15th Leonard Cohen Birthday Celebration

22nd & 23rd September, 2007

Our 15th Leonard Cohen birthday celebration night in Toowoomba was one that we all had high expectations of, as our small group here in Toowoomba had invested more effort and time into making sure it was a good one, and indeed it was to be the first one where we had international guests and performers! Henning Franz (Germany) had been teed up well in advance and discussions around the participation of Ann Vriend (Canada) had also taken place early in the piece, though it was more involved to organise for Ann to perform, particularly with the challenging travel logistics relating to her being in Berlin just a couple of days beforehand!

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The Bed and Breakfast Association of Greater Edmonton has over 30 members in the city and surrounding communities. It has established a code of ethics for its members, as well as high standards of cleanliness, hospitality and safety.

Members are inspected regularly and must meet local health and building standards. Visitors are encouraged to contact the association with any questions or comments. Our phone number is (780) 432-7116

A few simple maps of Edmonton City

online: http://www.maps.worldweb.com/EdmontonMap.html

click on the picture for our gallery:

Official webpage: http://www.edmontonslrt.com/

Single trips on LRT are $2.50 one way, less with various packages etc.; book of 10 tickets is $21.50 . I will get more details on prices available to us.

LRT Hours of Operation:
5:00 a.m. to 1:30 a.m. (Monday to Saturday)
5:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (Sunday)

Service frequency:
Weekday a.m./p.m. peak - 6 minutes
Weekday midday - 10 minutes
Weekday evening - 15 minutes
Saturday a.m. - 15 minutes
Saturday midday - 10 minutes
Saturday evening/late night - 15 minutes
Sunday (all) - 15 minutes

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New informations about hotels on http://leonardcohenevent.info/the-event-locations/

The most convenient place to stay will be the Westin Edmonton which is where the registration and hospitality suite is and just across the street from the Winspear Concert Hall where the main events will be. The most exciting place to stay will be the Fairmont Hotel Macdonald where many of the artists will be staying. I will get back to you later about the details of these two options and our meeting specific prices.

There are two other lower cost options you may want to act on now:

Days Inn Downtown - $99/109 single/double with an open room block (no contract, first come first serve, subject to availability) The hotel has 67 rooms, we can potentially have them all, or none if we procrastinate or somewhere in between.
Days Inn - Edmonton,10041-106 Street, Jasper Avenue & 106th Street, Edmonton, AB, T5J 1G3 CA
http://www.daysinn.com/DaysInn/control/Booking/property_info?propertyId=05961&brandInfo=DI
contact: Reservations number: 780-423-1925 email: daysinn@compusmart.ab.ca

Holiday Inn Express Downtown - $110 single/double for 40 rooms per night.
Holiday Inn Express Edmonton Downtown, 10010-104 St., Edmonton, Alberta T5J 0Z1
http://www.hiexdowntown.com/
contact: Reservations number: 780-701-3315 email: sales@hiexedmonton.com

The 24/7 hospitality suite at the Westin Hotel will be the responsibility of Lila Klassen, but we will need many people to help her with this important job, probably in 6 or 8 hour shifts. Thus far Darlene Nordstrom, Pat Murphy, Karen and Richard Slevinsky, and Jerome and Merle Martin have all agreed to pitch in. If you would like to help with this as a volunteer please contact me with a short description of why you think you would be good at this task or why you want to do it. It is a good thing for couples to do and people with teaching or nursing experience.

email: Kim Solez cybermedicine@hotmail.com

I am very pleased to report that Andrew Darbyshire has agreed to direct the open stage component of the 2008 Event as he did so admirably in Berlin! The session will likely be Saturday afternoon. Please contact Andrew if you have suggestions about open stage or would like to perform there. It certainly was one of the high points in Berlin!

Email - darby50@ozemail.com.au