The Juno Awards is an annual event that honours and showcases Canadian artists. This year, the event was held at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario on March 27 and marked the 40th anniversary of the show.

I had the amazing oppourtunity to attend The Juno Awards red carpet where I met great Canadian talent including Shad, Jesse Labelle, Tanya Kim, Sarah McLachlan, Johnny Reid, Elise Estrada, Neverest, Classified, Sam Earle, and Charlotte Arnold. Other talent on the carpet included host Drake, Shania Twain, and deadmau5. However, I think that the cherry on top of the red carpet event was the surprise performance from Danny Fernandes and Shawn Desman.

I was front row but that didn’t come without hard work – I stood in the freezing cold for over 7 hours! However, the excitement of the crowd and knowing that we were about to meet our favourite stars was enough to keep us warm. As well, I was lucky enough to be given free tickets to The Juno Awards show which was a fantastic production! What a night!

As I was viewing pictures from the awards the next day, I came across myself! My picture with Degrassi’s Munro Chambers (above) was featured on MuchMusic’s web blog: http://blog.muchmusic.com/degrassi-stars-walk-the-carpet-at-the-2011-junos/.

Can’t wait until The Juno Awards next year!