Busking at Spadina

Yesterday we were busking at Spadina, as scheduled. We love playing at that station. The busking spot is in the centre of a long hallway so commuters have a fairly long time to hear the music. The acoustics are great. The only downside I can think of is when people pass through the hallway with suitcases on rollers, the rumbling echoes for what seems like forever. You may think that would be a rare occurence but it’s actually surprising how frequently this happens during a 90 minute period! I wonder where they are all travelling to or from.

Over the past few years we’ve had some interesting things dropped in amongst the change in our basket…an origami swan, business cards from insurance or real estate agents, religious flyers. But yesterday a women placed a beautiful bouquet of flowers beside the basket! Wow, what a fabulous treat. I love fresh flowers and as I look at them now in the vases (it was too big to fit in one) I am so pleased by this lasting acknowledgment of a passer-by’s enjoyment of our music. I wish I could remember what we were singing at the time she stopped. Whatever it was, something in it must have touched her enough to spontaneously give away something so lovely.

One more thing…A big group of teenage boys were walking down the hallway making a fair bit of noise. But, as they approached the area where we were singing they respectfully quieted down…a few of them smiled and nodded their heads. Seems we hear so many bad things about teenagers so it’s nice to see the other side! A good reminder not to judge a book by its cover.