Last updated: April 25, 2011 11:00 p.m.
The April 16 2011 benefit concert at St. Matthew’s United Church on St. Clair in Toronto was a great success with over $3,000 in cash raised to support the victims of the recent earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand.
Happy at the end of the successful event
Congratulations to Dr. Paul Jessen and Dr. Christina Lai on organizing this fundraiser. Click here for the original article and the background to this story.
The official program from the event follows. Watch for updates as I add photos and videos and an overview of the entire event which I attended as a sponsor and blogger.
OFFICIAL PROGRAM:
Host: Amanda Soha
Buskers: Scott Cooper, Gaurav Dua, Ikho Shin
Speeches
Singing of the Canadian National Anthem
Singing of the New Zealand National Anthem
Christie Chorale & St. Matthew’s United Church Choir:
On a Clear Day – lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner, music by Burton Lane, arranged by Carl Strommen
Merry Widow Waltz – Franz Lehar, Lyrics by Christopher Hassall
Ave Maria – Giulio Caccini, arranged by Patrick M. Leibergen
This is My Island in the Sun – Irving Burgie
Simon Falk, ballroom dance
Kalya Ramu Jazz Group
Isabel Lee & Hera Chan, violin and piano duet
The Dream- composition by Isabel Lee
Lynda Maxwell & Don Macmillan
Amazing Grace – arranged by Althouse
Dianne Wells & Don Macmillan
Chariot’s Comin’ – arranged by Mark Hayes
INTERMISSION
St. Matthew’s United Choir
Blind Man- spiritual, arranged by Diane Loomer
Every Time I Feel the Spirit– spiritual, arranged by Earlene Rentz
Danny Boy– traditional Irish, lyrics by Fred. E. Weatherley, arranged by Sumner Salter
Michael Vintilla, ballet dance
Albert Han, solo guitar
Alan Macdonald
I Know That My Redeemer Liveth (The Messiah) – Handel
Paul Tackaberry & Tom Poldrow
Peaked in ’79
Susan Hirst
You’ll Never Walk Alone (1945 musical Carousel) – Rodgers and Hammerstein
Ben D’Cunha, jazz music
Tyler Barr
Special Thanks to: the Earl Haig students, Dr. Christina Lai, Dr. Paul Jessen, and Stephanie Marshall.
Thank you to the sponsors: World Class Bakers, A. F. Home Bakery, Starbucks, Tim Hortons, Baker Street Bakery, Loblaws, Globe and Mail, Wal-Mart, Catania Italian Cuisine, Portucale Restaurant, Eye For Detail: www.xiziluo.wordpress.com, The Elegant Garage Sale – Lynn Albert & Family, Leave Nothing But Footprints (LNBF), Canadian Art Foundation, John’s Hobbies, Master Sha, Glenda MacDonald, Roger and Joan Cunnington, Hemingway Restaurant, Acquolina Ristorante, Gerry’s Fast Foods, Absolute Endurance Training and Therapy, domenica&drea Salon and Spa, Vivance Dance Studio, Dave’s on St. Clair, Ann Millyard, Art Gallery of Ontario, 60 Minute Photo Lab.
Glenda MacD.