Renaissance Cafe.

Thanks to the kind and diligent efforts of Catherine Penny (a good friend of mine in the fashion industry who has been following my progress over the years), there will soon be a 'fundraiser of fun' to help support my international fencing goals! This event will showcase a bonanza of local talent. There will be music performed by First Nation's Photobased Artist Arthur Renwick and his band The Shakedown Crew! Arthur will also be having a solo show of his work at the AGO in February 2007 which has been linked with Emily Carr. Brendan Seaton, another photographer and musician, has created the posters for the evening which have been posted around the community. At the fundraiser of fun, Brendan will be exhibiting a photo-diary of his trip to Beijing last fall. Quite good timing since Beijing is hosting the 2008 Olympics!!

The number of door prizes is building by the day!! So far, these include a hockey stick signed by the players of the Toronto Maple Leafs (thanks to the Leafs and Mike Penny, the Leafs' AGM); CDs from Canadian Juno Award winning musicians, donated by AM640 Sports; coupons from our very own Chris "The Hamburger" Bower of BetterFoods; jewelry from the lovely Danielle Sweeney; and beer stuff from Brad and Premier Imports! You can see Arthur in the photo above with the stick...he shoots, he scores!!

The details are as follows....
When: November 24th 2006 at 9pm
Where: Renaissance Cafe - 1938 Danforth Ave. Toronto
Tickets: Prices are $25.00 per ticket
Contact: Catherine Penny - 416.422.1883
Renaissance Cafe - 416.422.1441

Finally, I'd like to thank Catherine for all her hard work in setting-up and advertising the event. I really hope you can all make it out that night.

Take care...

Mark.