{"id":3241,"date":"2013-06-15T15:26:44","date_gmt":"2013-06-15T15:26:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skylight.gr\/administrator_wordpress\/index.php\/2013\/06\/15\/geddy-lee-signature-fender-jazz-bass-guitar-up-for-auction-to-benefit-camp-oki-canadas-first-a-only-summer-camp-for-children-with-congenital-heart-disease\/"},"modified":"2013-06-15T15:26:44","modified_gmt":"2013-06-15T15:26:44","slug":"geddy-lee-signature-fender-jazz-bass-guitar-up-for-auction-to-benefit-camp-oki-canadas-first-a-only-summer-camp-for-children-with-congenital-heart-disease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2013\/06\/15\/geddy-lee-signature-fender-jazz-bass-guitar-up-for-auction-to-benefit-camp-oki-canadas-first-a-only-summer-camp-for-children-with-congenital-heart-disease\/","title":{"rendered":"Geddy Lee Signature Fender Jazz Bass Guitar Up for Auction to Benefit Camp Oki: Canada’s First & Only Summer Camp for Children with Congenital Heart Disease"},"content":{"rendered":"


RUSH fans are going to get a chance to own a piece of memorabilia from Geddy Lee; a one-of-a-kind, autographed Geddy Lee Signature Fender Jazz Bass Guitar<\/a>. Children\u2019s Charity Lonny’s Smile (www.lonnyssmile.org<\/a>) presents an evening of music and a Live Auction on Thursday, June 20, 2013, 8 p.m. EST, at the Horseshoe Tavern in downtown Toronto. <\/span><\/p>\n

Proceeds will benefit Camp Oki (www.campoki.ca<\/a>), a free weeklong camp for children from Quebec and Ontario who have heart defects and\/or require implanted pacemakers or defibrillators (ICDs).<\/p>\n

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RUSH\u2019s Geddy Lee has personally donated this Signature Fender Jazz Bass Guitar<\/a> (left) for the auction and will autograph it for the winning bidder with a personalized message of their choosing. The bass has been personally set-up to Geddy\u2019s live performance specifications by his bass tech, Skully, with a set of \u2018live RUSH performance-played\u2019 Rotosound<\/a> strings. The bass features a pearlized pickguard custom-engraved and hand-painted with the Oki logo by artist James Hogg, who has created the alchemy symbol pickguards on Geddy\u2019s Time Machine and Clockwork Angels tour instruments. <\/p>\n

There will be many other wonderful items up for auction contributed by legendary Canadian musicians including Blue Rodeo<\/a>, Great Big Sea<\/a>, Jann Arden<\/a>, Serena Ryder<\/a> and many more! Click here for a partial list of auction items and check back regularly for updates. www.lonnyssmile.org\/events\/20June2013\/auction.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

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The evening\u2019s entertainment will feature live music by Fish Head<\/a> with festivities emceed by Murray Foster of Great Big Sea<\/a> and formerly of Moxy Fr\u00fcvous<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Lonny’s Smile is a children’s initiative launched in 2010 to honor the memory of Lonny Brent Doerksen<\/a>. The commitment of Lonny’s Smile is to provide a sense of normalcy to children whose lives are challenged by medical conditions. Lonny’s Smile wants to empower these children so that they can experience the wonders of childhood such as a sense of play, friendship, laughter and adventure. <\/p>\n

You must attend this event to bid. You have to be in it to win it, so be there.<\/p>\n