Last night at the Liberty Grand, Flo Rida and Mia Martina performed at a truly bumping party for the Bay Street Grand Prix, a charity event supporting Sunnybrook Hospital’ s Women and Babies program, which offers assistance to mothers who give birth prematurely. A dinner and auction kicked off the evening, but the real party was outside on the expansive patio. Before the performances, in what we dubbed “socialite corner,” we saw Jenna Bitove and Suzanne Rogers having girl talk oh-so-briefly before the sight of a camera sent Rogers darting for the door (she seems a little camera shy these days, but we can report that her bouffant was in truly fine form—not a hair out of place). Bitove, a standout in a Christopher Kane dress, took her cue as society up-and-comer and mugged for cameras. She was also spotted making the rounds, chatting up former college basketball player and Bay Street dude Ashanti Burke for an extensive period. She even regrouped with Rogers and her girlfriends for a bit of cellphone photography and dancing in the main room (yes, even Mrs. Rogers bobbed her poof to the musical stylings of Mr. Rida).
It was one of the wildest society to-dos we’ve ever been to. Most Flo Rida songs were a hit, but the one that got everyone on their feet was “Get Low.” Moneyed men and women—in suits and ball gowns—got down to lyrics that included “She’s got Apple Bottom jeans, boots with the fur” and “Shorty get low, low, low, low, low, low, low, low.” One party mama got up onstage with her daughter to dance alongside the rapper (the daughter declined the offer to move up close to the performer, but her mom kept on rocking out). As the party began to wind down, we caught former Olympic figure skater Elvis Stojko outside with his wife, Mexican figure skater Gladys —once the light from the red carpet hit Stojko’s beautiful Mrs., a loud-mouthed man yelled, “Look at you with Pocahontas!” Not one to get into a scuffle after a great night, Stojko replied, “She’s actually Mulan and Jasmine rolled up into one.” Figure skater and Disney fan? Stojko is our kind of gentleman.
149035 Society gal Jenna Bitove (Image: Erin Seaman) Bay Street Grand Prix after-party Bay Street Grand Prix after-party https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Intro-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Intro.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Intro.jpg 656 437 [] https://torontolife.com/city/bay-street-grand-prix-2012/slide/intro-7/ intro-7 0 0
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149031 (Image: Erin Seaman) Bay Street Grand Prix after-party Bay Street Grand Prix after-party https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_5977-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_5977.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_5977.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/city/bay-street-grand-prix-2012/slide/img_5977/ img_5977 0 0
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149025 The party was starting to wind down, but Jenna Bitove stuck around to say her goodbyes (Image: Erin Seaman) Bay Street Grand Prix after-party Bay Street Grand Prix after-party https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_6159-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_6159.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_6159.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/city/bay-street-grand-prix-2012/slide/img_6159/ img_6159 0 0
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149027 There were hula-hoop artists from Zero Gravity Circus (Image: Erin Seaman) Bay Street Grand Prix after-party Bay Street Grand Prix after-party https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_5937-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_5937.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_5937.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/city/bay-street-grand-prix-2012/slide/img_5937/ img_5937 0 0
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149032 Party decorations (Image: Erin Seaman) Bay Street Grand Prix after-party Bay Street Grand Prix after-party https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_5979-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_5979.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_5979.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/city/bay-street-grand-prix-2012/slide/img_5979/ img_5979 0 0
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149024 Flo Rida can make any shorty get low, low, low, low, low, low, low (Image: Erin Seaman) Bay Street Grand Prix after-party Bay Street Grand Prix after-party https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_6142-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_6142.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_6142.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/city/bay-street-grand-prix-2012/slide/img_6142/ img_6142 0 0
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149022 Flo Rida (Image: Erin Seaman) Bay Street Grand Prix after-party Bay Street Grand Prix after-party https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_6112-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_6112.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_6112.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/city/bay-street-grand-prix-2012/slide/img_6112/ img_6112 0 0
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149021 The crowd knew most of the words to every Flo Rida song (Image: Erin Seaman) Bay Street Grand Prix after-party Bay Street Grand Prix after-party https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_6085-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_6085.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_6085.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/city/bay-street-grand-prix-2012/slide/img_6085/ img_6085 0 0
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149030 Nicole Southam and Laura Strain, stylists and principals of Studio S Design (Image: Erin Seaman) Bay Street Grand Prix after-party Bay Street Grand Prix after-party https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_5974-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_5974.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_5974.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/city/bay-street-grand-prix-2012/slide/img_5974/ img_5974 0 0
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149028 Director of Panda Capital Inc. and ACME Resources Corp Kees van Winters with Baumler owner Peter Rung (Image: Erin Seaman) Bay Street Grand Prix after-party Bay Street Grand Prix after-party https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_5944-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_5944.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_5944.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/city/bay-street-grand-prix-2012/slide/img_5944/ img_5944 0 0
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149020 Sig Caruso (Image: Erin Seaman) Bay Street Grand Prix after-party Bay Street Grand Prix after-party https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_6020-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_6020.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_6020.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/city/bay-street-grand-prix-2012/slide/img_6020/ img_6020 0 0
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149019 We stopped dead in our tracks when we saw Jasmine Lupton’s amazing pink hair. She’s a teacher from the U.K. who’s here with her mechanic boyfriend (in town for the Toronto Indy) (Image: Erin Seaman) Bay Street Grand Prix after-party Bay Street Grand Prix after-party https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_6002-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_6002.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_6002.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/city/bay-street-grand-prix-2012/slide/img_6002/ img_6002 0 0
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149012 American Apparel Canada’s Victoria Ludwig and Orla Butler (Image: Erin Seaman) Bay Street Grand Prix after-party Bay Street Grand Prix after-party https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_5958-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_5958.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_5958.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/city/bay-street-grand-prix-2012/slide/img_5958/ img_5958 0 0
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149017 Creative Wealth Management Group’s Jennifer George (Image: Erin Seaman) Bay Street Grand Prix after-party Bay Street Grand Prix after-party https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_5995-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_5995.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_5995.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/city/bay-street-grand-prix-2012/slide/img_5995/ img_5995 0 0
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149015 Bay street dude and former college basketball player Ashanti Burke (Image: Erin Seaman) Bay Street Grand Prix after-party Bay Street Grand Prix after-party https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_5989-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_5989.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_5989.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/city/bay-street-grand-prix-2012/slide/img_5989-2/ img_5989-2 0 0
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149016 Dealfind.com’s Lindsay Colquhoun (Image: Erin Seaman) Bay Street Grand Prix after-party Bay Street Grand Prix after-party https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_5990-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_5990.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_5990.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/city/bay-street-grand-prix-2012/slide/img_5990/ img_5990 0 0
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149014 Baumler owner Peter Rung (Image: Erin Seaman) Bay Street Grand Prix after-party Bay Street Grand Prix after-party https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_5976-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_5976.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_5976.jpg 624 936 [] https://torontolife.com/city/bay-street-grand-prix-2012/slide/img_5976/ img_5976 0 0
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149018 Social butterfly Nancy Tennyson (Image: Erin Seaman) Bay Street Grand Prix after-party Bay Street Grand Prix after-party https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_5999-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_5999.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_5999.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/city/bay-street-grand-prix-2012/slide/img_5999-2/ img_5999-2 0 0
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149023 Gladys Orozco and Elvis Stojko (yes, <em>the</em> Elvis Stojko) (Image: Erin Seaman) Bay Street Grand Prix after-party Bay Street Grand Prix after-party https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_6118-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_6118.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_6118.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/city/bay-street-grand-prix-2012/slide/img_6118/ img_6118 0 0
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149034 Performer Mia Martina getting jazzed backstage before her big show (Image: Erin Seaman) Bay Street Grand Prix after-party Bay Street Grand Prix after-party https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_6158-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_6158.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_6158.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/city/bay-street-grand-prix-2012/slide/img_6158/ img_6158 0 0
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149033 Flo Rida (Image: Erin Seaman) Bay Street Grand Prix after-party Bay Street Grand Prix after-party https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_6032-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_6032.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_6032.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/city/bay-street-grand-prix-2012/slide/img_6032/ img_6032 0 0
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Is this dude the same bay street dude…
http://www.baystreetdude.com/
This Looks like the most boring bash ever… !! and the faces .. meds and booze don’t mix.. thank got I did’nt go..