New Day Foundation's Celebrity Lip Sync Battle returns

All right. This is a fun event that you just might want to get in on this. Local celebrities hitting the stage to show off their best lip sync skills. The lip sync battle benefits the New Day Foundation, which helps families facing cancer. Here with more co-founder and president of the New Day Foundation, Gina Kells-Spain. And look at this guy. Look who just rolled in. Darren McCarty's here. I haven't been here in like two weeks. I know. This is your home away from home looking cool too i like this i like this look this look yeah it'll be a little different for tomorrow no red hair no uh this little tone down a little tone down you're ready for competition the hockey team hasn't deserved the regular right they don't get red hair darren until you do some stuff making a statement um let's first let's talk about new day foundation real quick because that's what this is all about it is this is what this is why we're here and Darren and I were talking in the back, you know, families when they're going through cancer need all the help that they can get. And we were just talking about Dan Miller and that whole story. I mean, what we're here to do is provide families with the financial stability that they need and the emotional support that they need. So we provide, you know, housing, utilities, transportation, things that they actually can afford when they're not living with cancer and they're able to work full time and do all those things. So that's where we step in. think you can relate a lot you know with what you've been going through is that and I realized this 30 years ago when the McCarty Cancer Foundation was formed yes the person with cancer and they need you know the diagnosis and the treatment and stuff but there's families and there's bills and there's everything else so why I love being involved in New Day Foundation is because they focus on those other things that are still so important in life and be able to give back. And also, too, you get in a room, right, where you're not alone. There's other people going through your same struggle. So I think in life, when we feel like we are separated and it's only us going through it, it's really hard to do. So, you know, shout out for what they do for people. You're absolutely right. I mean, the emotional, you know, the nuts and bolts of it is really important. Paying the bills is important and helping with all that. But the emotional connections. So significant. Okay. So this is a fun way to raise money for New Day. I know it's very popular. So we have some video here. Explain how this works and are people practicing? There's a dance routine. How's it go? Yeah. I mean, every performer gets to pick their song. They can bring in all the props and all of the background dancers and whatever they want and use whatever resources are available. I mean, we've had people pull in, you know, the Lions cheer team and and pistons dancers and another legit it is legit i mean it's a really fun night it's super entertaining and the whole point of this is we're going to have a lot of fun for something that's really serious so it's a little bit of silliness to you know support what's serious by the way there's the website if you want to get tickets right foundation for families.org okay we still have great seats in the balcony available and we have an afterglow as well if you want to all right tomorrow night it is tomorrow night okay so tomorrow night darren mccarty and now have you done this before uh the best part for everybody is that it's a lip sync so you don't have to hear me sing so um no i haven't but uh i'm confident in what i'm gonna do i'm we know you're confident always i'm not gonna try to steal the show it's my first time here i'm honored to be the first red wing or first hockey player to be invited to do this well you You still have to represent, though. Oh, I will represent. Don't you worry. Are you allowed to? I don't know how much is supposed to be a surprise. Can you tell us what song that you're lip syncing to? Well, I will give you a clue. One of my favorite bands is Motorhead, so it'll be a Motorhead tribute. Okay, a Motorhead tribute. Darren McCarty style. He's going to rock a little bit. We have a lot of dance numbers, and we have some people who really like their choreography, like Jackie Page from WWJ. Yeah. Joanne Purton's coming back this year. she's you know but this is going to be a lightning bolt moment i can't wait okay we got to get a camera there okay tickets still available few tickets still available raising money really good cause the new day foundation guys it sounds so fun thank you for coming in thank you thanks for having us i'm afraid to say break a leg to a hockey player but well i'm not playing anymore okay so break away he's a wrestler now that's it