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If you want to know what the hottest ticket in town is these days it’s the one that’ll get you into the chic charity gala that Nordstrom is hosting when the American upscale fashion chain opens at the Rideau Centre this March.
This is a party that’s sure to sell out, so don’t be that cautious shopper who hesitates for too long, unless you won’t want to be stuck on the outside looking in, with your nose pressed against the glass.
On Wednesday, Nordstrom hosted a reception with about 150 guests at Lago Bar and Grill to promote the March 4 gala taking place at the new Ottawa store, just two days prior to its much-anticipated public grand opening.
On November 19, Nordstrom hosted a reception with about 150 guests at Lago Bar and Grill promoting the March 4 charity gala to take place at the new Ottawa store. The gala will support the United Way Ottawa and the Ottawa Regional Cancer Foundation.
On hand were the CEOs of the two beneficiary charities, Michael Allen from United Way Ottawa and Linda Eagen from the Ottawa Regional Cancer Foundation. They were joined by Nordstrom Canada president Karen McKibbin and such special guests as U.S. Ambassador Bruce Heyman with his other half, Vicki Heyman.
Also spotted in the crowd were Liberal MP for Ottawa-Vanier, Mauril Bélanger, Mayor Jim Watson and Ottawa Senators player Chris Phillips with his fun and friendly wife, Erin.
The charity benefit, which aims to raise $160,000, will offer cocktails, dinner, desserts, live entertainment and shopping.
“The gala will mark the first opportunity for our customers, and hopefully all of you, to take a sneak peek inside our doors at our newly remodelled, two-level, 157,000-square-foot store,” said McKibbin, who promised the space will look “quite different” from its former days as a Sears department store.
Nordstrom’s new Ottawa store manager, John Banks, put out the challenge to everyone in the room to help sell-out the gala in less time than a similar gala Nordstrom hosted for its new store in Calgary in September. Its tickets disappeared within two weeks. “For those who don’t know me, I’m just a wee bit competitive,” Banks half-joked.
There are 1,600 gala tickets, priced at $100 a pop. Sales started late Wednesday afternoon and, by that evening, 350 had already been snatched up.
Well-known writer, broadcaster and entrepreneur Mark Sutcliffe, who’s co-chairing the United Way Ottawa 2014 Community Campaign, is heading up the gala’s organizing committee with another notable Ottawa resident, Mary Taggart. She is married into the prominent Taggart Parkes clan, which supports the cancer foundation, among other causes in this city.
The gala will specifically raise funds for: the Project Step program that reduces drug use among youth and teens and the ORCF’s no-fee cancer coaching to help patients through the stages of cancer.
For more information about the gala, go to nordstromottawagala.com
carolyn001@sympatico.ca
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This is a party that’s sure to sell out, so don’t be that cautious shopper who hesitates for too long, unless you won’t want to be stuck on the outside looking in, with your nose pressed against the glass.
On Wednesday, Nordstrom hosted a reception with about 150 guests at Lago Bar and Grill to promote the March 4 gala taking place at the new Ottawa store, just two days prior to its much-anticipated public grand opening.
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From left, Krista Kealey on Wednesday, November 19, 2014, at Lago with Susan Firestone, an organizing committee member for the upcoming charity gala that fashion specialty retailer Nordstrom is hosting in March, when it opens a new store at the Rideau Centre.
Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen 
From left, gala co-chairs Mary Taggart and Mark Sutcliffe with Karen McKibbin, president of Nordstrom Canada, at a reception hosted by Nordstrom at Lago Bar and Grill on Wednesday, November 19, 2014 to promote their store-opening charity gala in March.
Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
From left, Melissa Shabinsky, a gala committee member, with Lynn Shabinsky and Catherine Whitla, also a gala committee member, at a reception held Wednesday, November 19, 2014.
Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
Karen McKibbin, president of Nordstrom Canada, with Mary Taggart at a reception held at Lago Bar and Grill on Wednesday, November 19, 2014 to promote Nordstrom's store-opening charity gala on March 4.
Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
Gala committee member Kash Pashootan, with his girlfriend, Erin Cormack, on Wednesday, November 19, 2014, at Lago's, for a reception to promote Nordstrom's store-opening charity gala for the Ottawa Regional Cancer Foundation and United Way Ottawa.
Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
Luxury real estate broker Marilyn Wilson with her daughter, Reba, at a reception hosted by Nordstrom on Wednesday, November 19, 2014, at Lago to promote its store-opening charity gala happening March 4.
Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
Ottawa Senators player Chris Phillips (sporting a Movember) and his wife, Erin, were at Lago Bar and Grill on Wednesday, November 19, 2014, for a reception to promote a charity gala being hosted by Nordstrom in March for the opening of its new store at the Rideau Centre.
Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
Giant Tiger president Greg Farrell and his wife, gala committee member Paula Farrell, attended a reception held Wednesday, November 19, 2014, at Lago Bar and Grill to promote a March 2015 charity gala for the Ottawa Regional Cancer Foundation and United Way Ottawa, being hosted by Nordstrom.
Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
Ottawa's woman about town, Ann Rickenbacker, with John Banks, general manager of the new Nordstrom store opening at the Rideau Centre, at a reception held at Lago's on Wednesday, November 19, 2014, to promote Nordstrom's upcoming charity gala.
Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
United Way Ottawa board member Paul Sarkozy, V-P of local marketing for Postmedia Network and the Ottawa Citizen, and his wife, Lynn, attended a pre-gala reception to promote an upcoming charity gala for United Way Ottawa and the Ottawa Regional Cancer Foundation that Nordstrom's hosting when it opens its Ottawa store in March.
Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
Retired bank executive Dennis Jackson, vice-chair of the United Way Canada board and past chair of United Way Ottawa, with his wife, Dorothy, at a reception held Wednesday, November 18, 2014, at Lago's to promote a charity gala that Nordstrom is hosting in March for United Way Ottawa and the Ottawa Regional Cancer Foundation.
Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
Members of a larger 20-person gala committee pose together at a reception held Wednesday, November 19, 2014, at Lago Bar and Grill to promote Nordstrom's March 4 charity event for the Ottawa Regional Cancer Foundation and United Way Ottawa.
Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
From left, Vicki Heyman and U.S. Ambassador Bruce Heyman with Linda Eagen, president and CEO of the Ottawa Regional Cancer Foundation (ORCF), and John Banks, Nordstrom's new Ottawa store manager, at a reception held at Lago's on Wednesday, November 19, 2014, to promote Nordstrom's store-opening charity gala in March.
Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
Andee Dion with United Way Ottawa president and CEO Michael Allen at a reception held Wednesday, November 19, 2014, at Lago's to promote the store-opening charity gala being hosted by Nordstrom this March for United Way Ottawa and the Ottawa Regional Cancer Foundation.
Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
From left, Amita Kochar with gala committee member Jane Bachynski at a reception held Wednesday, November 19, 2014 at Lago's to promote a charity gala being hosted by Nordstrom when it opens a new store in Ottawa this March.
Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
U.S. Ambassador Bruce Heyman and his wife, Vicki, attended a reception held at Lago Bar and Grill on Wednesday, November 19, 2014, to promote a big charity gala that Nordstrom is hosting when the Seattle-based fashion specialty retailer opens a store at the Rideau Centre this March.
Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
From left, Karen McKibbin, president of Nordstrom Canada, in conversation on Wednesday, November 19, 2014, at Lago Bar and Grill with Mark Sutcliffe and Mary Taggart, who are committee co-chairs of a charity gala that Nordstrom's hosting in March for United Way Ottawa and the Ottawa Regional Cancer Foundation.
Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
Gala committee member and United Way board member Glenda Yeates, former deputy minister for Health Canada, with Michael Allen, president and CEO of United Way Ottawa, at a reception held at Lago Bar and Grill on Wednesday, November 19, 2014.
Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
From left, Ottawa Regional Cancer Foundation (ORCF) supporters Cory Ready, Don Smith and his wife, Melanie, and Patrice S. Basille, general manager at Brookstreet Hotel, at a reception held Wednesday, November 19, 2014.
Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
On November 19, Nordstrom hosted a reception with about 150 guests at Lago Bar and Grill promoting the March 4 charity gala to take place at the new Ottawa store. The gala will support the United Way Ottawa and the Ottawa Regional Cancer Foundation.
On hand were the CEOs of the two beneficiary charities, Michael Allen from United Way Ottawa and Linda Eagen from the Ottawa Regional Cancer Foundation. They were joined by Nordstrom Canada president Karen McKibbin and such special guests as U.S. Ambassador Bruce Heyman with his other half, Vicki Heyman.
Also spotted in the crowd were Liberal MP for Ottawa-Vanier, Mauril Bélanger, Mayor Jim Watson and Ottawa Senators player Chris Phillips with his fun and friendly wife, Erin.
The charity benefit, which aims to raise $160,000, will offer cocktails, dinner, desserts, live entertainment and shopping.
“The gala will mark the first opportunity for our customers, and hopefully all of you, to take a sneak peek inside our doors at our newly remodelled, two-level, 157,000-square-foot store,” said McKibbin, who promised the space will look “quite different” from its former days as a Sears department store.
Nordstrom’s new Ottawa store manager, John Banks, put out the challenge to everyone in the room to help sell-out the gala in less time than a similar gala Nordstrom hosted for its new store in Calgary in September. Its tickets disappeared within two weeks. “For those who don’t know me, I’m just a wee bit competitive,” Banks half-joked.
There are 1,600 gala tickets, priced at $100 a pop. Sales started late Wednesday afternoon and, by that evening, 350 had already been snatched up.
Well-known writer, broadcaster and entrepreneur Mark Sutcliffe, who’s co-chairing the United Way Ottawa 2014 Community Campaign, is heading up the gala’s organizing committee with another notable Ottawa resident, Mary Taggart. She is married into the prominent Taggart Parkes clan, which supports the cancer foundation, among other causes in this city.
The gala will specifically raise funds for: the Project Step program that reduces drug use among youth and teens and the ORCF’s no-fee cancer coaching to help patients through the stages of cancer.
For more information about the gala, go to nordstromottawagala.com
carolyn001@sympatico.ca
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