Motorists stranded for hours Tuesday on an icy stretch of the Trans-Canada Highway in southwest Alberta got a temporary break from their standstill stress in the form of a private concert by a famous trumpeter. Jens Lindemann, a professional trumpet soloist who has taken the stage at Carnegie Hall and played for Queen Elizabeth II, was in one of the hundreds of cars parked on the span of Highway 1 east of Canmore. There was nothing else to do," he told the Calgary Eyeopener on Wednesday morning from his hotel room in Banff. He said motorists were left to their own devices, with no help offered by police or any other emergency agency. Jens Lindemann, a professional trumpet soloist, entertained other stranded motorists during a more than 10-hour ordeal stuck on a snowy, icy Alberta highway.

Source: CBC News October 03, 2018 16:43 UTC