Father to father
Even from Ministikwan Lake everyone pitched in looking for all possible avenues to get the album into the public’s eye. Donna’s father took it upon himself to look up Pamela Wallin, a Saskatchewan born broadcaster at the time (now a Canadian Senator). Actually he telephoned Pamela’s father in Watrous, SK and started conversing as if they were meeting for the first time at an auction sale. I think perhaps it’s a Saskatchewan thing and Donna’s father may even have perfected it. You pull up beside someone and just start talking; the other person is normally polite trying desperately to play catch up and figure out what the hell his new friend is talking about, once past the awkward stage, the real conversation begins. Only in Saskatchewan. At any rate they talk, Donna’s father sends a CD. Pamela’s father forwards on the CD and explains the conversation; subsequently out of the blue Pamela Wallin calls Donna at home one afternoon a short while after the fathers had spoken. Pamela and Donna both had a good chuckle over the lengths each father had gone in aid of their daughters. Pamela was very gracious explaining she was not in the music business and didn’t know how she could be of any help, but really enjoyed the music. Again only in Saskatchewan where people are real and they make a difference. |
