It's not often you would see more than one redhead in a room at a time, but don't be surprised if on Sunday there are hundreds fair-skinned redheads in Trinity Bellwoods Park.
Two Toronto titians, as redheads are sometimes called, Gareth Scales and Aaron Champion, are calling on all like-haired people to descend on the park, in the west end, between 2 and 4 p.m. Aug. 22 to mingle and talk about life as a redhead.The men, who both work in the film industry, initiated the summit as a means to gather interviews for a documentary they are working on about redheads, but since launching a facebook page the event has exploded into much more than they expected."I think we didn't realize how eager the ginger community was to come out and talk," Champion said. "We have been getting so much attention for it, which is something we never expected."The summit has secured a ginger beer and a sunscreen sponsor and nearly 200 people have RSVP'd that they are attending the event.Champion met Scales, 34, about five months ago and said they related over their professional careers, but also over the pigment of their hair. Scales, from the Ossington and Dundas area told 25-year-old Champion, from Dufferin and Bloor, about an idea he had for a documentary about redheads."I have always thought it was interesting having red hair, I always felt a little bit different," he said. "So, when I was at film school 13 years ago I thought of the idea."It wasn't until he recently married a woman who doesn't have red hair that he realized what the hook for his documentary would be."The odds of having a red-headed kid are very slim, and I thought, this is something I am not going to carry on," Scales said. "And that is where this whole thing started."It is just a lighthearted look at the world of redheads. It will explore a bit about science and take a look at famous redheads in history. But the message behind it is that Scales said we are losing this unique part of society, as there are fewer and fewer redheads."We want to be in on the joke and be able to poke fun at ourselves, but while also making a documentary about something that seems to be coming up constantly," Champion said.