MVINEWS.COM
April 2016
MetroVan Independent News
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ENTERTAINMENT
Luisa Marshall’s HOPE BEYOND THUNDERDOME A CANADIAN VETERAN PTSD AWARENESS TOUR 2016
Vancouver Island
Luisa Marshall's Canada-wide tour
kicked off first week of March in Nanaimo,
Campbell River and Cour tenay on
Vancouver Island. Luisa would like to raise
awareness and in her own little way, in part,
raise funds at the same time for Veteran
PTSD, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
issues. Luisa has committed $5 of each
ticket go directly to the Veterans Transition
Network by default or the choice of each
Legion branch if it has its own PTSD
program. Money raised is left at each
Legion.
Tina Turner fans and Canadian Veteran
supporters witnessed a most spectacular
tribute show they could ever imagined
with Luisa, the band and dancers on
stage. Standing ovations and rave reviews
in the Sid Williams Theatre (Courtenay),
Tidemark Theatre (Campbell River) & the
Port Theatre in Nanaimo which made the
first weekend of the tour highly successful.
The final show on Vancouver Island
at the Port Theatre in Nanaimo was
memorable when 3 C anadian Military
Veterans came up on stage wearing their
uniforms and medals during the theme
song of Hope Beyond Thunderdome 2016,
PTSD Awareness Tour, “We Don’t Need
Another Hero”. The audience gave them a
standing ovation.
TOTAL AMOUNT RAISED $3,686.00 on
the 3 dates on Vancouver Island.
British Columbia
Af ter the successful shows on
Vancouver Island, Luisa got a welldeserved break from traveling before the
Veterans join Luisa on Port Theatre, Nanaimo, stage during “We Don’t Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)”.
long 8 hour drive from Vancouver to Trail,
BC. This time it was just Luisa’s solo show
to hit the Legion venues for most of the
remaining tour.
The first two towns of Trail and
Sparwood were sold out! Great crowds
and standing ovations.
Alberta
After her first two towns in BC, Luisa
was off to Alberta. Luisa was thrilled to find
out that the next three shows in Alberta
were also sold out, with a show in Banff,
Strathmore and Cochrane.
Recording breaking crowds with people
asking for more, no doubt Luisa Marshall's
Hope Beyond Thunderdome is off to a
great start!
As of early April and only at the
beginning of her tour, Luisa has raised a
total of $6,600 for PTSD awarness.
First stop of the Hope Beyond Thunderdome PTSD Awareness Tour, Courtenay, BC's Sid Williams Theatre.
Luisa Marshall as Tina on stage with her band.
Luisa's tour bus and home for 4 months as she tours across Canada.
SOLD OUT. Shown is Luisa’s Proud Mary with the Tina Turner fans of Strathmore.