November
11, 2000
The
Royal Canadian Legion wants to help kids across Canada better
understand Remembrance Day through Tim Lawson's Lest We Forget.
Lawson,
a B.C. based singer-songwriter who grew up in London, has
released Lest We Forget on his Timberholme imprint. The Legion
has distributed posters from the CD to its 1,600 branches
nationwide leading up to today's Remembrance Day.
"We
need this kind of contemporary material, as it helps illustrate
the theme of remembrance," says Mick Steers, the Legion's
special projects manager. "The message of Lest We Forget
is the same one our members are working to convey."
Proceeds
from the sale of the Lawson release will be donated to the
Poppy Fund, a legion-managed trust that supports veterans
and their families.
On
Lest We Forget, Lawson's songs Winter Rose, Wartime Letters
and The Quiet Canadian are taken from his earlier recordings
and repeated in their original and new acoustic versions.
Wartime
Letters was inspired by three letters found in a family heirloom
once belonging to his father, the late Col. Tom Lawson. Written
between the middle of 1944 and early 1945, the "everyday
details" of the letters linked his father, the military
leader, and his mother, Miggsie Lawson, of London, in the
Second World War.
The
Legion was able to add Lawson's Wartime Letters to a CD of
its own, including other Remembrance Day-theme material from
Canadian artists who have donated them to the Legion's release.
"It's
so honest and genuine coming from him. He didn't have to do
this. He was very affected by the letters he found…it comes
from the heart. It's the kind of story a lot of Canadians
can relate to." Steers says.
The
Lawson songs keep company with renditions of the John McCrae
classic, In Flanders Fields, and a letter titled Remember.
It was originally published in newspapers across the country
to honour those who gave their lives in war.
The
CD release of Lest We Forget also features a multimedia presentation,
including accompanying music videos, lyrics, poems and stories.
More information about Lest We Forget is available on: www.timberholme.com
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