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ARTS&LIFE❚ ❚ ❚ PAGE A16 | THE GAZETTE | MONTREAL | SUNDAY, MAY 2, 2010 | EDITOR: MICHAEL SHENKER 514 987 2560 | [email protected]
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SOCIALNOTES
JENNIFER CAMPBELL
On May 27, Carrie Bradshaw heads toAbu Dhabi in the movie sequel, Sex andthe City 2. Well today, your own “JennyBradshaw” one-ups her celluloid idolwith a romp to an exotic dreamscape thatCarrie, Miranda, Samantha and Charlottecan only fantasize about; theDaffodil Ball,1001ArabianNights, benefitting the Cana-dianCancerSociety.Top sponsors included BombardierAerospace, CAE, McCall MacBain Foun-dation, Pfizer Oncology, RBC, SamsonBélair/Deloitte & Touche, Sanofi-AventisandYellowPagesGroup.TheAli-alluringBaba-beautiful 17th edi-tion, chaired with old world charm (andnewworld blaze) by corporate kings,GuyHachey, president/CEO of BombardierAerospace, (attending with wife Chris-tiane); Marc Tellier, president/CEO of Yellow Pages, (with wifeMylèneDowns); and Bruce Richmond, deputychief executive (retired) of Deloitte (withwife Sylvia), was a feast for the senses. Sopack your bags, Noties; this is gonna begood…A Golden Voyage: Themagic carpet rideto Windsor Station (so vibrantly saturat-ed in this year’s theme) bore the wildlyimaginative markings of the masters atDecor & More and Yves Chénier florists.Both enterprises worked closely withaward-winning Daffodil enchantressAli-son Silcoff (Scheherazade-chic in vin-tage Thea Porter) to conjure an ambiencethat perfectly evoked the mystique of theOrient. Of note, an authentic welcomesouk repletewith snake charmer and realmini donkey; elaborate cocktail tentsawash in Persian rugs, Moroccan poufs,fortune-tellers, henna artists; and 21 an-tique ironMoroccan lanterns that castAl-addin’s seductive glow over the tangerine,fuchsia and gold-domed magnificencethat was this year’s Daffodil dining expe-rience.Sultans and sultanas of style abounded;Meet some standouts: Spunky newMon-trealer Juliet Angus (attending with hubGregor (“Jude Law”) Angus, executiveVP of Cossette) is already a trend-setter ina Dior sizzler seemingly sewn on to hersleeknessbyGallianohimself.Claudia Cytrynbaum (with hub
Brian, co-owner of Majestic Mills) thegoddess standard in a nude Theia gownthat spoke volumes to spring’s pale aes-thetic.“Sheikh for the Night” Benoît Brière(with wife Jennifer Roman-Brière) cos-tumed toperfection!
THE 1945 EFFECT Guests flock to the floor as generous sponsor Paul Chacra and his1945 orchestra create magic.
WALK LIKE AN EGYPTIAN Talented dancetroupe Artmistice shakes things up.
APPETIZER HEAVEN Nathalie Schwartz (centre) introduces hus-band Charles Décarie to some of the evening’s epicurean delights.
ONE ARABIAN NIGHTALADDIN’S LAMP CASTS $1.5-MILLION GLOW OVER DAFFODIL BALL’S CANCER FUNDRAISER
Please see SOCIAL NOTES, Page A18
PLEASE DON’T TRY THIS AT HOME Snake charming was one ofthe many surprises awaiting guests at this year’s Daffodil Ball.
PHOTOS BY VVIINNCCEENNZZOO DD’’AALLTTOO THE GAZETTE
INITIATING THE BOOGIE Bruce R. Richmond (left), and Guy C. Hachey, co-chairpersons of the Daffodil Ball, kick off the dancing with members of Artmistice.
ALADDIN AND MAIDENS Dancers animate cock-tails at the 2010 Daffodil Ball in Windsor Station.
BERNARD PERUSSE
THE GAZETTE
The relief was obvious on MarkKnopfler’s face Friday night as heandhis bandput thefinishing touch-es on the Dire Straits favourite SoFar Away, the penultimate song ofhis two-hour concert at Salle Wil-frid-Pelletier of Place des Arts. Twohours in occasionally visible dis-comfort couldn’t havebeeneasy.Seated in a kitchen-type swivel seatthroughout the show, Knopflerquippedearlythathewouldnotbedo-ing his “usual twirls andhigh kicks,”becausehehad“pinchedsomething.”But the focus of the night, as always,was his highly distinctive voice onthe guitar – and there was certainlynothingwrongwithhisfingers.Not a
single opportunity for a stinging vi-brato or a plaintive wail from his in-strumentwasmissed. And his extra-ordinary seven-piece band (he refersto them,with justification,as“mastermusicians”) kept the level of musicalinterplay so high that the perfor-mancefeltundiminished.The sound at the always-riskySalleWilfrid-Pelletier, while not per-fect, was considerably better than ithad been when Knopfler played thesame venue almost five years ago.The muddiness of the room in 2005turned the show into sonic sludge.Friday night, even thoughKnopfler’s delicate voice was some-times easily lost in the mix, the bal-ance was, at least, adequate. Andsince his music is largely defined bypeaks-and-valleys dynamics and
subtle shading, it was important fortheband tohaveafightingchance.Opening with Border Reiver,Knopfler immediately let his bandshine: MikeMcGoldrick’s flute, TimO’Brien’s violinand theaccordionofMatt Rollings worked in tandem,bouncing off Knopfler’s casual fillsand laying down the foundation formuch of the musical approach thatwould define the evening.What It Is,Done With Bonaparte and GetLuckyalsobasked inCeltic glory.But Knopfler’s country blues byway of Hank B. Marvin is what in-evitablykeeps thecrowdexcited.Andit’s heartening to know that peoplecan still get pumped up by such anunlikely-looking rock star doing littlebut picking a guitar and lettingwon-derfulnotessailout intothehall.
The songs, a mix of Dire Straitsand solo tracks, alternated betweenperfect, predictable and perverse. Ig-noring his masterpiece Kill To GetCrimson entirely, Knopfler playedfour songs from the comparativelyweak Sailing To Philadelphia.That’s one trackmore than the threehe selected from Get Lucky – the al-bum he is on tour to promote. Andwith such a rich catalogue, he couldstand to give a rest to some over-played Dire Straits numbers, espe-cially the endurance-testing Tele-graph Road, which is a fine record,but shouldn’t take up 15 minutes ofvaluable live real estate.One of the night’s finest momentswas left for last. Piper To the End, amoving ballad of undying friendship,ended thenight onanemotionalnote.
Asits lastnotessettledintheheartsofthe audience, Knopfler limped off thestagewithhisband,brothersinarms.
Knopfler delivers high-kicking performance in a pinchCONCERT REVIEW
MARKKNOPFLERPHOTOGALLERY
View a gallery of photos byJohn Kenney from Fridaynight’s show at Place des Artsatmontrealgazette.com/photos
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Queen of Chicba Julie Delaney (with love, ScottSatov, CFO of MedConnex) in a flowy princess offeringpickeduponarecent jaunt toSouthBeach.Treasures Sinbad would readily sail for: The rafflerocked everyone to the edges of their elaborately paddedseats as theywaited with bated breath to win one of the10 super-elite packages. Topping the wish list: a beachvilla on Parrot Cay in the Turks and Caicos; a weekaboard luxuryoceanresidenceTheWorld; anda real-lifeArabian Nights adventure. Think 11 unforgettablenights at Dubai and Abu Dhabi’s poshest Fairmont andMonarch hotels, with business-class magic carpets gen-erously supplied by Swiss International Air Lines. Asfor the 580 remaining guests who came up prizeless?Chanel took pampery care of the lady loot while LouGoldbergJewellerswasall over themanswag.Movers and sheikhers reigned supreme: Canada’spower-brokers were so plentiful at Daff 2010, you’ve gotto digest the following and log on to the Web gallery(montrealgazette.com/photos) to garner just a repre-sentative sample!:On the celeb front, les grandes vedettes counted
amongst their shiny ranksSophieDurocher,accompa-nied byRichard Martineau; journalist/author extra-ordinaireMireille Silcoff and über producer hub,Zone 3’sMichaelKronish; legendarybroadcasterDen-nis Trudeau with wife Suzanne Jobin; talented mar-riedsCharles Lafortune andSophie Prégent;ClaudeMeunierwithMarie-Claude Goodwin; and residentradio queen Dominique Bertrand, caught stylingalongside hub Jacques Maurice. On the political beat,the biggest names to drop were FinanceMinisterRay-mond Bachandwith wifeMicheline Brazeau; andMinister forSocial ServicesLiseThériault.Re: the CEO/president cup, it explodeth over (therewere seemingly more of them than the 30,000 daffodilsincorporated into the decor!) Network nirvana boasted,among others:Alain Lemaire, president/CEO of Cas-cades; Claire Chaillez with hub, Pierre Duhaime,president/CEO of SNC-Lavalin; Transcontinental’stoppest François Olivier and wife Isabelle Marcoux(in crimson Valentino); AXA president/CEO Jean-François Blaiswith elegant Pascale Bédard;ClaudeMongeau, president/CEOof CNandGuylaine Leduc;Couche-Tard chief Alain Bouchard on party patrolwith wife Sandra Chartrand; Rupert (Dashing)Duchesne, president/CEO of Aeroplan; Jean-PierreSauriol, president/CEO of Dessau, accompanied bywife Anne-Marie Lenghan Sauriol; and ultimatepowergirlAllison Dent, CEOof GlobalM&AwithPas-cal deGuise.Spicedwith love:ForyournextMiddleEastern foodfix,travel no further than the Fairmont Queen Elizabeth.Executive chef Alain Pignard’s talented team (spear-headed by a terrifically turbanedArmando Arruda)had this epicurean genre down. A trio of exquisitelypresented Lebanese salads began the meal, followed bytraditional Moroccan pastilla and a tri-sampling oflamb: carré, kebab and merguez. All courses were ex-pertlymatchedwithwinesdonatedby theSAQ.And the shawarma in pita distributed to parting
guests?The sexiest send-off.So there you have it, Noties, the best ball to date,
which, drum roll please, raised a whopping $1.5 millionfor the Canadian Cancer Society. The only thing miss-ing?Acamel in lieuof a cab…
MAGICALNIGHTWASNOMIRAGE
CAE IS A-OK Marc Parent,president/CEO of CAE, andwife Sylvie Lecours.
COMING IN FOR A CUDDLE!Norman Hébert Jr., SAQ chair-person, gives wife Diane Dun-lop a squeeze.
THE PRINTMASTERS Alan Allnutt(left), publisher and editor-in-chief ofthe Gazette, with Phillip Crawley,publisher/ CEO of the Globe and Mail.
SITTING PRETTY Actress Patricia Paquin (inBCBG) with boyfriend, Louis-François Mar-cotte, TV chef and owner of Le Local.
SO GLAD THEY MOVED New Mon-trealers Gregor Angus and wife Julietmake their Daffodil debut!
I DREAM OF… LYNDA! Jean Raymond (left),and Benoit Lauzé, both CIBC executives, flankLynda Hudon-Lauzé.
FOUR IS MORE Julie Snyder (left), lovePierre Karl Péladeau, Karine Vanasse andMaxime Rémillard.
WELCOME TO FASHIONLAND Pota Kana-varos (left), Susan Rappaport, ConstantinaKnaup, Pota Nanji, Mary Tassone and NikiNikolakakis share the spotlight.
MWAAA! Marc Leroux and wife,Monique F. Leroux, president/CEO ofMouvement Desjardins.
THE POWER OF 3 Paul Desmarais Jr. (left), chairman/co-CEO of Power Corp.; his wife Hélène Desmarais, presi-dent/CEO of Centre d’Entreprises et d’Innovation de Mon-tréal; and Norm Steinberg, chairperson of Ogilvy Renault.
UP CLOSE AND FABULOUSCharles Sirois, chairperson ofCIBC, and wife Susan McPeak-Sirois (in Escada).
LOVE IN THE AIR Nathalie LeProhon and hub StéphaneBoisvert heeded call to dance.
AT THE HELM Co-chairperson Guy Hachey (left); emceePénélope McQuade; co-chairpersons Bruce Richmond andMarc Tellier, and Canadian Cancer Society officials SuzanneDubois and Pierre-Alain Rodrigue.
COMMITTEE CHIC Shirley Quantz (front), with JeannieSaunders (from left in back row), Belle Grivakis, Alison Sil-coff, Fanny Charron-Bissett, Claudia Cytrynbaum, Chris-tiane Hachey, Pota Nanji and Hasan Al-Shawa.
PHOTOS BYVVIINNCCEENNZZOO DD’’AALLTTOO
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SCENES FROMTHEDAFFODIL BALLFormore great photos byVincenzoD’Alto from theCanadianCancer Society fundraiser atWindsor Station,go tomontrealgazette.com/photos.
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