Alice in Wonderland-inspired decor for the Canadian Cancer Society's Daffodil Ball included an oversize garden at the entrance of the historic Windsor Station in Montreal.
Photo: Stéphane Poirier
During the cocktail reception, guests helped themselves to champagne from the Queen of Hearts' dress, created by Champagne Showgirls.
Photo: Ian Woo
A topiary divided the cocktail reception and dining areas. Guests entered the dining room through keyhole-shaped entrances.
Photo: Alexandre Chéron
Playing cards formed chandeliers over the dining room. The dance floor and stage had a checkboard pattern.
Photo: Stéphane Poirier
Giant playing cards hung over the tabletops, bent to give a sense of movement. A chessboard motif served as the backdrop for the stage.
Photo: Stéphane Poirier
The design for the dining room included five different table styles, seven linen combinations, three types of chairs, and four colours of chair cushions.
Photo: Alexandre Chéron
Like the settings, table centrepieces varied. Stacks of teacups and flowers created one look, flamingos with eyelashes and hedgehogs created a second.
Photo: Alexandre Chéron
Chefs from Fairmont the Queen Elizabeth created an inventive menu with items like "Large and Small Shellfish in a Pool of Tears."
Photo: Fahri Yavuz
Guests were served soup from a teapot. An edible pocket watch crust rested on top.
Photo: Fahri Yavuz
Alice-inspired images were projected onto screens in the dining room.
Photo: Alexandre Chéron
Appropriately dressed performers circulated during the evening.
Photo: Stéphane Poirier
About 1,000 guests got a preview of LAX's new Tom Bradley International Terminal at a preopening gala that took place as one of the world's busiest airports functioned around it.
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The Hollywood Symphony performed a commissioned "symphonic poem."
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Guests sat for the program at round transparent tables set with clear chairs and centerpieces that mimicked the airport's illuminated pillars.
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Cultural vignettes encouraged guests to explore the new building. Each station offered a stamp for guests' mock passports, and stamped passports could be entered for a chance to win a trip.
Photo: Stephen Chiang Photography
LED video walls—a signature feature of the new terminal—added to the visuals at the event.
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The terminal's many shops and restaurants have yet to open, and as such, the organizers brought in power and other infrastructure specially for the event.
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The terminal's yet-to-open 17 new restaurants set up shop in a 140-foot-long tent on the tarmac in order to present their food offerings to event guests.
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Seating was clean and modern in white and clear groupings.
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An ice station offered Petrossian caviar.
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Custom sweets rounded out the dessert offerings.
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