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Spending an afternoon with a celebrity on a golf course creates memorable experiences for your customers or employees.  These are some of the many ways Jackson Events can set up your celebrity golf tournament:

• A different celebrity can accompany each individual group, creating an impressive roster of celebrities to help market your tournament.
• One or more celebrities can stay on a hole as groups pass through, allowing each golfer a memorable one-on-one opportunity.
• One or more celebrities can rotate between all of your guests’ groups. A group photo taken with the celebrity is a great giveaway for your guests.
• One or more celebrities can play the whole day with select groups who you may consider to be key clients or VIP’s.

Celebrity appearances add an exciting element to any after-golf event, such as a cocktail reception, dinner and/or fundraising auction.  Jackson Events will help you choose the perfect celebrity to entertain your audience.

• A celebrity can formally address your group in a comedic or motivational format, or can simply tell some stories, sign autographs and have their photos taken while mingling with your guests.
• A celebrity Master of Ceremonies is a great way to keep your guests entertained, and keeps your event on schedule.
• Popular Emcees include Jim Ralph, Dennis Hull, Ron MacLean, Joe Bowen, Brad Park, and Gord Stellick.
• A Celebrity Auctioneer, such as Marcel Dionne can assist with fundraising in an entertaining and lively fashion.

Please call us to discuss your unique requirements for your golf tournament.

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Gerry Cheevers’ iconic stitch-pattern goaltender mask came after a puck hit him in the face during practice. Cheevers, never one to miss an opportunity to skip out of practice, went to the dressing room. Bruins coach Harry Sinden followed him to the dressing room, where he found Cheevers enjoying a beer and smoking a cigarette. Sinden told Cheevers, who wasn’t injured, to get back on the ice. In jest, John Forestall, the team trainer, painted a stitch mark on his mask. Ever after, any time he was similarly struck, he would have a new stitch-mark painted on. The mask became one of the most recognized of the era, and the original mask is now on the wall of his grandson’s bedroom.

Cheevers was not afraid to stray from the crease both to cut down the shooter’s angle and to act as a “third defenseman”. He was very aggressive with opposing players who strayed into or near the crease. Many an opposing player who got too close to the goal crease got a quick smack from Cheevers’ goal stick. Not a “stand-up” goalie, Cheevers could often be found on his knees or even his side. He perfected this “flopping” style while playing for Rochester during the 1962–63 season. Americans’ coach Rudy Migay had Cheevers practice without his stick, thus requiring him to rely more on using his body and his pads. From that point on Cheevers became one of hockey’s best goalkeepers.

In 2008, The Hockey News rated his mask the greatest ever with a wide margin. Cheevers received 221 of possible 300 points, while second-placed Gilles Gratton got 66.