Born To Style Video Contest For Toronto Hair School

King St East AVEDA Beauty School will soon host the ‘Live Hair Showdown’ portion of the 2013 Born To Style Competition

The flagship Aveda Institute professional hair and beauty school in Toronto is directly opposite St James Park at 155 King St East.  This is the green space where the 2012 Occupy Movement settled in the city, and the salon below and school up top both have wide windows that look out on to the park. For some students that must have been very challenging scenery. Truly gifted beauticians are therapists and empathic to ailments and societal malaise. The best of the breed do indeed feel like they were called to the job of being hair stylists from a higher power – they feel like they were born to style.

Born to Style is a nationwide search for Canada’s next top stylists; its a real contest into which many dozen young people will enter and four will find, after winning a live competition, that their entire tuition worth approx $10K each is paid in full.

AVEDA Institute Canada challenges young people to step up and prove they are Born to Style again in 2013; applicants need to show contest admin why they deserve to be included in each city’s top five finalists group. They need to make and publish video media to show what they will do when asked to perform in a live hair styling competition in front of important guests, and be judged by celebrity stylists in all four cities across Canada.

2013 Born to Style Hair School Scholarship Contest, presented by Aveda Institute Canada is the exact same structure as last year, and accepts video submissions until 1st March 2012.

This social media contest was created to help innovative and imaginative youth who are just starting out in beauty craft and perhaps, as yet, do NOT even know the basics of cutting hair.  This challenge could be the first step in a new career as a beautician or fashion stylist. The competition is designed to help these young artists become world class stylists and a satisfying career that begins by winning all tuition expenses paid prize to be redeemed at AVEDA Institute in Toronto, Winnipeg, Calgary and Vancouver.

Do you wonder what it would be like to win a contest like this? How would this change your life, exactly? The Aveda Institute Canada blog did a good job Catching Up With Winnipeg’s Robyn Thompson, the girl that won the grand prize in Winnipeg last year.

There will be four hair showdowns, one in each city Toronto, Winnipeg, Calgary, and Vancouver. Stay tuned to the social media channels in each of the cities for the dates.

Check out this video that was made after Born To Style in Vancouver 2012!

Start your hairstyling career with Aveda today! Download Contest Info Package.

Check out Aveda Institute Toronto on Facebook, and follow on Twitter @AVEDA416

Canadian Disability Hall of Fame Awards

The Canadian Disability Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony took place on November 29^th at The Fairmount Royal York Hotel in Toronto. As in past years, CityEvents is proud to have assisted in the planning of the 19^th annual Canadian Disability Hall of Fame Awards. We thank you for the great turn out as well as your amazing support.

Among this years attendees were Hon. David Crombie, Hon. David Onley, Lt. Governor of Ontario, Hon. Vim Kochhar, and  Guest speaker, Lindsay Gordon, President and CEO of HSBC, and many more.

At this years event four new members were welcomed into the Hall of Fame. The exceptional group of people inducted includes Ann Caine -builder, Tracey Ferguson -athlete, Robert Hampson -achiever, and Joyce Thompson -builder (posthumously).

Ann Caine- Builder

Ann is the founder of Sunrise Therapeutic Riding and Learning Centre near Guelph, Ontario. Ann has helped to introduce thousands of young people as well as adults with special needs to improved fitness, independence, and acceptance while at Sunrise. Ann plays a large role in the growth and practice of therapeutic riding and is a founding member and past president of the Canadian Therapeutic Riding Association and the Ontario Therapeutic Riding Association. Along with her other achievements Ann played an influential role in developing Paralympic equestrian sport and was a founding member and Canadian representative on the International Paralympic Equestrian Committee.

Tracey Ferguson- Athlete

Tracey was the first female with a disability to be inducted into the Scarborough Board of Education’s Elite Athlete Program, and at the age of sixteen she became the youngest person ever to be selected to the national women’s wheelchair basketball team. Tracey helped the team to go 10 years undefeated in international competition, earning three Paralympic medals and three World Championships. Tracey is a rare multi-sport Paralympian and competed in track at the 2008 Summer Games.

Robert Hampson- Achiever

Robert loves to test himself and enjoys activities such as sky diving, rock climbing, and skiing. In fact, Robert is an accomplished competitive swimmer winning medals in three rips to the Ontario Paralympic Winter Championships. Robert is a Variety Village ambassador and a strong promoter of accessibility. When he was five, Robert started to collect pop can tabs to buy wheelchairs for kids with disabilities. When he was eight he launched the Robert Hampson Tabs for Kids Fund and has since collected 21 million pop tabs.

Joyce Thompson- Builder (posthumously)

Joyce was the first Executive Director of Rotary Cheshire Homes (North America’s first fully accessible apartment complex for the deaf-blind). Joyce’s 30-year campaign to help build a world of greater security for deaf-blind Canadians resulted in the creation of many influential initiatives. Joyce’s vision was The Canadian Helen Keller Centre with the support of RCH Board, offering training for deaf-blind clients in independent living skills, communication and assistive technologies. Joyce significantly increased access to publicly funded intervener services, and helped to designate June as Deaf-Blind Awareness Month in Ontario.

For more information on this event visit: http://www.cfpdp.com/cdhf/default.html

 

Shangri-La Hotel has a special offer now for Event Planners!

Have you checked out the newest luxury hotel rooms and meeting space?  If not it is one of our favorite new event spaces in Toronto.

“Shangri-La’s Bonus Miles rewards for Events, event organizer can earn up to 20,000 airline bonus miles with any one of the 24 participating airlines when booking an event group at any Shangri-La hotel, resort or Traders hotel between now and 31 December 2012.” If you reserved the event room and at least ten rooms for one night, you can earn one hundred miles for each room.  You don’t need a big room? Just stay at Shangri-La Hotel for two nights!

The hotel offers another Bonus Choice. If you stay over 2 nights, you could get Deluxe Set Breakfast Menu, 75 CAD Dining Credit at Bosk, and 75 CAD SPA Credit at Miraj Hammam.

Shangri-La Hotel Toronto has eight meeting rooms include a huge ball room, one garden terrace, and one theatre room. The event rooms are named after Toronto places.

Museum is a two-storey glass room. There are 13 Italian crystal chandeliers, hanging at varying heights. The Screening Room has a 16′ x 13.5′ foot screen with “state-of-the-art” sound system, and 42 over-sized chairs. The largest room would be Queens Park Room. That ballroom is 341 square meters (3,670 square feet) of open space, and it has 39 pave crystal chandeliers above. You can see University Avenue through the glass wall. They have an outdoor garden terrace, and that is good for extending the ballroom capabilities in the summer time.  Our favorite detail is this large patio space that leads off the main ballroom and a big point of difference from other Toronto Ballrooms.

At the restaurant, Bosk, they have delirious Asian-inspired food and there are 80 seats. You can arrange private dining by the maximum of 30 people.They also open the Lobby Lounge, and the bar.

Overall the new hotel offers a number of different spaces for a casual drink or larger event.

For more information, visit their Website: http://www.shangri-la.com/toronto/shangrila
Shangri-La Hotel, Toronto
188 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, M5H 0A3, Canada

The Biggest Frocktail Party yet at Arcadian Loft

Photo Credit; Steve Blackburn, YYZ Events

Frocktail Designer Dress Auction had exhibited some of its best frocks and accessories on ‘The Fourth Annual Frocktail Party’, which took place at Arcadian Loft on 14th of the instant. I have been supporting this event since the first year and purchased some great dresses over the years.  This years event was the biggest yet and doubled their fundraising. The funds gathered from this auction will go to Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF). The party has already donated more than $80 thousand to the foundation over the years. The new location was a great hit and offered a great area for display as well as the dance floor which filled up later on.

Mainly, fashion-loving designers and some praiseworthy retailers donated most of the items, and individuals showcased for the auction. The Bay, French Connection, Greta Constantine, Calla, Lovas, eLUXE, Ela, Danier are some of the fashion-forward retailers that donated their frocks for auction. The local celebrities were not far behind the retailers in donating their favourite pieces for the auction. Monika Schnarre’s David Dixon Dress and Oscar de la Renta, Mary Katrantzou gowns from Suzanne Rogers were the main attraction. Cheryl Hickey donated the dress designed by Toronto’s very own designer Rodney Philpott which she had worn on the Royal Wedding. The highest selling item was a suit from Garrison Bespoke.

Photo Credit; Steve Blackburn, YYZ Events

Everyone expected that this year’s party would beat all the records of the previous ones and it disappointed nobody. More than 600 guests had graced the party with their presence. The fund passed over $55,000 this year which is nearly twice the amount of last year. This brings a total amount of $150,000 for 2012. The Bay, French Connection, Iceberg Vodka, Purdy’s, Durbanville Hills, O&B events and Got2b sponsored the whole event. Overall, the party was a blast. Congratulations to the organizers and volunteers of this hot event on the TO fundraising circuit.

DX Intersection Gala doubles it size in 2012

 

The historic building of Canada’s Design Museum wore a festive look on November 16th for DX Intersection, a collection of custom creations, surrounding the lobby. IKEA, the world famous Swedish furniture manufacturer, partnered with Design Exchange to present AUKTION. The event showcased more than 20 unrivaled items designed by artists, celebrities and professional experts. The party guests were given the honor to bid on these items and the fund will be used to helping the DX’s Youth Education Program and Canadian Design Preservation Initiatives.

AUKTION had showcased the most dazzling and ravishing pieces of works. Participants from all over the Canada took part in this event. The Atelier 688 and Barr Gilmore worked together to complete a fulgurous floor lamp chandelier. House and Home Magazine enlisted a tennis table and Sarah Stapley a Sid Lee’s music-inspired table. Other than these there were also Christina Zeidler’s “Queen Camo” seating installments, a bookshelf that can dance by Davide Tonizzo and a wall screen by Design Agency.

More than twelve hundred guests attended the party. The whole museum building was lively with sounds of live music and ecstasy of the guests. The DJs moved here and there with their instruments on each floor which included Keys n Krates and Skratch Bastid and Bellosound. The sponsors went through a whole lot of trouble to make this exhibition a success.  Flare, IKEA, DL, GE Monogram, Bruce Mau Design and Sennheiser are some of the main sponsors of this entertaining event.

For more info on the event visit: (www.torontocityevents.ca or www.dx.org)

 

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