Huron Carole makes pit stops to spread peace
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This article was published 03/11/2012 (4962 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
With food bank use on the rise, Tom Jackson’s nationwide call to end hunger needs to be heard again. The Huron Carole returns this year with a national tour to help raise funds and awareness for Canada’s hungry.
The Huron Carole will make 23 stops across the country starting this month with Sarah Slean, Matt Dusk (in select markets), Susan Aglukark and Del Barber (in select markets) joining Jackson on stage. Proceeds will support local food banks.
The Huron Carole tour will stop in Brandon on Dec. 4.
More than 20 years ago, Jackson began cultivating a network of Canadian artists who shared a common interest in helping our country’s needy.
After many successful years of raising funds through The Huron Carole, Jackson, an actor and singer, put the project to rest in 2004. He spent the next seven years bringing Singing for Supper to smaller communities in more intimate settings.
As a result of the increasing need for food banks across the country, Jackson and friends are breathing life back into The Huron Carole.
Through the concert series, which is filled with Christmas music and stories that embrace messages of peace, harmony and optimism, Jackson hopes to inspire Canadians to take action to help eliminate hunger this holiday season.
“Today, over 900,000 Canadians visit food banks monthly. Food bank workers, volunteers and supporters — individual and corporate — rely on awareness-building to accomplish their mission of ending hunger,” said Jackson. “With the strength of each artist’s voice onstage, this year’s Huron Carole will expand our ability to raise funds, awareness and hope, creating change one song at a time.”
The Huron Carole is presented by Great-West Life, London Life and Canada Life. Major sponsor is Enbridge Pipelines Inc.
The Huron Carole benefit concert series was founded by Jackson in 1987.
The concert was named after Canada’s first Christmas carol, composed in 1641 by Father Jean de Brebeuf, a Jesuit Priest known for his missionary work with the people of Huronia. Through “The Huron Carol” song, Father de Brebeuf interpreted the story of Christmas in the Huron language. The carol was kept alive in the Huron language for more than 100 years before being translated to French and English.
The Huron Carole is a project of the Christmas and Winter Relief Association whose mandate is to support organizations doing hands-on work with the homeless and hungry in Canada.
Canadian tour dates include:
• Dec. 3 — Winnipeg — Centennial Concert Hall at 8 p.m.
• Dec. 4 — Brandon — Keystone Centre at 8 p.m.
• Dec. 6 — Estevan, Sask. — Spectra Place at 8 p.m.
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