Day 6 - Bannock and Buskers

Today we visited Wanuskewin Heritage Park. It was very interesting and had a fantastic facility that would make any interpreter jealous. We got to participate in a tipi raising and some cool dancing. There are also walking trails through beautiful lands. It's no wonder this was a meeting place for so many for many years.

In the evening we visited the Saskatoon Fringe Festival. Being used to the Toronto Fringe, we did not expect what we found. We found that several blocks of Broadway had been blocked off for The Fringe, and that all the shows were pretty much within those few blocks. In the streets there were food and souvenir vendors (Mmmm...Street samosas) and plenty of busking! The Toronto Fringe (which, I personally find a baffling ordeal) could learn a few things from the Saskatoon Fringe.

We saw two shows:

1. Giant Invisible Robot, about...well, a Giant Invisible Robot that destroys things and the people surrounding it. It was a one-man show and it kicked ass. There were only a couple dozen people in the audience, which was unfortunate for such an awesome show.

2. The Package it Came in. This was a mock corporate presentation about recylcling and corporate over-packaging. A great 50-minute show packaged into 65.

I'd come back to Saskatoon just for the Fringe!

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