SOCIAL LIGHTS/SALLY GERAK most, the fun highlight of the evening was the performance by The Three Waiters, tenors who added engaging comedy to great vocals.
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Go Red for Women Luncheon The American Heart Association’s annual Go Red for Women Luncheon attracted 550 to the MGM Grand on Feb. 24. Many of them arrived early to take in the educational sessions and health screenings. The luncheon program comprised a Heart Healthy Makeover panel discussion with Beaumont’s Dr. Kavitha Chinnaiyan, St. John’s Dr. Joan Crawford and ITC’s Linda Blair, remarks by heart disease survivor Susie Dubin, national spokesperson Janine Krolikowski and sponsor Macy’s JoAnne Gunn, plus the ever popular red dress fashion show. The latter’s models included the event executive team led by Paula Silver and Deborah Greenman Arlin, sponsors and panel participants. The event raised $380,000. This included $11,000 from a silent auction, $21,750 Open Your Heart gifts for which donors got a red Blinky heart ring and $67,000 donated by GM Performance Parts. This was the winning auction bid by a Texan for GMPP’s first production LSX454R crate engine. The company’s Jamie Meyer presented the check as well as two workshops (The Heart is the Engine Under the Hood) before lunch.
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1. Emagine Entertainment’s Paul Glantz (left), former Bloomfielder now of Lake Angelus, and event chair Len Dillon of Bloomfield. 2. Mel (left) & Gail Ball of W. Bloomfield with event hostess Kelly Shuert and Pam Dillon of Bloomfield. 3. Event host Matt Shuert (center) with Kristi & Richard Hamed of Bloomfield. 4. Karla Sherry (left) with Mark & Kim Reuss of Bloomfield. 5. Ruthie (left) & Marty Seltzer and Felicia Shaw of Birmingham with Pam Dillon of Bloomfield. 6. Joyce Shuert (left) of Bloomfield with Evgenia & Marc Jonna of Birmingham. 7. Archie & Anne Damman of Birmingham. 8. Rick Persiani (left), Judy Solomon and Michael Bressler of Birmingham.
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Emagine Entertainment Center Grand Opening Emagine Entertainment’s Paul Glantz was smiling like a Cheshire cat when he described his company’s new, state-of-the-art movie, boutique bowling and Celebrity Hall of Fame center soon to open at the corner of 11 Mile Road and Main Street in Royal Oak. “It’s really about our guests…to enhance the quality of life. Our goal is to make people smile,” he told the guests at Kelly and Matt Shuert’s reception for the center’s grand opening honorary committee. Then event chair Len Dillon declared, “I’m about selling tickets!” and explained that Glantz was donating everything for the red carpet/black tie event benefiting Variety, The Children’s Charity. This inspired Maggie Allessee to challenge her fellow committee members by buying $5,000 worth of tickets in honor of her husband Bob (nee “Bowling for Dollars” Allison –) who was president of Variety 35 years 04.11