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Could Regina have done better?
by Cassie Ozog
the Carillon
Even though Grey Cup is over and done, Regina is still booming with pride over the great job we did, and of course, we have every right to be. There were some doubts I’m sure, but Regina pulled together and proved we were the hosts with the most. With an amazing volunteer team and a city that was gracious to its visitors, you could say we just about covered everything.
Just about? What could we have missed? Besides all the traditional stuff, we had great evening activities like all the fantastic cabarets at Riderville and the other locations around the city.
We also had some great musicians like The Watchmen, 54-40, Great Big Sea, Big Sugar and many more perform in our city. So what am I feeling a little short-changed about? Well, to be honest, the half time show. Don’t get me wrong, it could have been worse, but I think we could have done better.
Not that we had nothing to work with either, I mean, not only did we have great bands like The Tea Party and Wide Mouth Mason, among others, we had great venues for them to perform at. I was unable to attend any of the cabarets, but anyone you talk to had an awesome time. So with all the build-up, you’re positive that the grand finale to the whole weekend will be the half time show at the Grey Cup.
But was it? I mean, besides the fact we had jets flying over the city (which was so cool), we had two of Canada’s most talented acts, Sam Roberts and Canada’s own superstar Bryan Adams, performing in our city.
The main problem came from how Regina represented these two great acts. We gave them two black boxes to stand on. That was it. Now, I’m not usually too critical about bells and whistles at concerts, in fact, I really don’t usually care for them at all. But it was the Grey Cup! The biggest party in Canada. Thank God for the enthusiastic people running around in yellow and red jumpsuits and “Summer of ‘69,” otherwise I wouldn’t have even finished watching the half time show. Would it have killed us to stick a couple of cool lights or decorations or something in there somewhere? Am I asking too much? We were so proud to have this party, and we finished it off with a pop instead of a bang.
However, Grey Cup is about football, and the CFL doesn’t have as much money to put into half time shows at the NFL, but I was just left disappointed.
We should look on the bright side though, at least it wasn’t as disappointing as our Canadian Idol Ryan Malcolm lip-synching to “Oh Canada.”
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