6th Annual Celebrity Sports Dinner and Auction FRIDAY!
Lethbridge, AB – A handful of tickets are still available for the Lethbridge Hurricanes 6th Annual Sports Dinner and Auction! This year’s event will feature the comedic talents of actor and comedian Gerry Dee! Born in Scarborough, Ontario Dee grew up in Toronto and spent 10 years as a high school phys-ed teacher before making the switch to full time comedy in 2003.
Some of his career highlights include:
– 1999 – Won of Toronto’s Funniest New Comic competition
– 2002 – Became the first Canadian in 27 years to win the prestigious San Francisco International Comedy Competition.
– 2004 – Attended a variety of comedy festivals including The Montreal Just For Laughs Festival where he made his CBC Gala appearance in July 2004 and again in 2007. He recently performed in Scotland and South Africa.
– In 2004, 2006 and 2007 he was nominated for a Canadian Comedy Award for Best Male Comic in Canada .
– Gerry recently won Best Comic in Canada at the 2008 Canadian Comedy Awards. You can also watch Gerry weekly on “The Score”
This event is scheduled for 6 PM Friday, November 26th, 2010 at the Coast Lethbridge Hotel (526 Mayor Magrath Drive South). The silent auction will be running throughout the evening and a live auction will conclude the evening and includes several rare and unique sports memorabilia items. Some of the items up for auction include:
– An Autographed Sidney Crosby Pittsburgh Penguins Jersey
– An Autographed Kris Versteeg Chicago Blackhawks Jersey
– An Autographed Zach Boychuk Carolina Hurricanes Jersey
– An Autographed Devin Setoguchi San Jose Sharks Jersey
– An Autographed Bobby Orr Print
– Vacation packages to New York and Napa Valley
– A Golf Vacation Package to Ireland
– A Concert package including tickets to Carrie Underwood and Kenny Chesney
This event has sold out every year since its inception and has raised over $220,000 for community organizations and charities benefiting the community of Lethbridge and the surrounding area.
The Hurricanes encourage everyone to purchase your tickets in the Hurricanes office – (403) 328-1986 or from a Hurricanes Board Member [email protected] as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
For more information on Gerry Dee be sure to check out his website at: www.gerrydee.com