Event...

THE THIRD ANNUAL CHOCOLATE BALL
presents
PUTTING ON THE GLITZ...
A GLITZ AND GLAMOUR GALA
October 17, 2008

The Palais Royale will once again host The Chocolate Ball on October 17, 2008. This year's event will be entertained by the 23-piece Toronto All Star Jazz Big Band Orchestra along with special guest singers and performers including June Garber, Paula Shear and Michel Berube. reminiscent  to the glamour of old Hollywood with music and dance trends of the era this will make for a magical night.

The night will start off with a specialized buffet featuring several food stations offering up chocolate culinary delights. 

The highlight of the evening will be our infamous Chocolate Dessert Buffet and Chocolate stations – a feast for the gods!

Also back again is the Silent Chocolauction. 

CHOCOLATE BALL TO GO! At the end of the night, for a small donation, you can stock up with goodies to take home along with your ‘gift bag'.

This is a Cash Bar event.

GOLD TICKET $150 (Reg.$175)
SILVER TICKET $125 (Reg.$150)
AFTER 9 TICKET $85 (Reg.$100)
($25 OFF on all Gold and Silver ticket purchases for a limited time only)

Tickets available by calling 905-593-1608 or on-line at TicketBreak.com

NOTE: 
GOLD TICKET: Includes reserved seating. Doors open at 6:30 pm

SILVER TICKET: Reception style seating with various general seating throughout the venue, available on a first come first serve basis. Doors open at 7:30 pm

For more information, visit the official web site.

• TORONTO ALL STAR BIG BAND ORCHESTRA
  One of the most exciting bands around, the seventeen-piece Toronto All-Star Big Band, joined by the voices of The TABB Five, "cooks" with its powerful tributes to the heady hits of the 1930's and 40's. Armed with brilliant programming, slick choreography and witty cultural nostalgia, this vibrant cast of awesome talent has earned its position at the top of the list of many presenters throughout Ontario and the U.S. Theatrical engagements are far-reaching, and recent gigs have included the Elliot Lake Entertainment Series, Roselawn Centre Jazz & Blues Series, Beaches International Jazz Festival, New York's Riviera Theatre, an entertainment spot on national television, and a performance tour throughout Florida. Sell-out crowds, standing ovationsand rave reviews are de rigeur for this all-star ensemble.
• JUNE GARBER
  When you watch June sing, you feel as if she is singing directly to you. Her warmth & unmitigated joy at being on stage envelopes you and pulls you close and encircles you with her warmth! Every song that she chooses to sing connects to a base truth within so there is never any artifice – only that which is true! Her voice reflects each emotional shift that the writer intended. This is why she sings some of the Most Complicated & Greatest Songs ever written: Gershwin, Porter, Rogers & Hart, Sondheim, Kurt Weill. Whether Growling Out “St. Louis Blues” or reveling in the pure tone of “Here’s to Life” her connection to each song isfrom her soul!
• MICHEL BÉRUBÉ
   Michel Bérubé burst onto the scene in December of 2004 when his independently released version of O Holy Night was embraced by radio programmers across the country and included in the top 5 “most added tracks” of the season. This unprecedented success not only attracted the attention of Universal Music who asked Michel to contribute a song to their annual Christmas compilation of Canadian artists, it also prompted the legendary Jennifer Warnes to record a duet with Michel for a Christmas album entitled This Christmas which saw an unprecedented five songs find their way onto radio play lists from coast to coast.
• PAULA SHEAR
   Paula Shear is a powerful and versatile vocalist and composer who is honored to be a guest vocalist at this year’s Chocolate Ball and lend her voice to such a worthy cause. Her new debut CD, So Talk To Me...Musical Conversations in Jazz, Blues,Latin, Soul…is comprised of an eclectic collection of twelve of her original songs within the jazz realm. Her voice is a dynamic, multi-octave instrument, capable of scaling the emotional heights and bleusy lows of her highly poetic and creative songs.