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Local boys
rocks out with Vince Neil of Motely Crue
Melissa Hamelin, Editor
Wednesday April 25, 2007
Eight
year-old
Liam
Harapchuk
learned that
wishes do
come true
when he got
to meet his
idol Vince
Neil from
Motley Crue
last
December.
Liam has
been a fan
since he was
a
preschooler;
when most
kids his age
were
listening to
Barney or
the Mini
Pops, Liam
was rocking
out to his
favorite
song:
“Smokin’ in
the boys
room”.
Every
Halloween,
while other
kids choose
to dress up
as vampires
or ghouls,
Liam always
chose to
dress up
like s
different
Motley Crue
member.
His love for
the band was
so strong
that when
the band
visited
Edmonton
last
December his
mother
called a
rock radio
station to
try to
arrange for
Liam to meet
the band.
The radio
station was
unable to
help but
suggested
she contact
Motley
Crue’s
label.
Liam’s
mother wrote
a letter to
the label
and
explained
that Liam,
who suffered
from cancer
when he was
younger, had
been offered
to have a
wish granted
from the
Make-a-Wish
Foundation a
while back.
Although
meeting
Motley Crue
was his
first
choice, he
was talked
into going
to
Disneyland
instead as
the meeting
would
probably
only take 15
minutes but
the trip
would be a
week of fun.
Although
Liam had
decided to
go on the
trip he
still always
talked about
meeting
Vince Neil.
When Vince
Neil heard
Liam’s story
he decided
that he
needed to
“meet that
kid” and the
rest is
history!
Vince had a
daughter
that died of
cancer at
eight years
old and was
touched by
Liam’s story
of beating
cancer and
enjoying
great music
as he did
it!
The meeting
took place
in December
and the boys
had an
awesome time
talking
about music,
bands,
Liam’s
choice of
Halloween
costume and
they even
sang
together!
Liam was
also able to
meet with
Nikki Sixx.
One little
letter was
able to make
an eight
year old’s
dream come
true. You
can count on
Liam’s mom
getting a
great
Mother’s Day
present this
year!
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