Singing For The Cure

Photo by Phil Mills.

Urban Tapestry's performance at the 2008 CIBC Run For The Cure went well; we had great fun and my voice held out (though I had to crash and slept for several hours after getting home). Below: links to reports and photos, plus download our new "Running For The Cure" song!



Photo by Phil Mills.

Allison has a great report and photos up on her blog; rather than duplicate, I'm just pointing everyone to her LJ for an overview of the event. :-)

Many thanks to Phil Mills and Cathy Rutland for coming out to support us. My friend Cathy (the same Cathy I used to visit in Calgary but who now lives in Toronto, yay) drove all the way out from Brampton! She said she had never heard us perform live before. It meant a great deal to me that she was there.



You can see Phil's photos from the event in his Flickr set. I especially like this one of Allison during our concert set:


Photo by Phil Mills.

Here's a photo of Phil and Allison. My friend Cathy is also lurking in background; I didn't notice this until I downloaded the few photos I took on my point-and-shoot -- You can see her behind the older woman at Allison's shoulder; Cathy's has a sweater draped over her arm. We chatted after the performance, and I enjoyed introducing her to Allison, Jodi and Phil.



Phil also recorded our new song, "Running For The Cure," which was written specifically for this event. You can download and listen to Running For The Cure at the FilkArchive.



Above: I wrote "For Beckett Gladney" on the Wall of Hope; our friend Beckett's a breast cancer survivor and I was thinking of her a great deal today.



I also wrote one for my Aunt Agnes, who died from breast cancer.



I think we all took turns getting teary-eyed as we wandered the grounds after our performance. I'm always moved by the "I'm running for" signs on the backs of participants. One that especially got me: a photo and a tribute to a young woman who apparently died from breast cancer a week ago. :-(

If you missed this year's event, you can still contribute. And/or consider participating next year! You can find out more about the CIBC Run For The Cure at their website.

Thanks so much to Becky Wedgewood and Kathy Tran for inviting us to be part of this event!

Comments

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[Dan]

Thank you, Urban Tapestry!

:-)