When Montreal celebrates, we do it in style. Our team wins the Stanley Cup? We hold a parade (and yes, a riot) that no city can match. Host the Olympics? We build a monstrosity of a stadium with a price tag of over a billion dollars. Have the 30th edition of our International Jazz Festival? Well, we decide, rain or shine, to throw a party for half a million people, with the legendary Stevie Wonder providing the entertainment.

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I love going to music concerts, but some times when the crowd is insane and my life is literally being squeezed out of me, I always wonder wouldn’t it be great to get a nice press pass so that I can be comfortably in between the stage and the crowd taking pictures of my favorite musicians. Sounds like an awesome job. Well, a few weeks ago I got an email from the person who does just that for a living, Steve Trager. When I look at his work, Im telling you I can almost re-live the moment. 

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