway she’s not confident anymore in the effect of this question!
Once we were done with our « visit » to the music store, we went to the Rock’n’Roll Hall of Fame and Museum. It seemed that it was the only thing to visit in Cleveland. It was interesting and fun to see clothes and things that belonged to rock stars we know. Some of the things that got our interest are clothes of Michael Jackson, including the famous glove, and things that belonged to Elvis Presly. That was also fun to see setlists or songs’ lyricks wrote by the hands of the artists. It’s surely a place to see if you have a day to spend in Cleveland. It’s a long visit, though, so be sure you have plenty of time!
At 6 PM we went to John Q’s Steak House. We wanted to go to the bresilian grill Braza, but it was full. It was the Valentine’s Day week-end, so everyone was out in restaurants! Our experience at John Q’s hasn’t been as satisfying as we thought, but it was ok. We had a great time and it felt good to have a cool day and night off all together. Sadly Éric wasn’t with us because he didn’t feel great, but the good thing is today he’s in top shape!
This morning (Sunday), we left at 9h30 AM to pick all our gear at the theater, then Nicolas drove us to Terre Haute, Indiana. It seems the weather will be warm out there. Maybe our winter coats and boots won’t be that usefull!
When we’ll arrive tonight after about 6 hours driving, we’ll meet our local contacts and we’re invited to their house for a welcome reception. Tomorrow we’ll have two workshops.
We’ll keep you posted!
MS 
