Adventures at the PEAK Performance Project Boot Camp - Day 1.5
- By Pyper Geddes
- Published 08/28/2010
I find it hard to believe that an entire year has passed since last year's inaugural year of the PEAK Performance Project Boot Camp, but here we are again at the beautiful RockRidge Canyon Resort!
The top 20 artists arrived yesterday in all their bright eyed, bushy bearded glory and you could feel the excitement that was reverberating around them. But who wouldn't be excited? Picture rolling in to the middle of nowhere and finding the most glorious summer camp that you could imagine complete with gigantic cedar buildings, shimmering lake, Canada's longest zip line, and more food than you even want to think about. Now, take that and add 9 work stations graciously donated by Apple and Roland, pair it with an amazing studio furnished by Long & McQuade and run by Nimbus Recording Studios, a color coordinated stage set up courtesy of Lush Plush with backline supplied by Long & McQuade and you have yourself a good ol' rock n' roll summer camp.
Artists were supposed to arrive between 9am and 12pm yesterday so naturally they started showing up around 2. Grant Lawrence kicked everything off with his keynote titled "On Stage and On Point" which was all about live performance. He touched on everything from practicing, compiling a set list, handling hecklers, dance moves, to the touchy subject of encores.
We decided to start the week off right with a bit of friendly competition between the artists and the faculty in the 2nd Annual Artists VS. Faculty RockRidge Cup Ball Hockey Tournament. Us faculty marched down to the rink, confident that our war paint (my black eyeliner), ensembles (basically just Bob D'Eith's Canucks jersey), and our team name (Wolf Pack) would be enough for us to bring the coveted RockRidge Cup back to the Wolf Lair (Wolf Creek Lodge). Little did we know that these spindly artists would actually bring their 'A' game and kick our asses with a final score of... well we don't actually remember what the score was but we do know that the faculty lost. Mad props to Grant "Lawrongo" Lawrence for putting knee problems aside and for holding down net like a champ.
Now it's Day 2 and I can barely move but I've been doing my stretches because I need to get all limbered up for the zip line. Tonight is the first night of showcases and we have a great line up to kick off the week: Adaline, Greg Sczebel, 41st and Home, and Debra-Jean to top it all off.
Being surrounded by so much natural beauty, talent, and the constant flow of creativity is an invigorating feeling and I can't wait to see how the week unfolds!
p.s. If you're anywhere where the temperature is +30 please send us some heat - I'm quite chilly.
The top 20 artists arrived yesterday in all their bright eyed, bushy bearded glory and you could feel the excitement that was reverberating around them. But who wouldn't be excited? Picture rolling in to the middle of nowhere and finding the most glorious summer camp that you could imagine complete with gigantic cedar buildings, shimmering lake, Canada's longest zip line, and more food than you even want to think about. Now, take that and add 9 work stations graciously donated by Apple and Roland, pair it with an amazing studio furnished by Long & McQuade and run by Nimbus Recording Studios, a color coordinated stage set up courtesy of Lush Plush with backline supplied by Long & McQuade and you have yourself a good ol' rock n' roll summer camp.
Artists were supposed to arrive between 9am and 12pm yesterday so naturally they started showing up around 2. Grant Lawrence kicked everything off with his keynote titled "On Stage and On Point" which was all about live performance. He touched on everything from practicing, compiling a set list, handling hecklers, dance moves, to the touchy subject of encores.
We decided to start the week off right with a bit of friendly competition between the artists and the faculty in the 2nd Annual Artists VS. Faculty RockRidge Cup Ball Hockey Tournament. Us faculty marched down to the rink, confident that our war paint (my black eyeliner), ensembles (basically just Bob D'Eith's Canucks jersey), and our team name (Wolf Pack) would be enough for us to bring the coveted RockRidge Cup back to the Wolf Lair (Wolf Creek Lodge). Little did we know that these spindly artists would actually bring their 'A' game and kick our asses with a final score of... well we don't actually remember what the score was but we do know that the faculty lost. Mad props to Grant "Lawrongo" Lawrence for putting knee problems aside and for holding down net like a champ.
Now it's Day 2 and I can barely move but I've been doing my stretches because I need to get all limbered up for the zip line. Tonight is the first night of showcases and we have a great line up to kick off the week: Adaline, Greg Sczebel, 41st and Home, and Debra-Jean to top it all off.
Being surrounded by so much natural beauty, talent, and the constant flow of creativity is an invigorating feeling and I can't wait to see how the week unfolds!
p.s. If you're anywhere where the temperature is +30 please send us some heat - I'm quite chilly.
