Brooks: Owen Hart Foundation's Intimate Evening with Sarah McLachlan
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An Intimate Evening with Sarah McLachlan was the perfect way to spend a chilly winter’s eve at the Jube — all the while raising funds for the Owen Hart Foundation. The Grammy and Juno Award-winning Canadian icon headlined the 18th annual foundation fundraiser — much to the delight of the hundreds of guests in attendance. No surprise that the concert was sold out weeks’ prior.
The captivated audience had a chance to reminisce with McLachlan as she perfectly executed some of her most emotional ballads that served well to display her fine-tuned mezzo-soprano vocal range. There is no doubt that Sarah’s hits have had a tremendous impact on many of our lives, including her rendition of the tune When She Loved Me. McLachlan dedicated the song to artist Oje Hart and his sister Athena — the son and daughter of the late Owen Hart and his wife Martha Hart — founder of the Owen Hart Foundation. Oje had sketched a special pastel drawing of the Toy Story 2 character Jesse, whom the melody was written for, and presented it to McLachlan in appreciation for a song that had been so important to him growing up.
McLachlan joins the impressive list of performers who have been featured at past Owen Hart Foundation events including Robin Williams, Elvis Costello, Jerry Seinfeld, Ringo Starr and Steve Martin to name but a few.
Guests in attendance having a marvellous time this evening included: auction sponsors Trapped Escape Room Experience’s Darcy Anderson and Kelly Patterson; Owen Hart Foundation’s Virginia Xavier; WestJet Airlines’ Jereme and Karli Kincaid; Cinnamon Girl Clinic’s Virgillia Chichoine with Mitch Chichoine; Evolve Sponsorship and Engagement’s Valerie Pek; Canadian Western Bank’s Dustin Jones and Jeff Bowling; Brookfield Residential’s Careen Church; Dentrix Dental Care’s Dr. Brian Killick; LAR Business Concepts’ Linna Morgan and Mary Ann Steen; Stantec Oil & Gas vice-president Dean Mullin; Postmedia columnist and Sportsnet analyst Eric Francis; University of Calgary’s Dr. Nicole Letourneau; journalist and Owen Hart Foundation committee member Tammi Christopher-Buchanan; For the Love of Children Society’s Kavita and Ashid Bahl; Century 21 Rockies Realty’s Colleen Standen; Shoe Muse’s Dani Izzo; Air Canada’s Lisa Jarvis; Sue Miller; Barb Simic of The Calgary Educational Partnership Foundation; WestJet’s Pino Mancuso and his wife Atonietta; U of C’s Dr. Paul Wellings and his wife Magdi; Romana Kraft of Collectors Gallery; and event producer David Howard of The Event Group.
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