CBC Personalities Join Scrabble With the Stars 4/4

More stars have come on board for the seventh annual Scrabble® With The Stars, including several eminent CBC personalities, event chair Vivienne Muhling announced today. This signature fundraiser in aid of Performing Arts Lodges (PAL) Toronto takes place on Monday, April 4, beginning at 6:30pm at the elegant Arcadian Court for the first time ever. Fashion/lifestyle reporter Jeanne Beker and actor Barry Flatman graciously host the event for the third year in a row.

CBC News Now anchor Heather Hiscox (2009 Gemini nominee for Best News Anchor), writer, producer and Radio 2 Morning host Bob Mackowycz (National Screen Institute Drama Prize winner in 2008), actor Matthew MacFadzean (star of CBC-TV's InSecurity) and singer and actress Terra Hazelton (Genie nominee for her debut film performance in Fubar II) join previously announced stars Mark Breslin, Barbara Budd, Dave Broadfoot, Dinah Christie, Mary Lou Fallis, Graham Greene, Deb McGrath, Colin Mochrie, Charlotte Moore, Gordon Pinsent, Louise Pitre, Djanet Sears, TEd Simonett, Saida Baba Talibah, R.H. Thomson, Theresa Tova, David Warrack and others for this fun-filled event.

Scrabble With the Stars is a chance to get words in edge-wise with more than forty of Canada's most eminent celebrities who will dine and play Scrabble with sponsors and guests in support of PAL Place, a unique residential complex in downtown Toronto that many of Canada's esteemed artists call home.

Guests can view and bid on art at the Celebrity Art & Craft Exhibition such as watercolours from Heather Allin and Jayne Eastwood, designer fishing flies from C. David Johnson, photographic art from Marilyn Lightstone, paintings from Gordon Pinsent and Karl Pruner, a self-portrait from Louise Pitre, jewellery from Barbara Budd and Sandi Ross, and more. All artworks have been generously donated by the celeb artists and all proceeds will go to PAL.

Then out come the Scrabble® boards, and the battle of words begin. While international Scrabble® master John Chew totals the scores and establishes the winners, guests will indulge in coffee and dessert on the edge of their seats as they anticipate the results.

Lavish prizes await Scrabble® winners. A 10 person tasting tour of Kacaba Vineyards plus a wine gift pack for the highest individual score; a night at Toronto's landmark hotel, The Fairmont Royal York, for the highest Celebrity Score; tickets to Billy Elliot The Musical for the highest scoring word; and the highest scoring PAL word (a word that includes all 3 letters P A and L) wins a pass for 4 to the AGO with your own private docent. Each player at the table with the overall top score wins a signed book by Jeanne Beker, one signed by author and celebrity Scrabbler Ted Barris plus a bottle of wine from Barefoot Wine and Bubbly.

The Performing Arts Lodges, Toronto is dedicated to providing assistance in the areas of health, well-being and affordable accommodation for members of the entertainment industry. PAL Toronto operates PAL Place, a unique residential complex in downtown Toronto that many of Canada's esteemed artists call home. Funds raised through Scrabble® With The Stars allow PAL Toronto to create additional support for the growing number of PAL residents who are becoming too frail and aged to care for themselves in their own homes. The proceeds help ailing PAL Place residents to continue to live with dignity in their own apartments, among their fellow theatrical professionals. Thank you to Scrabble With The Stars major sponsors Scotiabank, ACTRA Fraternal, CBC and Shepell-FGI.

Scrabble® With The Stars, a fun-draising evening for PAL, Toronto

Hosted by Jeanne Beker and Barry Flatman featuring top-tier Celebrity Scrabblers

Monday, April 4, 2011 beginning at 6:30pm at Arcadian Court, 401 Bay Street in Toronto

Tables can be reserved from $500. Single seats are $150 each. The cost includes dinner with complimentary wine, a game of Scrabble with a celebrity and a tax receipt for the maximum allowable amount

For tickets, visit www.scrabblewiththestars.ca or call 1-800-838-3006.
For further information, call 416-603-0625 or email vivienne.muhling@gmail.com for ticket and event info.

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