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So I'm visiting my second home again, the Calgary airport waiting for my connection back to Vancouver.

I'm reflecting on my show in Beardy's and how awesome it was!

Beardy's put up a Youth Wellness Day and hosted:

Manik1derful & Hellnback
Lindsay WIllier - 2nd Runner up, Canada's Next Top Model
James Jones (So you think you can Dance)
DJ Hynx
Crown P
Conway Kootnay
DJ Creeasian

This show was off the HEEEZY!!! EVER LUCKY!!! I got to meet some new people and there's some great things happening in ndn country! Lots of good music and awesome people doing their thing!

Thanks to Bryce and all the other peeps from Beardy's for their hospitality. I hope to come back to Saskatoon and Beardy's again in the future!

Late nites...long flights....

After a flight to Toronto, a connection to Sudbury and a 2.5 hour drive I arrived in Wikwemikong thanks to Sharlene :)

When I landed in Toronto, I turned my phone on and found out I was nominated for a JUNO!!!!!!!!!!!!! Since I was travelling along, you can just imagine how it just ate me up that I had nobody to celebrate the news with. So, the guy who sat next to me on my flight to Sudbury got to hear all about it. hahahha! Turns out he was a Police Officer coming home from working at the Olympics! He was excited to get home to visit his triplets. YIKES! Three at a time! That's intense....

Sharlene gave me the royal tour of the rez (even though it was dark) and I got a sense of how big this community really was! Wiki is a big place with lots of great things going on. I was feeling good about making the trip there to share my music...especially since since it's Steven "Magic Touch" Pitawanakwat's home community! I was really wishing he was able to travel out there with me! I got to meet many of his friends and family.

I stayed at a beautiful B&B named Medora's. I def. recommend staying there! The bed was AWESOME and Medora has a beautiful home. She also cooked me the most magical scrambled eggs I ever ate!

Today, I went to the high school to make my NARMP presentation and perform. It was so rad to chill with some of the youth and visit. I got to connect with some youth doing music....naomi girl...keep doing your thang!


RIght away, I went straight back to Sudbury to fly out to Saskatoon for another show at Beardy's First Nation.

Now I'm waiting to fly out and I can't get that Juno off my mind :)

After my busiest tour schedule ever, I'm so happy to be home to get some R&R.

Last nite I performed at the Aboriginal Pavilion and I shared the stage with Beaver Thomas, Shakti Hayes and Jason Burnstick.

This wraps up the stretch of 14 consecutive shows in and around the Olympic events. This has been an amazing experience and opportunity for me to share my music on a larger stage and meet some of my fans!!!

This Wednesday I head out to Wiki and then over to Saskatoon for shows.

Maybe it's time to hit the studio again and work on another album ;)