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Onrait Great times in Amherst a poodle in Paradise LOGINREGISTERHELPYOU ARE NOT LOGGED IN NHLNBAMLBCFLNFLCurlingTennisGolfSoccerNASCARFormula OneIndyCar NASCAR Canadian Tire SeriesNationwideCamping WorldAuto RacingWorld JuniorsSpengler CupMenS WHCWomenS WHCHockey CanadaAHLBoxingCanada GamesCHLCISECHLFigure SkatingLacrosseMMANCAASkiingSummer SportsWinter SportsMoreOlympicsFantasyDaily LineShowsTSN TalentCommunityeotText SizeThe Kraft Celebration Tour continued its winding road through The Maritimes with a stop in Amherst Nova Scotia on Saturday night Its hard to believe that The East Crew has completed four of our five stops on the trek Amherst is a small community of about 10thousand people near the Nova ScotiaNew Brunswick border Filled with massive and beautiful Victorian homes that cost less than my one bedroom condo in Toronto its the kind of place that makes you think you might want to quit the rat race and try to open up a Lobster Roll Shack Aside from being home to four of the 23 Fathers of Confederation Amherst is also the birthplace of Canadian indie singersongwriter and allaround style icon Leslie Feist Yes to all you Calgarians I am aware that the 1234 Girl grew up mostly in your city Nothing wrong with Westerners and Easterners sharing the credit for producing such fantastic talent Amherst garnered by far the most votes of any city on the Tour over 168000 of them They also closed down Main Street so that our crew could put the stage up and the promotional team from Kraft could set up the barbeques A young Amherst couple was even scheduled to get married at the local Church right next to our setup and they couldnt have been more accommodating especially considering we were infringing on their special day We decided to incorporate them into the show by staging a wedding where Dan gave away the bride Sara Meanwhile I performed the ceremony wearing a crown and what appeared to be one of Jeff Lebowskis three robes (Make that two Big Lebowski references in our Tour Blogs so far) Thanks to you Devin and Sara youre more than welcome to name your first child after me or Dan Much like our other stops on the tour the crowd was outstanding the weather however not so much It was basically torrential rains throughout our broadcast and yet a goodsized crowd still turned out in their rain gear and umbrellas to prove just how passionate this small community is (theres that word again community) The $25thousand dollar cheque from Kraft will go right to the Amherst YMCA The show went smoothly and so did the crowdsurfing OToole even managed to avoid diving in face first this time (dont ever say this man is not a fast learner) But unquestionably the funniest and mostentertaining part of the show for Dan myself and the entire East Crew was when TSN Montreal Bureau Chief and allaround style icon John Lu showed up Johns wife has family in the ar...