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Non-MX Articles: Tom McCamus, Raven Dauda (6/09 Dora Awards presenter)

Excerpt from The Toronto Star 6/26/09: Tom McCamus

What's On: Weekday Planner
Jun 25, 2009 04:02 PM

Dora Mavor Moore Awards celebrates its 30th anniversary of honouring the achievements of Toronto's performing arts industry. Celebrity presenters include Cynthia Dale, Graham Greene, Tom McCamus, Colin Mochrie and others. CBC Radio One's Jian Ghomeshi hosts the show Mon. 8 p.m. ($60 at 416-872-5555; VIP tickets $160 at 416-536-6468 ext. 27). Winter Garden Theatre, 189 Yonge St.

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Excerpt from Now Toronto 6/30/09: Tom McCamus and Raven Dauda (Maria in "Lazarus Syndrome")

Delivering the Dora Awards: And the big winner of the 30th annual stage awards is...
Jon Kaplan

It was the 30th anniversary for the Doras, presented by the Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts (TAPA). For the occasion, TAPA printed a book in which winning artists from every year offered their memories of the occasion. On sale at TheatreBooks, the commemorative work is a celebration of three decades of Toronto’s performing arts community.
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The evening, hosted by Jian Ghomeshi, offered some other highlights. Raven Dauda, resplendent in a vivid red, pumped out excitement when she picked up her featured-actor Dora for Miss Julie: Freedom Summer; she was up against herself for Doubt: A Parable. Hamlets from three decades – RH Thomson, Tom McCamus and Raoul Bhaneja – collectively announced several of the awards, while presenter Richard Lee, onstage with his wife Nina Lee Aquino, demonstrated the interconnectedness of the Toronto scene.

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