Happy Birthday Trevor

You lucky people you, you get an extra posting this Sunday! That's because we went to a very cool bar last night to celebrate Trevor's birthday. The bar is called the Ivory Keys and while they are quite new in town, they have become very popular very quickly. Their selling point is their 'Deuling Pianos' gig that appears to run almost every night. Basically, they've designed the bar around a central stage where two grand pianos rest. Two pianists play requests all night from the crowd, singing and playing for hours on end. 'Deuling' is a bit of a misnomer, since they actually play together most of the time, so Harmonizing Pianos is probably more accurate (to use Bonnie's apt descriptor). It was really quite fantastic and super fun - they played songs by modern songs like 'Smells like Teen Spirit' by Nirvana and 'Lips of an Angel' by some Nickelback clone band, fun songs like 'Pirate of the North Saskatchewan' and 'Home for a Rest' by Spirit of the West, as well as classics like 'Sweet Caroline'. People sing along and dance around the pianos. It was super fun! We had the 'young' pianists play all night while we were there, but Bonnie has been before and said that she also saw an older pair that played more classic songs. We had a great time and recommend those living in Edmonton to check it out if you get the chance!