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SHOWCASE OF STARS is hosted by myself Dianne Dennis and Tyrone Martin every Monday night at the PRESSBOX LOUNGE located at the corner of Renfrew and Hastings in beautiful Vancouver BC. New Singers and Comedians welcome. Please call Dianne Dennis at 604-988-7885.

PATSY CLINE, (Virginia Patterson Hensley), was born in the Shenandoah Valley in Winchester, Virginia, on September 8, 1932. The family home was in nearby Gore. Legend has it that she was entertaining her neighbors as early as age 3! Her natural talent and spirit took her to the top of the country charts in 1962, and her style and popularity has never waned. Patsy's big break came when she won an Arthur Godfrey Talent program in 1957 with the hit Walkin' After Midnight. From there she pursued a recording career appearing at the mecca of country music - the Grand Ole Opry in 1958, and received national awards in 1961 and 1962. Country music lost a magical entertainer when her career was ended in an airplane crash in Tennessee, in 1963. In 1973 Patsy was elected posthumously to the Country Music Hall of Fame, and her reputation is on record as one of the major female vocalists of all time. A bell tower has been erected in her memory at the Shenandoah Memorial Park, where Patsy Cline is interred. Several Highways, including the Patsy Cline Memorial Highway, Route 522, and Patsy Cline Boulevard in Winchester, have been named to commemorate her life. Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation In 2000, a 4 year old cancer patient named Alexandra Scott opened a lemonade stand in her front yard with the goal of raising money to find a cure for all kids with cancer. As word of Alex’s fundraising spread, donations poured in from around the world. Alex passed away in August of 2004, at the age of 8 but her legacy lives on through Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation for Childhood Cancer. This little 8 year old girl who died of Cancer is my reason for setting up a fundraising page for her Lemonade Stand. She moved me like no one else on earth! I am currently working on a fundraising event for her cause (Childhood cancer Research). Singers are welcome to join me. All my share of the proceeds will go to Alex's Lemonade Stand!
Dianne Dennis Tyrone Martin