Shaw's Travel Guys on Bowen Island

During the week of July 1,3 and 4th SHAW TV 's Travel Guys aired their special feature on BOWEN ISLAND. Kayaking was listed as the #1 reason to visit Bowen and my studio , was listed as the #3 reason ! Michael Creber ( baby grand piano) , Rene Worst ( bass) and I performed " West Coast Girl" at my CG Studio at Artisan Square . Reruns will occur in future and the show will eventually be uploaded to their site. www.travelguystv.com Travel Guys is hosted by long-time Vancouver radio and TV personalities Jim Gordon and Darren Parkman. The show airs nationally on SHAW TV , in 38 markets in over four million homes, and features a humorous take on destinations like Australia, Thailand , Japan and Bowen Island, BC.

Behind The Scenes

This unique opportunity originated last May 2007 at an established Vancouver Restaurant's cocktail party on trendy Robson St, where amongst all the fun, my publicist, Debbie Walker of Translucent Publicity and I, met Jim Gordon . Initially, I was not aware who Jim was as I "waxed poetic" about my wonderful island life, and my newest CD project, CONTEMPLATION, I was recording at the time. In a nutshell, Jim quickly offered to bring the show, over to Bowen and I said - "cool"! This apparently was unusual as they primarily focus on international features. So I was jazzed! However -to make it all happen- they needed someone to handle all the extensive, organizational leg work which, Debbie and I volunteered for. With minimal prep time and a specific framework the efficient, focused crew of 4, showed up last June 2007. It was an exciting yet brief whirlwind , as we sought to make everyone happy . Impossible! We had no influence as to their approach to Bowen, (as is the case with all media) except to amiably encourage the bridge of communication between Bowen and it's producers. All said, it was a fun, memorable experience that Debbie, Sarah Pocklington- (my then assistant) and I enjoyed having a small hand in.