Well, in 2002 I set of for a family wedding in Virginia. Travelled with my partner(musical and otherwise) fiddler Kate Barfield, and had a brilliant fortnight around Virginia with excursions into W Virginia and Maryland. My first visit to America.(I live in England.I phrased that sentence advisedly). We had a lot of fun, played some gigs and parties,saw the siights, met some fine people, drunk some beer.
    Now, on October 21 another family wedding is going to take us to Toronto. So we thought we might take some time out, try to earn a bob or two with gigs and/or have some fun. Can anybody tell us nice/nasty things about the music scene or anything, in Toronto or further afield.
   I have studied Mudcat posts closely, and gather that Canada is always perceived in relation to the USA. It is larger, less murderous,pronounces zed wrongly(or rightly), is more boring(though this opinion seems to come from the USA mainly).I have also observed that all people in the USA pretend to be Irish, while everyone in Canada pretends to be Scottish. Is there any historical basis for this? I also understand that all Americans throw their tea into Boston harbour, whereas Canadians pour boiling water on it and drink it.
   Information, preferably of a useful kind(but that is not essential) would be very wlecome. Incidentally, we play fiddle and guitar, and have made lots of records etc which we can send to promoters as required.