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2009 Global Calgary Woman of Vision Awards

Tuesday, March 10th, 2009

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MITZIE WASYLIW - 2009 Calgary Woman Of Vision Award Honoree

March 9, 2009 - 2009 Global Calgary Woman Of Vision Awards - Westin Hotel. Attendance: 850.

The 12 th Annual Calgary Women Of Vision Awards luncheon, held yesterday at at the Westin Hotel is a dynamic annual event - celebrating 12 exceptional woman in the City of Calgary. Yesterday’s  awards ceremony and luncheon showcased extraordinary women in the local community who truly inspire others that have been a positive influence and source of encouragement and leadership to the Calgary community.  

Award recipients included: Frances Wright, Yolande Freeze, Dr. Rupinder Toor Mangat, Jessica Zelinka, Rena Nathanail, Rhonda Scheurer, Penny Hume, Candice Graf, Carol Allen, Mitzie Wasyliw, Marie Ens, Babrbara Bannon.Please visit  Global TV Woman Of Vision to watch video clips of these notable honourees and their outstanding contributions to the Calgary community and beyond. (more…)


Albertan Woman are Making Hollywood Headlines in Love and Romance

Saturday, March 7th, 2009

wild_alberta_rose-1Canadian Girls Are Enticing To Hollywood Men this week as Alberta exports more than Oil, Gas and Beef!


It’s about time we got a little attention up here in the North! It’s not just all about the oil and gas and beef that we are continually exporting out and into the world. How about the hearts, personalities, and charisma  of some cute Albertan girls?


Jillian Harris, 29,  a well-loved fan favorite on “The Bachelor”, has signed on to be the “Star” of “The Bachelorette”  - season five. Harris is a former resident of Peace River, Alberta, although she is currently based in Vancouver as an interior designer for the Browns restaurant chain.

And how about Kyla Webber, also 29, who is about to become Mrs. Vince Vaughn? Webber is a Calgary, Alberta Realtor who is set to marry the actor as he announced their engagement earlier this week. Co-incidently, Vaughn’s mother is also Canadian – born and was a real estate agent. (Maybe it is true – men want a partner who resembles their mother)! Nonetheless, I wish these Albertan sisters success on their paths of love and romance!

Albertan women are rising! We are strong and spirited women!  We are REAL WOMEN! After all, we come from the “wild” west!  We are hearty (thanks to the climate). We are fun-loving - ever been skiing or snowboarding to Lake Louise  with us or stompin’ through Cowboys with a Pale Ale in -hand  with one of “us” on your arm during the Calgary Stampede? We are explorers - wanna dig up dinosaur bones in Drumheller? We are Chic (talk about the masses of boutiques all over this Province and wait-till-that-new-Holt Renfrew-opens in downtown Calgary). And please note - top Couture Fashion Designer Paul Hardy is located here in Calgary and dresses goddesses world-wide on runways and red carpets. And we are savvy. It’s tough to break the glass-ceiling in the male-dominated oil, gas and beef sectors!

So we have learned well, thanks to our ancestors like  Nellie McClung, to use our feminine wiles and guises to strive for  our own successes, and turn heads along the way. We appreciate nature and enjoy the great outdoors (from the Prairies to the Lakes to the Rocky Mountains and everything in-between). We are sports enthusiasts (Oilers/Flames and Stampeders/Eskimos die-hard fans). We are also queens of hospitality (ahem – we still set the bar for friendliness and our hospitable ways thanks to the 88 winter Olympics). We love stilettos yet we love our cowboy boots and hats too. And we know about cattle, horses, and beer, to boot!

And - even better - WE KNOW HOW TO COOK A STEAK! We even eat them, too!

What man wouldn’t want to hook a Canuck – especially one from Alberta? We are thoroughbreds! We are elegant and educated, but make no mistake, we are good – hearted “Broads”.

What guy could resist these enchanting Albertan fillies?

I am proud to say, I am Canadian! And yes - an Albertan. And I proudly support other pioneering Albertan women as I will honor Mitzie Wasyliw on Monday, March 9,  at the Woman of Vision Luncheon  at the Calgary Westin.

Simply put, we are Wild Roses!

 ~Dana Leslie Nease 

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Mitzie Wasyliw - Nomination for Global Television’s (Calgary) “Woman of Vision”2009

Wednesday, January 7th, 2009

 

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Mitzie Wasyliw - Nominated for Global TV’S 2009 “Woman Of Vision”Award

If I can make a difference, I’m there.”~ Mitzie Wasyliw

 

Mitzie Wasyliw, Former owner of DEW productions -one of the largest Entertainment bureaus in Western Canada- is  a driving force behind the restoration of the Bow Valley Ranche House, was inspired to help others by a man named Michael, who assisted her when she was jobless and running out of money.

Photograph by: Lorraine Hjalte, Calgary Herald, Calgary Herald

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Nite Raiders Remembers Bea Fogelman

Sunday, December 14th, 2008

We are saddened to announce the passing of  Bea Fogelman, a Las Vegan since the early 1980s.

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Our thoughts and prayers extend to all her family and friends. Bea passed away on Friday, November 14th at the age of 83. If  her  name isn’t familiar, you are probably not an entertainer, or more specifically, an impersonator. She was a an accomplished published author and founder of The Entertainment Network, a worldwide organization devoted to uniting performers, producers and agents in pursuit of their careers.Bea Fogelman truly changed the entertainment industry.

A memorial service for the late Bea Fogelman was held on Sunday, December 7th, at the Gold Coast Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. Bea was a major part of the celebrity impersonator and tribute act industry. In addition to forming The Entertainment Network, Bea was involved with organizing and supporting a great many fundraising shows for victims of Hurricane Katrina and other worthy causes, the last being a fundraiser for the VFW that included a tribute to the USO.

In 2000, she published a book entitled, “Who’s Not Who”, featuring a chapter on Mitzie Wasyliw – former Owner and President of Dew Productions (Calgary) - that was one of the largest entertainment bureaus in Canada. Bea has been a driving force in the past few months, coaching and mentoring Mitzie to write her own biography.

Fogelman’s daughter, Sherie Rae Parker, is a well-known celebrity impersonator with a history inLegends In Concert. She is best known for her interpretations of Bette Midler, Janis Joplin, and Phyllis Diller.

Bea was truly a support system to many entertainers, agents and producers in the entertainment industry and was always filled with encouragement and enthusiasm. She will be dearly missed.

Click on Bea’s picture above to see the list of Books by Bea Fogelman (including books that are entertainment -based ). Books  are available at:

http://www.amazon.com