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Maestro Bramwell Tovey (left) and chair Glyn Townson feted heroes in the HIV/AIDS movement as the AccolAIDS Gala raised $105,000 for BCPWA.
Alumnae Eloise Lloyd (left) and executive director Deborah Twocock welcomed guests to the Dress for Success signature soiree at Birks.
Fred Argentine dancers Analia Morales and Gabriel Ponce helped raise $320,000 for the Vancouver Playhouse at the Wine Fest’s Bacchanalia gala.
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Keg Restaurant mogul David Aisenstat and Kathleen Bartels hosted a Venetian-inspired masked ball in support of the Vancouver Art Gallery.
Wine, women and song: There was plenty of sipping, spitting and, yes, even a bit of stumbling at the Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival. One of the biggest and oldest wine festivals in the world, the annual piss-up of 62 wine events drew oenophiles from all over the map for the weeklong series of seminars, tastings and winemaker dinners. The wine flowed and the bids rose at the Bacchanalia Gala, the marquee event of the festival. Chair Vicki Prince Wright, who bounced back hours after her loser boyfriend of less than a year dumped her by text, rallied gala-goers to cough up $320,000 for Max Reimer’s Vancouver Playhouse Theatre Company. Designing women: Women Dress for Success Vancouver hosted Impact, their signature soiree at Birks downtown. Gala chair Emma Cooper, DFS executive director Deborah Twocock and broadcaster Christy Clarke welcomed supporters to the ménage a trios (times a hundred) shindig honouring women who have benefitted from its career, dressing and counselling services. Figaro!: Vancouver sopranos Barbara Towell and Melanie Krueger broke out in Italian song at Masquerade, a Venetianinspired masked ball held at the Vancouver Art Gallery. The $225-a-ticket fundraiser supported exhibitions and programming at the VAG. Hear Fred Monday morning on CBC Radio One’s The Early Edition AM690 and 88.1FM; email Fred at yvrflee@hotmail. com; follow Fred on Twitter: @FredAboutTown.
Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival executive director Harry Hertscheg welcomed riesling wine queen Sonja Christ to the tipple fest.
Jan Petrykowski modelled Carlie Wong’s latest line of fab clothing for men and women at the OPUS Hotel.
Venture capitalist Jamie King and his wife Christie donned masks for Masquerade, the VAG’s major fundraiser.
Market, by Jean-Georges’ Richard Luxton (left) and executive chef Wayne Harris, received 500 reservations on the first day of Dine Out.