12th September 2009: Vancouver

Concert day! Weather really couldn't have been better for an outdoors concert, sunshine all day. Well the day started with the travelling to the venue. Skytrain followed by bus ride. Easy you'd think? Well for most people it probably was, not so much for us. Got off the bus 2 stops early. However we weren't the only ones and Carlos who was on holiday from Mexico also got off at the same stop so we ended up chatting as we walked. Turns out he'd just read about the concert that morning in the paper and decided he had to come hoping to buy a ticket. So Jo gave him our extra ticket. She can be nice sometimes, who knew?!

Sarah concert number 56

1 Summer Sessions at Ambleside Photo of Jo taken by Carlos. Notice the merchandise carrier bags ... in for about 5 mins by the time I'd spend $350 on Sarah merchandise! SO wasn't expecting that much new stuff!!	2 Summer Sessions at Ambleside Views as we entered Ambleside Park ... lovely day for a concert!	3 Summer Sessions at Ambleside	4 Summer Sessions at Ambleside
5 Summer Sessions at Ambleside B Stage	6 Summer Sessions at Ambleside Merchandise tents	7 Summer Sessions at Ambleside Sarah's Music Outreach booth	8 Summer Sessions at Ambleside Justin Bentall kicks things off on the B Stage :)
9 Summer Sessions at Ambleside Justin Bentall	10 Summer Sessions at Ambleside They just landed and looked around as if to say "what?" well I guess they are always there and we are the visitors ;)	11 Summer Sessions at Ambleside	12 Summer Sessions at Ambleside Foundation info
13 Summer Sessions at Ambleside me with the info :)	14 Summer Sessions at Ambleside the B stage, B for behind me! ;)	15 Summer Sessions at Ambleside view of the ground from near the entrance :)	16 Summer Sessions at Ambleside Meaghan Smith on the B Stage
17 Summer Sessions at Ambleside time to take your seats ...well in my opinion it was time, not in anyone elses it seems! ;)	18 Summer Sessions at Ambleside	19 Summer Sessions at Ambleside	20 Summer Sessions at Ambleside Canadian Tenors kick things off on the main stage
21 Summer Sessions at Ambleside Canadian Tenors	22 Summer Sessions at Ambleside Canadian Tenors	23 Summer Sessions at Ambleside Canadian Tenors	24 Summer Sessions at Ambleside Canadian Tenors
25 Summer Sessions at Ambleside Luke Doucet and Melissa McLelland from Sarah's band were up next ...	26 Summer Sessions at Ambleside Luke Doucet	27 Summer Sessions at Ambleside Melissa McLelland	28 Summer Sessions at Ambleside Luke Doucet and Melissa McLelland
29 Summer Sessions at Ambleside Next up, Sarah introduces her reason for putting this concert together, the Sarah McLachlan Foundation Band/Choir	30 Summer Sessions at Ambleside The Sarah McLachlan Foundation Band/Choir	31 Summer Sessions at Ambleside The Sarah McLachlan Foundation Band/Choir	32 Summer Sessions at Ambleside The Sarah McLachlan Foundation Band/Choir
33 Summer Sessions at Ambleside The Sarah McLachlan Foundation Band/Choir	34 Summer Sessions at Ambleside The Sarah McLachlan Foundation Band/Choir	35 Summer Sessions at Ambleside The Sarah McLachlan Foundation Band/Choir	36 Summer Sessions at Ambleside The Sarah McLachlan Foundation Band/Choir
37 Summer Sessions at Ambleside The Sarah McLachlan Foundation Band/Choir	38 Summer Sessions at Ambleside First of the big 3 on was Sheryl Crow, who played a great set if hits :)	39 Summer Sessions at Ambleside Sheryl Crow	40 Summer Sessions at Ambleside Sheryl Crow
41 Summer Sessions at Ambleside Sarah joins Sheryl for "Strong Enough"	42 Summer Sessions at Ambleside Sarah joins Sheryl for "Strong Enough"	43 Summer Sessions at Ambleside Sarah joins Sheryl for "Strong Enough"	44 Summer Sessions at Ambleside Sarah joins Sheryl for "Strong Enough"
45 Summer Sessions at Ambleside Sheryl Crow and Sarah McLachlan	46 Summer Sessions at Ambleside Sheryl Crow	47 Summer Sessions at Ambleside Sheryl Crow	48 Summer Sessions at Ambleside Sheryl Crow
49 Summer Sessions at Ambleside Next up, Neil Young	50 Summer Sessions at Ambleside Neil Young	51 Summer Sessions at Ambleside He was not really my thing but with lots of fans I know he's lots of other peoples "thing"	52 Summer Sessions at Ambleside Waiting for the main (for me!) attraction
53 Summer Sessions at Ambleside Sarah McLachlan	54 Summer Sessions at Ambleside Sarah McLachlan	55 Summer Sessions at Ambleside Sarah McLachlan	56 Summer Sessions at Ambleside Sarah McLachlan
57 Summer Sessions at Ambleside Sarah McLachlan	58 Summer Sessions at Ambleside Sarah McLachlan	59 Summer Sessions at Ambleside Sarah McLachlan	60 Summer Sessions at Ambleside Sarah McLachlan
61 Summer Sessions at Ambleside Sarah McLachlan	62 Summer Sessions at Ambleside Sarah McLachlan	63 Summer Sessions at Ambleside Sarah McLachlan	64 Summer Sessions at Ambleside Sarah McLachlan
65 Summer Sessions at Ambleside Sarah McLachlan	66 Summer Sessions at Ambleside Sarah McLachlan	67 Summer Sessions at Ambleside Sarah McLachlan	68 Summer Sessions at Ambleside Sarah McLachlan
69 Summer Sessions at Ambleside Sarah McLachlan	70 Summer Sessions at Ambleside Sarah McLachlan	71 Summer Sessions at Ambleside Sarah McLachlan	72 Summer Sessions at Ambleside Sheryl joins Sarah for "Angel"
73 Summer Sessions at Ambleside Sheryl joins Sarah for "Angel"	74 Summer Sessions at Ambleside Sheryl joins Sarah for "Angel"	75 Summer Sessions at Ambleside Sarah McLachlan	76 Summer Sessions at Ambleside Sarah McLachlan
77 Summer Sessions at Ambleside Sarah McLachlan	78 Summer Sessions at Ambleside Sarah McLachlan	79 Summer Sessions at AmblesideSummer Sessions at Ambleside Encore kicked off with a new song ... yes folks A NEW SONG!! “Easy to Love” I think it's called and shockingly it was kinda a hopeful love song! After the show we had another adventure as Rocci kindly offered to come pick us up on her scooter to save us having to fight through the crowds to get back via public transport. Turned out it was kinda fun actually, save for the 'clench' to stop yourself going forward when stopping :) All in all it was a wonderful day :)