Off to St. John’s (with the apostrophe “S” by the sea)

July 2nd and it is time to head to St. John’s Newfoundland. After a couple flights and a bit of a long layover in Halifax we ended up in St. John’s and it was time for dinner.
So, off we headed to George Street as we had heard from the Hotel front desk that they were having a Canada Day celebration which included a street party and concert by a local band and the Maritimes best band “The Fables”.
The organizers had blocked off 2 city blocks and you could wander from bar to restaurant to pub with drink in hand and enjoy the festivities. The first band was the Derina Harvey Band a Celtic Rock Band, they were very good and they got the smallish crowd warmed up and dancing on a cool evening.
Then on time at 9:30 The Fables started playing and the crowd tripled in size and excitement and dancing, etc. etc. Check out this You Tube link to a short bit of their song “Heave Away”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkfYRy3oj4M

The Fables played all their standard songs plus a few other local ditties that had the crowd jumping for 1 1/2 hrs. We had a great time there and danced and stomped the night away. What a fun evening.