Snowed In Comedy Tour returning to Moose Jaw with a fresh set
Paul Myrehaug is looking forward to returning to Moose Jaw with the cross-Canadian Snowed In Comedy Tour, which will take the stage at the historic Mae Wilson Theatre on Feb. 27.
The Snowed In tour features four Canadian comics on a tour of 65 cities across the country, hitting the mic with new material and plenty of talent. Various legs of the tour feature a different lineup, and Moose Jaw’s show will see Myrehaug joined by Dan Quinn, Debra DiGiovanni, and Pete Zedlacher.
“All four of us I think combined, there’s probably I’d say maybe 90 years of standup comedy experience at least,” said Myrehaug. “We’re all veterans in the craft and we’re all more theater acts than club acts.”
All four comedians are no strangers to the Snowed In tour, especially since the annual show has been touring for over 10 years. Myrehaug is excited to get started on another year of Snowed In, and even more excited to have DiGiovanni join the prairie leg of the tour for the first time.
“Debra is a world-class talent, she’s worked with Conan O’Brien and she had a web series with Comedy Central, down in Los Angeles this year,” said Myrehaug. “So, we’re very excited to bring that to Moose Jaw, for a little bit of a change for you guys.” Snowed In features a completely new set of material from each comedian, which they’ve been working on during the past year to debut on the tour. Myrehaug describes his set as relatable, pulling from the experiences he’s had in the past year — including the woes of house renovations and medical discoveries. Myrehaug and his fellow comedians are all aimed for a theatre-type act, forgoing the really raunchy content
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— although that’s not to say it will be PG-13 either. “It’s not going to be like a smutty comedy show in a pub, but also it’s not going to be a mom-and-pop show either. So, I think we’re not afraid to push the limits a little bit,” said Myrehaug.
This year, the Snowed In tour is expanding with 11 shows in Ontario, officially making it a cross-country tour.
Breaking into new venues in new cities can be tough, said Myrehaug, but he hopes Ontario welcomes the to turn to mush and fall apart…. what is wrong? Ok here is the routine you need to follow for succulent success in your home over winter!
First: give your succulent plants a shower treatment (in the sink or the tub – wherever they fit best) then change their soil (unless the soil drains extremely well). Succulents do not like to have wet feet! Succulents need to have moist to dry soil. How to achieve this is to figure out how long it takes to dry out the soil after a watering. This will help you determine how much water to put into the soil in the first place. This will clean off little hitchhikers (bugs) that can damage your succulent when it is moved into the house.
Second: use Insecticidal soap or Endall spray on the plant and then mix up a solution that can be applied to the root by watering can. This should be a regular part of your winter maintenance in succulent care. If you are unsure about the needs of your particular type of succulent, call a local professional to help you, looking up the answers on google can help but local area help is usually more reliable.
Third: fertilizer is used by all plants to help them develop healthy roots, stems, leaves and flowers. Succulents stop actively growing in winter and store so much fluid in their leaves they have very low water requirements, is the best and stop fertilizing (because they will store the nutrients with the fluid in their leaves) from November to January. In February start with a ½ dose of the recommended fertilizer then resume regular fertilizing in April as the days get longer the plants will be able to use tour as well as the prairies did a few years ago. “We’re really looking forward to it being a true coastto-coast tour now and getting in there. That’s a very exciting thing, to go national,” said Myrehaug. “When you go into new markets like the prairies or Ontario, it can take a little while for word of mouth to catch on, but Moose Jaw has always sort of been great from the first time we came through.”
Myrehaug looks forward to revisiting Moose Jaw on the tour each year, making sure to hit a different tourist attraction each year.
“It’s like an Island, in the middle of the tour. The whole experience in Moose Jaw for me, I really look forward to it. It’s one of the ones I have checked off, of the 65 cities across the country, where I’m excited to hit — not to take anything away from Swift Current, but you know,” joked Myrehaug.
The Moose Jaw Cultural Centre has been seeing Moose Jaw’s interest in comedy shows, especially after booking a few more than usual in the last year — confirming Myerhaug’s experience with Moose Jaw’s support of the Snowed In tour.
“I think that it’s great to kind of diversify our lineup in terms of what we’re doing, both with concerts and with other programming like comedians and that sort of thing,” said Cronan. “It’s great for the community and it often brings people that don’t always come to the other shows that we do here.”
Tickets for the Snowed In Comedy Tour are available either on the Cultural Centre’s website or at the Box Office, either in person or by calling 1 (306) 693-4700 the fertilizer more efficiently and develop new growth. Use an appropriate succulent fertilizer. Talk to your local succulent professional.
Finally: make sure you have adequate light. Bright sunny rooms are great but if you don’t have a bright enough area your succulents will start to stretch and lose their shape. This can be corrected by giving artificial light. Set a lamp close to the succulents and put in a full spectrum light bulb. Check your local lighting store for the right bulb to use.
Until next time, have great winter season.
Leslie Cornell