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19/3/2017

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On Friday night, we celebrated St. Paddy’s Day by wearing a bit of green and heading to a concert featuring an indie band from England… so not overly Irish…
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The Staves with Mikaela Davis
We arrived at the Phoenix Concert Theatre shortly after the doors opened, first waiting in line outside, then walking through the winding hallways until we came across a bar, coat check, and merchandise table. With drinks in hand, we headed out to the main room which is a huge open space with a number of bars, an overhanging balcony with comfy chairs, and a stage, of course.
 
Before The Staves took the stage, we were treated to a performance by Mikaela Davis, a harp-wielding singer – or a singing harpist – she was impressively good at both. Before we arrived, we didn’t know who was opening for The Staves but we were not expecting to see/hear a harp! The sound from the harp was surprising and interesting; we quickly found ourselves entranced by the music.
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During the break between performers, we grabbed another drink (at a different bar) and took a seat until The Staves took the stage. After a short while, this folk-rock trio of sisters took the stage and captivated the crowd. 

The Staveley-Taylor sisters sang in harmony and took turns playing guitar, keyboard, ukulele - you name it - all accompanied by a drummer. The variety and complexity of the music being produced on that stage was incredible. 
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Side note: We bought our tickets months ago because we watched a documentary on Netflix called Austin to Boston and they were one of the bands featured touring around the US. Great documentary.

Friday was the last night of their five week tour, and was the largest venue that they played at so they were having a lot of fun with the crowd. The atmosphere was great and one of The Staves even tried crowd-surfing for the first time! 

After playing for quite a while, they left the stage and came back for an acoustic encore. Mikaela Davis (the singing harpist) also joined them for one of their covers and one of their songs.

​We enjoyed a great evening of music at the Phoenix Concert Theatre and may or may not have purchased both of their albums online when we got home. What can we say, The Staves are awesome!
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The Staves
Curious what we were up to this time in previous years? Last year we visited the Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art, the year before that we checked out Sled Wars (it's as insane as it sounds), and in 2014 we went to an event in St. John's called Sharing Our Cultures.
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