Hey people,
After 53hrs on a bus ride from Edmonton
to Toronto, then four days of fun and foolery, and then the same bus ride
back; my eXcellent Xcross Canada Adventures are now over.
Highlights of my trip were; my bus being
surrounded by cop cars at one point, the CKREB Luncheon, winning a Saturday
Night Magazine signed by none other than Cal at the CKREB Stakeout, bumping
into Dean McDermott on the way to the elevator, the charity auction, star
gazing and collecting autographs, getting my picture taken with Dief, Tom
Melissis talking to my gala table for more than ten minutes, Kung-Fu Dancing
at the Gala Dance because of Double Happiness, impromptu late night discussions
in the hallways with strangers, Paul Gross's surprise appearance, discussions
with roommates on the differences between Canada & the U.S., and just
meeting a bunch of great dusers.
So, I thought I'd share some of my pictures
from the CKREB events & CKR related things from RCW 139; most of them
didn't turn out too well, but here are some of the better ones. Hope you
like.
Kirsten
Toronto. CN Tower & The Skydome seen from the Harbour. Yeah, I took
these. I didn't even scan them off of a postcard!
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If your not aware, RCW
139 is the name for a convention that celebrates the Canadian
television show Due South, and it has been held for the past
four years in Toronto, Canada. RCW 139 stands for a licence plate number
which keeps appearing in various Due South episodes. A duser is a nickname
for a Due South fan. Callum Keith Rennie (CKR) co-starred
in the third/fourth season of Due South as Det. Ray Kowalski.
The CKREB referred to is an internet mailing list called the Callum Keith
Rennie Estorgen Brigade.
I didn't have time to really go around Toronto to see all of the filming
sites, but I did stumbled across a few anyways while I was there. (1) The
first picture is of the "Oriole", which was the boat used in
the episode "Strange Bedfellows," it was also the boat being
offered for the harbour tour for the convention. It's a great tour by the
way, I totally recommend it.:) (2) The second picture is of the Pier 4
resturant which I had supper at, little did I know that the first scene
from "Strange Bedfellows" where Ray rescues Stella from being
shot, was shot in the same spot until I was watching the episode later.
(3) The third picture is of the "Canadian Malting Company" building
which I accidently saw on the boat tour and yelled out, "That's the
building from Mounty On The Bounty, I'm for sure" the one Fraser and
Ray jumped off of in the first scene. Went and looked over my tapes again,
yep, it's the same place.:) Not the greatest picture though.
(1)(2)Basically the first two shots are a panoramic view of the inside
of "The Spotted Dick" where the luncheon was held on Thursday.
I'm not going to name everybody 'cause I've got a hole in my bag of marbles
and I can't remember everybody's names. But just for interest sake, in
the second picture, Tracy, who organized the Luncheon, is on the far end
on the right side of the table, and next to her is Anne Monette, Kari Eissinger,
and Amy Harrison my rcw roommate. I'm sitting on the left side of the table
in the white t-shirt next to Cleo and Clemence who are in the background.
(3) Amie who was wonderful enough to take all our pictures. (4) The Reverend
Monica Ross reading selections from "Hard Core Road Show." (5)
Cleo and Clemence with the their fantastic matching "Champion Spark
Plug" t-shirts, who are trying on their little "dream catcher"
necklaces that Tracy brought. (6) Finally, the passes/tags for the Luncheon
that Tracy made for everyone which were pretty snazzy, and you could even
hang them your lanyard.
Well, I suck cause I only got one picture of this, but my stupid flash
wasn't working at the moment. Hey, I've got a really cheap, crappy camera.
What can I say! Anyways, Erin was laughing at me when I was taking this
picture of everybody; if you look closely at the tv screen you may be surprised
to see a certain body part of a certain someone. I know, I'm soo gutter
diving! Monica and Erin organized this little shin-dig, they showed an
episode of "My Life As A Dog", then "Last Night",
"Hard Core Logo", and into the wee hours of the morning a determined
few stayed around to watch "Men With Guns." There was about forty
to fifty people taking in the Callum experience when I did a tiny head
count. Not bad eh? Just before HCL, Monica began to hand out CKR swag and
they had a little draw for five magazines, if I remember Cleo bagged the
signed, Vines magazine! And I bagged the signed Saturday Night magazine!
That was freaky.:)
Well of course this wasn't all the stuff up for auction, but stuff that
struck my fancy cause I'm a freak. (1) Love this picture. That's all I
gotta say.:) (2) Silent auction stuff, there's a Shift magazine which was
autographed, also a Vines magazine next to it. (3) This is one of my favourite
pictures of him, it's autographed as well. (4) The famous signed police
badge that went for something over a $1000 dollars. Lucky Kari bagged this
one. Really lucky, cause she owns a jacket from last years auction, which
happens to be the same jacket Callum is wearing in the picture on the badge.
Oooh, can you say sppookyy. (5) Poster of the Due South crew with their
faces mixed up. Go look for Callum's facial parts, a hint, the top of his
head is on the very left side in the middle. (6) Little picture postcard
set, which was for sale in the silent auction; another picture which I
love.
