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29 · OAKVILLE BEAVER Friday, November 13, 2009 · www.oakvillebeaver.com Singing for Supper -- and for Fareshare For the second year running, singer/songwriter, actor and humanitarian Tom Jackson will be Singing for Supper in Oakville. The concert, set for 7 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 26 at St. Jude's Anglican Church, will benefit Oakville's Fareshare food bank. It's part of an annual crossCanada concert series that raises cash for food banks, ministries and programs across the country. The 20-stop tour travels from Newfoundland to Vancouver Island and will include not only Jackson, Tom Jackson but Pear and Shannon Gaye, too. This marks Jackson's sixth seaPear is comprised of the husson of Singing for Supper, his band-and-wife duo, Denis and national Christmas concert series. Lynae Dufresne. They have perJackson's musical advocacy for formed at country music festivals Canada's less fortunate has resonat- across Canada. ed for 22 years as he has amassed Gaye, meanwhile, is a more than $10 million for food Vancouver-based recording artist banks, family service agencies and who has also made a name for herdisaster relief. self at festivals across Canada. "This year, for the first time, I The second hour of the concert have attained peace for myself per- will feature Jackson delivering classonally. However there is a blemish. sic and contemporary Christmas We are surrounded by conflict. selections. With one-third of the world's popuFareshare volunteer executive lation living in abject poverty, it is director Dudley Clarke said the perimperative we take action. I don't formers on stage will be in the spotknow if we -- the people, the vari- light, but it's an Oakville man who ous levels of government and the deserves credit for bringing the global community -- are doing performance -- and its revenue enough. All I know is that to here -- to town. change the world, I sing," said That man is Bob Clark, presiJackson, who is known for his role dent of Atlas Canada and long-time in the television show North of 60. Oakville resident. Singing for Supper is a twoHe is "the" reason Singing for hour concert that will open with Supper is stopping in Oakville, said Gaye followed by Pear. Clarke. These artists have played with According to Clarke, Bob Clark Jackson in many variations for a has seen his company involved in number of years and it was only Singing for Supper and previously natural they take the stage to per- Huron Carol (the predecessor to form in some of the R&B, pop and Singing for Supper). country genres in which they speAtlas was providing support for cialize. the tour by helping move equip$ Pear: husband-and-wife duo Denis and Lynae Dufresne ment from concert venue to venue. As Bob Clark both lives and works in Oakville, and belongs to St. Jude's, he asked Jackson if Oakville could be a concert tour stop. He was not disappointed. One of the new songs in Jackson's repertoire is the new single, The Gift, available on iTunes or sold as a single with two bonus tracks at the concerts. The single, as well as the compilation CD, Singing for Supper On Tour, are sold at select retail stores and on www.singingforsupper.ca and are fundraising tools as 75 per cent of gross sales revenue remain with the communities on the tour route. Concert tickets cost $20 and are now on sale through St. Jude's Church Office at 905-844-3972 or Shannon Gaye Atlas Van Lines, 485 North Service Rd. E., 905-844-0701, ext. 247 or S4Sconcert@atlasvanlines.ca. Food donations will also be welcomed with the most needed items being canned fruit or vegetables, flour and sugar, pasta (dried, canned, noodles, rice), baked beans, canned or powdered milk, baby food, canned soups or stews and breakfast cereal. 39 o.a.c. as low as 95 9 LOCATIONS TO SERVE YOU BETTER $3900 Up to per month ST THE BIGGE UT! LIMIT N'T MISS O Purchase a Hi Efficiency Furnace and Receive a DO chase Financing Available * Call For Details * In Tax Credit & Instant Rebate SALE R! 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