'I was touched by how much of a welcome I received from Montreal, what a fantastic audience. Thank you so much for having me. Scarlett (and her husband!) is to be commended for the huge effort and care she is putting in to preaching to the unconverted in Montreal to spread the good word about our wonderful genre, and also for presenting it to new audiences with a big investment of time, commitment and quality, not to mention her own irrepressible enthusiasm.

I want to thank Scarlett James and her husband, David Grondin for their tremendous hospitality and friendliness they showered on me that weekend...'

(Immodesty Blaize for the Grand Burlesque show, March 2010)