The decor for the Royal Conservatory of Music’s annual fund-raiser, the Royal Occasion Gala, combined the dark orange colour associated with conservatory’s new Telus Centre for Performance and Learning with butterfly imagery linked to presenting sponsor Telus’ nature-friendly corporate identity. Orange lighting and orange accent fabric on the chairs laid the foundation for the decorative theme, while the butterfly images, appearing on print communications materials, the chocolate mousse dessert, and a dress worn by a conservatory student playing a violin at the venue entrance, served as accents. For the fifth year running, the benefit was held at the Windsor Arms Hotel. “We tried for a dramatic look to transform the Windsor Arms… we wanted the room to look completely different from previous years,” said Cathy Landolt, Telus Centre’s director of client services. Landolt worked with an ensemble cast of designers from Forget Me Not Flowers and design firm 43 Degrees, which includes Peter Carruthers of Presidential Gourmet catering.Windsor Arms catered the party for 220 mostly corporate guests. The menu included spring morel-procini broth with asparagus, grape tomato, and truffle essence soup; pan seared beef filet with purple potato and grilled white asparagus spears; and the aforementioned chocolate mousse. The butterfly atop the mousse was edible, naturally.
Tall, clear ghost candelabras with flickering candles jazzed up the dinner tables, which were covered in white linens. Students of the conservatory and the rock group Blue Rodeo—which received an honourary fellowship from the conservatory—provided the evening’s entertainment.
Tall, clear ghost candelabras with flickering candles jazzed up the dinner tables, which were covered in white linens. Students of the conservatory and the rock group Blue Rodeo—which received an honourary fellowship from the conservatory—provided the evening’s entertainment.
Tall, clear ghost candelabras with flickering candles adorned the tables at the Windsor Arms Hotel for Royal Conservatory of Music's annual Royal Occasion Gala.
Cliff Spicer Photography and Photopix by Tina
Tall, clear ghost candelabras with flickering candles adorned thetables at the Windsor Arms Hotel for Royal Conservatory of Music’sannual Royal Occasion Gala.
Cliff Spicer Photography and Photopix by Tina
An orange butterfly adorned the dress worn by a conservatory student, who played the violin at the venue entrance.
Cliff Spicer Photography and Photopix by Tina
The Windsor Arms served a dark chocolate mousse topped with spicy mandarin orange compote, a brandy basket wafer, and an edible butterfly.
Cliff Spicer Photography and Photopix by Tina
