Normally I ignore most sports on the television. Team sports are particularly boring to me. I slept through the second half the Super Bowl and celebrated at the end of the football season because if there is anything more boring than watching it, it is talking about it and listening to people at work talk about it week after week.
However, I love the Olympics. I especially love the Winter Olympics. Perhaps it is because I actually enjoy many of the winter activities and sports, including skiing, cross-country skiing, and snow boarding. I love watching the short track speed skating and the freestyle skiing too. The figure skating can be sick too! The Games are a good time and they are special because they last but two weeks and then poof, you have to wait four years.
G, some friends, and I all watched the opening ceremony last night. The ceremonies are very interesting and sometimes have gems of amazement. Last night's had good parts and bad (e.g. Bryan Adams and Nelly Furtado… not good), but the good stuff was really good! I thought the projections on the floor of the stadium were awesome. The Whales were wicked! The punk-like fiddling and tap dancing representative of the Canadian Maritimes and Quebec was also very impressive. All in all, I had a good time and I commend Canada on the performance even with the glitches. I love you Canada!
I did a little more research to learn the primary fiddler was apparently Ashley MacIsaac of Nova Scotia. I have yet to determine what song was played but a little more poking around brought me to "David's Jig" by Natalie MacMaster, Ashley's cousin (and both of them are apparently distantly related to Jack White of the White Stripes). I was looking for a song a little more "rock" or "punk" influenced by a "Cape Breton fiddle music" artist for today's song, but a whole world of music I barely knew existed has just been opened up and it will take some time to sort through it. I really like this song, so here it is!
Canada's secret it out!
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Click here for more info on Natalie MacMaster – Yours Truly – "David's Jig".
The MP3 may be purchased here… Natalie MacMaster - Yours Truly
