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The 620 guests arrived at longtime Daffodil Ball location--Windsor Station in Montreal--to see a theme that ranges from African jungle to 'out of the box' craziness, the event team says. Here, a Dream Hunter greets guests.
Wild makeup and iPads at the registration desk.
At the entrance, enhanced with dark wood cabinetry, a hostess is decked out in ethnic jewelry and exotic makeup.
Greeters in tropical costumes.
The 'jungle' entrance staircase.
A long view of the main event space. Six overhead wooden structures backed with stripped bamboo thatching dominate the safari-tent dining room.
Bamboo safari chairs are topped with random seat cushions--some leopard print, some jute.
Long rectangular table near a dividing wall.
Another view.
Bird cages and wooded safari structures are suspended overhead.
The dining area features three different colors of linen.
Flamboyant centerpieces with tropical flowers and foliage.
Jute table linen and cushions.
Jungle stage backdrop.
Four screens show what's happening onstage, then switch to tribal masks during downtime.
The silent auction, featuring bilingual prize posters.
VIPs receive Christofle gifts, each personally engraved.
And for dinner: Swordfish carpaccio and tartare, with stuffed sea urchin shells and a circling 'butterfly.'
The main dish: Wapiti [elk] with passion fruit and date sauce. The dish arrives via 'air mail.'
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