His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada, accompanied by his wife, Her Excellency Sharon Johnston, presented the 2013 Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards (GGPAA) during a ceremony at Rideau Hall, on Friday, May 31, 2013. GGPAA for Lifetime Artistic Achievement Award Laureates Andrew Dawes, violinist and teacher Daniel Lanois, record producer, songwriter […]
Author Archives: Jean Labelle
A sincere Thank You to all of you who supported my Great Strides Walk for Cystic Fibrosis!!! Every year we prolong the life span of those with this fatal genetic disease affecting Canadian children and young adults. And it is because of you and your dollars that research continues in making great strides towards finding […]
We make strides because others take strides! Every year across Canada, friends, family and co-workers of people with cystic fibrosis lace up their walking shoes to participate in Great Strides™: Taking Steps to Cure Cystic Fibrosis. It’s Cystic Fibrosis Canada’s largest national fundraising event. Please consider sponsoring me or even walking with us on Sunday, May 26, 2013 at […]
BLUESOUL: The long-awaited Blues Album by Canada’s King of Roots Music and Ottawa’s own Terry Gillespie played at the NAC last night. Terry Gillespie is considered a forefather of the cultural dissemination of American music into Canada. Today his voice is frequently compared to Van Morrison and Bob Dylan while his guitar is reminiscent of Mark […]