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www.oakvillebeaver.com The Oakville Beaver, Wednesday June 6, 2007 - 3 Every candle had a story Among the participants was the trio of Happy Feet grew as the luminaries shone, glimmered and lit the teams led by Laura, Amy and Jennifer McGuire, young women who lost their grandmother to cancer just last relay participants' way through the night. Some of the luminary bags were left unsigned. month and determined to do everything they could in Some were dedicated in someone's memory. Others her honor to fight cancer. As their team expanded, it grew into three teams. bore messages. Not long after 8 p.m., judging for team awards "Dance as though no one is watching you. began and continued with judges taking a look at Love as though you have never been hurt before. what Relay 2007 had to offer before the Luminary Sing as though no one can hear you. Live as though Heaven is on Earth," read one Ceremony took place near Appleby's Chapel. It was The Shaynanigans team who picked up the signed Souza. The sun set warmly on Friday's Relay for Life as the Best Tent Site Award in what's become known as Tent threat of rain dissipated and the temperature was City -- for the second time in a row. The team is named in honour of 11-year-old muggy, leading participants to stock up on water, but making for a pleasant night under the stars beside Shayna McDonald, a two-time leukemia survivor, who was awarded the Canadian Cancer Society Oakville Lake Ontario. Unit/Ontario Division Youth Under the slogan, Cancer Volunteer Award Friday. never sleeps, relay particiLast year, McDonald's dad pants passed the night with Ian assembled a working volfriends and taking in what cano for the tent site while this Relay had to offer. year it was a lit rainbow over a A Survivors' Reception giant mushroom and a pot of and entertainment on the gold that consumed Ian for Main Stage began at 5 p.m. several weeks in preparation with The Superficials, The for the event. Justin Time Band and a Shayna's mom Sandy said Lulelemon Yoga Warm Up. the event, particularly the Also open for the evening Survivors' Victory Lap, is a was a new Relay healing one for her daughter, Marketplace/Midway, a silent and their family, who besides auction, Relay Retail and food their own team, had company services provided by Longo's. in Tent City where a team Wood, from the Elvis Lives from Shayna's school, Ecole team, made 100 necklaces in Pine Grove, led by principal her pottery class that read Chris Alexiou, also set up "HOPE," a word weighted camp. with meaning at Relay. Elvis Once the luminaries were Lives team member Tamara DEREK WOOLLAM / SPECIAL TO THE BEAVER glowing in the dark, the focus Arnone's daughter, Terra Arnone, took time out to staff VICTORY IS SWEET: Don Sitas and his turned back to the relay daughter Sabrina walked the Survivors' Victory Lap. though a handful of top their Marketplace booth. fundraising teams were invitYet another table was selling Burden Bears, teddy bears bearing a poem that ed to a private patio party for Late Night Chillin' with was found amongst the personal effects of the late Sid The Wave 94.7 FM. At 12:30 a.m. Relay went Hollywood as a Wilson's mom. Wilson, who passed away with cancer three years ago, had operated Sid's Trophies in Hollywood theme lap took place and prizes were handed out for best-dressed on the Relay red Oakville for 30 years. "There isn't a kid in Oakville who has won a trophy carpet. The Elvis Lives team won best group costume in that probably didn't get it through Sid's Trophies. If you came through the door, you became one of Sid's the Hollywood lap, Eric Singer from the TD Canada kids," said Sid's daughter Lisa Ferriss operating the Trust-Oakville Main Branch team, who dressed up as a Greek god won best male costume, and two-year-old table for the Sid's Kid's team. Other Marketplace vendors included Ad Lib, Madison Tait from the team Billy's Mad Hatters who buskers Erik Campbell and Raquel Loglisci, cards by dressed up as Sully from Monsters Inc. won best Liz's Bosom Buddies, Golf Swing analysis by Nick female costume. By 1 a.m. the Relay began to get quiet going into Starchuk, Henna for Hope, the Pinegrove Public School jugglers, PlayStation, Sheridan College face the wee hours of the morning as the Main Stage closed after seeing performances by the Alex Fournier painters, Sneezy the Clown and Xbox. The Halton Regional Police Pipe Band led the Jazz Band, Space is For Stars, The Last Minute Band and Late Night Chillin' with the Wave featuring the Victory Lap playing The Maple Leaf Forever. Stretching right across the track, linked arm in Clayton/Scott Group. The Chapel, too, saw its share of music where perarm and following the band were The Blues Sisters. Another team was For the Love of Eric, whose formances included those by Corrine and Bernie member Mackenzie Lowe, a Grade 7 student at St. Lynch, Stephanie Domingues and Susan Mander Joseph School raised nearly $1,000 Friday morning as Powell, the Appleby Chamber Choir, Oakville he had his head shaved at school before taking part in Chamber Orchestra, and Dusty Bohan and friends, Friday's Relay in honour of his 17-year-old cousin, before closing its doors for the night. Just as the sun began to rise a wake up call was Eric Shaw, who died of cancer in January. Team Alex was running in honour of 10-year-old heard through Tent City and closing ceremonies took Alex Pace, a Grade 4 St. Dominic School student just place just before 7 a.m., when relay participants stopped walking, started packing up and headed home diagnosed with bone cancer in late March. Making the round of the Survivors' Victory Lap, to get some sleep -- and know they had fought the clad in his sandals, shorts, baseball cap and lab coat good fight. To date the event has raised $485,000, but the total was Dr. Dan Dumont, a cancer researcher at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and Oakville res- continues to climb as team captains and participants continue to bring in pledge money. An official final ident who is a two-time cancer survivor. By 8 p.m. the survivors had circled the track, some should be tallied in three weeks. Pledges can still be made online at crossing the finish line with tears rolling down their face, others giving a victory cheer, and all the relay www.cancer.ca/relay right up to the end of June and teams hit the track with survivors and Canada's the Oakville Unit will announce its top 10 fundraising teams by mid-month. Singing Cowboy Bernie German on the Main Stage. Continued from page 2 $ RED ROSES ELEGANT LONG STEM 20 00 /dozen 905-829-9400 www.flowerworks.ca for delivery in Oakville More Relay for Life coverage on pages 11 and 14