TOP BC Place Stadium and Servamation executives hosted a wonderfu! party last Thursday night under the dome called ‘‘An Affair to Remember.’’ JOY TELLS ALL The event, held at centre field, was to display their expertise in catering operations in several dif- ferent settings, including a formal dinner and wedding set-up, a western hoedown idea, a sports theme and a fun 1950s dessert sta- tion. The dapper Wayne Cox was the emcee, while West Van’s Warren . Buckley and Jan Besseling were guest speakers, They took the opportunity to introduce their new facility direc- tor, Dan London of North Van, formerly a vice-president with Schenley’s Canada, their chef Tony Heesterman and new cater- ing manager Michael Holmes. Also on hand was the newly appointed food and beverage director for the Vancouver Trade -and Convention Centre, West Van's Edel Forristal. Her proud dad is the GM of the Westin Bayshore, Denis For- ristal... eae It was an especially good weekend for longtime bachelor and stage actor Michael Thoma, as he married the lovely Susan Reno of La Raffinage in a black- tie wedding at St.-Francis-in- the-Wood in Caulfeild. A reception followed at UBC’s Cecil Green Park with family and friends as wel! as a number of col- leagues flying in from Los Angeles. : .In fact, the entire writing con- tingent called The Deck Club was on hand to wish Michael and Susan all the very bes. Michael’s had a very successful THE DRAGON Boat Festival’s main man, Milton Wong. BORDERTOWN BOOTS B.Cs Western Boot Headquarters 3, B00TS trom 129° ncapliano Mail ees, eine 986-2668 career as an actor working on the London stage with Charlton Heston and Ben Cross in the smash hit stage production of The Caine Mutiny. He won raves and continued acting in Britain for about four years before returning to West Van to try writing for a living. He’s nov concentrating fully on his writing. And he's been very successful, He has a new feature movie, The Wrong Man, that’s about to light up the big screen. It's been directed by Jim McBride of The Big Easy and was shot last December in Vera Cruz in Mexico. It stars John Lithgow, Rosean- na Arquette and that new acting sensation from Hoffa and Rising Sun, Kevin Anderson, Andy Thoma, Michael’s brother, was one of the last acts on stage at the Cave Theatre and performs regularly down in Ran- cho Mirage, though he’s also working with Bell Realty in West Van. It turns out that the good-look- ing Andy has also been wed. He and his bride, the auburn- haired Dianne, an aspiring actress, were married on Feb. 24. They recently returned from their two-week honeymoon on Maui. Mike and Susan are honeymooning in Paris (just imag- ine April in Paris!), then they tour about Europe for another three weeks! Congratulations, guys! It was half-way through the Canucks game on Monday night when Province photographer Chris Relke’s beeper went off — and so did he! ft was the call to alert him to get home and get his spouse, Denise Howard, Vancouver Sun photographer, to Lions Gate Hospital, where, at 5:19 a.m., Denise gave birth to the couple’s -first child, a baby boy who weighed in at 6 Ibs. 9 oz., whom his proud parents will call Eli Raymond Relke. Happy everything! The fourth annual Canadian In- ternational Dragon Boat Festival Dinner and Auction at Michael Lambert’s hotel took centre stage with a marvellous champagne reception and gourmet salmon DAN LONDON ... new facility director at BC Place Stadiurn. Johanne Olsen Through Dan Interiors, Johanne presents a } complete shopping experience trom fumiture ro unique gifts and quality kitchen accessories. “Our store offers such fine lines as Kosta Boda, littala, and Arabia of Finland. We also have a complete line of cookwnry, including Cuisinart, % lagostina, Sigg, and Copperware. Remember us for excising acrylic lines for patio and boaters.” A bridal segistry is also available. For thase who appreciate the difference. im Bmteriors Park Royal South 922-1181 MEME UDIE Roly Sunda’ & CAVIAR dinner for about 560 guests at $200 each. Special guests were Premier Michael Harcourt and his pretty wife, Beckie; Dragon Boat's main man Milton Wong, the festival's youthful executive director Sunny Wong; and that charming duo of Rosalie and Joe Segal. Joseph has just been appointed chancellor of SFU. Also on hand was the Chinese Consul] General, the U.S. Consul General David Johanson and his wife Scarlett Swan; Russell and Barbara Brink; realtor Andrea Eng, who was featured pro- minently in last Sunday night’s 60 Minutes interview with Mike Wallace; businessman Danny Gaw; Port Corp.'s Patrick Reid and his wife, Allison; David Y.H. Lui, who had to leave early to go off to the opening night of Ballet B.C.; artist Sam Carter, who created a beautiful decor for the dinner; Kim Campbell's Diana Lam and Lyall Knott; real estate consultant Brian Calder and Suzy and her financier husband Harry Moll. U.TV’'s Russ Froese emceed the affair while former premier Bill im bos Vander Zalm was the auctioneer. ‘ : : A He looked and sounded very : NEWS photo Well Lucente well and Lillian looked even bet- FINANCIER HARRY Moll and wife Suzy Moll at the Dragon Boat tert ; Festival Dinner and Auction. The Festival runs June 18 through The Dragon Boat Festival takes . place June 18 through 20. Photos submitted JESSIE PREVOST {second from left) celebrated her 90th birthday last week, with well-wishers including (from left) Bettye Mills, Mary Jones and Pat Sadler. Happy everything toa delightful lady who celebrated her 90th birthday last week at the University Golf Club with all of her family and friends attending. Jessie Prevost’s three daughters, 12 grandchildren and 18 great grandchildren travelled all the way across the country to be with her on this special day. Her birthday toast was delivered in unison by three grandchildren — Joha Mills, head of Sports BC, Peter Sadler, the top manat_ aeerrat Toronto's Ronco Lid., and Mat- Any THOMA and his new bride D tin J i of Coy nae and CEO two-week honeymoon on Maui. Jessie is also Art Jones’ pesca mother-in-law and Arthur emceed : the gala party ... Cheers! A collection of smail paintings from around the world April 2 to April 10 &> HARRISON GALLERIES The Meat Shop & no backs Chicken Breas P JOE SEGAL ... a special guest at Dragon Boat Festival Dinner and Auction. only family pack k Loin Chops ., [ OIn Ops only | with every $20 purchase rs EE! 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