{"id":31073,"date":"2015-06-24T13:26:56","date_gmt":"2015-06-24T20:26:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goodlifevancouver.com\/?p=31073"},"modified":"2026-09-30T16:17:38","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T23:17:38","slug":"awards-of-excellence-entertainment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goodlifevancouver.com\/staging\/2138\/awards-of-excellence-entertainment\/","title":{"rendered":"Awards of Excellence\u00a0Entertainment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The City of Vancouver Awards of Excellence takes place on Monday, July 6, 2015 from\u00a06:15pm to 8:30pm at the\u00a0Orpheum Theatre on\u00a0601 Smithe St., Vancouver and is free for the public to attend.<\/p>\n<p>Awards of Excellence celebrate outstanding achievements by local individuals, organizations and youth\u00a0who make Vancouver a better place in which to live.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets to the Awards of Excellence are available to the public\u00a0<strong>free of charge<\/strong>\u00a0by reserving online via:\u00a0<u><a href=\"http:\/\/vancouver.ca\/awards-of-excellence\">vancouver.ca\/awards-of-excellence<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/goodlifevancouver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/excellence3.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"31075\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/goodlifevancouver.com\/staging\/2138\/awards-of-excellence-entertainment\/excellence3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/goodlifevancouver.com\/staging\/2138\/wp-content\/uploads\/excellence3.jpg?fit=391%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"391,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Vancouver Awards of Excellence\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/goodlifevancouver.com\/staging\/2138\/wp-content\/uploads\/excellence3.jpg?fit=391%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-31075\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/goodlifevancouver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/excellence3-196x300.jpg?resize=196%2C300\" alt=\"Vancouver Awards of Excellence\" width=\"196\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/goodlifevancouver.com\/staging\/2138\/wp-content\/uploads\/excellence3.jpg?resize=196%2C300&amp;ssl=1 196w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/goodlifevancouver.com\/staging\/2138\/wp-content\/uploads\/excellence3.jpg?w=391&amp;ssl=1 391w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Winners of the second annual City of Vancouver Awards of Excellence will be announced at the gala awards ceremony, taking place on Monday, July 6 at the Orpheum Theatre.\u00a0Presented by\u00a0Mayor Gregor Robertson and hosted by Riaz Meghji, co-host of CityTV\u2019s\u00a0<em>Breakfast Television<\/em><strong>, the gala is free to members of the public<\/strong>\u00a0and will boast live performances by a\u00a0roster of local and nationally acclaimed artists.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor the evening\u2019s entertainment, we\u2019ve searched the city for the best and brightest talents in order to reflect the stature and diversity of the nominees,\u201d says Tyson Villeneuve, event producer and co-founder of The Social Concierge. \u201cThe nominees spend every day of their lives making Vancouver a better city, so you really want to honour their commitment with a spectacle that\u00a0embodies the diversity and character of the city we call home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Relive the city\u2019s past with a musical review tracing the its progress from the Jazz age to the pop era. Local recording artists\u00a0<strong>Paige Morgan<\/strong>\u00a0(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.paigemorganmusic.com\/\">www.paigemorganmusic.com<\/a>) and\u00a0<strong>Amanda Wood<\/strong>\u00a0(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amandapwood.com\/\">www.amandapwood.com<\/a>) will bring their powerful and sultry voices together for a medley of jazz and pop hits alongside dueling Steinway pianos, courtesy Tom Lee music, and a troupe of contemporary dancers.<\/p>\n<p>Long a fixture of neighbourhood festivals across the city,\u00a0<strong>The Carnival Band\u00a0<\/strong>(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thecarnivalband.com\">www.thecarnivalband.com<\/a>) is a community marching band based in the Commercial Drive area.\u00a0They will be performing an tribute to the many nationalities that have settled in Vancouver and the cultural richness the city has benefitted from, complete with elements of\u00a0samba, calypso, swing, afrobeat, jazz, funk, disco, and traditional music from around the globe.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/goodlifevancouver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/prevail.jpeg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"31077\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/goodlifevancouver.com\/staging\/2138\/awards-of-excellence-entertainment\/prevail-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/goodlifevancouver.com\/staging\/2138\/wp-content\/uploads\/prevail.jpeg?fit=512%2C512&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"512,512\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"prevail\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/goodlifevancouver.com\/staging\/2138\/wp-content\/uploads\/prevail.jpeg?fit=512%2C512&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-31077\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/goodlifevancouver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/prevail-300x300.jpeg?resize=300%2C300\" alt=\"prevail\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/goodlifevancouver.com\/staging\/2138\/wp-content\/uploads\/prevail.jpeg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/goodlifevancouver.com\/staging\/2138\/wp-content\/uploads\/prevail.jpeg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/goodlifevancouver.com\/staging\/2138\/wp-content\/uploads\/prevail.jpeg?w=512&amp;ssl=1 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A four-time Juno Award winner and Vancouver\u2019s very own hip hop ambassador,\u00a0<strong>Prevail<\/strong>\u00a0(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.prevailprevail.com\">www.prevailprevail.com<\/a>) rose to fame as a member of the platinum-selling Swollen Members. 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