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The Bier Markt transformed itself into a boisterous Bavarian beer hall, with authentic German food and drink and live music, as it played host Wednesday to the second annual Capital Oktoberfest benefit for the University of Ottawa Heart Institute.
Steve Gallant, first vice president, branch manager and investment advisor with CIBC Wood Gundy, and his good pal Tony Rhodes, a sales representative with Coldwell Banker Rhodes & Company, once again strapped on their matching lederhosen to co-chair the festive event.
From left, Steve Gallant and Tony Rhodes — in matching lederhosen — co-chaired Capital Oktoberfest 2016, a benefit for the University of Ottawa Heart Institute held at the Bier Markt restaurant on Sparks Street on Wednesday, October 5, 2016.
Over the past two years, the evening has netted more than $150,000 for the Heart Institute’s new hybrid operating room.
Listeners were reminded of why the local cardiac facility is not to be taken for granted. Back when Gallant was 16, he drove his ailing dad to the Heart Institute (his dad was too proud to take an ambulance). There, the famous Dr. Wilbert Keon performed triple bypass surgery on the 39-year-old man. The youth worried at the time that his father wouldn’t make it.
Gallant’s father had the procedure again at age 75 and is still alive, at age 82. “He’s a Korean War veteran; nothing can kill him,” joked Gallant.
Rhodes also shared his personal story of heart problems, which led to him undergoing a complex ablation procedure at the Heart Institute this past July, performed by Dr. David Birnie and his team. “The entire staff at the Heart Institute, from the orderlies to the nurses to the doctors, were nothing less than amazing, compassionate, caring and thoughtful,” said Rhodes, 48. “We are so lucky to have a world-class Heart Institute in Ottawa.”
The $250-a-ticket (with tax receipt) event attracted some 200 attendees to the restaurant, located on Sparks Street. It was a good night to jump on the beer wagon; many partygoers were toting one-litre steins of amber liquid.
Among the corporate sponsors seen were: Emond Harnden law partner Jacques Emond, former chair of the Heart Institute Foundation board; Sakto Corporation president Sean Murray and chair Jamilah Murray; Telus national director Shannon Gorman; and Bier Markt general manager Peter Chase.
From left, Jacques Emond, co-founding partner of Emond Harnden LLP, with law partner André Champagne at the Capital Oktoberfest benefit for the University of Ottawa Heart Institute, held at the Bier Markt restaurant on Wednesday, October 5, 2016.
From left, Lynne Clark and Shannon Gorman, national director of community affairs at Telus, hanging out together in a comfy restaurant booth at the Capital Oktoberfest benefit for the University of Ottawa Heart Institute, held at the Bier Markt on Sparks Street on Wednesday, October 5, 2016.
Attendees also included Primecorp Commercial Realty president Nick Pantieras, chair of the Leaders at Heart philanthropic initiative, and its founding chair, Greg Roscoe, a financial advisor with Raymond James.
From left, Nick Pantieras, president and founding partner of Primecorp Commercial Realty, with Raymond James financial advisor Greg Roscoe at the Capital Oktoberfest benefit for the University of Ottawa Heart Institute, held at the Bier Markt restaurant on Sparks Street on Wednesday, October 5, 2016.
Diplomats from the German embassy were on hand for the traditional tapping of the keg. The evening also auctioned off a club-level suite for an Ottawa Senators game and a trip for two to next year’s Oktoberfest in Munich. It sold for $4,200.
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Steve Gallant, first vice president, branch manager and investment advisor with CIBC Wood Gundy, and his good pal Tony Rhodes, a sales representative with Coldwell Banker Rhodes & Company, once again strapped on their matching lederhosen to co-chair the festive event.
From left, Steve Gallant and Tony Rhodes — in matching lederhosen — co-chaired Capital Oktoberfest 2016, a benefit for the University of Ottawa Heart Institute held at the Bier Markt restaurant on Sparks Street on Wednesday, October 5, 2016.
Over the past two years, the evening has netted more than $150,000 for the Heart Institute’s new hybrid operating room.
Listeners were reminded of why the local cardiac facility is not to be taken for granted. Back when Gallant was 16, he drove his ailing dad to the Heart Institute (his dad was too proud to take an ambulance). There, the famous Dr. Wilbert Keon performed triple bypass surgery on the 39-year-old man. The youth worried at the time that his father wouldn’t make it.
Gallant’s father had the procedure again at age 75 and is still alive, at age 82. “He’s a Korean War veteran; nothing can kill him,” joked Gallant.
Rhodes also shared his personal story of heart problems, which led to him undergoing a complex ablation procedure at the Heart Institute this past July, performed by Dr. David Birnie and his team. “The entire staff at the Heart Institute, from the orderlies to the nurses to the doctors, were nothing less than amazing, compassionate, caring and thoughtful,” said Rhodes, 48. “We are so lucky to have a world-class Heart Institute in Ottawa.”
The $250-a-ticket (with tax receipt) event attracted some 200 attendees to the restaurant, located on Sparks Street. It was a good night to jump on the beer wagon; many partygoers were toting one-litre steins of amber liquid.
Among the corporate sponsors seen were: Emond Harnden law partner Jacques Emond, former chair of the Heart Institute Foundation board; Sakto Corporation president Sean Murray and chair Jamilah Murray; Telus national director Shannon Gorman; and Bier Markt general manager Peter Chase.
From left, Jacques Emond, co-founding partner of Emond Harnden LLP, with law partner André Champagne at the Capital Oktoberfest benefit for the University of Ottawa Heart Institute, held at the Bier Markt restaurant on Wednesday, October 5, 2016.
From left, Lynne Clark and Shannon Gorman, national director of community affairs at Telus, hanging out together in a comfy restaurant booth at the Capital Oktoberfest benefit for the University of Ottawa Heart Institute, held at the Bier Markt on Sparks Street on Wednesday, October 5, 2016.
Attendees also included Primecorp Commercial Realty president Nick Pantieras, chair of the Leaders at Heart philanthropic initiative, and its founding chair, Greg Roscoe, a financial advisor with Raymond James.
From left, Nick Pantieras, president and founding partner of Primecorp Commercial Realty, with Raymond James financial advisor Greg Roscoe at the Capital Oktoberfest benefit for the University of Ottawa Heart Institute, held at the Bier Markt restaurant on Sparks Street on Wednesday, October 5, 2016.
Diplomats from the German embassy were on hand for the traditional tapping of the keg. The evening also auctioned off a club-level suite for an Ottawa Senators game and a trip for two to next year’s Oktoberfest in Munich. It sold for $4,200.
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Kazimier Samujlo played accordion at the second annual Capital Oktoberfest benefit for the University of Ottawa Heart Institute, held at the Bier Markt restaurant on Sparks Street on Wednesday, October 5, 2016. Caroline Phillips / The Ottawa Citizen
From left, Jim Orban, president and CEO of the University of Ottawa Heart Institute Foundation, with Royal Ottawa Health Care Group president and CEO George Weber, who was out supporting the second annual Capital Oktoberfest benefit for the Heart Institute, held Wednesday, October 5, 2016, at the Bier Markt restaurant on Sparks Street. Caroline Phillips / The Ottawa Citizen
From left, lawyer Hugues Boisvert, founder and CEO of HazloLaw, with chartered accountant Rolland Vaive, a partner at Vaive and Associates, at the second annual Capital Oktoberfest benefit for the University of Ottawa Heart Institute, held at the Bier Markt restaurant on Sparks Street on Wednesday, October 5, 2016. Caroline Phillips / The Ottawa Citizen
From left, musician and songwriter Dick Cooper from The Cooper Brothers, with Steve Gallant, co-chair of Capital Oktoberfest, at the second annual benefit for the University of Ottawa Heart Institute held at the Bier Markt on Wednesday, October 5, 2016. Caroline Phillips / The Ottawa Citizen
From left, Steve Gallant and Tony Rhodes -- in matching lederhosen -- co-chaired Capital Oktoberfest 2016, a benefit for the University of Ottawa Heart Institute held at the Bier Markt restaurant on Sparks Street on Wednesday, October 5, 2016. Caroline Phillips / The Ottawa Citizen
Nila Matthews, a sales representative with Coldwell Banker Rhodes & Company, with her partner Charles McCulloch, vice president of corporate philanthropy at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute Foundation, at the second annual Capital Oktoberfest benefit for the Heart Institute, held at the Bier Markt restaurant on Sparks Street on Wednesday, October 5, 2016. Caroline Phillips / The Ottawa Citizen
From left, Nick Pantieras, president and founding partner of Primecorp Commercial Realty, with Raymond James financial advisor Greg Roscoe at the Capital Oktoberfest benefit for the University of Ottawa Heart Institute, held at the Bier Markt restaurant on Sparks Street on Wednesday, October 5, 2016. Caroline Phillips / The Ottawa Citizen
From left, Lynne Clark and Shannon Gorman, national director of community affairs at Telus, hanging out together in a comfy restaurant booth at the Capital Oktoberfest benefit for the University of Ottawa Heart Institute, held at the Bier Markt on Sparks Street on Wednesday, October 5, 2016. Caroline Phillips / The Ottawa Citizen
From left, Jacques Emond, co-founding partner of Emond Harnden LLP, with law partner André Champagne at the Capital Oktoberfest benefit for the University of Ottawa Heart Institute, held at the Bier Markt restaurant on Wednesday, October 5, 2016. Caroline Phillips / The Ottawa Citizen
From left, Sean Murray and Jamilah Murray from Sakto Corporation with their good friend, Stephen Assaly, owner of Richmond Heights Apartments, at the Bier Markt restaurant on Wednesday, October 5, 2016, to help raise money for the University of Ottawa Heart Institute. Caroline Phillips / The Ottawa Citizen
From left, Steve Gallant, Tony Rhodes and Bier Markt general manager Peter Chase with University of Ottawa Heart Institute Foundation president and CEO Jim Orban at the second annual Capital Oktoberfest benefit for the Heart Institute, held at the downtown restaurant on Wednesday, October 5, 2016. Caroline Phillips / The Ottawa Citizen
Sanjay Shah, president of ExecHealth, with Shannon Lambert, Lesley Holmes and Heart Institute Foundation board member Krista Kealey at the Capital Oktoberfest benefit for the University of Ottawa Heart Institute, held Wednesday, October 5, 2016, at the Bier Markt, located on Sparks Street. Caroline Phillips / The Ottawa Citizen
Bier Markt server Brenna Haber makes hauling around four litres-worth of beer look easy, at the Capital Oktoberfest benefit for the University of Ottawa Heart Institute, held at the Bier Markt restaurant on Sparks Street on Wednesday, October 5, 2016. Caroline Phillips / The Ottawa Citizen
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