I arrived into the town of Marathon, Ontario yesterday after flying into Thunder Bay from Toronto. Marathon is situated about 3.5 hours East of Thunder Bay. If you have never heard of Marathon before, check out this map or find out more about it on their towns website.
It is a great little town on the shore of Lake Superior and everyone has been so kind and very welcoming to me. It will be a busy week with the concert tonight and the triathlon this weekend, but is definitely going to be a lot of fun. Last night after dinner with Andy (the concert organizer), Joe (the triathlon organizer) and their families we played some ultimate frisbee in town and then headed to Joe’s place so we could practice our set for the concert tonight.
As well as hosting the concert tonight, I will also be banging on some drums alongside Joe with his trumpet – trying my best to look as if I know what I am doing. It took me a while to get the beat down last night on the congo drums, but I did get it eventually with the help of some repetition in my head – “paradiddle, paradiddle, paradiddle… bop bop” I think today we might be throwing some bag pipes into the equation, so it could get quite interesting!
