As a kid growing up, I remember bicycling up from our home in the downtown with my friends. As we grew up, we got our driver’s licenses and we had to cruise the streets. – David Wilson

We heard that she was staying at the Beaverbrook hotel. So me and my little friends, we were eight years old and their mom and we ran down the sidewalk to the Beaverbrook and we got here ahead of everybody else and stood right beside the door. – Aubrey Gaines

I think that we’ve lost the critical mass of different stores in the downtown to make it anything other than an entertainment spot. We don’t have any, you don’t have a stationary store downtown. We don’t have a appliance store or a furniture store. So we don’t have enough variety. – Martin Aitken

I think I remember my manager at the time and I, in the basement in tears at one point, because it was so stressful. But as soon as she opened her mouth, when she sang the first note, it was like the room went silent and it was all worth it. – Lisa Wilby

Gus and John had a certain notoriety for their service and for those they liked, they were very nice too. And those who maybe weren’t their clients, they were less than engaged. – Luke Randall