December
* Fund-raising concert for The James Robinson Johnston Chair in Black Canadian Studies (Dalhousie University, Halifax, N.S.), Montreal
April
* Fund-raising show, sponsored by Hitachi, at Quebec City’s Capitol Theatre with Gilbert Bécaud and Julie Masse, for various needy causes including Opération Enfant Soleil. Québec, Qc
* Performance for Jean Lapointe Telethon to raise funds to fight alcoholism, Montreal
February
* Opened Cerebral Palsy Telethon, Quebec’s largest telethon with over two million viewers