Date Night!

One of the great things about Fort Mac is that we have lots of good baby-sitters. The down side to this is that there's not much to do here. The movie theatre only has 6 screens, so by default we usually don't want to see or have already seen at least half of the movies playing. And there aren't that many restaurants to choose from either, you can only go to Moxie's so many times...

So when Gibb and I heard that the Barenaked Ladies were coming here, we decided to get tickets. I know what you might be thinking, neither of us are exactly the hugest BNL fans, but it was something fun to do on a date. And it was SO much fun!

When we first got there the opening band, Jessie Farrell, was still playing. Gibb's not exactly the biggest country fan and he affectionately referred to her as "Jessie Swift or whatever" all night. We set up our lawn chairs with the rest of the "old people" and were happy that we got a decent spot.

The first half of the show we were probably just as entertained with watching other people dance as we were by the band. Our top 3 favourites were:

1. Blue sweater lady - an older lady in a bright blue hoodie going crazy, dancing and singing all by herself all night long
2. Wife beater guy - this guy was standing up amidst all the "old people" sitting in the lawn chairs dancing away, (our favourite move of his was the fist pump) and the reason he wasn't up at the front was because his pregnant girlfriend/wife was sitting calmly in a lawn chair beside him
3. Camera man - he was part of the crew and in between snapping shots of the band he was swaying and singing evry word to every song, we thought he might start crying at one point

Then about half way through BNL playing we realized that we're not lame old people yet, so we went up front and had some real fun! Don't worry, we can dish it out and we can take it. So here's some of our sweet dance moves for your own entertainment!

They put on a really fun, entertaining show and did some hilarious free styling and really tailored the show to Fort McMurray! Of course they played all their classic songs and their new song that was on the Bachelorette this season! It was one of the best dates we've had in a long time!