The evening was like the awards shows that you see on television. With less diamonds and without all the internationally famous people. There were quite a few local famous people though. It was nice that a local artist created the awards. The businesses could win a Bee Kingdom glass piece and the artists could win a bee themed drawing. How much do I love the work that Bee Kingdom does?
I ended up sitting next to one of the business co-chairs of the event. He did not say much. I was also sitting next to a couple of the presenters, so they were up and down during the event. I was very close to the stage and I got to see for myself how much of an angle it was on because of the Theater Calgary show that was on at the time. I like to know how things work so for me it was a great seat. It was good be be up on things and get my tickets early.
The host was quite good and kept things going so it never got boring. The presenter from one of the businesses was very impressive and she had great shoes.
There were a few nominations from EMMEDIA, which is great. It makes us seem bigger than we are. It was too bad that all the awards went to performing arts and none to visual arts.
Everyone looked so good and was all dressed up. Cori was wearing this great coat that looked and felt like fur but it was wool. It looked antique and it was really well made.
Mayor’s Evening for Business and the Arts.
When did this happen? September 21, 2009.
