april 08, 2009 12:07am
July 5, 2008 The Fest
July 5, 2008.
Saturday started with a little tension because of the pervious nights bad news about possibly having to leave the Blues Fest. It turns out that the Blues fest organizers want me to be able to stay on at their show but it is the CCN with the problem. In the morning I sent emails to the news media to let them know what the situation was with the booth space. At 11am a reporter from the Ottawa Citizen came around to do an interview with me. He took down some notes and said that he would be in touch with Mark to get his side of the story. I decided that there was nothing more I could do on this issue but sit and wait to find out the decision of the powers that be, so I set up my booth and got ready for the opening of the festival at 12 noon.
I was glad not to hear from the CCN all day and had forgotten about the whole issue because I spent the day and into the evening talking to the public about the “Online Veterans Video Library”. By the end of the day our donation bucket had over three hundred dollars in it, the best day we’ve had by far. I have talked to a lot of people over the last couple of days with leads on local veterans that I would like to follow up on. This research may take a few more days in Ottawa and I hope the blues fest allows me to stay on until the end of the week. My schedule is flexible on this tour just for this reason.
Red came around three or four times on Saturday. He was very concerned about the CCN situation and assured me that Mark Monahan would do everything in his power to keep me in the show. So far he is right.
