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February 3, 2011

A Traditional St. Patrick’s Day Celebration That Will Touch Your Heart

Brockville—It’s a St. Patrick’s Day celebration at the Brockville Arts Centre on Saturday, March 12th.  Join Master of Ceremonies, Bruce Wylie and A.J.  Benoit & The Blarney Show Band for an evening of traditional Irish music with proceeds to benefit the Brockville Cardiovascular Program.

The Brockville Cardiovascular Program receives no government funding and operates on an annual budget of approximately $130,000—all from generous corporate and private donations.

Through the vision of many medical personnel, the Brockville General Hospital Board of Governors, and the Brockville and District Hospital Foundation, the Brockville Cardiovascular Program (BCP) opened its doors to offer guidance with cardiac rehabilitation in June of 2009.  The success is already measurable.

“We’ve graduated 185 patients since we opened,” says Brockville internist Dr. Jay Bhatt, a driving force behind the creation of the program at BGH. “Another 30 have done a home program. Our success rate is 100% in terms of providing real benefit and quality of life to our clients.”

Recovering cardiac patients from Brockville and surrounding area no longer have to travel to Ottawa or Kingston to access information, or to get support in making lifestyle changes toward a healthy recovery.  Brockville Cardiovascular Program offers individualized programs of exercise, education, and counseling with the assistance of a multi-professional team including a kinesiologist, a dietician, a nurse, a respiratory therapist and a pharmacist.

“Our aim is to address patients’ modifiable risk factors and improve their quality of life,” explains Margriet deBruyn, BGH Director of Critical Care Services.

“This will be an action packed evening filled with all the traditional knee slapping, sing-a-long Irish songs,” says A.J. Benoit, lead singer for The Blarney Show Band, “ Songs like: If Your Irish Come into The Parlour, Galway Bay, Too Ral Loo Ral Loo Ral, When Irish Eyes Are Smiling, Whiskey in the Jar, Lord of The Dance, My Wild Irish Rose and of course, Danny Boy,” A.J. adds,  “You can expect to have a great evening knowing the proceeds are benefiting a wonderful program that literally touches the heart.”


The Blarney Show Band is made up of six members A.J. Benoit (lead singer), John Jodoin (guitar/back-up singer), Jaime Burt (flute), Laura Anderson-Brick (accordion), Suszanne Neimanis-Klug (fiddle) and Mike Anderson (banjo).


Tickets are available now at The Brockville Arts Centre box office or online at www.brockvilleartscentre.com for $22.50 (+HST). The show starts at 8:00 p.m. and the party will continue with an "After Show Celebration” down stairs at "The Mill". Come meet the members of the band and participate in the fun…some say there will be green beer at the bar!

Jpeg attached: A.J. Benoit & The Blarney Show Band (photo credit: Mark Oliver)
 

For more information, please contact:

Maggie Wheeler Communications Officer BROCKVILLE GENERAL HOSPITAL 613-345-5649 Ext. 1-1504

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