On Thursday, October 16th, 2014, the illustrious Four Seasons Centre was illuminated for the annual Operanation gala. It’s the signature fundraiser of the Canadian Opera Company, this time with the theme of “Light Up the Night”.
As we mentioned last month, Operanation is one of Toronto’s must-attend events of the year. I was part of the judging process where cocktails were sampled by featured mixologist Dave Mitton of The Harbord Room.
The 19th annual Gallery Hop Gala Dinner and Auction began in splendid fashion with cocktails and hors d’oeuvres with great works of Canadian art on display and up for auction.
Last Saturday night, Sept 27th the Allstream Centre at Exhibition Place was the venue for “Laughter is the Best Medicine”, a charity gala for the Toronto East General Hospital. Filling the shoes of Jerry Seinfeld back in 2012, the headliner this time was the one-and-only Chris Rock to an audience of 1,400 guests. And apparently it was all-new material. How funny was Chris Rock?
On September 16th, 2014, it was another sold-out evening filled to the brim with 600 people for the Save a Child’s Heart annual “UnGala” fundraising event.
On September 19th and 20th, it was all about celebrities, supercars and big, bright smiles rallying for kids with cancer at the 7th annual Rally for Kids with Cancer Scavenger Cup series in events which stopped over in Toronto for 2 days.