{"id":291,"date":"2013-08-13T15:38:27","date_gmt":"2013-08-13T19:38:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fondationveronicdicaire.com\/?page_id=291"},"modified":"2013-09-18T12:07:16","modified_gmt":"2013-09-18T16:07:16","slug":"2012-open","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fondationveronicdicaire.com\/en\/veronic-dicaire-open\/2012-open\/","title":{"rendered":"2012 Open"},"content":{"rendered":"

A surprise visit<\/strong><\/p>\n

Have you seen the two V\u00e9ronic DiCaire Open<\/strong> buses on the road?<\/p>\n

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The 2012 V\u00e9ronic DiCaire Open<\/strong> was held at the prestigious Club de golf Le Mirage, co-owned by Ren\u00e9 Ang\u00e9lil and C\u00e9line Dion, in Terrebonne. A total of 288 golfers, including many cultural and sports celebrities, played on Monday, July 16, and contributed more than $97,000 for the philanthropic initiatives of the Fondation V\u00e9ronic DiCaire and the Fondation de La Cit\u00e9 coll\u00e9giale. Of note, a third of the 300 players were women.<\/p>\n

Sports and cultural personalities were on hand all day, including Roch Voisine, Boom Desjardins, Patrice B\u00e9langer, Wilfred LeBouthillier, hockey stars Daniel Bri\u00e8re and Claude Giroux, from the Philadelphia Flyers, and Francis Wathier, from the Dallas Stars, as well as Olympic medallist Bruny Surin.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was envious of hockey players such as Daniel Bri\u00e8re, who hold their own golf tournament in order to give back to their communities. In fact, I was wondering if I should start playing hockey to have a tournament!\u201d<\/em> \u2014 V\u00e9ronic DiCaire<\/p>\n

But the big surprise of the day was the unexpected arrival (for the participants) of the great lady of Quebec song Ginette Reno. She and V\u00e9ronic sang a few songs for the enjoyment of the 350 persons attending the evening event.<\/p>\n

N.B.<\/strong>: Here are some pictures of Ginette and V\u00e9ronic.<\/p>\n

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Photo album<\/strong><\/p>\n

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View album<\/a><\/p>\n

Organizing committee<\/strong><\/p>\n