Thanks to the hundreds of country fans that packed the Bill Reid Millennium Amphitheatre in Cloverdale on Saturday, a total of $344,000 was raised in the fourth annual Gone Country 鈥� Here for the Cure cancer fundraiser.
This year the country music event, organized by brothers Chris and Jamie Ruscheinski of Twins Cancer Fundraising, benefits Canuck Place Children鈥檚 Hospice.
There were several 91原创 musicians performing, including (formerly of 91原创), who recently opened for Garth Brooks and has earned several Juno and Canadian Country Music Award (CCMA) nominations; , who was a top 10 finalist on Canadian Idol and a three-time winner of the BC Country Music Association鈥檚 (BCCMA) Female Vocalist of the Year; and , two Brookswood sisters who were recently signed to Royalty Records (Sony Music Canada).
Photos by Charlene GAULD/Special to the Times
