Imperial Ball 2009
21st Anniversary Celebration of
Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Toronto

Youth in Motion

The Special Performers



The Live Auction


The Imperial Ball 2009 fundraising gala, organized by the Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Toronto (CCC), will take place on Saturday May 2 at Royal Ontario Museum. About 600 guests are expected to attend, including representatives from all three levels of government, executives from major corporations and leaders of the Chinese community.

The chairman of Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Toronto Dr. Ming-Tat Cheung said: “Imperial Ball 2009 is our 15th year in fundraising efforts for the Centre to continue its mission in promoting Chinese culture; the gala also reflects on the long standing commitment and contribution by CCC to bridge the Chinese community and the Canadian society. Our target for this year’s fundraising effort is $300,000 and the proceeds will focus on improving facilities at the Chinese Cultural Centre in meeting the diverse needs of all Canadian community groups in particular, the youth.

Imperial Ball 2009 Honorary Co-chair Alan Lam said : "The theme for this year's Gala is “Youth in Motion”. Now that the Phase II building has been completed, CCC will focus on motivating youth in developing and expanding their interest on arts, sports, and encouraging youths to be more involved in the community. We are confident to achieve our goal in 2009 through a variety of activities at CCC such as forming a Youth Orchestra, and organizing the Food Drive project.

We are happy to have nominated two CCC Youth Ambassadors, Lu Wang and Langning Liu, two accomplished pianists from Juilliard School of Music who will help to promote CCC through their art. "

Imperial Ball 2009 Honorary Co-chair, Helen Ching-Kircher, President and COO of Downtown Fine Cars Group said: “This year, we have three exciting live auction items to be bidden on during the gala night, two Executive class round trip air tickets to any destination in China sponsored by Air Canada; an Audi A4 provided by Audi Uptown of Downtown Fine Cars Group and a pearl and diamond necklace sponsored by Rolex Boutique at Royal De Versailles.”

Imperial Ball 2009 Honorary Co-chair, RBC Dominion Security Vice President Philip Leong said “This year’s Imperial Ball is exceptionally special and exciting. We have invited some very special performers , George Gao, a world known “Erhu” performer as well as the famous harpist Andrew Chan to perform at the Gala. We have also four excellent singers from Shanghai, and last but not least, the debut performance of the CCC Youth Orchestra. This is an exciting night for the performers to showcase East and West cultural exchange. "

Imperial Ball 2009 Honorary Co-chair, John Man, vice president, RBC Financial Group said “The Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Toronto is most appreciative for the support of the many sponsors of Imperial Ball 2009. Our main sponsors include: Title Sponsor: Rolex Boutique at Royal de Versailles; Honorary Patrons: Downtown Fine Cars Group, Philip Leong, RBC Royal Bank; Special Sponsor: Royal Ontario Museum; Platinum Sponsors: Air Canada, CIBC, Greenvilla Homes, King’s Group Inc., Mandarin Golf and Country Club, Scotiabank, Toronto Sun, National Ballet of Canada, Soong Holdings Ltd.;Gold Sponsors: Bank of Montreal, Canada-Shanghai Business Association, SLI Manufacturing Inc. , Sunny Supermarket, TD Canada Trust, Tianbao Travel ; Corporate Tables: Mon Sheong Foundation, Ontario Place, Shiu Pong Group, Soil Engineers Ltd.; Friendship Tables: Chan Yu Wong Chartered Accountants, Elegant Lions Club Mercedes Benz Markham, Metro Toronto Zoo and Toronto Lions Club.
More sponsors will be on the way. "