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FOREVER YOUNG
Qui sera la reine du bal ?
Soirée bénéfice au profit de la Fondation de lutte au décrochage scolaire de Montréal
Montréal, le 26 février 2009 – Les Productions A+ dérouleront le tapis rouge, le 19 mars prochain à La Tulipe, pour la première édition de FOREVER YOUNG, une soirée sous la thématique du bal de graduation, au profit de la Fondation de lutte au décrochage scolaire de Montréal. Activités ludiques, musique rétro et actuelle, univers burlesque et robes à paillettes recréeront l’ambiance d’une soirée de graduation de rêve. Venez défiler sur le tapis rouge, danser au son de l’électrisante musique de DJ Plastik Patrik et participer à nos différents concours ainsi qu’au couronnement de la reine et du roi du bal. Animée par la charmante Valérie Roberts et son acolyte Jeff Lizotte de Bombe.TV, FOREVER YOUNG vous offre une occasion en or de donner une deuxième vie à votre tenue de bal!
Danser pour reprendre le « beat »…
Notons que chaque année, depuis 2004, 40% des jeunes montréalais qui quittent l’école n’ont pas de diplôme d’études secondaires. Le bal de graduation représente le couronnement ultime de la réussite scolaire. C’est pourquoi Les Productions A+ misent sur ce thème afin d’amasser des fonds pour la Fondation afin que chaque jeune puisse à son tour aspirer au titre de reine/roi de son bal de graduation.
À propos de la Fondation
La Fondation de lutte au décrochage scolaire de Montréal a été créée, en 1990, par un groupe de partenaires issus du milieu de l’éducation et du monde des affaires. La Fondation a pour objectif général de contribuer à la réussite éducative des jeunes montréalais. À cette fin, elle finance les opérations du Carrefour de lutte au décrochage scolaire, un organisme régional oeuvrant activement auprès des cinq commissions scolaires de l’île de Montréal. Le Carrefour met en place des initiatives de prévention de l’abandon scolaire destinées aux jeunes et aux familles et encourage le partage des pratiques novatrices entre les divers partenaires scolaires, municipaux communautaires et d’affaires de Montréal.
Pour d’autres renseignements: www.fondationlds.qc.ca
FOREVER YOUNG
Jeudi 19 mars 2009, 20 h 30
La Tulipe
4530 Avenue Papineau
Pré vente: 15$ - Porte: 20$
www.soireeforeveryoung.com
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Renseignements/confirmations de présence/entrevues :
Iris Bélanger Noël : 514-603-0693
Iris.belanger@gmail.com
The local and provincial government yesterday announced a program to invest $2.4M to make Montreal stand out as a fashion hub. The idea is not to compete with NYC, Paris or Milan, but to differentiate it.
More here. Incidentally, the city actually asked us to edit a video we had produced on a Lara Croft designer competition, here is the original, and below I’ve embedded the version we cut for the city, enjoy:
On November 28th, 2008 four jury members gathered at Telio’s head office, the purpose of this meeting was to select the 25 student-finalists that will participate in the upcoming edition of its competition presented during the 16th edition of Montreal Fashion Week on March 5th at the Bonsecours Market. In keeping with its commitment to support young Canadian designers, Télio is pleased to invite these up-and-coming talents to create their high end women’s designs from a pre-selection of fabrics provided by the company. They offer them an opportunity to receive one of five scholarships totalling $10,000 to help launch their budding fashion career. Télio is one of North America’s leading import/export and distribution companies whose textiles are at the cutting edge of fashion.
The 2009 Jury
This year, Télio asked four of the country’s top fashion industry professionals to be a part of the jury for the 2009 National Télio Design Competition. Nathalie Atkinson from Toronto (National Post’s style columnist and contributing fashion editor and freelance writer for Elle Canada, Chatelaine, Flare and Fashion), Glen Baxter from Toronto (Host of IN FASHION, Reporter for FashionTelevisionChannel and photographer), Ruth Ho from Vancouver (buyer for the Canadian by Design department at the Bay downtown Vancouver) and Stéphane Le Duc from Montreal (editor-in-chief of Dress to Kill Magazine) were thrilled to participate. Subsequently, after receiving 116 sketches from 20 participating fashion design schools across Canada, they had to choose the 25 finalists for the 2009 edition of the National Télio Design Competition.
The 2009 Finalists
The jury members judged the students’ sketches based on several criteria, including creativity, technical quality and adherence to the theme chosen for 2009—an exploration of our Canadian values, inspired by the four universal elements, earth, air, fire and water.
Student’s name School
Laurie Jean Campus Notre-Dame-de-Foy
Maryline St-Laurent Campus Notre-Dame-de-Foy
Stéphanie Beauzile Domond Cégep Marie-Victorin
Christine Charlebois Cégep Marie-Victorin
Alexandre Faulkner Cégep Marie-Victorin
Devon Halfnight Leflufy Collège LaSalle Montréal
Yu-Ting Lin Collège LaSalle Montréal
Ève Simpson-Ranallo Collège LaSalle Montréal
Caroline Amanda Somos Collège LaSalle Montréal
Xinqi Yang Collège LaSalle Montréal
Ruyi Zhou Collège LaSalle Montréal
Isabelle Campeau École Supérieure de mode de Montréal
Nadine Lavoie École Supérieure de mode de Montréal
Lucie Siv École Supérieure de mode de Montréal
Adelaide Kim Ryerson University School of Fashion
Ying-Ju Bianca Liu Ryerson University School of Fashion
Antonia Schindle University of Manitoba
Sarah Sugandy Olds College
Corinne Monique Ludwig University of Alberta
Savannah Qiu The Art Institute of Vancouver
Yvonne Xie The Art Institute of Vancouver
Kidde Itto University of the Fraser Valley
Emily McIntyre University of the Fraser Valley
Katherine Koniecki Vancouver Community College
Marcia Robertson Vancouver Community College
For complementary information on the first National edition of the Télio
Design Competition 2009, please visit www.telio.com.
MONTREAL, QUEBEC–(Marketwire - Oct. 15, 2007) - Get ready to look gorgeous this Fall! During October, Victoria’s Secret Beauty products will be available in Canada exclusively in La Senza stores. The alluring line answers women’s most important beauty needs offering gorgeous lip glosses and eyeshadows as well as a sumptuous bodycare collection and two enchanting fragrances.
The Victoria’s Secret Beauty Rush line is a seductive selection of must-have makeup that leaves women looking their best. Lips will be tempted by 20 shades of flavoured lip gloss that provide delicious, luminous shine. Whether it’s just a touch of shimmer or all-out crystal gleam, lip gloss lovers will adore shades such as Slice of Heaven, Strawberry Fizz, and I Want Candy.
Glow Nude, Too Too Pink, Bronze Ambition - Beauty Rush’s 12 luxurious loose powder shadows range from the playful to the sultry. Creating a dark and dramatic look when the sun goes down, or something more light and natural for during the day couldn’t be easier thanks to the built-in applicator that gives eyelids a lasting shimmer without the mess of ordinary eyeshadows.
Pamper skin with Victoria’s Secret Garden, the deliciously indulgent fragrant bodycare collection from Victoria’s Secret. The line features hand & body cream, body splash, body lotion, shower gel, eau de toilette and body butter. Featuring eight titillating scents including Love Spell, Pure Seduction and Endless Love, each of the products gently caresses the skin from head to toe leaving it soft and smooth.
Making an impression couldn’t be easier thanks to the intoxicating Very Sexy fragrance line. Very Sexy for Her and Very Sexy for Her2 are two daring and distinctive eau de parfums that feature provocative floral and spice blends that captivate the imagination and set senses ablaze.
Victoria’s Secret Beauty products will be available in Canada exclusively at all La Senza and La Senza Express stores.
The Gazette’s Roberto Rocha covers online video startups and talks about WatchMojo.com’s growing video business, here.
All Hail Queen- Life Beyond the Sun
Montreal January 15, 2007 - A voice that resonates from her soul is one way of describing the songstress Odessa “Queen” Thornhill. Such a powerful tool, you will become a believer from the touch of her words. Queen has spent a lifetime living in song, and March 4, 2007 Montrealers will be graced with her exquisite performance at the Kola Note 5240 Park Avenue.
In this second phase performance of Life Beyond the Sun, Queen will be sharing her stories through song and spoken word as well as performing music from her upcoming album entitled “Who I am”. Backed by dance troupe WASAIKA and a combination of drummers as well as Musicians from the Kalmunity Vibes Collective her words will jump off stage and into your hearts. This will be the performance of the year that Montreal has been waiting for.
After performing abroad in different ensembles, Queen has been at home in Montreal where she’s been laying down roots with local projects. As a resident vocalist in the Kalmunity Vibe Collective (a collective of over 60 musicians and vocalists), she has helped give this group its signature sound. Queen can be seen performing with Louis Toteda’s Corporate Band “La Gioventu”.
Queen has also had the opportunity to perform with great artists such as Zale Seck from Senegal and Muna Mingole from Cameroon .
Always on the move, she has also embarked as an entrepreneur with Her production company Uzuri. This organization is focused on networking entrepreneurs, individual artists, bands and collectives.
Also featured in the evening will be a fashion show from jewelry designer Andre Silas Reynolds. Originally from Barbados, his unique style fuses elements from his homeland as well as materials found here in Canada. All of the jewelry is inspired by nature, using only materials found within; such as seeds, coral, bone, coconut and antler. This show will be featuring new pieces from the Velvet Pearl Collection, as well as the Spring/Fall 2007 line.
He has hosted two fashion shows in Montreal (1997 & 2000) in collaboration with fashion designer ‘Carl’. His works have been on display at art galleries such as the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art (US)… Alvear Studio, design and imports (Baltimore, Maryland)… San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art (San Jose, California)… He has also presented in various festivals throughout the Caribbean.
Odessa “Queen” Thornhill Jennifer Lee
(514)914-1434 (514) 928-8630
odessathornhill@yahoo.ca Jenniflylee@hotmail.com
once again, my favorite Myspace music duo are set to rock Montreal’s socks. The talented beatmaker/party dj Grahm (MTL’s own Metrix) and (loosely) Toronto based emcee Isis (for an extensive interview with her, check out www.shotgunreviews.com (in the Lyrical Lounge) came together about half a year ago through chance meetings facilitated by Myspace and the result has been bananas. The kids can’t get enough of their tracks, especially “Bubblegum”, which was recently the subject to a short video contest at their last show December 17th at Club Lambi. They’ve already embarked on a mini-tour, spreading their seeds all the way to Vancouver. Their “Anthem” has already seen spins CBC affiliated, and 2007 will be kicked off right January 13th, a reunion of sorts with the Showtime boys and girls whose Peer Pressure Saturday marked the pair’s first show ever in the later quarter of last year. They made it on the cover of this week’s Mirror (picture credits to May Truong who may live in Toronto now, but we’re still claiming her here) with predictions that they’ll be noisy-making in the “oh-sept” (duh). Check out the myspace that started it all with their latest tribute to goats, “Horny” (www.myspace.com/thunderheist)
