can you believe it?

i thought i would share this extREMEly exciting piece of information that ryan emailed me the other day. yesssss chs.

lucky canterbury kids.

do you think if i told them that i was a chs grad too they would come play at granadino?

Arcade Fire Take Over School Lunch
Tuesday, 16 January 2007


Arcade Fire to play for area high school
Chris Lackner, The Ottawa Citizen
Published: Tuesday, January 16, 2007

One of the hottest Canadian bands, the Arcade Fire, are treating
Canterbury High School students to an impromptu concert.

While the Arcade Fire's upcoming five-night stints in Montreal and New
York sold-out within minutes, the indie rock super-group is offering an
informal concert at Canterbury's school cafeteria on the evening of Friday,
Jan. 19.

They are donating their time to support the Canterbury Arts Centre
Development Association, a charitable organization that raises arts funding
for the Ottawa school.

Bandmember Richard Reed Parry, both a guitarist and percussionist with
the group, was a 1995 graduate of Canterbury's literary arts program.

The Montreal band's critically-acclaimed 2004 album, Funeral, brought
them international stardom practically overnight.

Their new album, Neon Bible, is set to be released on Mar. 6 and is one
of the year's most anticipated releases.

The band's pending 15-city European tour has also sold-out nearly all of
its dates.

Tickets for the Canterbury show are open to students, grads and CACDA
members, and can be bought for $25 at school lunch hour today and tomorrow.


There are limited tickets remaining and none will be sold at the door.