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Fred UnLEEshed: Oct. 31, 2014

SWEET MUSIC: Music Heals raises awareness of the healing powers of music and fundraises for music therapy and related services across Canada. The foundation, along with partner, LG104.

SWEET MUSIC: Music Heals raises awareness of the healing powers of music and fundraises for music therapy and related services across Canada. The foundation, along with partner, LG104.3 FM, brought together community leaders, music enthusiasts and some of Canada’s foremost musical talent for the charity’s inaugural fundraiser, Strike A Chord. Hosted by Prevail of Canadian hip-hop icons Swollen Members, the benefit concert featured performances by the Boom Booms, the Matinee, Kutapira, Chin Injeti, Omar Khan and a special guest appearance by Juno award-winning artist Serena Ryder. Designed to celebrate the healing power of music, while highlighting some of the locally driven initiatives implemented by Music Heals, the evening netted nearly $60,000 for the fledgling national organization.

CLUB RULES: The Boys and Girls Clubs of South Coast B.C. believes that every child is amazing. For more than 75 years, the organization has been giving youth a safe place to be kids after school, a place of belonging and fun. Annually, the non-profit hosts 12,000 children at a dozen clubhouses throughout the Lower Mainland, where no one is ever turned away due to economic circumstances. The agency, led by CEO Carolyn Tuckwell, recently hosted its annual Clubhouse Gala, sponsored by Scotiabank, Silver Wheaton and Maynards. Emceed by CTV’s Perry Solkowski and featuring funny man Steve Patterson of the CBC’s The Debaters, and yours truly as auctioneer, the event, staged at the Hotel Vancouver, generated a record $150,000.

DESIGNER PRESENCE: Versace Home, created in 1992 as the natural extension of the creative universe of acclaimed Italian designer Gianni Versace, opened in Vancouver last week. Its first Canadian boutique, the luxury store debuted in Vancouver’s historical Gastown district, one of a handful of the Italian luxury brand’s retail outlets dedicated to furniture, bedding and beautiful objects of desire. The designer digs replaced consignment store Deluxe Junk, which operated out of the West Cordova space for more than three decades. The city’s who’s who, design-conscious and well heeled attended the invitation-only grand opening hosted by licensing director Gabriella Saracino and local brand ambassador Peter Zou.