SOCIAL LIGHTS/SALLY GERAK message and concluded the concert with “America the Beautiful”. At the afterglow which followed, event cochair Hilary Hayes Bradley mentioned that she first met Marina and heard her play “America the Beautiful” in 2003 at the opening gala of the Colorado Music Festival when her father Jim Hayes was the festival chairman and CEO. “It was written in Colorado Springs and when Marina played her version of the song in that place it absolutely brought the house down. It was incredibly moving,” recalled Bradley. Learn more about Marina’s incredible talent and journey at .
New CAREHouse Donor Reception
1 1. Major donors Vicki (left) & Tom Celani of Bloomfield with CAREHouse executive director Pat Rosen of Detroit. 2. Campaign cochairs Jim (left) & Cathy Weissenborn of Bloomfield and Brier & Garry Neel of Birmingham. 3. Board members Noreen Keating (left) of Auburn Hills, Katie Parks of Bloomfield and Jeane Lee with her husband Aubrey of Orchard Lake. 4. Joe (left) & Sandie Knollenberg of Bloomfield with reception sponsor Huntington Bank’s Mike Fezzey of Farmington Hills. 5. Karla Sherry of Bloomfield with the project architect Ed Francis of Detroit. 6. Cathy Weissenborn (left) of Bloomfield and Brier Neel of Birmingham. 7. Event sponsor Huntington Bank’s Scott Wolffis (left) of Shelby Twp. and Linda and Dan Bomberski of Troy. 8. Cindy (left) and builder RB Construction’s John Stapleton of Grosse Pointe with board members Denise Stapleton Abrash of Bloomfield and Scott Jacobson of Birmingham.
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4 1. Marina Arsenijevic (center) of Bloomfield with event co-chairs Anke Kaas (left) and Hilary Bradley of Birmingham. 2. Amanda Bradley (left) and Alexa & Luisa Kaas of Birmingham (ASH students who presented flowers to Marina). 3. Event co-chairs Rob Bradley (left) & Hans-Werner Kaas of Birmingham with (Marina’s husband) Dr. Donald Bronn of Bloomfield. 4. ASH’s Sr. Bridget Bearss (left), Marina Arsenijevic and ASH board chair Robert Forrest of Bloomfield. 5. West Point ’53 Cliff Worthy of Bloomfield with ASH’s Sr. Barbara Lopiccolo of Lathrup Village.
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Oakland County Bar Signature Event The sold out flag went up on the web site days before the Oakland County Bar Foundation’s Annual Signature Event at Oakland Hills Country Club April 15. And the 350 – 400 people who crowded in faced a challenge if they were hoping to find a particular someone. Fortunately, everybody had name tags, complimented with titles and sponsor tags if appropriate. Conway Mackenzie and The Thomas Cooley Law School were Platinum Sponsors followed at the Gold level by Alix Partners, Bank of Birmingham, Computing Source and Kohn Financial Consulting. Just about every law firm in Oakland County also signed on at lesser levels because the event was a fundraiser for the foundation’s mission. This includes improving the accessibility and affordability of legal services, funding the Adams Pratt Collection at the county courthouse library and education. Finding good victuals over which to schmooze other legal beagles and judges was no challenge. The OHCC chef had bountifully stocked buffet stations with popular cuisine a la an international theme, as well as a bananas Foster station stocked like a sundae bar. Signature Event planners learned several years ago to forgo a program because nobody paid any attention to it and the sponsorships ($175,000 this year) raise much more money than an auction. The 12th annual event grossed more than $233,000. Birmingham YMCA Comedy Slam Laurie Farr surely was a good sport at the Comedy Slam benefiting the Family Y. It attracted 225 to The Reserve on April 16 and, because the Bank of Birmingham (which her husband serves as CEO/president) was the presenting sponsor, the couple 06.11