amfAR Cinema Against AIDS Toronto 2010

Sunday I was at the Carlu playing for the amfAR Cinema Against AIDS Toronto 2010 fundraiser. It is put on by Dignitas International out of New York City.

There were stars abound but I didn't recognize ninety percent of them. Because I'm there as a musician and we had to stay in the green room for the evening I didn't get to speak to many "celebrities."

But because I know I'm going to be asked, I'm going to just list my "encounters" if you can even call them that.

In our soundcheck I met Cheyenne Jackson. He plays Danny on the show "30 Rock" and is also now on the show "Glee." He was also performing that night so we discussed where we were all going to be.

Also at our soundcheck, which honestly was more like a line check, I met the keyboard player for Ace of Base. I honestly didn't know they were still around. Again, just more professional talk as we were all making sure the backline people didn't misplace our stuff. I also helped the singer decide how to wear her top. She was having trouble with the belt pack so she allowed me to assist.

Team VAWK. Though Canadian and generally unknown internationally, Sunny Fong made a splash on the second season of Project Runway Canada. Because my wife is on the team that puts together his runway shows every fashion week, I knew he was going to be attending. He was easy to find and it was great to finally meet him.

Kelly Rowland made an impromptu appearance so she needed our green room to get ready. That was cool. Everyone is going to ask, but honestly it was kind of scary because one minute you're watching TV and the next minute a Destiny's Child is standing right behind you. No matter how beautiful she looks on TV, she's extremely beautiful one foot away in real life. So knowing all that, here's how I remember it going down:

Randall to Ms. Kelly: Oh I'm sorry, can you see the TV okay?
Ms. Kelly to Randall: Yeah thanks.
Randall to Ms. Kelly: I'll get up anyway.

Then we stood there and watched the VMA's for five minutes and I was wondering if Craig would have the balls to switch the TV back to the Cowboys/Redskins game. He didn't.

There were other celebrities but I don't really recognize them because they never look the same as how I remember them.