Waving the flag

Petra Glynt is one of those performers I try to catch whenever she's in town; when she was slated to appear on a bill with Bonnie Doon and Sparklesaurus it was plain that Targ was the place for me to be for her late November show. Here's Colleen from Sparklesaurus to start things off!



Shamisa handles the keys.



Felicity sings!



Rhythm section action with Brad!



Singalong action!



I think there was a purplish, velvety theme going on ....



Extra Brad!



Extra Shamisa!



More Colleen!



Bonnie Doon were all about the animal prints for this show. Here's new member Aymara and Lesley!



Guitar action with Madison!



Bass action with Sara!



Sharky action with Keltie!



Lesley sings!



More Keltie!



Clapping action with Aymara!



Saxophonic action!



Extra bass with Madison!



Guitar action with Sara!



Singalong action!



Petra Glynt rounded things up with a super set. She released a new album, My Flag Is A Burning Rag Of Love in September, so she had a bunch of new stuff to entertain the crowd.



Petra sings!



And so on!



Her kit has expanded a bit since I first caught her at the Dominion many years ago.



And, er, that's it!

Turn on the lights

Local sensations Sparklesaurus had their album release show a couple of Saturdays back, and packed St. Alban's for it. They had a couple of fine opening acts to help them out: Ginny and Keturah Johnson (of Heavy Medicine Band), who kicked things off with a solo set.



Keturah sings!



And so on!



Looping pedal action!



On to Ginny. The first and only time I saw the band, it was just Leslie from Bonnie Doon and Kristy (also of Area Resident) playing at Pressed. They've been joined by a pair of drummers (apologies in advance for a lack of good photos of either Matt or Ben), Catriona Sturton on guitar, a vocalist/keyboardist/dancer and a theremin player. Here's Lesley, emerging from the crowd!



More Lesley!



Guitar action with Catriona!



Matt shows off his moves.



Extra Catriona!



Song-and-dance action with Lesley and Matt!



Bass action with Kristy!



Harmonica action!



More Matt and Lesley!



And so on!



Microphone-sharing action!



Catriona with whatever that is!



Theremin action with Jasmine!



Extra Jasmine!



Tiny keyboard action!



Ribboned action!



Sparklesaurus always put on a great set, and it was great to listen to some new songs from them. Here's Felicity and Colleen, sparkly as usual!



Keyboard action with Shamisa!



Colleen sings!



Guitar action with Felicity!



More Colleen!



Even more Felicity!



More Shamisa!



Brad hits! Yeah, not a good night for drummer photos ....



Shamisa sings!



A fun night!