Tim Cormode didnB次元官网网址檛 miss his chance to pick the mind of Blue RodeoB次元官网网址檚 Jim Cuddy during the latterB次元官网网址檚 tour of property on Wednesday afternoon.
Cuddy, his sons Devin and Sam, and other Canadian celebrities such as Tara Slone from SportsnetB次元官网网址檚 Hometown Hockey and Chef Nicole Gomes (winner of ), visited the lakeside estate that serves as a nature playground ahead of the Wednesday nightB次元官网网址檚 at the Victoria Golf Club in Oak Bay. Slone visited to MC the event, Gomes to prepare food and the Jim Cuddy Band, joined by Devin and Sam, to perform.
The event pulled in a total of $555,000.
While walking towards the water of Prospect Lake Cormode, who started Power To Be, shared his vision to one-day hold the annual fundraiser on the Prospect Lake course, with the idea of the hill serving as a natural amphitheatre and the water as the backdrop for a stage.
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Cuddy was able to share some ideas about stage placement and sight lines for concert goers.
(Inset photo: Power To Be executive director Tim Cormode talks to Sportsnet host Tara Slone at Prospect Lake. Slone visited to MC the annual Power To Golf fundraiser.)
Power To Be is celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2018 and as part of the celebration the Victoria-based non-profit went big with a live performance by the Blue Rodeo frontman and his sons. Past celebrities to the event include the NHL playing Benn brothers, Jordie and Jamie, as well as Tyson Barrie.
