Daffodil Ball a stunning success

CREDIT: JOHN KENNEY, THE GAZETTE

Natalie Brown (facing camera) and Amal Chamandy at the Daffodil Ball at Windsor Station Thursday night.
 

CREDIT: JOHN KENNEY, THE GAZETTE

(From left) Leonard Schlemm Jr., Constance Goulakos, Alfee Kaufman, Marie-Josee Vincelli, Sophia Reford and Pierre-Benoit Duhamel share a toast.
 

CREDIT: JOHN KENNEY, THE GAZETTE

Premier Jean Charest enjoys a turn on the dance floor with wife Michele Dionne.
 

CREDIT: JOHN KENNEY, THE GAZETTE

Linda Smith (left) and Cathy Winterstern share a dance.

 
The who's who in this year's Daffodil Ball reverie rivaled the list of chi-chi attendees on Hollywood's red carpets; titans of industry, stylish trendsetters, renowned politicians (yes, even mid-Gomery, there are still a few left) and philanthropists galore. Allow me to introduce you...

Luminous Hilary Pearson and co-chair Michael Sabia, president and CEO, Bell Canada Enterprises; Linda and co-chair Jean-Michel Halfon, president and CEO, Pfizer Canada; Lynne and co-chair Rick Waugh, president and CEO, Scotiabank (feel the power yet?); Blairmore Foundation's Leonard Schlemm and Sandra, wildly attractive in va-va-voom Cavalli, paired with fabulous Lou Goldberg bling; Serge and Ginette Godin; past chair Andre Desmarais and France Chretien Desmarais; Elaine and National Bank's Real Raymond; Marie-Jose and BMO Nesbitt Burns's Jacques Menard; Joelle Sissmann and Sanofi-aventis president Jerome Silvestre; the oh-so-many-women-are-crushed-he's-off-the-market Justin Trudeau, boss-of-style in a Hugo tux, with fiancee Sophie Gregoire, breathtaking in Nancy Wajsman (Scoop: le wedding dress also hails from les Noces Couture and will be unveiled shortly); Line Beauchamp and Pierre Bibeau; Michele Dionne and Quebec Premier Jean Charest (Scoop: the man can dance!); Jacinthe Lepine and Andre Marcheterre; dancing Judge Joel Silcoff and Daffodil producer Alison, sunshine-divine in Shawn Ray Fons and jaw-dropping Delmar jools; Anne-Marie and Jacques Bougie; the inimitable Herb Black, sporting diamond and sapphire buttons that would make ooh-la-la earrings (just kidding, Herb); Danielle Gendron and National Bank powerhouse Andre Berard; Janine Bombardier and Dr. Sadok Besrour and raffle sales dynamo-stunner Marie-Josee Vincelli (MJ's dream team sold a record-breaking 1,400 tickets, totaling $107,000.

Also a-trend-ing the dream ball Nick Gaitan and Nicole Parisien in Wayne-Clark-wow designs; Huguette and Jean-Louis Fontaine;Violette and J.R. Andre Bombardier; Astral Media's Ian and Linda Greenberg, effortlessly chic in navy Armani accented by what else? - diamonds & pearls!; John Weaver and DeLores; Sid Horn and Arianne Bourque, frou-frou fantastic (and seven months pregnant, though who would know it?) in ruffled BCBG; Mariette and Alain Lemaire; Dr. Raouf Greiche and style icon Sarah, trend-setting in a beaded fuchsia silk chiffon by London design-sensation Jenny Packman; Irene Godbout and Bernard Lemaire; Carolyn and Rick Renaud; Glenn Chamandy and Amal; McCarthy Tetrault partner Gerald Tremblay with Stikeman Elliot partner Suzanne Cote ; Claire Gohier and legal eagle Brian Levitt; Harry Bloomfied and Nancy, dazzling in a crystal covered Serge and Real original paired with u-wish-u-could-borrow-them-just-for-a-day canary diamonds; Sarah Ellwood and Russell Goodman; Josee Michaud and SAQ president Sylvain Toutant; Josee Lacoste and real-estate guru Rene Lepine; Dr. Hans Black and Janet, Marilyn Monroe head-turning in Escada; Jocelyne and Loto-Quebec's Alain Cousineau; Joseph and Liz Yermus, the power-of-pretty in floaty pale jade; Andy Habib and Chanel IT Girl Anny Kazanjian, showcasing Karl's sexiest offering this season boasting strategically placed lace (Scoop: Chanel also set up an elaborate touch-up stand in the ladies' powder room. Who doesn't need a midnight tweak?)

The dream ball would not have been the same without Belle and Ernie Grivakis; Michelle and Luc Beauregard; Gazette publisher and my real-life boss Alan Allnutt (Did I mention how fabulous he looked?); Nathalie Bissonnette and James Bell; Leon and society swan Jackie Simard, highlighting that less can be so much more when wearing Armani but more can be even better when talking heirloom chokers!; Penny and Desjardins Securities' Richard Groome; Monique Mercier and justice Pierre Dalphond; Terry Smith and vintage-sensational Linda; former justice minister Martin Cauchon; perennially handsome Sonny Gordon; Peter and Andrea McConnell, poured admirably into an exotic Monique L'Huilier celadon stunner lavished with an explosion of jade; Gordon Echenberg and Penny, pure fashion in frothy tiered snow white; Joanne Ferstman, sexy-classy in a black Georges Reche party frock; Nancy Orr, Bo-Bo-spectacular (FYI: Bohemian Bourgeois) in turquoise and citrus tie-dyed silk; Heidi and Robert Fetherstonhaugh; COMO Hotels' Kuno Fasel; Hans Fluehler and Suzanne, resplendent in dove grey and absolutely whimsical Chanel maquillage; Socrates Goulakos and Julie, topping style charts partout in a Paco Guiven tangerine gown boasting a to-die-four jewel encrusted bodice; Diane Vachon and Vincent Joli-Coeur; Vera Wang-Moschino-perfect Cathy Winterstern, making it a girlz-night-out with pal Nira Novack; Claire D'Anglemont De Tassiguy and Hans Arthur Black; Andre Nadeau and Louise Courey Nadeau, in Paco Guiven couture, fab fishnets and a dangerously hypnotic opal (Scoop; C'est tout Lou Gouldberg); and Canadian Cancer Society's Rene Gallant; Catherine Sherrard; Marc Genereux and Nicole Magnan.

All this bling, and $1,987,000 raised as well. Dazzling indeed.