Last Saturday night Murray and I attended the Bell Black and White Soiree, an annual winter fund raiser for the National Arts Centre Orchestra and Opera Lyra Ottawa. This year's theme was Gilbert and Sullivan on Parliament Hill. The VIP reception started at 5:00, and the girls' birthday party lasted until 4:00, so we were dressed and out the door in record time. Murray hosted a table again this year, and I got to meet the very charming new director of the National Gallery Marc Mayer who was one of the guests.
The evening was hosted by Peter Mansbridge, Lloyd Robertson and Bernard Derome. A selection of G&S tunes were full of amusing jibes at the politics of the day, and the politicians and journalists who participated did so with a generous amount of good humor. All in all not your average night at the opera.
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