Layout 2 - The Daffodil Ball

26 – WESTMOUNT INDEPENDENT – May 28, 2013
Annual Daffodil Ball has Great Gatsby theme
Social Notes
from Westmount
and Beyond
Veronica Redgrave
The annual Daffodil Ball held this year
on April 14 did not disappoint. The theme
was the Great Gatsby.
A fabulous yellow vintage Rolls Royce
and the massive gates of the famed Gatsby
mansion on Long Island welcomed guests
at the Windsor Station venue. Many, who
arrived for the minimum $2,800 ticket
price event, were dressed in the style of the
1920s.
Floral designer Yves Chénier entwined
50,000 daffodils everywhere possible.
Event co-chairs were Westmounter
Javier San Juan, L’Oréal Canada president
(attending with his wife, committee member Connie San Juan Albores); Domenic
Pilla, Shoppers Drug Mart/Pharmaprix
CEO (with his wife Louise De Serres); and
Michael Sabia, Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec president and CEO.
Westmounters noted amidst the splendour included Calin Rovinescu with his
wife Elaine; Dominique Bertrand and
Jacques Maurice, Michèle Dionne and
Jean Charest, Linda and Ian Greenberg,
and France Desharnais, board chair of the
Canadian Cancer Society, Quebec Division.
Also noted were Michèle Plourde and
Eric Richer La Flêche, Monique JérômeForget and Brian Levitt, Lise Watier and
Serge Rocheleau, Paul and Marie-Michelle
Pathy, Guy Crevier and Anick Beaubien,
François Côté and Monique Légaré, Isabelle Marcoux and François Olivier,
Nathalie and Georges Schwartz, Meryl and
Sheldon Elman, and Galen Weston, executive chair of Loblaw, who came in from
Toronto.
Event planner Alison Silcoff wore a
lovely beaded gown by Eavis & Brown, and
emcee Julie du Page (there with husband
Andrew Lapierre) wore a white, body-outlining peek-a-boo gown by Hervé Léger.
Diamonds and beautiful bling glittered
everywhere. Media celebs noted included
Herby Moreau, Sophie Durocher, Virginie
Coosa and Mitsou Gélinas.
Sponsors included Pharmaprix and
Michèle Dionne and Jean Charest.
RBC, which contributed $100,000 each,
and $50,000 each from the McCall
MacBain Foundation (for a three-year
commitment), Apotex, CAE, Caisse de
dépôt et placement du Québec, L’Oréal
Canada, Sanofi and Sun Life Financial.
The evening raised $2,062,000, slated
for the Canadian Cancer Society.
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Dominique Bertrand and Jacques Maurice.
Javier San Juan and Connie San Juan Albores.
Photos courtesy of the Daffodil Ball
Elaine and Calin Rovinescu.