Fans will have a chance to pay tribute and also support people battling the deadly disease that claimed the life of one of the band’s members.The Peart Family Memorial Fund is involved in the Langdon event, which will feature a fundraising auction for the fund’s ‘Legacy in Bronze’ project that aims to construct a statue of Peart in the family’s hometown of St. Catherines, Ont.
Neil Peart’s sisters have come from Ontario to meet fans at the Firehouse on Sunday and they’re also raising money for another effort that’s close to their hearts.“Cancer support for patients,” Nancy Peart Burkholder told Global News. “We have friends who are working three jobs, who have cancer, who can’t afford medication.”“Neil was very big in giving to charity,” said Judy Peart Howe, “and we want to give now in his honour and his name.
Teen musicians from the School of Rock Douglasdale House Band are part of the lineup taking the stage to pay tribute to Neil Peart.
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