PROGRAM

18:00 Champagne Reception hosted by Dr. Stefan Pehringer, Ambassador-Designate of Austria to Canada, in the Parliament Foyer with pianist Frédéric Lacroix

Orkidstra performs as guests arrive

Silent Auction opens in the Parliament Foyer

19:00 Fanfare invites guests to the Trillium Ballroom

19:30 Opening Ceremonies with Master of Ceremonies, Rob Clipperton

National Anthems

Welcoming Remarks

19:45 Debutantes and Cavaliers perform the Polonaise with the Thirteen Strings Chamber Orchestra

19:50 Invitation to dance the Viennese Waltz with the Debutantes and Cavaliers

20:00 Dinner Service begins

21:00 Remarks: Patron of the Viennese Winter Ball, Dr. Stefan Pehringer, Ambassador-Designate of Austria to Canada

Remarks: The Viennese Winter Ball Committee

Remarks: Chairman of Music and Beyond, Christopher Spiteri Junior Thirteen Strings

Live Auction

21:30 Debutantes and Cavaliers perform a Waltz to Edelweiss with Thirteen Strings

21:35 Invitation to learn to dance the Quadrille with Melissa Krulick, Director of Fred Astaire Dance Studio, and the Debutantes and Cavaliers

21:45 Dessert, coffee and tea served in the Trillium Ballroom

22:00 Silent Auction closes

22:30 Live Auction

22:50 The Stevens & Kennedy Band

Portraits by Freedom Photography will be available throughout the evening.

Music and dancing all night long!