The Victoria Conservatory of Music’s Mother’s Day Musical Garden Tour is being held virtually this year (photo provided).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nMcGregor says the tour was started by very significant patrons of the Victoria Conservatory of Music, patrons who also happen to have a personal connection to the VCM.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was started by the daughter, and her husband, of Alix Goolden, who founded the conservatory back in 1964. So her daughter, Ann Nation, and her husband, George Nation, they started the tour 39 years ago to raise money for the Victoria Conservatory of Music, and it has since carried on every single year.\u201d<\/p>\n
McGregor says that the tour is a volunteer-driven event and that it\u2019s the single largest fundraising event for the VCM. And this year, there\u2019s even another connection to Goolden on the tour.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re really thrilled this year that Alix Goolden\u2019s grandson and his partner have their beautiful property on the tour this particular year,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n
For obvious reasons, the tour couldn\u2019t be held in person this year.<\/p>\n
\u201cBefore COVID, people that put their beautiful gardens on the garden tour, everyone in the public was allowed to go in to see those gardens in person, and then once COVID hit, obviously we weren\u2019t able to do that anymore, so we decided this year that we would do it virtually,\u201d says McGregor. \u201cSo, we\u2019ve gone and filmed and videotaped seven beautiful gardens in Victoria and are presenting them online on our Victoria Conservatory of Music website from April 25 to May 16.\u201d<\/p>\n
It\u2019s free to watch the videos that make up the tour\u2014which cost $35 for a weekend pass for when it was in person\u2014on the VCM site but McGregor says that they are asking for everyone who watches to make a donation. If they make a donation that is $35 or more, they get a special perk.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey are able to include a tribute to their mother or somebody very special in their lives that will be posted on our VCM website,\u201d she says, adding that every donation up to a total of $20,000 will be matched from a fund created by four donors.<\/p>\n
Camosun College offers courses through the VCM, a fact not lost on McGregor.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Conservatory of Music has been in partnership with Camosun since 1974, delivering our post-secondary program. We offer a two-year diploma program in music performance,\u201d she says. \u201cWe\u2019ve just so loved and appreciated and have just been so encouraged by the relationship that we\u2019ve had with Camosun and all of the brilliant students that have graduated from that program over the years.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mother\u2019s Day Musical Virtual Garden Tour
\nUntil Sunday, May 16
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