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Rush Governor General's Performing Arts Awards acceptance speech now online

Tue, Jul 17, 2012@11:58AM | comments

Rush with their GGPAAs - Paul Beaulieu, The Canadian Music SceneBack on May 4th the Governor General of Canada - David Johnston - presented the Governor General's Performing Arts Award (GGPAA) for Lifetime Artistic Achievement to Rush during a ceremony at Rideau Hall in Ottawa. Video footage of the band receiving the award along with their acceptance speech is now available online at the GGPAA.ca website (thanks Eric at Power Windows). You can watch the 3-minute video at this location - just click on watch speech on the left side of the page. For full coverage of the Governor General's Performing Arts Award ceremony and Gala, check out this post.

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