Grab your fedora and swing dancing shoes and get ready for this year’s Thompson Rivers University – Williams Lake gala on March 28.
Following the success of last year’s Let’s Go Gatsby theme, this year’s theme is Guys and Dolls, based on the musical set in the 1930s focusing on New York City mobsters and gambling.
The chair of this year’s gala is TRU’s Kerry Cook, program co-ordinator of the Applied Business Technology program.
“I am very honoured to be asked to be a part of this committee,” Cook says. “This is a wonderful cause that is close to my heart and I am looking forward to a fantastic evening.”
To match the Guys and Dolls theme, Juno nominated, Maple Blues Award-winners Brandon Isaak and The Twisters, Canada’s Kings of Swing, will be headlining the evening. Local band Third Degree will also be performing.
The gala is an annual event organized by TRU GRIT, a group made up of local community members, to raise money for scholarships and bursaries and to promote the university.
Last year’s gala raised $25,000 and organizers are confident that this year’s total can be doubled to $50,000.
“We are more enthused than ever to be hosting such a worthwhile event to help students continue their education right here in Williams Lake,” said TRU GRIT president Brian Garland.
There will also be dancing and silent and live auctions.
Tickets are $120/person or $960/table of eight. Tickets are available online at tru.ca/williamslake.
