i thought it was funny when cuddy told of how his dad would nervously count the cars at their concerts each year to make sure their popularity wasn't fading, cos jim had nothing to fall back on
nice intro (and acceptance) speech for kim catrell and neat bio montage, i knew not much of her ...glad she's back in theatre
(our) brain williams is all class as usual, lovely to see our smiling wheelchair hero...she should have joined blue rodeo for the finale
didnt know raymond burr had a boyfriend, not that there's anything wrong with that...hmm, cuthbert looked pretty plain, those hockey players wore her out
i guess the top marks goes to tom cochrane for his acceptance speech...when he told the anecdote of driving north of lake superior in the rain on way to/from a gig and encountered an aggravating traffic tie up leading him to mope to himself and think what a terrible grind this musicians life was...then he saw what the cause of the traffic backlog was
...it was a guy with one leg running along the road, he wasn't sure if his face was wet from the rain, the sweat or the tears or all of the above...he had been running every day since he dipped his foot in the atlantic, many many days earlier
it turned out to be terry fox's last day of running of the marathon of hope...one must visit the monument near thunder bay someday, it's modest but powerful...when i was there (solo and not planned) it was stormy and -30C, i wish i had a camera back then..but the image lives on, as that scene does for cochrane...the point was, it was the very last time tom felt any degree of pity for himself
anyhow, cochrane is a fine writer, performer and has done great humanitarian work, mega-congrats...he also has the GL humble gene
gord looked like he had a new suit...anne murray's presence (and face) was uplifting...howie mandel was howie mandel, i liked his mom...cheers all
