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What a novel experience to see sand in Ottawa during the winter, when it’s not being thrown on slippery sidewalks.
It was part of the decor for On the Rocks: In the Caribbean, an annual Winterlude bash hosted by the Ottawa Art Gallery.
Crowds streamed into Jean Pigott Place, inside city hall, on Friday for a steel drum beach party complete with rum punch and jerk chicken (hands down, best tropical shirt belonged to Canada’s official languages commissioner, Graham Fraser).
Each year, On the Rocks celebrates a different country or region, typically one with a cold winter season. “This year we thought, ‘What they hey, let’s warm it up,’ ” OAG curator of public engagement Stephanie Nadeau told the room.
Suzan Lavertu, from The School of Afro-Caribbean Dance, cajoled a group of guests onto the dance floor, including Downtown Rideau BIA executive director Peggy DuCharme, to attempt the Jamaican Funk. Those looking to chill could play the popular Caribbean game of dominoes, take in a televised cricket match or relax on a shaded beach chair.
Photos: On the Rocks: In the Caribbean
On the Rocks: In the Caribbean, is an annual Winterlude bash hosted by the Ottawa Art Gallery.
Never mind that Winterlude is about embracing these frigid months. The truth is, “People go to the Caribbean during the winter,” Sarah Onyango, a prominent promoter of African and Caribbean culture and activities in Ottawa, informed Around Town. “I’m sorry, but that is Canadian tradition. It’s as Canadian as snowshoeing and the Stanley Cup playoffs.”
Event partners included Winterlude, the Downtown Rideau BIA and the City of Ottawa. The presenting sponsor was ArtHaus condos from Montreal-based developer DevMcGill. It’s the key residential player in the OAG and Arts Court expansion project, to be finished later next year.
Also involved were the Caribbean Union of Canada and the high commissions of Barbados, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, and St. Kitts and Nevis.
Wark’s Revive Your Style ends on a high
Erica Wark’s fifth and final Revive Your Style event went out with a bang of big bucks, raising a record $27,000 for the Ottawa Regional Cancer Foundation’s upcoming Bust A Move For Breast Health.
The banquet room at the Sala San Marco in Little Italy set the scene recently for an easygoing afternoon of primping and pampering, enjoyed with a glass of bubbly, some nibblies and the company of fashionistas.
Melissa Grelo, co-host of CTV’s The Social talk show, brought energy and excitement to the event, pausing at one point to take a selfie of herself with her audience, or, as she put it, “250 of her closest friends.”
The event gave away dozens of raffle prizes worth thousands of dollars in generous gift cards to the hottest stores, beautiful gift baskets and desirable designer accessories. Live auction items included a five-day trip for two, worth $7,500, to the Cabo San Lucas Resort and Spa, with flights from WestJet.
Photos: Revive Your Style
Erica Wark’s fifth and final Revive Your Style event went out with a bang of big bucks, raising a record $27,000 for the Ottawa Regional Cancer Foundation’s upcoming Bust A Move For Breast Health.
As well, there was a fashion presentation with Wark, a popular style expert. She guided the audience through the top trends for spring. The show included creative looks that follow Wark’s think-outside-the-box philosophy: “Life is short and fashion is fun.”
Wark’s new hubby, Corey Laurysen from the family owned Laurysen Kitchens, was back volunteering. Also returning, to share tips and glamorize the guests, were Fiorella DiNardo and her team from Rinaldo Hair Designers and Spa and beauty specialist Melody Iafelice. Those looking for that “take-me-away” experience could have it — for under three minutes — at the Minerva Spa corner.
For more coverage, go online at ottawacitizen.com
carolyn001@sympatico.ca
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It was part of the decor for On the Rocks: In the Caribbean, an annual Winterlude bash hosted by the Ottawa Art Gallery.
Crowds streamed into Jean Pigott Place, inside city hall, on Friday for a steel drum beach party complete with rum punch and jerk chicken (hands down, best tropical shirt belonged to Canada’s official languages commissioner, Graham Fraser).
Each year, On the Rocks celebrates a different country or region, typically one with a cold winter season. “This year we thought, ‘What they hey, let’s warm it up,’ ” OAG curator of public engagement Stephanie Nadeau told the room.
Suzan Lavertu, from The School of Afro-Caribbean Dance, cajoled a group of guests onto the dance floor, including Downtown Rideau BIA executive director Peggy DuCharme, to attempt the Jamaican Funk. Those looking to chill could play the popular Caribbean game of dominoes, take in a televised cricket match or relax on a shaded beach chair.
Photos: On the Rocks: In the Caribbean
On the Rocks: In the Caribbean, is an annual Winterlude bash hosted by the Ottawa Art Gallery.
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From left, Marlene Grant, seen alongside Sarah Onyango, proudly displayed her Jamaican heritage with husband David O'Connor at On the Rocks: In the Caribbean, an annual party hosted by the Ottawa Art Gallery at City Hall on Friday, February 5, 2016. (Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen)
Ottawa artist Marc Adornato in a tropical shirt, seen with Sanna Kirssi at On the Rocks: In the Caribbean, an annual Winterlude party hosted by the Ottawa Art Gallery at City Hall on Friday, February 5, 2016. (Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen)
Derek Nzeribe, from presenting sponsor ArtHaus condominiums by DevMcGill, with Downtown Rideau BIA executive director Peggy DuCharme at On the Rocks: In the Caribbean, an annual Winterlude party hosted by the Ottawa Art Gallery and held at City Hall on Friday, February 5, 2016. (Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen)
Yuri Hutchinson, chairman of the board for the Caribbean Union of Canada, with its CEO, Prudence Ntaira, OAG director Alexandra Badzak, and Marlie Thomas and Candace Alphonso, also with the Caribbean Union, at On the Rocks: In the Caribbean, an annual Winterlude party hosted by the Ottawa Art Gallery at City Hall on Friday, February 5, 2016. (Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen)
Sarah Fuller, a Master of Fine Arts student at the University of Ottawa, and Ottawa artist Danny Hussey attended On the Rocks: In the Caribbean, an annual Winterlude party hosted by the Ottawa Art Gallery at City Hall on Friday, February 5, 2016. (Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen)
And over in this corner there were tables set up for playing the Caribbean game of dominoes at On the Rocks: In the Caribbean, an annual Winterlude party hosted by the Ottawa Art Gallery at City Hall on Friday, February 5, 2016. (Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen)
Guests were welcome to relax in this beach chair at On the Rocks: In the Caribbean, an annual Winterlude party hosted by the Ottawa Art Gallery at City Hall on Friday, February 5, 2016. (Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen)
From left, Alic Edgar with Patrice James, executive director of the Independent Filmmakers Co-operative of Ottawa, and soccer coach Roland Tiamuh at On the Rocks: In the Caribbean, an annual Winterlude party hosted by the Ottawa Art Gallery at City Hall on Friday, February 5, 2016. (Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen)
Julia Valcin, seen in front, was part of an audience participation Jamaican Funk dance, led by Suzan Lavertu from the School of Afro-Caribbean Dance, at On the Rocks: In the Caribbean, an annual Winterlude party hosted by the Ottawa Art Gallery at City Hall on Friday, February 5, 2016. (Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen)
From left, Suzan Lavertu from The School of Afro-Caribbean Dance, gets Jamaican High Commissioner Janice Miller on the dance floor at On the Rocks: In the Caribbean, an annual Winterlude party hosted by the Ottawa Art Gallery at City Hall on Friday, February 5, 2016. (Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen)
Audience members watch with interest a dance performance by Syreeta Barnett at On the Rocks: In the Caribbean, an annual Winterlude party hosted by the Ottawa Art Gallery at City Hall on Friday, February 5, 2016. (Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen)
Well-known Ottawa artists Jerry Grey and Barbara Gamble, seated, get into the spirit of things at On the Rocks: In the Caribbean, an annual Winterlude party hosted by the Ottawa Art Gallery at City Hall on Friday, February 5, 2016. (Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen)
From left, Kressell Daniel from the High Commission for the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, with Trinidad and Tobago's acting high commissioner, Venessa Ramhit-Ramroop, and Christobelle Reece from the Barbados High Commission, at On the Rocks: In the Caribbean, an annual Winterlude party hosted by the Ottawa Art Gallery at City Hall on Friday, February 5, 2016. (Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen)
Canada's Official Languages Commissioner Graham Fraser and his wife, Barbara Uteck, dressed for the occasion at On the Rocks: In the Caribbean, an annual Winterlude party hosted by the Ottawa Art Gallery at City Hall on Friday, February 5, 2016. (Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen)
Never mind that Winterlude is about embracing these frigid months. The truth is, “People go to the Caribbean during the winter,” Sarah Onyango, a prominent promoter of African and Caribbean culture and activities in Ottawa, informed Around Town. “I’m sorry, but that is Canadian tradition. It’s as Canadian as snowshoeing and the Stanley Cup playoffs.”
Event partners included Winterlude, the Downtown Rideau BIA and the City of Ottawa. The presenting sponsor was ArtHaus condos from Montreal-based developer DevMcGill. It’s the key residential player in the OAG and Arts Court expansion project, to be finished later next year.
Also involved were the Caribbean Union of Canada and the high commissions of Barbados, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, and St. Kitts and Nevis.
Wark’s Revive Your Style ends on a high
Erica Wark’s fifth and final Revive Your Style event went out with a bang of big bucks, raising a record $27,000 for the Ottawa Regional Cancer Foundation’s upcoming Bust A Move For Breast Health.
The banquet room at the Sala San Marco in Little Italy set the scene recently for an easygoing afternoon of primping and pampering, enjoyed with a glass of bubbly, some nibblies and the company of fashionistas.
Melissa Grelo, co-host of CTV’s The Social talk show, brought energy and excitement to the event, pausing at one point to take a selfie of herself with her audience, or, as she put it, “250 of her closest friends.”
The event gave away dozens of raffle prizes worth thousands of dollars in generous gift cards to the hottest stores, beautiful gift baskets and desirable designer accessories. Live auction items included a five-day trip for two, worth $7,500, to the Cabo San Lucas Resort and Spa, with flights from WestJet.
Photos: Revive Your Style
Erica Wark’s fifth and final Revive Your Style event went out with a bang of big bucks, raising a record $27,000 for the Ottawa Regional Cancer Foundation’s upcoming Bust A Move For Breast Health.
From right, breast cancer survivor Alison Hughes is congratulated on her keynote speech by her sister, Joanna, and event organizer Erica Wark, centre, at the Revive Your Style fundraiser for breast health, held Sunday, January 25, 2015, at the Sala San Marco.
Korey Kealey and her daughter, Rebecca, 12, got their tresses styled courtesy of Rinaldo Hair Designers during the Revive Your Style fundraiser for Bust A Move for Breast Health, held at the Sala San Marco banquet hall on Sunday, January 31, 2016. Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
Melissa Grelo, co-host of CTV's The Social talk show, took a selfie of herself with "250 of her closest friends" during Erica Wark's Revive Your Style fundraiser for Bust A Move for Breast Health, held at the Sala San Marco banquet hall on Sunday, January 31, 2016. Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
The well-attended Revive Your Style benefit, held Sunday, January 31, 2016, attracted a style-conscious crowd, including, from left, Taryn Gunnlaugson and her friends, Lianne Laing and Andrea Gaunt. Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
Spa concierge Warren Eaton from Minerva Spa helped Sarah Dumoulin work the kinks out during the Revive Your Style benefit held at the Sala San Marco banquet hall on Sunday, January 31, 2016, for Bust A Move for Breast Health. Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
Ruby Cheng was seen at the Revive Your Style benefit held at the Sala San Marco banquet hall on Sunday, January 31, 2016, with Janet Wilson, editor of the Ottawa Citizen Style Magazine, and Maria Iglesias, co-owner of the Sala San Marco. Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
From left, Fiorella DiNardo, co-owner of Rinaldo Hair Designer and Spa, with Nadine Hogan, co-owner of Wheelhouse Cycle, at the Revive Your Style fundraiser for Bust A Move for Breast Health, held at the Sala San Marco banquet hall on Sunday, January 31, 2016. Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
Melissa Grelo, co-host of The Social on CTV, brought energy and excitement to Erica Wark's Revive Your Style fundraiser for Bust A Move for Breast Health, held at the Sala San Marco banquet hall on Sunday, January 31, 2016. Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
Head to Nordstrom this spring if you like this outfit, a sequined sleeveless dress with lace-up Jimmy Choo sandals, modelled at the Revive Your Style fashion show as part of a fundraiser held Sunday, January 31, 2016, for the upcoming Bust A Move for Breast Health. Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
Erica Wark's Revive Your Style fundraiser for breast health, held at the Sala San Marco banquet hall on Sunday, January 31, 2016, included a spring fashion show with affordable outfits, like this off-the-shoulder top and skirt combo from Zara, priced at under $100. Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
Brea Wilkins checks out the results after getting her hair spruced up by a Rinaldo stylist during the Revive Your Style fundraiser for breast health, held Sunday, January 31, 2016 at the Sala San Marco banquet hall. Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
Melody Iafelice shared beauty tips with her audience, using Golda Samra as her volunteer, at the fifth and final Revive Your Style fundraiser held Sunday, January 31, 2016, at the Sala San Marco for Bust A Move for Breast Health. Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
Ladies looking to update the modern suit might want to try this floral number from Banana Republic, modelled at Revive Your Style as part of a fundraiser held Sunday, January 31, 2016, for the upcoming Bust A Move for Breast Health. Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
From left, Liane Cote from Gallo Winery Canada and Tami Varma from TC &Co. Events, were already looking their stylish best at the Revive Your Style benefit held at the Sala San Marco banquet hall on Sunday, January 31, 2016, for the upcoming Bust A Move for Breast Health. Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
As well, there was a fashion presentation with Wark, a popular style expert. She guided the audience through the top trends for spring. The show included creative looks that follow Wark’s think-outside-the-box philosophy: “Life is short and fashion is fun.”
Wark’s new hubby, Corey Laurysen from the family owned Laurysen Kitchens, was back volunteering. Also returning, to share tips and glamorize the guests, were Fiorella DiNardo and her team from Rinaldo Hair Designers and Spa and beauty specialist Melody Iafelice. Those looking for that “take-me-away” experience could have it — for under three minutes — at the Minerva Spa corner.
For more coverage, go online at ottawacitizen.com
carolyn001@sympatico.ca
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