Past Reviews: Festivals

GALA REVIEW

OH WHAT A MAGICAL MOONLIT NIGHT!

With the whose who in the art community along with celebrities, media personalities and dignitaries strolling to the main building, The McMichael Canadian Art Collection held its annual fundraising gala on the gallery’s spectacular grounds. The Moonlight Gala 2014 was headlined by JUNO Award-winning jazz vocalist, Sophie Milman, who treated guests to an intimate performance of songs from her aptly titled album, In the Moonlight. In keeping with the theme, it…

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GALA REVIEW

The Barbados Ball is the main fundraising event of Barbados Ball Canada Aid (BBCA). The Ball raises funds to provide scholarships for Barbadian youth through the recently launched Barbados Canada Foundation and to support healthcare programs in Barbados and Canada, including the SickKids-Caribbean Initiative. In addition, this year BBCA will support the Barbados Olympic Association for the 2015 Pan Am Games.

The Barbados Ball also recognizes outstanding Barbadians residing in Canada for professional acclaim and/or community service. This year’s…

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BRETT KISSEL, DEAN BRODY, JAMES EHNES, JOHNNY REID, SERENA RYDER, AND TEGAN AND SARA, AMONG BIG WINNERS

Winnipeg was a place for musical magic Saturday night as the Canadian music industry gathered to toast 35 JUNO Award winners at the 2014 JUNO Gala Dinner & Awards. This is the event where most of the winning hardware is handed out off-camera the night before the television broadcast.

Two of Sunday’s JUNO Awards Broadcast co-hosts took home early awards,…

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