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with more than 50,000 perennials, 500 varieties    you professional musicians?”
            of trees, shrubs and plants, meandering pathways,      “I am,” says Shawn.
            peacocks, and even alpacas in the children’s gar-      “I’m not,” I admit.
            den. I’ve been to St. Andrews by the Sea before,
            but never had time to visit this spectacular tran-     “Well you should be,” says the woman.
            quil paradise, just a short walk from the Algo-        I smile, thinking about how terrified I was just
            nquin.                                             three nights ago before I got onstage with the
                                                               Mellotones in Halifax and in Digby where I was
                It’s our final night and I’m scheduled to jam
                                                               asked if I could play Happy Birthday. I’m playing
            with Sean Richard, who works at the hotel and is a
                                                               my heart out and I couldn’t be happier on my first
            singer/songwriter as well as the Saint John Idol
            winner. After dinner at the Algonquin’s restaurant,  international music tour, staying in charming his-
            Braxton’s, Sean and I set up in the hotel gallery.  toric hotels in beautiful towns. And maybe I’m not
            This is not a formal music venue but more like a   a professional musician, but what does that mat-
            plushy living room. People pass by on their way to  ter? I’m living my dream.
            dinner or the bar. One woman stops and asks, “Are






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