Oh what a night!

What an incredible evening. The Music Night fundraiser turned out to be the best one yet! And thanks goes out to SO many people. It really is a group effort. Sara and I simply could not pull this off without the help of so many generous people.

I am grateful to Lisa Hipgrave for introducing me to this amazing cause and all of the incredible people associated with it. A few years ago when Lisa first told us about the TriAdventure Sara and I excitedly signed up to participate in the event…in typical Sara and Suzanne fashion we didn’t really think through what would be involved, we just knew there was a need, a cause, and gosh darn it we were going to jump in and support it. After registering for the event we found out we were successful in our attempts to have a baby so we quickly changed our participation from athletics to fundraising.

Music has always played a special role in both our lives growing up so the next best thing we could offer was to throw a music night to raise funds. Now in its third year, we look forward to music night being a mainstay in people’s summer calendars! Not only do we raise funds for the children of Nikibasika, we bring together our family, friends, and neighbours for an incredible evening of fabulous food and fantastic music!

This year I decided I would tip my toe in arena of athleticism and do the tri. I’ve been training for the run for the past few months, have one training ride under my belt, and hope my previous canoeing experience will serve me well on the paddling portion. 15k run, 15k paddle, and 140k bike…here I come!

With one day to go, I am as prepared as I ever will be.

If you haven’t had a chance to donate yet you still can through my Canada Helps giving page: http://www.canadahelps.org/GivingPages/GivingPage.aspx?gpID=27432

Music Night raised $3185! (I mistakenly posted $1875 earlier having forgotten about the raffle and the bar proceeds!)

We simply could not pull off this event without the generous help from all of these wonderful people!

In no particular order…

 The musicians:

The musical line up was out of this world!

Kyra and Sarah

Katy

Zach

JA, Tanya Oliva and Sara Julieta

Chris Dunn

Stephanie Hodnett

Gabriela Stafford with Nick Stafford

The Hermit Guitarist – Himanshu Desai

The Autumn Stones

Devin Shael Fox

 Set Up Crew:

Dave, Gavin, and Liam Alford for the stage and lighting

Arrin, Corbin and Katlyn for numerous last minute errand running

Mike, Nancy, Christopher and Nancy for signage, ice ice baby, and muscle!

Chris Dunn for the amazing sound set up and running the board to ensure everyone sounded GREAT!

JA for MCing the event and all of his help during general set up

Lisa, Blair and Cate for all that they do…and they do A LOT! xoxo

Lisa Reilly for getting the bar goodies

Lorney Vallings for all of her amazing music gear

Helen and Danny for letting us run rampant through 69 Walmlsey!

 The Food Crew:

Pam Ward for the delicious quesadillas and mushroom caps

Maya Bartram for the scrumptious pulled pork and intoxicating sangria

Andrew and Nancy Roche for the fabulous sliders

John and Encarnita Gardner for the abundant paella

Sam Tosaria for the novel oyster bar

Li Rodriguez for the tasty guacamole

Rose and Mama C and Lorena for all the preparation

Gabriela Stafford, Katia Rodriguez and Judith for the yummy desserts

 The Raffle donations:

The Two Lisas

Victoria Robinson – Tennis Canada

Garden’s Path

Stephanie and Greg Wylie for securing the Cava dinner!

The Bartenders:

Pierre Fortin and JA

Jane, Erin, and Carlos

Danny and Dave

Beau in spirit!

 

If I have forgotten anyone, please, please, please forgive me.

With much love,

Sara and Suzanne

 

2 thoughts on “Oh what a night!”

  1. Sara and Suzanne,

    I am so sorry to have missed this year’s music night. Congratulations on pulling off another successful event. The money you raised is impressive but not nearly as impressive as the passion and energy that infuse into the event. Your energy inspires others to give and that is why the event continues to post results.

    Great work and I promise to make the event next year. Also. good luck in the actual triathlon. Be sure to enjoy the journey.

    Ted and Ann Herbert

  2. Amazing night, Sara and Suzanne — thank you so so much for your commitment and community spirit…. I wanted to mention how awesome it was that Sara’s class wrote letters to the Niki kids a couple of years ago, and how some of them are still writing to each other. So many ways of connecting. Will be trailing behind you this weekend..> Cate

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