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Soccer is huge in Ecuador! It is played everywhere: on street corners, parks, plazas – in bare feet, with dirty rags bunched up into a ball wound with string … it is the nations sport. A few days before leaving on the Compassion Exposure Tour last month for Ecuador, I visited a local soccer store […]
There were many spontaneous music moments in Ecuador that were enjoyed by all. I am glad I took my acoustic and electric violins. I am constantly amazed at how music crosses all language and cultural barriers … here is a video and some photos that captured some of the moments: On our first day, I […]
Alas … I am back home to reality in Guelph and did not blog daily as I had planned while away in Ecuador … now trying to process and come to grips with all I saw and experienced … I have decided to continue to blog my thoughts as I process everything (both from emails […]
We arrived safely Saturday night in Quito … smoother landing than 3 years ago – my Air Canada pilot friends tell me it is one of the hardest places to land a plane (you have to maneuver into the Andes Mountains and put the plane down hard on a very short runway) …8 bags did not arrive in […]
It has been an incredible 36 hours here in Quito, Ecuador: emotionally charged with far too much to share right now and little time before we leave to experience more of the amazing work of Compassion … so until I get a chance a little later today, I will let some photos tell the story of our day yesterday […]
This story went out to Canadian media last week and is relevant/of interest to local, national and global audiences: Trevor Dick, a Guelph, Ontario electric violinist was invited to represent Canada on the World Music Project Video, which had a digital release late August, 2015. Trevor, along with one other Canadian, came together with […]
My violins and bags are packed … I am off to the Dominican Republic with Compassion Canada tomorrow in partnership with Flyingbow – Jan. 31 to Feb. 7/14. This year marks my 9th Anniversary with Compassion as an artist. I am looking forward to this Mission/Exposure Trip with real anticipation. My last trip to see […]
I leave tomorrow morning on an Exposure Tour with Compassion Canada to Quito, Ecuador – the oldest and founding city in South America and capital of Ecuador. I will be joining a team of pastors, Radio and TV personalities, music artists and Compassion staff to visit a number of Compassion Projects (child development centers) in […]