Pizza Hut for 1985!

Hey from Chapleau, ON!

Ladies and gentlemen, we are WAY up in the far reaches of nothingness!
Before leaving on this tour, a friend of ours told us: "Better fill up yer tank in Iron Ridge! Won't be much else after that!" It's a good thing we took his advice!

We drove for 4 hours and we saw (I'm not kidding) ONLY 2 cars sharing the road with us. When we finally pulled into Chapleau, we had to laugh a little bit. The only resturant we saw was Pizza Hut and the sign looked like it was installed in 1985. We may have also made one or two jokes about the native population up here in Northern Ontario, but I have traces of native in my blood so I don't even feel bad! Muah hah hah.

See, Hello Kelly is a pretty adaptable band. We've played some really big shows but we've also played some tiny shows. But last night, when they told us they didn't have a sound system and I was gonna have to plug the microphone into the opening band's bass amp ... well, I'll be honest, I was a little apprehensive.
It's easy to get prideful, you know? "Do you even KNOW who we are? We're freakin' Hello Kelly! You better go find us a sound system or else ....."

I'm really glad that everybody in the band right now is so humble. It's a SERIOUS blessing.
We sound checked the best we could and then went to eat dinner. When we came out to play the show, there was a VERY awesome crowd waiting for us. And did they EVER go ballistic! We sold tons of shirts and CDs AND FIVE kids got sponsored through World Vision. Despite the technical setbacks, it was a GREAT kick-off to this tour!

So I believe God sent us into that show as a way of preparing us, humbling us ... or maybe just to chuckle at us. Ha ha. But in any case, I'm grateful for the experience.
ALSO - since we couldn't mic the guitar amp, I got to CRANK my amplifier and it sounded INCREDIBLE!

Today, we're attending the local pentecostal church and we'll probably eat lunch at the local 1985 Pizza Hut! Mmmmmm ...

We've had some requests to post more episodes of Hello Kelly TV. And don't worry, we intend to. I just have to get myself into a Future Shop and buy the right cable ...

... But I don't think I'll find a Future Shop up .... here.

SO - consider this the first update of many! Looking forward to seeing you guys out on the road!!

Keep it straight, you're doin' great!

francy