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EVENT REPORT 11.02.09 4:22 PM

Venetian Ball Recreates Piazza San Marco With 30-foot Bell Tower, Starry Night Lighting

The dining room
Photo: George Pimentel

For the 16th annual Venetian Ball, held Friday at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre to benefit the Villa Charities Foundation, members of this year's volunteer organizing committee drew a record crowd, used elaborate decor to recreate the Piazza San Marco, and hosted a surprise performance by Frankie Valli.

Although event committee members knew they had some financial challenges due to the economy, Laura Dal Bo, the foundation's executive director, said, "they just made a commitment to really ensure the Venetian Ball didn't suffer this year." Dal Bo worked with event co-chairs James Di Luca and Steven Muzzo to create the theme for this year's gala, which drew a crowd of more than 1,500 guests—up from 800 in 2008. MORE >>

Villa Charities Foundation, I.B.E.W. Local 353, Falconcrest Homes, TD Commercial Banking, Toro Aluminum, Aird & Berlis L.L.P., CIBC Wood Gundy, Condrain Group, Siemens, Tridel, TLN, Mercedes-Benz

EVENT REPORT 10.14.08 3:30 PM

Villa Charities Brings 15th Annual Venice Ball to Toronto

The L.A. band Impulse at the Venetian Ball

To mark its 15th anniversary, the Villa Charities Foundation moved this year's Venetian Ball south from Vaughan to Toronto's Fairmont Royal York Hotel Friday and welcomed Italian-American actor Paul Sorvino as the honourary patron chair. “We’re doing things just a little bit differently this year," said foundation executive director Laura Dal Bo. "Italians love to talk, but this year we’re basically doing no speeches. We also love to eat, so that’s still on the schedule. It's going to be dinner, dancing, and a fabulous live auction."

Although 2008 isn't the charity's first time in Toronto, Dal Bo said the organization decided to move the event—attended by more than 800 guests—because the committee wanted a venue "with a bit more elegant, old-world ambience and the Royal York just exudes that." Dal Bo also noted that this is the first time the ball has had a celebrity patron chair. “We opted for that with this year being our 15th anniversary," she said. MORE >>

Villa Charities Foundation, Paul Sorvino

TOP 100 EVENTS 05.16.08 12:23 PM

Toronto's Top Benefits 2008

The 2007 Look Good, Feel Better ball
Photo: Courtesy of Look Good Feel Better

1. Bloor Street Entertains
With 23 exclusive boutiques in the Bloor-Yorkville neighbourhood hosting gourmet dinners, this annual fund-raiser for Canfar is the most prestigious beneﬁt in the city. The 2007 event, which attracted 848 people, was marred by a bomb threat outside the Royal Ontario Museum, which led to the last-minute cancellation of the venue’s after-party. (Canfar staged an online auction in early December in an effort to raise additional funds.) The 2008 event will be held at the ROM on November 26. MORE >>

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