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Canadian Blues Festival Thunder Bay Blues Festival is upon us.. I have heard nothing but gold from everyone who has, who is, and who wants to be part of this 8th annual Festival.
This will be the first year The Vagabonds and I will be there. I will posting vids and pics from our stay..So stay tunes my friends.
Here is the LINK to the festival if you want to check it out...maybe get tickets?
XoxoDavina

Some photos of our trip! What a blessing this trip was! I will add more as I go through them. Just click on picture and it will take you to the album.

SWITZERLAND

Sierre Blues Festival went great! They asked us to come back next year and I feel so honored! It is unbelievable how nice the people of this Valley are...Wonderful community and hard working proud people.With alot to be proud of. It is a marvelous country. Next year could not come to me quick enough.
Below is a snippet of the beginning of St.James Infirmary. Scott Agster and I always have so much fun together! Amazing at the Trombone...and an amazing friend.
Michael and I are still in Switzerland..right outside of Sierre.We will be going to Zermatt to see the Materhorn tomorrow.Schedule for today >>>RELAX.
More videos to come..More pictures to come.
VIVA LA SUISSE!

We are staying at Château Mercier and this was were our first gig in Switzerland was held..We kicked off the Sierre Blues Festival yesterday in front of all of the Sierre officials and politicians. This Chateau is the most beautiful place I have ever been. Sierre Switzerland is the most beautiful place I have ever scene. Château Mercier has lush rose gardens, natural spring fountains(inside and out), peacocks, paintings dated from 1700-present, and staff that treat you like royalty.
Below is a few pictures to show you were we are staying.

Steps from Sierre City up to Château Mercier. We have climbed them several times since our arrival to Sierre, and they don't get easier. This picture only shows a third of the climb.



Inside fountain in the foyer..





Above is a picture from the front left of the house after your climb.Simply beautiful.




The Key to MC's rooms and mine..if you know me well, you know I am a HUGE fan of skeleton keys.

Now on to Château de Villa!
This was another wonderfully beautiful building.Build in the 17th century with 13inch thick walls it houses wines from the region and surrounding regions. I don't drink, but you can see the flavor is beautiful by the expressions on these wine lover's faces.
We performed two days back to back at Château de Villa. Each days brought new dried meats and cheese fondue to our table. Today we tried five different cheese with potatoes to dip. It was so so so so good!
Below are a few pictures of our day. The man in the picture is Dominiq. He was graceful and giving to us. I am happy I met him and honored to play at his Château.
This is a night view of the Château.

Michael, Dan, Dominiq, Aggie, Zack

Dominiq with a bottle from the late 1800s..we didn't try it, but the bottle looked way cool.

That is it for the night tomorrow we are playing Buffet de la Gare.
I promise to get some pictures of us playing and Aggie has some video I will post later...stay tuned.
I am sending this without proof reading ..sorry for the mistakes.
xoxoDavina

I am a bit behind...So much to do here..so much to see.
We went to Paris and Bruges..Now we are in Switzerland with the Vagabonds. (Michael and I) we have played twice already in Switzerland. I had the opp. to play in Paris with a neat three piece jazz band.
The Sierre festival is a success and many bands from the US and Europe are here to partake.
I will write later and post pictures of The Vagabonds and I.
Chow!
Davina

Time is ticking toward our trip to Switzerland.I promise this time to take pictures and be true to my blog. CHECK BACK IN THE NEXT WEEK FOR My first posting..Probably on the 19th.. CLICK HERE FOR LINK TO FESTIVAL