Canisius College's Regents Ball

This past weekend, Christopher and I attended the annual Canisius College Regents Ball. It is their annual fundraiser for the student scholarship fund and they present a distinguished citizens award. This year's recipient was Russ Brandon, CEO of the Buffalo Bills.

We had a wonderful time. We started off the event by having some pre-event beverages at the Hofer's. Then we headed over to the Hyatt to continue our cocktail drinking and to try and win some of the amazing raffle items. They had everything from a trip to Disney, Hilton Head, Keuka Lake, Ellicottville to Buffalo dining packages, Elmwood shopping package and the best one...a fully stocked liquor basket. Unfortunately, Christopher and I won none. We will get 'em next year!

Russ Brandon was a fun speaker and I enjoyed his speech. John Murphy, the "voice of the Bills," was our auctioneer for the night and he did a great job. They auctioned off three Football related items - Super Bowl package, Hall of Fame weekend package and a suite and on-field passes for a Bills home game. I think Christopher drooled over each one.

Then of course there is the dancing part. I even got Christopher out on the dance floor for a bit. Overall it was a fun night spent with friends new and old.