Had a fabulous day at Woodbine!  Deidre Lazar of Burks Falls and Cathy O''Keefe of Oakville along with their spouses Joe and Christopher joined us for an afternoon at the Races.   We had  lunch with Glenn Crouter VP of media Relations and Sandy Hawley Hall of Fame Jockey.  The food in the 5 Star Woodbine Club was superb thanks to top Chef Joseph.  Thanks Woodbine! 

 

As far as a review goes, the show was fantastic but it took a little while to get going.  It starts a little awkwardly as the band was on stage for a long time looking uncomfortable before the show got started, and the narrator (Lonny) is pretty crude which the crowd didn’t go for at first: you don’t know how to take him at first, but later in the show everyone’s laughing at the same sort of jokes to which they only politely smiled at the start. 

But the show really got going for me with “Waiting for a Girl Like You”, driving to the Hollywood hills and the awkward moment that follows.  Stacey Jaxx really becomes a prominent figure around this time and the level of the show was taken up a notch.  A couple of stand-out numbers for me were “Wanted Dead or Alive”, “The Final Countdown”, and “Every Rose Has its Thorn”.  You know, I could go on: the cast was amazing!  And Yvan Pedneault!  WOW!!!  Can that guy wail!!!  And I’ve gotta give a lot of credit to the hardest working people on that stage: the three backup singers/waitresses: they did a ton of dancing in high heels and had at last count I think 1 million costume changes.  ;-)My wife and I are thinking about going again we had such a good time!  And dinner at Il Fornello was delicious!  We started with smoked salmon (wonderful!)  I had the veal limone (a lemon veal picatta), and my wife had linguine de mare (linguine with shrimps, bay scallops, and calamari).  Both meals were excellent!  We shared a cheesecake for dessert. We had a really really great time and I wanted to give you a HUGE THANKS!!!!!!  Thank you so much—it was a fabulous prize that honestly we’ll think back on a million times and smile and giggle!!! Take care, keep up the fabulous work,

Ken won dinner for 2 at Il Fornello on King Street, Toronto

Wow!  What a great, fun, fabulous time my wife and I had!  Thank you *SO* much!!! I have never had that much fun at a musical!  It was so relaxed and easy, and of course the music brought back a million memories from high school. and tickets to see The Mirvish Production Rock of Ages at The Royal Alexandra Theatre 260 King Street West, Toronto.  Congratulations from The Motts!!

 Congratulations to Michelle Harvey of Orangeville.   She won a 1,000 dollar shopping spree at Tom''s Place 190 Baldwin Street Toronto for her husband Shane!!!! 

Congratulations to Deborah Jayne who won our Mothers Day Contest! Her Mom, Barbara Rafton will be pampered at Salon Solis!  Get ready for a treat Barbara!!  Thanks to Dino and Ernesto at Salon Solis, 659 Yonge Street Toronto, our winning Mom will receive a new hairstyle, cut and colour, a facial, manicure and pedicure because she''s worth it!!  This is a 300 dollar value.  Thanks to everyone who entered our contest.  Happy Mothers Day!

Congratulations to Robert and Darlene Rowe, and Sonia Lolic!!!  Here''s what they had to say about winning with the Motts...!!

We want to thank you so much for the tickets to Mamma Mia last night.  The show was absolutely FAB-U-LOUS, the seats were fantastic.  We left the theatre singing the songs all the way back home.  Highly recommend the show to anyone.  The whole evening was perfect. 
Also of note, the timing of this win was great too.  Sunday was our wedding anniversary and Monday you notified us of the win, we used it as our night out to celebrate!!!
ABBA couldn''t have sang it better, ""So I say thank you for the music, For giving it to me!!!""  Darlene and Robert Rowe


  Hi Carol and Paul,

My friend Darlene Jukes and I went to the show last night. It was fantastic, the seats were perfect!!! Thank you so much for this opportunity, we greatly appreciated the night and walked out with an adrenaline rush….. a show that everyone must see.

Thanks again, Sonia in Bolton

Congratulations to Leslie andd Roan!  Bold Canine provided a full 6 week group training program with a $250.00 value, to Leslie and Roan!  We all want dogs that are sociable and fun to be around.  Caroline Bolduc of Bold Canine will help you make yours that way!        http://www.boldcanine.com/

 Thanks to Debbie Goldring who provided a beautiful portrait of ""Ruthie"" to Emily Douglas our contest winner.  Congratulations Emily...Ruthie looks amazing, what character and expression!

 Beautiful Pastel Portrait of your Animal by Debbie Goldring  Debbie is providing an Original Pastel Portrait, head study of ""Ruthie"". Value $350.00 Portrait.    Debbie Goldring does commissioned pastel portraits of all animals, specializing in horses. For well over 20 years, she has been creating the finest of animal portraits you will see. Debbie is a self taught artist and it is important for her to capture the unique personality and expression of each animal she paints.  Her work has been exhibited throughout North America and has been featured on the covers and in the pages in many publications.

“As an artist I strive to portray every animal I draw with the life and emotion they possess, by showing their unique character.”

http://www.debbiegoldring.com/ 

 

 

 

Previous Contest Winners on themotts.ca!!!

Congratulations to David Pylyp our latest Motts Winner!  David has 2 tickets to see Young Frankenstein at The Princess of Wales Theatre!   The classic Mel Brooks movie is ALIVE... and it''s headed here! Direct from Broadway, this monstrously spectacular new musical features the same creative team as that other monster hit, THE PRODUCERS.  Performances begin March 17 through April 18th.

Our Salon Solis makeover winner is Luiza Whelan!  http://www.salonsolis.com/ Her wonderful husband Terry sent this e-mail....

 Hi Motts, so great hearing you guys back on the air.    I would like to nominate my wife, Luiza for this package.  I think she needs this makeover because she never takes the time to go out and pamper herself.  I try to convince her to go but she always finds something else to do.  We have a 22 month old boy that has the energy of 3 children I think.  She needs a day to just enjoy herself without wondering if a diaper needs to be changed, an email from work needs to be responded to or any other distraction.  She works very hard and I think that she would really appreciate something like this. Thanks for taking the time to read this Carol and Paul.

Terry Whelan

Congratulations to Sheila Smith who won a family pass for 4 to the 2010 Canadian International Auto Show at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre.

Congratulations to Marlene Sanderson who went to see The Sound of Music! 

Hello! Just wanted to say a BIG THANK YOU for the amazing tickets to see The Sound of Music.  The seats were excellent like you said!  

Congratulations to Rita Paterson who went to see ""Rock of Ages""! ""Wow what a show it was a total hit and a must see,again
Thank you for this wonderful opportunity take care of your
Self.My daughter can''t stop talking about the show.
Thank you again""
Rita

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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