Tom Cochrane helps worlds children through power of songThe event, taking place in The Queen a pep talk to myself that you cant change the Elizabeth Theatre, will feature performances world as a single individual in one fell swoop, from a mix of Canadian musicians and but you can kind of spread some goodwill comedians, such as Royal Wood, Jarvis and spread the love along the way and hope-Church, Gerry Dee, Krystaal, Suzie McNeil, fully that ripple effect spreads out like a Colin Mochrie. Cochrane will take the stage pebble in a pond. But youve got to keep your for a musical finale with three to five of his eye on the road ahead of you. You cant get songs.distracted by all this other stuff or else, youll Among the music he plans to play, will be crash.Life is a Highway, for which he got a Aside from the well-known hits, he will Grammy Award nomination, along with perform another song he was inspired to Dreamers DreamandNo Regrets.write on a trip to Kenya, called On the Road Life is a Highway, I wrote after my first to Mombasa from Nairobi.trip to Africa back in 89, Cochrane said. I During the trip, he visited a family hut See Cochrane page 24wrote it as a response to that in 1990. It was SUBMITTED PHOTOFOR CHILDREN:Former Oakville resident Tom Cochrane is pictured performing for a group of children in Rwanda during a trip he took in 2006.By Dominik KurekThursday, June 2. OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFFWere going to have a good time that night and hopefully raise a little more aware-Rock legend Tom Cochrane will take up ness and consciousness and hopefully wont his guitar to help thousands of children and be just preaching to the converted there, their communities around the world.the seven-time Juno Award-winner said. The former Oakville resident will do so in Were going to have a great night and peo-Toronto at World Vision CanadasPut Your ple will be missing a pretty special occasion Heart Into It music and comedy night on if they dont come out.23 Wednesday, June 1, 2011 OAKVILLE BEAVER www.insideHALTON.com