I ordered one of these last night...

[happyrat1]

In Canada you need a spreadsheet to keep track of which holiday is celebrated in which province.

The chart below displays a list of national and provincial stat holidays observed in Canada.

Holiday Day Observed Observance
New Year's Day - January 1 - Nationwide
Islander Day - Third Monday in February - PEI
Family Day - Third Monday in February (2nd in BC) - BC, AB, SK, ON, NB
Louis Riel Day - Third Monday in February - MB
St. Patrick's Day - March 17 - NL
Good Friday - Friday before Easter Sunday - Nationwide except QC
Easter Monday - Monday after Easter Sunday - QC
St. George's Day - April 23 - NL
Victoria Day -National Patriotes Day in QC - Monday preceding May 25th - Nationwide except NB, NS, PE, NL
National Aboriginal Day - June 21 - NT
Féte Nationale St. Jean Baptiste Day - June 24 - QC
Discovery Day - June 24 - NL
Canada Day - Memorial Day in NFL - July 1 Nationwide
Nunavut Day - July 9 - NT
Civic Holiday - First Monday in August - AB, BC, SK, ON, NB, NU
Labour Day - First Monday of September - Nationwide
Thanksgiving - Second Monday in October - Nationwide except NB, NS, PE, NL
Remembrance Day - November 11 - Nationwide except ON, QC, NS, NL
Christmas Day - December 25 - Nationwide
Boxing Day - December 26 - ON


Confused yet? Wait till pot becomes legal this summer. Then every day will be wake and bake day

Gary

 

[CowboyNQ]

Football Grand Final day (last Friday of Sept)

Ahhh...I think you made that one up mate. The Grand Final is on Saturday. I assume you guys get the Friday off for the parade?

 

[CowboyNQ]

In Canada you need a spreadsheet to keep track of which holiday is celebrated in which province.

We're a little similar here - as Ray mentioned in his post each state is subtly different.

Overlaying that - various cities and towns have public holidays or half days for agricultural shows (including capital cities).

 

[Rayblewit]

Ahhh...I think you made that one up mate. The Grand Final is on Saturday. I assume you guys get the Friday off for the parade?

Been a holiday now for 2 years. It is the friday before the big day. Its an official holiday and ridiculous.

 

[CowboyNQ]

Been a holiday now for 2 years. It is the friday before the big day. Its an official holiday and ridiculous.

Well you Victorians do love your footy! So do I for that matter so good luck to you.

 

[Becky]

At any rate, drumming proficiently requires a lot more practice than you'd think.

Yeah I can imagine it would be difficult to hold an accurate beat. I need a metronome at the best of times, so no doubt I would be a terrible drummer! I'm sure though, that like everything, practice makes perfect

 

[happyrat1]

It's not simply a matter of maintaining the beat, but doing it accurately and on cue with the DAW software recording at XX bpm.

Getting it all synced up is really tricky.

Gary

 

[Becky]

Lol, well I'd fail on multiple counts then!

 

[SeaGtGruff]

You don't want it to be too perfect or it will sound robotic-- unless that's what you want. Minor variations in the timing help to make it sound more organic.

 

[happyrat1]

You're right about variation being necessary, however, you still pretty much have to function as a human metronome that turns on and off on cue.

THAT is the tricky part.

I mean I have to start the DAW which gives me a count in of two to four bars then I have to keep time to a metronome click if I don't want the wheels to fall off too quickly.

Believe me, it's harder than you think it is.

Gary