#moncton 2018

[thegirlzkpop]

˗ˏˋ BASICS ´ˎ˗

 ˗ˏˋ stage name. willow

 ˗ˏˋ birth name. willow bora bae

     ……❪ MEANING. 'willow' comes from the 'willow tree', noted as a graceful and beautiful tree. the name 'bora' means purple. ❫

 ˗ˏˋ korean name. bae bora

     ……❪ 배보라 ❫

 ˗ˏˋ nickname. purple ❪ by members ❫, nature ❪ by fans and members ❫ bora bora ❪ by family ❫, tree ❪ by changmin ❫ willy ❪ by a few members ❫, pretty purple tree ❪ by sunwoo ❫

 ˗ˏˋ birthday. june 14, 2001

 ˗ˏˋ zodiac sign. gemini

 ˗ˏˋ birth place. moncton, canada

 ˗ˏˋ hometown. moncton, canda

 ˗ˏˋ current residency. seoul, south korea

 ˗ˏˋ ethnicity. korean

 ˗ˏˋ nationality. korean canadian

 ˗ˏˋ languages. english ❪ native ❫, french ❪ native ❫, korean ❪ fluent ❫, spanish ❪ fluent ❫, japanese ❪ fluent ❫

˗ˏˋ PERSONALITY ´ˎ˗

 ˗ˏˋ mbti. infp-t ❪ mediator ❫

 ˗ˏˋ description. infps can often be seen as quiet or shy, but they are very passionate and creative souls. they are often fueled by creativity and care. they are daydreamers, often losing themselves in thought. they are empathetic and caring people and take great care of their relationships with others. this personality type is very sincere and are open to those who need some care and attention. mediators are often poetic and speak their own truths, having self-expression. their imaginations and love for others are strong.

 ˗ˏˋ strengths. empathetic, passionate, caring, poetic, open-minded, motivated, loyal, valuables.

 ˗ˏˋ weaknesses. sensitive, overly, self-isolating, disorganized, introverted, easily overwhelmed.

 ˗ˏˋ habits. happy dancing when eating good food, giggling in awkward situations, zoning out, messing with her members jewelry, hands, fingers, etc, tucking her hair behind her ears, nail picking and biting, taking deep breaths when she's bored, falling asleep after eating (?).

 ˗ˏˋ phobias. storms ❪ astraphobia, severe ❫, heights ❪ acrophobia, moderate ❫, closed spaces ❪ claustrophobia , moderate ❫

˗ˏˋ CAREER ´ˎ˗

 ˗ˏˋ occupation. kpop idol

 ˗ˏˋ labels. cre.ker entertainment ❪ 2018-2021 ❫, ist entertainment ❪ 2021-present ❫, kakao m; formerly loen ent ❪ 2018-present ❫, universal music ❪ 2022-present ❫

 ˗ˏˋ training time. 2018-2019, 10 months

 ˗ˏˋ debut. december 7, 2019

     ……❪ age; 18 ❫

 ˗ˏˋ positions. main vocalist, main dancer, sub-rapper

 ˗ˏˋ known for. being fluent in many languages, vocals, short amount of training time, the amount of animals she has/had

 ˗ˏˋ representative number. 14

     ……❪ she chose 14 because her birthday is june 14 ❫

 ˗ˏˋ designed color. green

 ˗ˏˋ rankings.

     ……❪ singing. 10/10 ❫

     ……❪ dancing. 9/10 ❫

     ……❪ rapping. 8/10 ❫

     ……❪ acting. 6/10 ❫

     ……❪ modeling. 8/10 ❫

     ……❪ songwriting. 10/10 ❫

     ……❪ composing. 8/10 ❫

     ……❪ choreographing. 7/10 ❫

     ……❪ speeches. 6/10 ❫

˗ˏˋ FAMILY ´ˎ˗

 ˗ˏˋ mom. n/a ❪ 1981 ❫

 ˗ˏˋ dad. n/a ❪ 1981 ❫

 ˗ˏˋ siblings. william; will ❪ 1999 ❫ wesley; wes ❪ 2000 ❫

 ˗ˏˋ pets. medusa ❪ leucistic texas ratsnake, 2014-2020 ❫ ozzy ❪ hedgehog, 2021-present ❫ doc ❪ mini smooth haired dachshund, 2022-present ❫

 ˗ˏˋ notable family. n/a

˗ˏˋ PHYSICAL ´ˎ˗

 ˗ˏˋ height. 160 cm ❪ 5'3'' ❫

 ˗ˏˋ weight. 47 kg ❪ 105 lbs ❫

 ˗ˏˋ blood type. B-

 ˗ˏˋ hair color. brown

 ˗ˏˋ eye color. brown

 ˗ˏˋ body modifications. 12 piercings, 3 tattoo

 ˗ˏˋ face claim. yunjin ❪ le sserafim ❫

 ˗ˏˋ vocal claim. yunjin ❪ le sserafim ❫

 ˗ˏˋ voice claim. yunjin ❪ korean and english ❫, eva meloche ❪ french ❫

 ˗ˏˋ rap claim. yunjin ❪ le sserafim ❫

 ˗ˏˋ dance claim. yunjin ❪ le sserafim ❫

˗ˏˋ INTERESTS ´ˎ˗

 ˗ˏˋ likes. bread, sweets, fall weather, pools over beaches, late night walks, playing guitar, animals, apples, writing music, skinsip, back rubs, chicken, bonfires, game night in the dorms, traveling, nature, family time, cooking, playing softball, playing hockey, driving, sports

 ˗ˏˋ dislikes. samsung products, belittlement, storms, rude people, crowded areas, ordering food, phone calls, historical movies, math, beans, sticky hands, being woken up, when people change the song a bunch of times, high heels; she can't walk in stilettos, the feeling of sand.

 ˗ˏˋ favorites.

     ……❪ movies. bolt ❪ 2008 ❫, enchanted ❪ 2007 ❫, thirteen ❪ 2003 ❫ the greatest showman ❪ 2017 ❫ high school musical ❪ 2006 ❫, hairspray ❪ 2007 ❫ ❫

     ……❪ shows. hannah montana ❪ 2006 ❫, pretty little liars ❪ 2010 ❫, the carrie diaries ❪ 2013 ❫, modern family ❪ 2009 ❫, criminal minds ❪ 2005 ❫ ❫

     ……❪ colors. green and purple ❫

     ……❪ food. chicken, muffins, poutine, candy. ❫

     ……❪ drinks. monster, water, coffee ❫

     ……❪ books. harry potter, the silent patient, the hate u give, it ends with us ❫

     ……❪ emojis. 🌱🍄 ❫

     ……❪ musical artists. one direction, kendrick lamar, blackpink, selena gomez, 2ne1, 4minute ❫

     ……❪ songs. wonder ❪ shawn mendes ❫,put a little love on me ❪ niall horan ❫, cinema ❪ harry styles ❫, get a job ❪ games we play ❫, allergy ❪ gidle ❫ ❫

˗ˏˋ TRIVIA ´ˎ˗

     ……❪ she grew up playing softball and hockey and also took dance classes from time to time ❫

     ……❪ she's a directioner and her favorite member is niall horan ❫

     ……❪ she says she likes people that stay true to themselves and stand up for others ❫

     ……❪ she was named willow because the hospital she was born in had willow trees everywhere, that and the willow tree holds a lot of symbolism ❫

     ……❪ her dad chose her korean name to be bora because purple is his favorite color ❫

     ……❪ growing up her parents kept her and her brothers busy with sports and music so she learned to love being active and busy ❫

     ……❪ she likes the show glee but says it makes her cringe too much to be a favorite ❫

     ……❪ she only learned multiple languages because her brothers are competitive and wanted to see who could end up learning more languages, wes ended up being fluent in more with a whopping 6 fluent languages ❫

     ……❪ her family and friends from canada encouraged her to become a musician and her family even moved to korea with her for a few months so that she wasn't lonely ❫

     ……❪ she grew up speaking and texting in korean but she had difficulty with proper grammar ❫

     ……❪ she said eric was her first friend when she got to korea ❫

     ……❪ she has the biggest room in her dorm because she has the most things ❫

[itsrockinronnie]

A Close Look at the Arthur Pequegnat Moncton Wall Clock

I stumbled upon this Arthur Pequegnat Moncton in an antique store located in Bloomfield, Ontario, Canada during a visit in 2018. Certain wall clocks from the Arthur Pequegnat Clock Co., which operated in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, between 1904 and 1941, are rare finds, making this particular piece appealing. The company, initially founded as Saas & Ford in 1903, was later acquired by Arthur…

[blogynews]

"Unveiling the Shocking Truth: Moncton's Rental Affordability Plummets, Surpassing All of Canada - Jaw-Dropping Study in New Brunswick!"

According to a new study conducted by Online Mortgage Advisor, residents of Moncton, New Brunswick are now spending 11.3% more of their wages on rent. This increase in rental costs has resulted in Moncton being the city with the sharpest decline in rental affordability in Canada. The study compared the average salary with the average price of a one-bedroom apartment between 2018 and 2022. Jael…

[blogynewz]

"Unveiling the Shocking Truth: Moncton's Rental Affordability Plummets, Surpassing All of Canada - Jaw-Dropping Study in New Brunswick!"

According to a new study conducted by Online Mortgage Advisor, residents of Moncton, New Brunswick are now spending 11.3% more of their wages on rent. This increase in rental costs has resulted in Moncton being the city with the sharpest decline in rental affordability in Canada. The study compared the average salary with the average price of a one-bedroom apartment between 2018 and 2022. Jael…

[blogynewsz]

"Unveiling the Shocking Truth: Moncton's Rental Affordability Plummets, Surpassing All of Canada - Jaw-Dropping Study in New Brunswick!"

According to a new study conducted by Online Mortgage Advisor, residents of Moncton, New Brunswick are now spending 11.3% more of their wages on rent. This increase in rental costs has resulted in Moncton being the city with the sharpest decline in rental affordability in Canada. The study compared the average salary with the average price of a one-bedroom apartment between 2018 and 2022. Jael…

[mitchbeck]

HARTFORD WOLF PACK GET 6 FROM NY RANGERS

By: Alex Thomas, Hartford Wolf Pack HARTFORD, CT – New York Rangers President and General Manager Chris Drury announced on Sunday that the club has assigned six players to the AHL's Hartford Wolf Pack. The club has assigned goaltender Olof Lindbom, defensemen Seth Barton, Zach Berzolla, and Ryan McCleary, and forwards Maxim Barbashev and Sahil Panwar to the Wolf Pack. Lindbom, 23, made his AHL debut with the Wolf Pack during the 2022-23 season, appearing in one game. He also appeared in 28 games with the ECHL's Jacksonville Icemen, posting a record of 17-10-1. Lindbom, a native of Stockholm, Sweden, was selected in the second round, 39th overall, by the Rangers in the 2018 NHL Entry Draft. Barton, 24, appeared in 36 games with the AHL's Grand Rapids Griffins during the 2022-23 season. He scored five points (2 g, 3 a) in the AHL while also collecting eight points (2 g, 6 a) in 10 ECHL games with the Toledo Walleye. The native of Kelowna, BC, also appeared in 13 Kelly Cup Playoff games with the Walleye, scoring 13 points (1 g, 12 a). He signed an AHL contract with the Wolf Pack on July 12, 2023. Berzolla, 25, appeared in four games with the AHL's Rochester Americans a season ago, registering one goal. He also dressed in 56 ECHL games with the Cincinnati Cyclones, scoring a career-high 25 points (6 g, 19 a). The native of Howell, New Jersey, signed an AHL deal with the Wolf Pack on July 13, 2023. This is his second stint with the club. Berzolla skated in eight games with Hartford during the 2021-22 season. McCleary, 20, joined the Rangers on a professional tryout (PTO) before training camp last week. He appeared in 66 games with the WHL's Portland Winterhawks a season ago, scoring 31 points (13 g, 18 a). The native of Swift Current, Saskatchewan, scored two points (1 g, 1 a) in nine WHL playoff games last spring. He was selected in the seventh round, 194th overall, of the 2021 NHL Entry Draft. Barbashev, 19, notched a career-high 65 points (32 g, 33 a) in 67 games with the QMJHL's Moncton Wildcats during the 2022-23 campaign. He tacked on eight points (4 g, 4 a) in 12 QMJHL playoff games last spring, then joined the Wolf Pack on an amateur tryout agreement (ATO) following his junior season. He did not, however, make his AHL debut. Barbashev, a native of Moskva, Russia, was selected by the Rangers in the fifth round, 161st overall, of the 2022 NHL Entry Draft. Panwar, 21, signed with the Wolf Pack as a free agent on July 10, 2023. He split his 2022-23 season between the OHL's Peterborough Petes and Hamilton Bulldogs. With the Petes, Panwar scored 17 points (10 g, 7 a) in 34 games. While with the Bulldogs, Panwar collected 52 points (21 g, 31 a) in 34 games, giving him 69 points (31 g, 38 a) in 68 regular season games. The Wolf Pack kick off the home portion of their 2023-24 season at the XL Center on Friday, October 20, when the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins come to town. The puck drop is set for 7:00 p.m. The full 2023-24 Wolf Pack schedule can be viewed HERE. For tickets, visit hartfordwolfpack.com/tickets, or call 860-722-9425  About OVG360: OVG360, a division of Oak View Group, is a full-service venue management and hospitality company that helps client partners reimagine the sports, live entertainment, and convention industries for the betterment of the venue, employees, artists, athletes, and surrounding communities. With a portfolio of more than 200 client partners spanning arenas, stadiums, convention centers, performing arts centers, cultural institutions, and state fairs around the globe, OVG360 provides a set of services, resources, and expertise designed to elevate every aspect of business that matters to venue operators. Service-oriented and driven by social responsibility, OVG360 helps facilities drive value through excellence and innovation in food services, booking and content development, sustainable operations, public health and safety, and more.  ABOUT THE HARTFORD WOLF PACK: The Hartford Wolf Pack has been a premier franchise in the American Hockey League since the team's inception in 1997. The Wolf Pack is the top player-development affiliate of the NHL's New York Rangers and plays at the XL Center. The Wolf Pack has been home to some of the Rangers' newest faces, including Igor Shesterkin, Filip Chytil, and Ryan Lindgren. Follow the Wolf Pack on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok. HARTFORD WOLF PACK HOME Read the full article

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[thatsamoireh]

Life has been bananas lately but I’m alive and I made the trip up to Canada and went to TTYCT tonight in Moncton and it was GLORIOUS. My seats were amazing, the nine of them were all amazing, the meet & greet was amazing. I made them things and they seemed to like them, especially Kaitlyn, Tessa, and Scott. 😍 It was Elvis’ last show on the tour, Kaitlyn and Tessa had a mini dance party at the m&g, and they are all beautiful, talented angels in person. I’ll post more details and maybe some photos tomorrow (later today?) when I’m not falling asleep on myself. I’ll be at the show in Saint John on Tuesday as well and I CAN’T WAIT.

[rabbitcruiser]

Statute of Westminster (11 December 1931) gave complete legislative independence to Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Ireland (Free State), and Newfoundland (not then part of Canada).

[gimmefoodsplease]

First annual #geekfestmoncton was a blast! Loved being here and seeing everyone dressed up. Xe was ao excited to dress up. She came in 3rd for her category. :) #moncton #yqr #geekfest ##2018 #cosplayers https://www.instagram.com/p/BnMoO5IgKa9/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=981zylfsceq3

[sarkos]

The neurologist with Moncton's Dr Georges-L-Dumont University Hospital Centre says doctors first came across the baffling disease in 2015. At the time it was one patient, an "isolated and atypical case", he says. But since then there have been more patients like the first - enough now that doctors have been able to identify the cluster as a different condition or syndrome "not seen before". The province says it's currently tracking 48 cases, evenly split between men and women, in ages ranging from 18 to 85. Those patients are from the Acadian Peninsula and Moncton areas of New Brunswick. Six people are believed to have died from the illness. Most patients began experiencing symptoms recently, from 2018 on, though one is believed to have had them as early as 2013. Dr Marrero says the symptoms are wide ranging and can vary among patients. At first, there can be behavioural changes like anxiety, depression and irritability, along with unexplained pain, muscle aches and spasms in previously healthy individuals. Frequently, patients develop difficulties sleeping - severe insomnia or hypersomnia - and memory problems. There can be fast-advancing language impairments that make it difficult to communicate and hold a fluent conversation - issues like stuttering or word repetition. Another symptom is rapid weight loss and muscle atrophy, as well as visual disturbances and co-ordination problems, and involuntary muscle twitching. Many patients need the assistance of walkers or wheelchairs. Some develop disturbing hallucinatory dreams, or waking auditory hallucinations. Several patients have presented with transient "Capgras delusion", a psychiatric disorder in which a person believes someone close to them has been replaced by an impostor. "It's quite disturbing because, for instance, a patient would tell his wife: 'Sorry ma'am you cannot get in bed, I'm a married man' and even if the wife gives her name, he'd say: 'You're not the real one,'" Dr Marrero says. Despite patients showing no trace of any known prion diseases, it hasn't been completely ruled out as a cause, he says. Another theory is chronic exposure to what's called an "excitotoxin" like domoic acid, which was linked to a 1987 food poisoning incident from mussels contaminated with the toxin from the nearby province of Prince Edward Island. Along with gastrointestinal upset, about a third of those affected had symptoms like memory loss, dizziness, confusion. Some patients fell into a coma, and four died. Dr Cashman says they are also looking at another toxin - beta-methylamino-L-alanine (BMAA) - which has been implicated as an environmental risk in the development of diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. BMAA is produced by cyanobacteria, commonly known as blue-green algae. Some researchers also believe BMAA is linked to a neurodegenerative disease documented in an indigenous population in the Pacific US island territory of Guam during the mid-20th Century, and found in seeds that were part of their diet.

Doctors investigate mystery brain disease in Canada - BBC News

[tzifron]

Mental health is code for exceptionalism, as the Mi’kmaq lawyer Pam Palmater wrote in Now. A one-off from the benign normal.

This is when the soft-focus headlines that humanize the killers crop up — descriptions of the Christchurch mosque gunman who killed 49 people last year as “little blond boy” and “angelic boy,” and of the Las Vegas man who rained bullets on a concert in 2017 and killed 58 people as a “kind, caring, quiet man.”

So the Globe and Mail was simply falling in line when it ran a headline online that read: “Nova Scotia mass shooter was a denturist with a passion for policing.”

Much-deserved public outrage forced the paper to change this. Just as it was forced to change its victim-blaming headline a couple of years ago on the 2014 murder of First Nations teen Tina Fontaine saying she had “drugs, alcohol in her system when she was killed.”

But let’s talk about “passion for policing.”

Judith Taylor was a student at the University of California, Santa Barbara in 2001 when a white teen who declared himself an “angel of death” drove his turbocharged Saab through a crowd on a street in Isla Vista, killing four people. She was a professor at the same university in 2014 when another white man stabbed, shot and mowed down people in Isla Vista killing six before turning the gun on himself.

Both were spawns of rich Hollywood parents. The “angel of death” is now free after spending a decade in a mental institution; “Was mental health a factor” has powerful implications. The dead killer turned into an incel hero.

Since then, Taylor, now a professor in the Department of Sociology and in the Women and Gender Studies Institute at the University of Toronto, asks students to read articles after mass killings and look for common threads.

“What’s fascinating is — and I see it over and over again — how often shooters try to enter the military or the police at one point or another. They’re drawn to having authority and using force,” she said.

The Montreal shooter in 1989, the Moncton, N.B. shooter in 2014, the Quebec mosque shooter in 2017, the Toronto van attack driver in 2018 and now the Nova Scotia shooter.

[...]

“The reason police officers do not create profiles around these guys is because they resemble them,” Taylor said.“The majority of law enforcement in Canada are white men who are interested in firearms, who are interested in having control and authority.”

Police brutality shows consistently that “you only recognize someone as scary if you can’t identify with them. This is the crux of the matter.” In a culture that lionizes the uniform, we seek to fulfil fantasies of perfection in soldiers, in police. That means police are allowed what Taylor calls “an acceptable abuse of power.”

On April 6, D’Andre Campbell, a Brampton man struggling with mental illness, called Peel police, his friend said, and died after being shot by them. In 2016, Whitby man Dafonte Miller lost an eye in a violent confrontation with off-duty police Const. Michael Theriault and his brother Christian Theriault.

How do we understand the lure of a violent force for a person like the Nova Scotia killer who is likely to be written off as having a mental health problem?

Taylor has an answer: “Ultimate authority. Ultimate power. Ultimate masculinity.”

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SAMM Developments Bound to Improve Canadian Presence

Akman Holding’s other business interests

SAMM Developments plan to  build Regal Plaza as a mixed-use office and retail project. The project is expected to rise near Pearson Airport in the Greater Toronto Area. Being a company rooted in  Turkey,  it has steadily been purchasing Canadian hotel assets since first acquiring four Toronto-area hotels in 2013.

Ali Akman SAMM Developments explains that SAMM is a division of Ankara-based Akman Holding. They focus mainly on the Canadian hotel and development sectors early in the last decade. This is after another  company operated by owner Ali Akman, which produces fruit juices, concentrates and purees, started to export those products to Canada.

Akman started to become really familiar with the country due to his several business trips. He believed that the large immigration numbers, low interest rates, financial resources, stability and development activity in Canada made it fit for SAMM’s expansion. Furthermore, SAMM  turned its attention and proceeds from those transactions to investment in Canada after they have sold three factories in China during 2011.

SAMM turned its attention and proceeds from those transactions to investment in Canada after they have sold three factories in China during 2011.

Important notes about The Kennedys

SAMM Capital Holdings Inc. was involved with The Kennedys. The latter being a proposed 6.9-acre mixed-use residential community next to the Delta Hotels Toronto East on Kennedy Road, just north of Highway 401 in Scarborough. For more updates, visit their website. 

But due to a  “messy dispute” between Akman and minority partners in the project ended up in court. There, it was ruled to wind up The Kennedys instead of allowing it to proceed. Akman stated that SAMM sold the property in 2018 for twice the purchase price.

What you need to know about SAMM Developments’ Canadian hotels

In 2013, SAMM successfully bought four hotels in the Greater Toronto Area. They believe that the increased investment appetite for the hotels led to their sale, at a large profit, in 2017 and 2018. Furthermore, he still liked Canada, however, and looked to other cities with “better cap rates and better return on our investments.”

Based on recent reports, SAMM already owned Best Western Plus Waterloo in Waterloo and grew its hospitality portfolio by $65 million last year with the acquisition of: Travelodge Suites by Wyndham Moncton, Days Inn & Suites by Wyndham Moncton and a Comfort Inn in Bathurst, N.B; Travelodge Suites by Wyndham Halifax Dartmouth in Nova Scotia; and Travelodge by Wyndham Thunder Bay and Airlane Hotel & Conference Centre in Thunder Bay, Ont.

As we speak, SAMM owns 720 hotel rooms in Canada and Akman told RENX he’s in negotiations with several hotels to acquire more. Its target is to own 2,000 rooms through the first quarter of 2021.

SAMM generally funds its projects with 35 percent of its own money and 65 per cent in borrowed funds, according to Akman. Furthermore, proceeds  from the sale of the Chinese factories and the four GTA hotels have gone toward financing the recent acquisitions.

Several companies owned by Akman Holding’s are involved with the real estate, foreign trade, food, tourism, automotive, and movie production industries. Moreover, Akman’s businesses operate in countries including China, India, Argentina and Turkey. This is where it delivered the tallest tower and country’s first skyscraper in the late 1990s.

Akman Holding is responsible for the 222-suite Akman Condominium, the Akman Emporium shopping centre, Capital Plaza Hotel, Hotel SAMM and the Akman Medicorium hospital complex in Ankara, as well as other real estate holdings.

[thatsamoireh]

Moncton show and meet & greet recap! I put together my thoughts about the show, my meet & greet experience, photos of the things I made them, and their reactions. It got wordy.

Here’s a preview in the form of some bald skater babies pre-hair styling.

Thoughts about the Moncton show:

We were in the third row but I was behind/between two incredibly tall women. I could see if I moved my head a lot and I still ultimately had a fantastic view but it made photos and videos pretty impossible. A couple sort of came out so I’ll post those later.

 I knew I couldn’t keep myself entirely unspoiled but I wanted to enjoy the show in the moment as much as possible. I’d let myself watch videos of VM’s solo things as much as I wanted, the group numbers fully exactly once each, and no one else’s solos at all though I knew what the songs were.

Tessa and Scott skating live in person was still a thing I wasn’t prepared for because can you ever be? They are so in tune with each other. They have to be able to do programs like MR in their sleep at this point but there were little moments and touches and looks that made it seem like a brand new unique experience at both shows I went to. MR was so intense, 4 Minutes was so playful, and Diamonds was so... elegant? Graceful? Regal? Tessa is a queen. Scott knows it, we all know it, and that dance showcases her so breathtakingly. The gasps when she skated out in her diamond bodysuit. I’ll never forget that.

I can’t get over how much FUN Scott was having, particularly during group performances and the moments that he could interact with the audience. That boy is having the time of his life and he deserves it.

I was particularly blown away by two non-VM things that took me by surprise: First, Patrick is unreal on the ice in person. Wow. WOW. Videos don’t do him justice. W O W. Second, I loved Weapo’s I Wanna Dance With Somebody so much. It’s my favorite thing they’ve ever done. More of this from them, please.

One of the best parts was my friend’s reactions during the show since she had no idea at all what was going to happen and was mostly there to humor me. After Moulin Rouge: “...Um. Okay, yeah. I ship it.” After Phantom: “Has Patrick Chan ever fallen once in his life? It feels like he was born ice skating.” After I Weapo’s I Wanna Dance With Somebody: “Okay, so now I’m crying.” After Sweet Dreams: “That was cool. Scott definitely had the best sunglasses.” She was so concerned for Meagan’s safety whenever Eric spun her around that she kept making these little alarmed noises. 

After the dance off as Elvis was talking to the crowd, Scott skated up behind him in the way that I could just tell was going to be a last show prank situation. For a hot second I thought he might pants him which would have been a terrible idea but he either poked his sides or pulled UP on the back Elvis’ pants instead. Elvis startled and turned and shot him a look that meant Scott might pay for that later. I am SO sad that Scott’s back was to me because I would have loved to have seen his face during all that.

The cheering was pretty equal so Meagan said Elvis should break the tie since it was his last show which got Elvis a big cheer too. He couldn’t/wouldn’t declare a winner so Meagan went into Dancing Queen.

Elvis got standing ovations after his skates and he was clearly getting emotional and taking it all in as his last show on the tour. I’m not sure if the crowd even really knew it was his last show after his Dragon skate yet (Meagan said it during the dance off and the crowd reaction kind of implied they maybe didn’t know), which means they all just really appreciated him that much. MR, Patrick’s Phantom, and Eric/Patrick’s Storm all also got standing o’s to my recollection. Plus the finale of course.

During the encore after a moment when they were all grouped together at center ice, Elvis started skating out like they’re supposed to but everyone else stayed put and did some ta-da arms to give him a special little last show send off. He put his hand on his heart and knelt down and it was all so sweet.

There are more things that I’m forgetting right now probably. Oops?

My Moncton meet & greet experience:

Okay. So. I make and sell amigurumi crochet dolls. Here are my Hamilton and Hocus Pocus dolls, to give you an idea of the kinds of things I make.

I decided before the tour that I’d make the nine of them to give the cast at my meet & greet in Moncton. (Thanks to @peacefulboo for the cheerleading along the way!) Here they are done but still hairless, which in my opinion is peak cuteness honestly. Please, please don’t repost any of my doll or m&g photos anywhere, thanks!

And fully done. Photos never do my dolls’ hair justice, I swear. They’re better in real life I promise. (I’ll put more close ups at the end of the post in case anyone is interested.)

I’d decided to do everyone’s Pyeongchang free skate/free dance costumes but wasn’t sure which to make for Elvis until I saw he was doing Dragon for the tour. So I did his Olympic Dragon costume, complete with his 1994 hairstyle. He was so nice and as he was putting the doll down on the table he noticed the hair and pointed it out, laughing. When he got home, he regrammed his wife’s Instagram post featuring my doll (!!!) and their dog’s reaction made my LIFE. (Screencaps near the end of this post.)

Kaitlyn and Andrew got so excited about the dolls. I told Kaitlyn that her dress ended up being the hardest by far to recreate in doll form and she slapped her hands on the table, leaned in toward me, and said, so earnestly, “IT WAS SO HARD TO MAKE IN REAL LIFE TOO!” Meanwhile Andrew was smiling hugely and moving his doll’s legs to make him dance. I love them both so much.

Meagan wondered at me about how I make things like this (which like, it’s all relative I guess because I wonder at how she can do the things she does on the ice) and Eric got a little grin and told me that he loved that I did his sheer sleeves. (I think Eric’s doll might have secretly been my favorite, or at least tied with Tessa. The stubble really made it.)

Just as we were about to get in Patrick and Kaetlyn’s line Tessa went hurrying past us out of the room with someone in a tour jacket. She was smiling, so my guess is that nature called and she couldn’t wait anymore to answer. (No idea if that’s true, just a guess.) I looked over at Scott and he didn’t look concerned, was just wandering around, joking with Patrick, drinking a smoothie.

As the cast members near the start of the lineup finished up with fans they were leaving. The m&g music was excellent (my friend got confirmation from Scott that it was Andrew’s playlist that night) and Kaitlyn was dancing as she headed for the door just as Tessa was coming back in a few minutes later. They had a little dance party (the song was Hey Ya I’m 98% sure) as they danced toward each other, danced together for few seconds laughing, and then Tessa danced all the way back to her signing table. Scott loudly announced, “MS. VIRTUE HAS RETURNED!”

Before he sat down again, Scott crept silently up behind Patrick and poked him in both of his sides, making him jump mid-sentence while talking to the fan at his table. Scott grinned, so proud of himself, and it was pretty amazing.

I stayed with my friend L in Fredericton during this trip. We’ve known each other for 18 years and she’s in the States a lot so I’ve seen her in real life several times over the years but this is the first time I’ve been able to go visit her. Due to a last minute emergency my other friend that was going to drive up from NY for the shows with me couldn’t come, so L humored me and came along since I had the extra tickets. She remembered Elvis from her childhood skating phase and she knew who VM were in the casual way many Canadians do. So she wanted photos with those three but otherwise was perfectly happy to volunteer to be my mom friend and hold the little gift bags with the dolls and the Orlando postcards I’d made up for them.

I mention this because there was someone working for the venue/tour at the head of each line to use our phones/cameras to take our one photo per person for us in order to keep the lines moving along relatively quickly (note: I never felt the slightest bit rushed and everyone was lovely). When we got to the front of Patrick and Kaetlyn’s line the woman there had apparently seen me give the others their dolls and sort of wink-wink said that if my friend wasn’t getting a photo with Patrick and Kaetlyn she could “donate” it and that I should definitely take a second photo with the two of them and their dolls, too. It was so sweet of her to suggest and the photo came out so cute that I’m gonna share it.

Most of the designated camera people actually did take multiple photos, which was nice. Before my first photo with Patrick and Kaetlyn (before I gave them the dolls) Patrick had looked over at Scott and started laughing at something he must have said that I couldn’t hear. In my couple photos, Patrick went from laughing-at-Scott smiling to normal smiling and it’s quite an adorable progression.

My friend L went up to Tessa and Scott before me. Go Your Own Way was the song currently playing and we had been dancing to it in line. As L went up for her photo she joked to Scott that she should probably stop dancing now. He got this shocked look on his face and said, “NO! Never stop dancing!” She joked that she’d be blurry for the photo if she didn’t and he admitted that she had a point.

Can I just say that Tessa Virtue is radiant in person? Like, I expected it and they are all strikingly attractive humans, but Tessa just… glows or something. And Scott’s eyes are so kind. I can get very awkward turtle meeting people I admire but Scott and Tessa have this warmth that just puts you at ease right away. 

(Please, please don’t repost any of my doll or m&g photos anywhere, thanks!)

While Tessa and Scott were signing my flag I told them I’d come up from Florida to see them and how it was the first time I’d been able to visit L in our 18 years of friendship. L and I thanked them for putting together the tour so I had the excuse. Scott perked up and said, “Oh yeah? Where in Florida?” (I’m guessing he was curious if it was near where he’d recently visited so he’d have a frame of reference? Idk.)

I gave them the dolls and they both smiled so big while examining them intensely. I was a little overwhelmed so I can’t remember what Scott said to me exactly but part of it was, “You made this?” Tessa said something about how amazing it was that I could make them and I told her I had a little business, which I thought she would appreciate in a girl power kind of way. I told her that I’d made her doll first since I suspected it would be the most complicated (little did I know how Kaitlyn’s dress would prove me so, so wrong there) and it would make or break if I was going to be able to make the rest. She said she loved the details on the dress a lot and was going to show Mathieu and that he’d love it too. (!!!)

In conclusion they are all lovely, talented angels. I had such an amazing time and the show alone was 110% worth my trip to Canada, plus I still had another show in Saint John on Tuesday and all the adventures/hangouts with L over the long weekend too.

Okay, some closeups of the dolls and progress shots. I didn’t get every angle I’d have liked and photos don’t ever do their hair justice, but in case anyone is curious. Also, pardon my crafting mess in the backgrounds.

Seventeen little ice skates starched (so the blades stay semi-firm) and drying. The eighteenth was already dry and had a leg crocheted to it as a proof of concept that it would work. It would eventually become Tessa’s leg and skate, which seemed fitting.

Details on still-headless Tessa. I used sheer organza ribbon for parts of Tessa, Scott, Eric, and Kaitlyn’s costumes.

Details on still-headless Scott.

Tessa and Scott. Tessa has a bun like Kaetlyn’s but low on the back of her head.

Some screencaps from Elvis’ regram of his wife’s Instagram post. His dog’s reaction made my LIFE.

Kaitlyn and Andrew. Andrew was the easiest doll to make, while Kaitlyn was the hardest. Oh, Weapo.

Kaitlyn’s hair, which I think was my favorite hair.

Meagan and Eric. Meagan’s back was entirely covered in those jewels and I didn’t realize I never got a photo of it.

Kaetlyn. Her dress was fun to do but the embroidery thread stitching took forever.

Kaetlyn from the back. (Her bun looks lopsided from the angle of the photo.)

Patrick. I tried my best to recreate the swoopy neckline from his free skate costume and... sort of succeeded?

If you made it this far, honestly I’m impressed. Possibly some show photos to coming soon, along with my recap/photos from Saint John. (I already posted two videos from that show in case you missed them.)