Incredible Generosity

Posted January 28th, 2010

Last night’s Red Carpet Comedy gave me two reasons to be overwhelmed.  The first was the incredible work of the performers.  Not only are they all creating tons of new material but the “hit to miss ratio” is swinging toward the “hit” side.  It is continued effort like that which will show the country why Calgary could VERY easily be the next great comedy destination.

Secondly, I was taken aback by the generosity of the audience.  All revenue from last night’s show was donated to The Red Cross for Haiti Earthquake Relief.  During the closing of last night’s show I announced that we had raised over $300 and to help add to that sum I put my “Two Card Montes” up for sale based on donation.  Well… that pulled in over $100!  The total donation made was $434.25. Thank you all (comics and audience members) for your generosity.

Photos from the show are already online through our Facebook Fan Page.  We were fortunate enough to have two photographers capturing the event.  We have images from Heather Schellenberg available here and still more shots from Steve Nagy available here.

The first recipient of The More Time In A Day Vitual Assistant Prize (10 hours of virtual assisting for a deserving comic) was Karen O’Keefe.  Not only did she have a great set but went out of her way to attend by rushing between her competition spot in Yuk Yuk’s Great Canadian Laugh Off and our show.  Congratulations, Karen!

The announcement was made last night… Wednesday, March 3, 2010, will be the next show.  Comedy Fans: mark your calendars.  Comedians: start writing.