Pat and I joined 18 of our neighbors at Delmanor Retirement Residence in Aurora on a bus trip to the Ed Mirvish Theatre in downtown Toronto, to take in the Feb. 19 tribute performance of JUST FOR ONE DAY - THE LIVE AID MUSICAL.
The huge historic theatre seemed to be a full-house and theatre-goers were tremendously appreciative of the show. The 2 1/2 hour performance featured renditions of classic pop-rock numbers prior to 1985.
Live Aid raised $140,000,000 at the time, 40 years ago, for famine relief in Ethiopia. It was broadcast to 150 countries, and watched by an estimated 1.5 billion people. Its efforts continue to this day to alleviate hunger and suffering in the world's southern hemisphere.
The last selection of the evening was a Paul McCartney hit song, which was coincidental, in that a few nights before, on TV, the momentous final song on the Saturday Night Live 50th Anniversary Show featured a stand-out live performance by the 82-year-old Paul McCartney himself.
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Barry Wallace
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