Unfortunately, this year I am cancelling my birthday party on here. Instead, it will be a memorial for all of those injured at the Big Valley Jamboree, which is the largest country music fest in Canada and it is held about 40 min from my home town.

On Saturday night around 6 o'clock Billy Currington was finishing up his set on the concert bowl stage when a massive storm hit. Nobody was prepared. Winds gusting up to 100 km/hr knocked down the stage, injuring 75 (2 in critical care) and unfortunately the death of a single mother of two boys. Billy Currington was struck with a pipe, he is doing fine, he only sustained a minor concussion and a black eye.

The following links are for the news articals of the events:

Edmonton Sun 1

Edmonton Sun 2

Edmonton Sun 3

Calgary Sun

**Sympacitco MSN News

** Cisn Country Radio Host Dave Rolofson Blog

** Cisn Country Radio Host Mike McGuire Blog (Eye witness, scroll to post after Johnny Reid.)

Also Jimmy Carter has a couple of articles on the events on his blog here.

TTFN, Lexi