Mr. Speaker, last Thursday movers and shakers in the international music industry flocked to Moncton to take in some of Canada's most vibrant music. For four days Moncton whooped it up. Blues, pops, fiddle music, it was all there at the East Coast Music Awards.
We celebrated our down home music, in both official languages. It was just great.
Demonstrating its cutting edge flare, organizers put the extravaganza on the Internet. Between 10,000 and 12,000 people visited the site every hour.
As we are all aware, Monctonians are held in high esteem for their honesty. In all honesty I can say that the music awards were superb.
My congratulations to all those who worked so hard to make this event a huge success.
If you did not get to Moncton last week, all is not lost. On Friday, February 28, CBC will air the East Coast Music Awards and you can see for yourself how we in eastern Canada can do it up right.