Benjamin Werbski, a sales rep at Sutton Group – West Coast Realty in Duncan, B.C. recently brought five-time Juno award winner Liona Boyd to perform concerts in Courtenay, Victoria, Salt Spring Island, Chemainus and Sidney. Since developing a neurological and muscular disorder that occasionally afflicts guitarists and pianists, Boyd has rarely toured since 2003.  Werbski, a long-time friend of Boyd’s, says, “We have talked about doing a tour for a number of years but since she was diagnosed with Task Specific Focal Dystonia in 2003, it was difficult to do.”

A portion of the proceeds from the tour were donated to the Thomas P. Jasinski Scholarship fund for business students. Thomas died in a car accident in 2009 and was Werbski’s great-nephew.