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Tickets for Ted Harrison's celebration dinner are = being=20 snapped up.
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What: Evening to celebrate Ted Harrison
Where: Fairmont Empress ballroom
When: 6 p.m. Oct. 3
Tickets: $95 at Penny Farthing Pub, Crown Publications, Ted Harrison = Gallery,=20 or call Neil Rawnsley AT 250-380-8243.
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Oak Bay Rotary Club is hosting an evening to celebrate the long = creative life=20 and prolific artistry of painter, author, teacher, philanthropist and = Rotarian=20 Ted Harrison.
"So often we wait until someone is gone to have a party and honour = them,"=20 said organizer Neil Rawnsey. "We decided to throw a party for Ted now, = to let=20 him know how special he is.
"Many in our community have enjoyed and benefited from their = association with=20 Ted and want to be a part of recognizing his contributions to the fabric = of our=20 country and our community."
The event at the Fairmont Empress will begin at 6 p.m. and run to = about 9.,=20 because some of Harrison's friends are elderly. There will be no long = speeches=20 and it is not a fundraiser, said Rawnsley, who noted ticket prices cover = the=20 cost of a three-course meal.
The evening also includes a video of Harrison's work and a short = biographical=20 handout.
Rawnsley noted many young people will also be there, as Harrison has = been a=20 keen volunteer "and did a tremendous amount in many schools, especially = Monterey=20 Elementary."
"My own daughter, who is just finishing her education degree, heard = about=20 this evening and insists on coming. Other friends say their children = feel the=20 same. Ted touched an awful lot of people."
The British-born painter, who came to Canada in 1968, first settled = in the=20 Yukon where his audaciously colourful art became famous. He moved here = in the=20 early 1990s and became a member of the Rotary Club of Oak Bay. He has = supported=20 scores of local groups by donating works to fundraising auctions and = benefits --=20 from Burnside Gorge Community Centre and Abkhazi Garden to CNIB.
"He has unselfishly donated of his talents, art and name to many = charitable=20 causes. Regardless of all his honours -- OC, OBE, honorary degrees -- he = is just=20 Ted, a wonderful and generous man who has influenced and inspired so = many."
"We want to do something special for him," said Rawnsley, the club's=20 past-president.
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