Holt Renfrew supports MusiCounts

It simply doesn’t get any better than fashion supporting philanthropy. And when said pairings tie into the music buzz engulfing our fair city, two-thumbs up is the result.

Hundreds of guests gathered at Holt Renfrew on March 9 for a charitable shopping night that saw 10 per cent of total sales being donated by Holts to MusiCounts, Canada’s music education charity associated with The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) and Juno Awards.

Special guests and 2016 Juno nominees Dear Rouge performed a live set followed by a CD signing of their latest album, Black to Gold. Dear Rouge husband and wife team, Drew and Danielle McTaggart, were both touring musicians under separate projects. They met while in their early touring days, and began dating, before getting married and starting Dear Rouge. The name of the duo is derived from the name of Danielle’s home town of Red Deer.

In celebration of the Junos in Calgary on April 3, Holt Renfrew will present the Juno Red Carpet Lounge for talent and industry players to experience prior to the show. Among the scores of guests sipping, shopping and noshing this night were: Hostess with the mostess Holt Renfrew divisional vice-president and GM Deb Kerr with colleagues Tracy Logan, marketing manager and marketing coordinator Jaimie Cugnet; Mode Models’ Kelly Streit; Datywrap’s Norm Bogner and his wife Kim Bogner; fashionistas Katrina Olson-Mottahed, Franca DeJong, Jan Wittig and Cynthia Moore; MusiCounts’ Marie Desmarteau; Environcom director Cindy Yu; and Mode Models head-turners Dora Wal, Nicole Abt, Kendall Gajek, Sarah Abt and Una Filipovic.

PHOTOS, BILL BROOKS The MusiCounts Charity Shopping Event, held at Holt Renfrew on March 9, featured 2016 Juno nominee Dear Rouge. The husband and wife duo — Drew, left, and Danielle McTaggart, right — pose with Holt Renfrew’s Deb Kerr at the event.