Annual Christmas Gala

Event Details

iFreeStyle's 6th Annual Salsa Christmas Gala - Saturday December 10, 2011

iFreeStyle's
6th Annual Salsa Christmas Gala 2011
"Mambo Mardi Gras"


Saturday December 10, 2011
6:00pm - 2:00am - doors open at 5:30pm
The Lithuanian House
1573 Bloor Street West
(west of of Dundas St W.) Toronto, Ontario
Looking for Toronto accommodations this weekend?

Attire: FORMAL
Dress to Impress (NO JEANS!)


Music by Corporacion Sabor
(Salsa, Cha Cha Cha, R&B)
Bachata Room with DJ Danilo


$30 by December 9, 2011 or $35 at the door.
*Group Sales (10) please contact Filadelfo Valdes

Coat Check - Non-perishable food item/toy for the
Fort York Food Bank OR $2.

Don't miss Toronto's most anticipated Salsa Christmas celebration! iFreeStyle's 6th Annual Salsa Christmas Gala - Saturday December 10th! This year, it's MAMBO MARDI GRAS... come party with us and get the holiday season started right! Enjoy a night of great music, dancing, live dance entertainment and holiday spirit... Mardi Gras style!

Your ticket includes:
• Live Entertainment on stage
• Music by Corporacion Sabor (Salsa, Cha Cha Cha, R&B) PLUS Bachata Room with DJ Danilo
• Dinner & Dessert
• Starbucks Coffee
• Cash Bar (by Andy from Dovercourt House)
• Mardi Gras Games & over $7,000 Door Prizes to be won
• Tarot Card Readings with Tara Greene
• Spacious Dance floor with Hardwood Floors
• Air Conditioned Venue
• TTC accessible

iFreeStyle's 6th Annual Salsa Christmas Gala Event Trailer

 



Tickets

There are 2 ways to purchase advanced tickets:

  1. Online. Tickets go on sale at the beginning of November!
  2. In person through any member of the iFreeStyle.ca Dance Company. Cash only.

Ticket Prices:

Price Period Payment
$25 October 12 - November 20, 2011 by midnight Early bird promotion! Online purchases only.
$30 November 21 to December 9, 2011 Paypal (including credit card), cash
$35 At the door on December 10, 2011 Cash only at the door.
*No refunds.

Purchase Tickets:

Your ticket includes:

  • Live Entertainment on stage
  • Music by Corporacion Sabor (Salsa, Cha Cha Cha, R&B) PLUS new Bachata Room with DJ Danilo
  • Complimentary dinner and dessert
  • Cash Bar
  • Mardi Gras Games
  • Over $7,000 in Door Prizes to be won
  • Lottery & Fort York Food Bank Learn how to WIN FREE MONEY & GIVE TO THOSE IN NEED!
  • Salsa On2 Dance lessons (Taste of On2 for Beginners and Intermediate Partner work)
  • Spacious hardwood dance floor
  • Air Conditioned Venue
  • Dancing all night!

Entertainment

Music, Games and Entertainment:

Theme - Mardi Gras About Mardi Gras
“Mardi Gras” (French for “Fat Tuesday”) is one the most elaborate, festive parties of the year, celebrated all over the world. It has traditionally been part of the winter social season, with parades, dancing in the streets, costume balls (some of them masquerade balls), and king cake parties. One of the biggest Mardi Gras Carnivals is New Orleans, Louisiana. The New Orleans Carnival season, with roots in preparing for the start of the Christian season of Lent, starts after Twelfth Night, on Epiphany (January 6).

Mardi Gras, has grown in popularity in recent years as a raucous, sometimes hedonistic event. But its roots lie in the Christian calendar, as the "last hurrah" before Lent begins on Ash Wednesday.

Mardi Gras, in short, is a PARTY! 
The traditional colors of Mardi Gras are purple, green, and gold.
mardi gras flag
Music
Corporacion Sabor
Salsa, Cha Cha Cha, R&B

BACHATA ROOM with DJ Danilo!

Corporacion Sabor

Tarot Card Readings (6-9:30pm)
Tara Greene
Professional Tarot Consultant 1989 to present.
Workshop leader in Women’s Spirituality, Dreams, Tarot, Astrology, Ceremonies, Arts, Transformational Work, Goddess Mysteries, Moon Circles

$8 per 8 minute reading.
$2 of each reading will be donated to the Fort York Food Bank.

WIN a 25% off a private reading voucher with Tara Greene. Two prizes to be won!
Individuals who get a reading that night are eligible to win!

Tara Greene -Tarot Card Reading

Performers
iFreeStyle's LadiesAmateur Team
Choreography by Caryl Cuizon

iFreeStyle Ladies Amateur Team

iFreeStyle's 2nd Dominican Bachata Performance Class
Choreography by Caryl Cuizon & Mel Urrutia (Toronto Salsa Xpressions Guest Instructor)

iFreeStyle's 2nd Dominican Bachata Performance Class

Los Salsomanos
Choreography by Giovanni Torres

Los Salsomanos

Enamorarse Student Group
Choreography by Tania Wong

Enamorarse Student Group

Bailamor Ladies Team
Directed by Karina Andre

Bailamor

Maureen Camacho & Elton Martins

Elton Martins & Maureen Camacho

Kathy Dondish & Angelo De Torres

Kathy & Angelo

iFreeStyle Dancers
Directed by Caryl Cuizon

iFreeStyle Dancers
Games & Door Prizes Over $7,000 in prizes to be won! Play Mardi Gras games, win tickets and increase your chances in winning some amazing prizes. Please click on the SPONSOR tab for a listing of our generous sponsors!

Please click on the SPONSOR tab for a listing of our generous sponsors!
Lottery & Fort York Food Bank
Want to win some money & help families in need this Christmas? Of course you want to help! And who doesn't want to win free $$ for Christmas? A portion of each ticket sale will be put in a pot for the lottery. Purchase an advanced ticket and be automatically entered to win in the lottery. When you arrive, you will be given a ticket to enter into the lottery.

You can win 50% of the pot, just for purchasing your ticket before December 10, 2011. iFreeStyle.ca will be donating the other 50% to the Fort York Food bank to help make this Christmas just a little more merrier for those in need.

iFreeStyle.ca supports Fort York Food Bank

   

Schedule


Time Event
5:30pm Doors Open
Reminders:
• Formal attire - NO JEANS! Dress to impress in your holiday best!
• Online ticket holders please print your e-ticket and ID.

5:30- 8:00pm Mardi Games!
Cash Bar is open! Try our Mardi Gras signature drink "Hurricane"
6:00-9:30pm Tarot Card Readings with Tara Greene (sign-up at welcome desk required).
$8 per 8 minute reading. $2 of every reading will be donated to the Fort York Food Bank.
6:00-7:00pm Salsa On2 Lessons
• Beginner - "Taste of On2" with Velina & Elton
• Intermediate Partner work with Joey & Gislle
7:00-8:15pm Dinner is served!
7:00-10:30pm Social Dancing!
Music by Corporacion Sabor (Salsa, Cha Cha, R&B, Old School)
BACHATA ROOM opens at 8:30pm with DJ Danilo
10:30pm Show time!
11:15pm -2:00am • Cake and Dessert
• Birthday Dances (Gil Mesina, Michelle Schober, Giselle Jagai)
• Social Dancing continues!

Sponsors

iFreeStyle.ca would like to thank all of our sponsors for their generous donations to this event! Please visit their websites or contact them for more information on their products/services!

If you are interested in donating a prize, please contact us at events@ifreestyle.ca!

Herzig Eye Institute
Contact:
Dr. Sheldon Herzig and Cherry Tabb
www.herzig-eye.com
Toronto, Ontario
Laser Eye Correction
Herzig
Kombat Arts Training Academy
Contact: Joey de Los Reyes
www.kombatarts.com
Mississauga, Ontario
Premier Mixed Martial Arts facility
Kombat Arts Logo

Dr. Joel Kerr
www.joelkerr.ca
Toronto, Ontario

Jokrr

Noir Nail Bar
www.noirnailbar.com
Toronto, Ontario
Nail Salon

Jokrr

Shape Health and Wellness
www.joelkerr.ca
Toronto, Ontario

Jokrr
First National Financial LP
www.firstnational.ca
Toronto, Ontario
First National Logo

Tassone Legal Servies
Contact: Maurizio Tassone
Toronto, Ontario
(416) 410-8946

Starbucks logo
Stella & Dot
www.stelladot.com/tpatricio
Jewelry Collection
Toronto, Ontario
stella&dot

Detonate Group
Contact: Imraan Khan
www.detonategroup.com
sales@detonategroup.com
(416) 388-6713

Xtreme Lash Logo

Shirley's Aesthetic Studio
Contact: Shirley Freire San Andres
Bloor & Ossington
Toronto, Ontario
(416) 799-6220

Xtreme Lash Logo

Natural Spin Dancewear
www.naturalspindancewear.com
Toronto, Ontario

1-888-907-9808
Dance Shoes & Dance Wear for Ladies, Men & Children

Natural Spin Dancewear

Starbucks Coffee
www.starbucks.ca
Toronto, Ontario

Starbucks logo
Fight Scholar
www.fightscholar.ca
Toronto, Ontario
Fight Scholar

DanceFeet
www.dancefeet.ca
Contact: Glenn Uy & Susan Leung
Toronto, Ontario
(416) 388-1504
Custom Orthotics for Dancers

Xtreme Lash Logo
Christine Cho
www.chobeauty.com
Professional Make-up Artist
Toronto, Ontario
Chistine Cho Beauty

DanceMeLike
Contact: Evelina Sandler & Velina Sotirova
Toronto, Ontario
(647) 242-4392 or (647) 241-7402
Official Canadian Distributor of Oobashoo Dance Shoes

DanceMeLike Logo

The Extreme Bean
www.mattandsteve.com
Contact: Steven McVicker
Toronto, Ontario

Dance Feet Logo

Solace Tanning Studios
www.solcetanning.com
Toronto, Ontario

Solace Tanning Logo
Toronto Bachata Festival
Contact: Stephanie Gurnon
www.godancemambo.com/torontobachatafestival
Toronto, Ontario
Bachata Salsa Festival
February 16-19, 2012
Toronto Bachata Festival
Salsa Glam
Organizer: Guesley Cherry
Toronto Contact: Pam Westwater
www.salsaglam.com

Montreal, Ontario
5th Annual Salsa New Year's Celebration
December 30, 2011- January 1, 2012
Salsa Glam 2011
Toronto Salsa Ball
Organizer: P.O.S.E
www.torontosalsaball.ca

Toronto, Ontario
1st Annual Salsa New Year's Celebration
December 31, 2011
Toronto Salsa Ball

Naked Red
www.nakedred.ca
Toronto, Ontario

Ladies Clothing

Solace Tanning Logo

Tara Greene
www.taratarot.com/

Toronto, Ontario
(416) 461-1999

Tarot Card Readings, Psychic, Palm Reader

Tara Green
iFreeStyle.ca Salsa On2 Dance Company
Contact: Caryl Cuizon
www.ifreestyle.ca
Toronto's Salsa On2 Dance School and Performance Company
 



Charity


FYFB

797 DUNDAS ST W Toronto, Ontario
(416) 203-3011
www.fyfb.com
Since 2008, iFreeStyle.ca and guests of our Annual Salsa Chris tams Galas have donated to the Fort York Food Bank with non-perishable food items, toys and a company donation from event ticket sales. The Fort York Food Bank is a member agency of the Daily Bread Food Bank, assigned to service the area covering the Westside of downtown Toronto, from Yonge to Dovercourt, Lake Ontario to Bloor.

Your ticket will be helping others who need assistance this holiday season. Cash, food, pre-washed clothing and non-food donations can be dropped off at our event.

Thank you for support!