All summer I’ve performed at Charlottetown’s Always on Stage Richmond Street. Despite all the rain we’ve had, I’ve never been rained out.

Yesterday we planned to record some audio and video from my performance. Two friends came down to help. The worry was the rain. I assured them we would play until at least 1 pm and so we did.

I’ve had uncanny luck this summer. It could be raining in the morning. I’d pack the car anyways and head down around 11 AM. Just as I got to the stage, the rain would stop. I’d set-up, perform and quit 2 or 3 hours later.

Usually the rain stopped for the afternoon. One day, it started to rain again after my gear was packed in the car.

I played Tuesday’s and Andrea had Wednesday. She got rained out twice. Ted, who did Thursday, switched one week and got rained out on Tuesday but I was OK.

Michael, the cameraman, didn’t believe me but came anyways. He was able to shot 35 minutes of film. I said 1 pm was our window and right on 1 the thunder started.

We beat it across the street to Fishbones for lunch where we enjoyed the food and dry atmosphere. The Jambalaya was hot and tasty, an unusual dish in Charlottetown. The rain stopped and I was wishing I hadn’t put everything away. Until it soon started coming down in buckets.

A bit of gear got wet but it dried out at home later. As Brian MacInnis’ picture shows it did rain cats and dogs after that.
Riding a motorcycle in the torrential rain Tuesday afternoon was difficult, but riding through the flood at the corner of Grafton and Edward Streets took real riding skill. Guardian photo by Brian McInnis

I don’t know if my rain predicting skills have any value. It’s been fun at the very least.