With Denise Imbeau as the Rotary Club's now infamous mistress of ceremonies, a full house of women cheered on nine charities as they vied for favour from five celebrity judges at Saturday night's Men of Sea to Sky fundraiser at the Eagle Eye Theatre May 10. "The entertainment this year was excellent," said show organizer Judy McQuinn. "And a real variety of talents." And the draw made for a very successful fundraiser. Approximately $10,000 will be divided up among this year's participating charities.In the end only one act could take the top prize, and this year's honour - for the second time in a row - went to Rotaract's male youth band Black Swade, who had the theatre full of women on their feet screaming for more. Second place went to Sea to Sky Community Services for their band Inclusion, led by Gordon Durocher. Inclusion was also enthusiastically received and was the only act to see the audience turn every free space into a dance floor.Third place was found to be such a difficult decision that a tie was announced between Wild at Art's Steve Jui and Cedar Valley School's poetry reading Passionate Paul.Calling themselves the Hysterical Society, and sponsored by The Squamish Historical Society, a mock Ed Sullivan Show entertained the ladies with truly hysterical renditions of Sonny and Cher along with Louis Armstrong and Elvis. In keeping with their style, SORCA provided the women with a unique stripping-on-a-bike routine, and CALOC highlighted the biathlon high performance team recreating a no holds barred race where only one woman was left standing. "The imagination that was used in these acts was first rate," said Quinn.Each group also prepared a booth designed to lure charity dollars from the ladies attending. The audience could buy African wears from the Rotaract booth in support of the Emmanuel Boyz Rescue Centre, be pampered in the Rotary booth by men in togas, or disappear into Cedar Valley School's darkened booth for a host of mysterious treats. This year's judges were Andrea Stokes, Colleen Drenka, Pat Couture, Patricia Heintzman and Sylvie Paillard.
