Laura Smith
Laura Smith
Laura Smith is a Canadian folk singer-songwriter. She is best known for her 1995 single "Shade of Your Love", one of the year's biggest hits on adult contemporary radio stations in Canada, and for her adaptation of the Scottish folk song "My Bonnie Lies over the Ocean" which she entitled "My Bonny". She recorded a version of this with The Chieftains, which they erroneously listed as "My Bonnie" on their album Fire in the Kitchen. In December 2010, that version...
goal kept stood team toes
That goal just made us want to play harder. They kept us on our toes and our whole team stood together.
city community hard love opera people ready
It's not a hard sell. People in this community already know about opera and love it. This is a very sophisticated town. The city is ready for something like this.
chance english hours solid
We try and keep it in English - this is their chance for two solid hours of English a day.
bought cash community helped support ticket wonderful
We just had wonderful community support from cash and in-kind. Community participants who bought a ticket and showed up helped to make it a success, as well.
circumstance exactly flexible nice today
We had to be flexible today because things didn't exactly go as planned. Considering the circumstances, it was nice to come out of it like we did.
dramatic dropped size
Dramatic difference. I've even dropped a pant size and haven't dieted, haven't exercised.
above cold days direct freezing friday nights ok order run sunlight supposed surprised syrup tree warmer
You need really cold nights and days above freezing in order for the syrup to run through the trees. Friday is supposed to be warmer and you'd be surprised at how much direct sunlight on a tree will warm it up pretty quickly, so I think we will be OK for Saturday's event.
kids
On hot, humid days, I can't take (the kids) to the park.
breaking felt pressure tried
At halftime, we felt like they were breaking down a bit. We tried to keep the pressure on and it worked.
represents room
It represents me. My old room was from when I was 6 or 7. This room is more up-to-date.
stuff
When you've been through stuff together, you become a team.
donuts fresh muffins offered prepared syrup
We have muffins and donuts that have been prepared with the syrup and fresh syrup will be offered for the pancakes.
fires ton
We've just got a ton of fires going on.
hard knew work
We knew we had to come in, work hard and give it all we had. There were no regrets. We did well.