Toronto - O Canada! - July 28, 2008

There is SO much I could say about Toronto...this is the show Dakota and I had been waiting for. Due to many scheduling conflicts we had to cut the number of shows we attended down to just a couple. So when I asked Dakota what one show would she want to see she chose Toronto immediately. It's Philips home town and she wanted to be there for him. I think she also knew that he would be playing at his finest there. As fate would have it I wasn't able to get the tickets fast enough through the fan club and we either had to choose another show or do the Travel package to get great seats. So I asked Dakota....you have to make a choice...do you want a used car for your 16th birthday and pick a couple concerts somewhere other than Toronto OR do you want to do the travel package and give up getting your licence and car for at least 1 year?

To my surprise she chose to give up her licence and car for a year so she could go to Toronto! WOW...would not have been my choice at that age LOL



Toronto was INCREDIBLE! Philip was at his finest...and seeing everyone through the package was a blast! This is a picture of the Kid showing Melissa her latest favorite Philip t-shirt....I was laughing at the two of them LOL! Of course she had to be wearing her Mini-Me beanie and Philip guitar pick neclace too LOL....her outfit wouldnt be complete without them...



During the M&G Melissa told Dakota that Philip would be opening the show with O Canada and that nobody else knew yet LOL....the Kid was soooooooo excited and couldnt wait for the show to start then! When we got up to our seats we pretty much had front row center....but Dakota had plans to head way over to in front of Philip for the night LOL....I had handed out glow bracelets to the entire front row and then some more in the 2nd row that I knew also....as soon as the lights went down we hit the stage! I looked around and sure enough Dakota was WAY over in front of Philip (I dont know how she moves so fast LMAO) I ended up directly in front of Melissa at center stage....I did a quick look around and saw where all my friends were.....COOL they all made it up to the stage!

From begining to end it was a great show....the setlist was 28 songs, no tour premiers (just a surprise rendition of O Canada by Philip), all core songs were played except All There Is and Not Tonight (due to curfew restrictions she went right into Like The Way I Do).

Read Dakota's review of our trip at http://kodabear92.blogspot.com/

See Camille's awsome video from that night at Melissa Etheridge Eco-Friendly Street Team

peace....amy