It’s a ball with history and its place is firmly planted not just on the Montreal social calendar, but in the social fabric of the great city that plays host to it
Funds from the event have always supported St. Mary’s Hospital, an independent teaching hospital now affiliated with McGill University. It was founded in 1924, with just 45 beds at Shaughnessy House . Less than a decade later, Sir William Hingston, a distinguished surgeon, banker and one-time mayor of Montreal, set out to raise a million dollars. In spite of the Great Depression, he did it.
This latest ball, held on Nov. 1, was co-chaired by a philanthropically minded pair, made up of past St. Mary’s Hospital Foundation board chair and current executive member, attorney, founder of BCF Business Law and chairman of Cirque du Soleil Entertainment Group. The duo steered a committee that helped gather some 700 guests, who flooded Windsor Station in black tie for a champagne reception, swish dinner and in true Montreal style, a dance party .
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