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You've made all the plans for the perfect Valentine's Day. You've reserved your favourite table at your favourite restaurant. You have the flowers, the chocolates, the card, the gift.
The limousine picks you both up after work, and you slip across town to dine. Once you arrive at the restaurant, everything is perfect: the ambience, the food, the wine, the conversation. You decide to top off a sumptuous meal with a decadent dessert and coffee.
It's not yet 8:00 p.m. Now what? It's too early to retire to the bedroom, and yet you don't want the magic to end. What to do?
It's time to Celebrate Love!
Celebrate Love is, simply put, an evening of the world's greatest love songs, sung by some of Canada's greatest voices, accompanied by top-flight musicians. Celebrate Love is the brainchild of musician, producer, broadcaster and impresario Andrew Craig, and is the realization of a decade-old dream: to create a Valentine's Day event so compelling and beautiful that it would draw fans back year after year.
Molly Johnson, Canada's first lady of jazz, headlines a stellar cast of vocalists, including rising stars Gary Beals, Toya Alexis, Wade O. Brown, and Suba Sankaran. Add to this mix some of Toronto's finest emerging vocal talents, the exquisite sounds of the Toronto-based cello quartet Lush, and the Celebrate Love Orchestra, and the result is magical.
Don't think this show is just for couples! Featuring a unique blend of classic popular songs, rare musical gems from across the planet, poetry and reflections, Celebrate Love is the perfect Valentine's Day activity for people in all stages of love: from new love, to unrequited love, to jilted love, to old love, to true love.
Andrew Craig first produced Celebrate Love as a proof-of-concept show in 2004, in Toronto's Isabel Bader Theatre. Despite minimal advertising, the show sold-out completely, and patrons anxious to get in caused a major traffic jam at Bloor and Avenue Rd!
Audience response to Celebrate Love was overwhelmingly positive. Here are but a few quotes from ecstatic attendees:
"Congratulations on an outstanding performance. Wow! We were totally blown away. The music selection, the individual vocal performances, the tremendous musicians, lighting, sound, and an enthusiastic audience just spoke volumes about the true heart of Canadian music." - K.S., Toronto
"I want to say that last night was FANTASTIC 10 out of 10, please do it again, Toronto missed the best show in town, if you do the same as last night you will have triple as you did last night." - J.A., Toronto
"Celebrate Love - WOW! I attended Saturday night's show...and was blown away. Andrew Craig...remarkable job. The mix and choice of music and culture and diversity beautifully represented the Toronto scene." - R.T., Toronto
"Amazing Valentines Performance! Thank you so much for making our 9th Valentines together so special." - S.T., Toronto
"I was at the "Celebrate Love" concert on Saturday, February 14. It was one of the greatest concerts I've ever been to (and I've been to quite a few concerts)." - I.D., Toronto
"What a great show! The last time I left a show feeling that good was when I saw Luther Vandross and the Voices of Blackness at Maple Leaf Gardens. Keep up the great work!" - C.P., Toronto
Celebrate Love 2010 promises to be even bigger and better. There simply is no better place to be this Valentine's weekend than The Al Green Theatre. |