For the Olympics, Matisyahu, a Hasidic Jewish reggae-hip hop singer will be singing at an outdoor free concert in a parkstage area. Less than 5 min. walk from home. No, make that a 20 min. walk with all the crowds flowing around in our neighbourhood. He has sold over 1 million on his hit album.

His hit song "One Day", message of peace.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFJ--...layer_embedded

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmNMWFgKdoo part of song is used for NBC's Olympics 2010 commercial

http://livecityvancouver.ca/download...Performers.pdf

Nothing will be normal for 2 weeks in Feb. where we live. It's hard to even imagine how on earth, thousands of people will physically fit in the public staging area. Sure, we would like to see certain outdoor gigs, etc. since they're free since we chose not buy any Olympic sports event tickets.