Well the Toronto Star sure is an impartial paper. And I love how they twisted “Ordinary people understand we have to live within a budget,” into “Ordinary folks don’t care about arts.”
Harper apparently passed his Grade 9 Toronto Conservatory, so he and Yo Yo could have gotten jiggy with some Beethoven, but I guess they just didn’t have time to practise!
Just saw the clip now. You know, for a musical amateur to walk on the stage and pull that off without even a hint of nervousness in his voice - pretty impressive.