http:\/\/www.cashboxcanada.ca\/2997\/canadian-music-royalty-honoured-her-majesty-queen-elizabeth-ii<\/a><\/p>\nCommemorative medals were presented to distinguished Ontario residents who have already been invested with the Order of Canada and Order of Ontario. All living Order of Canada and Order of Ontario recipients were invited.\u00a0 It is unusual for these recipients to come together in one place said The Honourable Ontario Lt. Governor David Onley.<\/p>\n
Lt. Governor Onley, Governor General David Johnson and other prominent Canadians presented the prestigious awards. CBC Anchor Peter Mansbridge hosted the gala and also received a medal.<\/p>\n
Susan Aglukark, Molly Johnson, Ben Heppner and Gordon Lightfoot took the stage at Roy Thomson Hall Monday evening. The four musicians, all members of the Order of Canada, performed at a presentation of Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee medals to more than 600 people. The special medal was created to mark the 60th anniversary of the Queen’s accession to the throne.<\/p>\n
Orillia\u2019s Lightfoot was one of several who gave Lt. Governor Onley the idea for the gala. Lt. Governor Onley said he put the event together hastily, after presenting the first 25 Diamond Jubilee Medals on Feb. 6, at a gathering that brought together a remarkable group of people, including Gordon Lightfoot and actor Gorden Pinsent.<\/p>\n
Lt. Governor Onley commented \u201cSo many people felt it in the room. It was a totally unique experience; these 25 people. It was almost an emotional experience and people were very touched by it. At the end of the day it was decided this had to be done on a larger scale.\u201d<\/p>\n
<\/span>Ordinarily the medals would be mailed out or there would be dozens of small receptions. Roy Thomson Hall turned out to be available and then the ceremony began to fall into place.
\n\u201cThe next thing that happened was Gordon Lightfoot simply said, \u201cI’ll sing.\u201d As soon as that happened, it came together in very rapid order, we knew we had something,\u201d Lt. Governor Onley remarked.<\/p>\n<\/span>Among the recipients from the music industry were Paul Anka, Bruce Cockburn, Tommy Hunter, Geddy Lee and the pride of Port Arthur (now Thunder Bay) Ontario, Bobby Curtola.
\nWe caught up with Curtola, Canada\u2019s first teen idol and his beautiful partner Karen, at his downtown hotel the following morning. \u201cWhat an honour,\u201d he said as he showed us his shining new medal. \u201cTo be included in such a distinguished group of fellow Canadians and some old friends like Tommy (Hunter) and Gordon ( Lightfoot) after all these years is very humbling and gratifying. I\u2019m so proud to be a Canadian and so very thankful for the opportunities I\u2019ve been given.\u201d<\/p>\nSo congratulations to all the recipients of the medals, Her Majesty the Queen of England for 60 years on the throne and to performers like Bobby Curtola who have been performing for 50 of those 60 years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
On June 18th, Bobby received the Diamond Jubilee Medal from the Governor General of Canada with his Order of Canada peers at Roy Thompson\u00a0 Hall in Toronto. Governor General to Attend a Diamond Jubilee Gala in Toronto OTTAWA\u2014Their Excellencies the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada, and Mrs. Sharon Johnston will attend the [&hellip<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/bobbycurtola.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/bobbycurtola.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/bobbycurtola.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bobbycurtola.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bobbycurtola.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/bobbycurtola.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":779,"href":"http:\/\/bobbycurtola.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777\/revisions\/779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/bobbycurtola.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bobbycurtola.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bobbycurtola.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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