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Birthday Celebrations & Travel Inspiration, Thanks to the Burnaby Blues & Roots Festival

We have a long standing summer tradition at Ahimsa Media to celebrate our summer birthdays with those of us that happen to be in Vancouver at the time. You see three of our main team – myself, Alyzee Lakhani and Erica Hargreave all have summer birthdays, and often one of our seasonal storytellers also has a summer birthdays, like Hannia Curi this summer.  Back in the old days this meant legendary parties in Erica’s backyard, hanging out by the fire pit and drinking fresh fruit margaritas with an eclectic mix of people, that often ended in great stories, including weddings. When Erica moved into a townhouse, these epic birthday celebrations nearly died, and they might have had it not been to the fabulous people at Burnaby Culture. You see for the past 4 years our summer birthday celebrations have moved to the Burnaby Blues & Roots Festival, and a damn good new birthday celebration this has become.  Something we look forward to each summer.

With Erica’s actually birthday tomorrow (July 27th), I thought I’d share a bit of tease with her and you on what to expect at this year’s festival.  Sharing this particular tease here as opposed to on Being Emme, as this couple of music videos by Amadous & Miriam also act as great travel videos of Mali.

Oh Amadou from their album Folio, featuring Bertrand Cantat, directed by Jessy Nottola.

Sénégal Fast Food from their album Dimanche à Bamako, produced by Manu Chao.

To learn more about Amadous & Miriam and their version of the blues, read on on this post on Being Emme.

Sweet Summer Night Kisses,

Emme xoxo

PS. In Full Disclosure: As always, the opinions and thoughts shared here are our own and honest ones. We are bought out by no one. In the spirit of disclosure, it should be noted that Burnaby Culture gives us a few Blues & Roots tickets each year, allowing us to celebrate our birthdays in the best possible way.

Written by:
Emme Rogers
Published on:
July 26, 2012
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Categories: Africa, All Aboard!, Around the World, BC, Canada, Emme Rogers, Events, Music, Our Travelers, Perfect Dates, Roamancing, Travel TV, Tunes from the Road, Vancouver EventsTags: blues, Burnaby, Burnaby Blues and Roots Festival, Mali, travel inspiration

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  1. Scarlett

    July 30, 2012 at 9:43 am

    Sounds like the perfect celebration!! xxxx

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    • Emme Rogers

      August 13, 2012 at 4:01 am

      It was. Thanks Scarlett!

      Reply

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