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Gord downie today
Gord downie today






We held on to every word each time he took the stage after that tour, when he delivered his unique writing and poetic lyrics of The Secret Pathas he told us the story of Chanie Wenjack. Gord Downie Photo: Richard Beland Gord Downie Photo: Richard Beland His Passion For Indigenous Rights That was a night our country stopped and embraced Gord and The Hip and each other. Especially that emotionally charged night in Kingston, Downie’s home town, when The Hip would play the final show, a show that would be broadcast across our nation on CBC. We treasured each performance with The Tragically Hip on that final Man Machine Poem Tour. But rather, we all held on to Gord and his music, and held on tightly as a matter of fact. We did not do this out of some sort of morbid curiosity. In fact, Gord’s passing was something that we as a nation knew was coming and watched and waited for the day to arrive that would finally take away this unique Canadian music icon. We are certain that a large percentage of Canadians will remember where they were when the news came that Gord has succumbed to his brain cancer. Gord Downie Photo: Richard Beland Remembering Gord Today, we reflect and remember Wicapi Omani. She’s also planning on lighting for the mural, to enhance its visibility from the Bruhn Bridge, giving people another reason to make a stop in Sicamous.It has been one year since we lost our Canadian treasure, poet, passionate activist, singer, father, husband, Gord Downie.

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While the main body of the mural is complete, Dalzell said she will be adding a plaque with a song lyric or quote by Downie (not yet chosen), the hashtag for ReconcilliAction and a QR code for the Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund. “That’s the nod to the Indigenous, it was why he wore that hat. Inspired in part by the documentary The Secret Path, released October 2016 – one year before Downie died from an incurable brain cancer, Dalzell had specific requirements for the artwork: it must include Downie in his silver jacket and purple hat with feathers. “I hadn’t settled on anything and I thought, you know what, Gord Downie, he’s a Canadian legend, the Tragically Hip is well known and he shared a message to Canadians about bridging the gap and continuing the conversations between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people,” she said. Read more: Wenjack’s sister evokes memory of Gord Downie at school opening Read more: VIDEO: Tragically Hip singer-songwriter Gord Downie dies at 53 From this, Dalzell concluded she wanted a work of art that would tell a story. Last year, while taking part in the Tsuts’weye Women’s Entrepreneur Network’s business recovery and expansion program, she was introduced to Vandenhoorn. This vision included a work of public art, something fun, something that people would want to stand in front of and have their photo taken. She said the work was inspired by the musician/activist and his efforts to build cultural understanding and create a path toward reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples through the Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund.įor Dalzell, the mural is a way to continue the work of Downie who she said, “in the face in his own mortality, stepped even deeper into trying to make a change for this nation.”ĭalzell’s goal for Bruhn Crossing, located by the Sicamous channel, was to create a mini Granville Island. The predominantly purple painting, recently completed by Kelowna artist Bobby Vandenhoorn, adorns the back of Dalzell’s Sicamous business, the Bruhn Crossing Urban Market, on Riverside Avenue near the Red Barn. Brenda Dalzell hopes a mural of Canadian rock icon Gord Downie will turn heads and help keep reconciliation top of mind.






Gord downie today