Can we please move this over here: <!-- l --><a class="postlink-local" href="http://hipbase.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=40&t=13803">viewtopic.php?f=40&t=13803</a><!-- l --> and gimmee some muthafukkin' updates :rambo: How were The Arkells?
I'm in serious Hip withdrawal. Still bummed about the Halifax cancellation. Anybody hear anything about that? MAv? I hope no one passed away.
ikky99 Wrote:I'm in serious Hip withdrawal. Still bummed about the Halifax cancellation. Anybody hear anything about that? MAv? I hope no one passed away.
Im actually wondering the same thing. I hope its nothing too serious!
Rock the Park raises $100,000
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By JAMES REANEY, LONDON FREE PRESS
The sixth edition of Rock the Park has added about $100,000 to the money the outdoor music festival has raised to battle a deadly disease.
Rock the Park organizers announced the figure today, bringing to about $850,000 money raised by the fest for the Bethanys Hope Foundation. That money funds London- and UWO-based research into metachromatic leukodystrophy, a devastating progressive neurodegenerative disease that has no cure. MLD targets the nervous system and destroys the white matter in the brain with the affected child often dying by about five years of age.
Among the Rock the Park 2009 performers who paid tribute to the foundation were U.S. country stars Big & Rich, who dedicated a song to the cause from the stage during their set on Friday night. The first five fests at Harris Park were fuelled by classic-rock lineups. Organizers, including London concert promoter Don Jones Productions, decided to change the format after last year’s fest raised $70,000.
Rock the Park 2009 opened on Thursday with the Tragically Hip headlining and a fest record 12,500 fans drawn to the park. Big & Rich and a country lineup pulled 6,500 fans on Friday. This year’s fest closed on Saturday, when classic rockers the Doobie Brothers headlined before an estimated 8,000 fans.
The London foundation is named for Bethany Catherine McIntyre, who died in 2000, at the age of seven after a five-year struggle with MLD. Her parents, David and Lindey McIntyre, play key roles with the foundation and help lead scores of volunteers during Rock the Park.
James Reaney is a Free Press A & E reporter.