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Baddour Center Fashion Show Cooper-Young Festival Kickoff Memphis Hadassah 90th Anniversary Visible School Fund-raiser
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NOVEMBER 2008
Frankie Manus and Mary Ann Pittman at Baddour Center Fashion Show
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38 Billie Jo Parker, Mary Ann Hodges and Melissa Scott at Baddour Center Fashion Show
or 29 years, the Baddour Center of Senatobia, Mississippi has introduced locals to the latest fashOver the ions at its annual fashion show. Titled “O Rainbow,” this year’s show at Hilton Memphis lived up to the hype with chic ensembles courtesy of Cotton Tails, Oak Hall, Chessie’s, and Gloria’s Mother of the Bride. Babbie Lovett emceed the event that was dedicated to Beverly Massey for her tireless efforts helping coordinate the show. Event proceeds benefit the Baddour Center, which is a residential community for adults with intellectual disabilities. Jerome and Evelyn Makowsky with Leonid Saharovici at The Cooper-Young Festival Kickoff jumpstarted Memphis Hadassah 90th Anniversary the weekend by packing in festival devotees at the Icehouse. The get-together also served as a poster party, with the 2008 poster artist Lizi Beard-Ward onsite for autographs. Area restaurants provided the nibbles, D. Canale Beverages supplied beer, and Jason Sims spun the oldies. Tamara Walker, director of the CooperYoung Business Association, couldn’t have been more pleased with the turnout or the support from her favorite Memphis community. Memphis Hadassah hosted “A An Evening to Remember” at David Lusk Gallery to celebrate its 90th anniversary. Freda Bode welcomed guests, who were treated to a scotch and wine tasting courtesy of Forest Hill Wine Merchants, Southwestern Distributors, and Victor Robilio Company as well as a book signing of Jan Horn, Laura Sherman, Rhonda Brode and Stephanie Cohen at Memphis to Jerusalem: Hadassah Bridges the Memphis Hadassah 90th Anniversary Generations by Perre Magness. Hadassah is the largest women’s volunteer organization in the country and locally operates the Check It Out program in Memphis City Schools. The Stax Museum of American Soul Music opened its historic facility for the Visible School “IInto the City” Capital Campaign Fund-raiser. Ken Steorts, founder and president of Visible School, thanked those who have contributed to helping build a new urban campus for the music and worship arts college by July 2010. Visible school alumni performed in Studio A during the event as Steorts said, “The Stax story reminds me of Visible School because both have recognized people who are creative.” Story and photos by Leah Fitzpatrick Ken Steorts and Marc Willis at Visible School Fund-raiser
Bill Stemmler, Tamara Walker and Richard Sullivan at Cooper Young Festival Kickoff
Laura Carpenter, Cecilia Villa and Anna Marotti at Cooper Young Festival Kickoff
Maria and Pete Williams with Kelly and Geordy Wells at Visible School Fund-raiser
Tom and Missy Richgels at Visible School Fund-raiser