Springfest 2019 - Dice Cubes

This year was the 25th Annual Springfest.  It is a fundraiser, held every year on the first weekend of May.  It raises money for the restoration and operation of the East Coulee School Museum.  Its a two day music festival and all the bands and the musicians donate their time.

I think the first one that I went to was in 2015, and I haven't missed one since.  So its' been at least five in a row.  I know that Margarit missed the first one or two as the weekend was in conflict with a dance competition that Anna was involved in.

This year there were 40 bands booked to play, starting on Friday May 3rd at 6:30PM.  They started up again on Saturday May 4th at noon, and played through until nearly midnight.  There were three stages set up... two in the school museum and one in the community hall.  At any given time there were two and sometimes three bands playing.  If you bought a day or a weekend pass you could just wander around, find something you liked, and hang out and enjoy it.
Of the Forty bands that played, I only managed to see 14 of them....!

I bailed out of work shortly after lunch on Friday so that we could catch the bands playing on Friday night.  Hailey rode with me....  Margarit drove down separately with the other two girls.  They got a bit of a late start, and missed the first band.

The first band was one that I really wanted to see... and we made it down just in time for Hailey and I to catch their set.  The official program describes them like this...

The Dice Cubes play an original 50's inspired rock and roll with a modern twist.  Their influences range from Chuck Berry, Little Richard and Gene Vincent to the Stray Cats, Chris Isaak and Big Sandy and his Fly-Rite Boys.
The notes on their 2018 album "Got Lucky" provides the following information.
James Harapiak - vocals
Dawson Walker - guitars
Tim Resaul - drums
Sean Gristwood - bass
There is also a link to their website...   www.thedicecubes.ca
Not sure if the bass player for Springfest was the same guy that played on the album... or a new guy that was just announced on the website...?

Margarit didn't make it down in time to catch them, but we picked up their CD.  Turns out these guys are from Edmonton so we'll keep an eye on their website and maybe we can catch them playing in town at some point.