We produced a special about this time calle The Land of Science. It recounted a voyage in the Time Dilation Machine, through "the seven dimensions". As H and P flew through time they would sing: And we're off! To the Land of Science Where test tubes grow on trees With litmus paper leaves Underneath a bunsen-burner sun. [include script excerpt] In September, 1976, HP went on tour to Toronto, Montreal, Winnipeg and Calgary. It started with a big show at A Space in Toronto where we did seven different performances over two weeks. These included a brace of shadow plays; two radio shows; an evening of bicycle-powered film projections (a tandem racing bicycle was produced by Martin Heath for this Ñ he also got six hefty racing cyclists to take turns peddling as the projector used a lot of wattage at full power) to the sound of Caribbean mummery which we and Hank's brother Art's band, performed with voice and a variety of instruments. There was also The Distillation of Whiskey and a Religion Canada service. Our audiences were large except for The Distillation of Whiskey. The mash had been prepared at the beginning of our stint and fermented in a barrel while we did our other shows. We distilled it in a fine glass still that Paul Emile Leblanc at the Canada Council reluctantly said he couldn't fund because it was against the law and besides, some people on the jury didn't think it was art. 28 |