James Cunningham's Blog (4)

As we come closer to the end of an intresting year I think back back on some of the things that I done in 2010, My biggest event was a move from Vancouver island in Canada's west coast to Alberta over a thousand miles away. It was a move that was very hard as the weather in Alberta is very cold during the winter. As a street entertainer it's more than difficult to adjust to not performing on the streets during the holiday season but perhaps there are better and warmer days to come. My music…

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Here is a link to a radio staton here on Vancouver island Canada where my sister and I done an interview this week about busking.

http://www.columbiancentresociety.com/pfr.php

Just an update about our busking troubles here in Nanaimo BC Canada, As another busking season is closing in we have been forced to buy busking licences again as our city council have failed us in reviewing our municipal busking bylaw and have placed us as professional buskers in the same category as the homeless, the drug adicted, alcohol abuse clients, and people with mental ilnesses We are being labeled as a danger to the public and being asked to allow the safer streets committee to… Continue

Here in Nanaimo BC Canada our family of buskers/ entertainers are in a court battle with our city to remove a busking bylaw which over regulates busking and limits our ability to earn a living. We are looking for support in our fight to continue to perform without harasment please check out one of our videos recorded on ST Paddys night Here is the link. http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=55136662



Though we are a world away it only takes the click… Continue