Awards Gala Dinner and Dance

Friday, October 28

Grand Ballroom, Fort Garry Place

Entrance through the 1st floor of The Fort Garry Hotel
222 Broadway
Winnipeg, MB R3C 0R3
Tel: (204) 942-8251
Fax: (204) 956-2351
Toll-free: 1-800-665-8083

Individual tickets:	$80
Full Table (10 seats):	$720

Dress Code

Black Tie Dress Recommended

Schedule

5:30pm	Reception
6:25pm	Welcome & Introductions, Greeting from Government, Awards Presentations
7:30pm	Dinner
9:00pm	Entertainment and Dance, Ron Paley Big Band

Awards Being Presented

Member-In-Training Award
Early Achievement Award
Champion of Engineering Education Award
Outstanding Service Award
Judith Weiszmann Women in Engineering Champion
Leadership Award
Technical Excellence Award
Honorary Life Membership Award

Past Award Recipients

Entertainment and Dance

Ron Paley Big Band

Pianist, electric bassist, and composer, Ron Paley formed the Ron Paley Big Band in 1976 after playing with the big bands of Buddy Rich and Woody Herman, with whom he recorded two CD's and played on a Frank Sinatra album. He has recorded two big band albums, one trio album, and is completing work on a big band musical.

The big band has performed in concert with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, and played a concert of "new music" sponsored by Winnipeg's new music concert organization "Groundswell". In 2002 Ron was commissioned by the Royal Canadian College of Organists to compose a work for choir and organ based on the text of Psalm 122. This was followed by a commission from the National Arts Centre to write a fanfare for the Toronto Symphony Orchestra for the Royal Visit. In 2004 the big band performed and toured with the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, playing jazz arrangements of songs by Rogers and Hart for "A Cinderella Story". In 2007 Ron was commissioned by the Winnipeg Singers to write a choral work using the text of 3 of Shakespeare's sonnets.