Roxanne Potvin at "Le Skratch"

Clive suggested that we meet him at Le Skratch in Oshawa to listen to a new performer he was very enthused about: Roxanne Potvin. When he first mentioned the idea a couple of weeks ago, it sounded like a good idea. However, when I took a look at the club website to get directions, I started to consider coming up with excuses not to go . . . Le Skratch didn't look like our kind of place at all.

I've avoided hanging around pool halls since I was in my late teens, and Le Skratch is a combination dance club and pool hall. Much of the information on their website (which was down when I tried to go there just a minute ago) implied that we were probably not their target audience . . . but in spite of all that, we showed up anyway.

I'm glad we did: while the club itself was about as bad as I feared, Roxanne Potvin is a great performer. I took a couple of (typically poor quality) photos from our table at the edge of the stage:

Most of the songs she performed were (I believe) from her latest album, The Way It Feels, and she played both electric and acoustic guitar and keyboards in addition to singing. Elizabeth and I really enjoyed the show, and we'll probably be keeping an eye on Roxanne's performance calendar for when she'll be playing in our area again.