STREET HOCKEY MANIA!!!Wow. I have to say that this last week was pretty crazy for me, as the days counted down towards the Battle of the Bands Street Hockey Tournament...aka the King Can Cup.
Getting things together at the last minute, trying to get people to lend a hand, and just hoping that the thing goes over well enough that I could still go out in public!
Aside for a few minor rough edges that need to be ironed out, I'm really happy to say that it was a success! So much so, that we are going to do it again, and it's going to be MUCH bigger than this last one.
It was a little upsetting that some bands didn't show up, and most of those that told me they were going to help out, were absolute 'no-shows'....their loss.
From the response I'm getting, everyone that came had a good time. The point of the whole thing, was to put a face to the names...to bring the bands together and have a good time, and at the same time, raise some money for charity.
Well, I'm ecstatic to say that we did exactly that!
There were so many musicians there that had never heard or met a particular band, and this gave the opportunity to actually sit down, have a beer, and talk music...or just play hockey. It was really cool to see that going on. And next time will be even better!!!
Now about the games.
Wow...every game was fast and feirce, and I think it's safe to say that everyone that played - played HARD!!
In the end, it came down to Dreadnaut and The Ripperz for the final game. After a crazy and hardcore battle for the title, The Ripperz came out as the winners of the tourney, and took away the title of Best Street Hockey Band and recieved the King Can Cup!!! Congrats to both teams for playing that hard!!
Now to give credit where credit is due:
I want to thank Clint Chaboyer from the band Tinnitus who helped me organize this whole thing - dude, you really saved my ass on a few things like setting up the tourney pools, and getting the nets and some prizes, and getting the rest of your awesome band to help set up early in the day when we were all pretty hung over!! haha;
Thanx going out to Chuck and Dave and the rest of their crew at the Osborne Village Inn for letting me put this event on at their hotel and helping with the tear down;
Thanx to Jason at Studio 11 for the prize donation;
Thanx to my bud Duncan at Freq 107 for broacasting live spots and whoring out the radio ads for the event - you ROCK ;
Thanx to Peter Woods over at Hockey Manitoba for your donations;
Thanx to Scott at the Winnipeg Alternative Hockey Association for your donations;
and lastly, all those that came out to support the cause, and just have a great time - Cheers to ya all!! You LITERALLY made this event happen, and for that...
YOU ROCK!!!
We are definitely going to be doing this again and if you missed out on this last one, you better not miss the next one!!!
And now....to all the bands that showed up & played their asses off: (in no particular order)
Dream Quest, and Catfish Jones.
You all came out, played hard, and proved to everyone that you had a good time. And that's what it was all about.
I can't thank you enough.
Cheers and cudos all around!!
