October 11, 2018 • THE VILLAGER | PAGE 19
FLEURISH
Queen’s Tea serves up entertainment and elegance Gayle Novak off to Ms. Senior America competition The Ms. Senior America competition honors women who have reached the “Age of Elegance” which is 60 years plus. It recognizes dignity, maturity and inner beauty of senior Americans and captures the love of life and fun! This year’s Colorado pageant winner Gayle Novak was feted with an annual Queen’s Tea at WildeFire Bistro in Centennial – home of Tony David and WildeFire. In addition to that band’s entertainment, the
show packed bistro attendees were treated to showcase routines by the Cameo Club comprised of former Ms. Senior Colorado contestants with dancing, singing and acting. (The local pageant competition in May included two pianists.) The Cameo Club is the performing organiza arts arm of the Ms. Senior Colorado organizavari tion, a nonprofit. The group entertains at various venues, assists with pageant programs, awareness, fundraising and staging of the pageant. Cameo Club members donated tea fare, teapots and cups and decor for the Sunday fundraiser. It becomes a sisterhood as well. One of the 2018 contestants is
The Cameo Club was onstage more than once showcasing its talent.
a designer. When Gayle asked if she could convert the overalls, worn in her talent segment, to a “flick of the switch” ballgown for the smashing finale to her act, Judy Huff obliged and said: “No problem”! By the time the next edition of The Villager is published, we will know if Queen Gayle has brought the national title back to Colorado. We’re cheering for you, Gayle! The 2019 pageant will be Colorado’s 25th held Saturday, May 25 at Pace Arts Center in Parker. For further information or being a contestant, contact the extraordinary Colorado Pageant Administrator Rene Green (Cameo Club Alum 2016) 720-384-6241 or visit: colosramerica. com.
2018 2nd runner-up Dee Clark with Queen Gayle and her husband Ed Novak and Ms. Sr. Colorado Pageant Administrator Rene Green
ABOVE: Ms. Senior Colorado Gayle Novak at the fundraiser tea in her honor. RIGHT: Gayle performing her “Money Money Money” number from musical Mamma Mia.
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Spend a night with Big Mama! From the creative team behind Muscle Shoals: I’ll Take You There, this sizzling musical revue finds a group of veteran blues musicians—including powerhouse Felicia P. Fields as Big Mama—assembled for an after-hours jam session to swap stories and share their favorite blues tunes from the likes of Muddy Waters, Mae West, Ma Rainey, Sophie Tucker, Howlin’ Wolf, Pearl Bailey, and many more. Featuring nearly two-dozen smokin’ songs filled with passion, soul, humor, and a zest for life, these hot rhythms are guaranteed to heat up the theater from the very first note.
ABOVE: Michelle Rahn (who with Tony David was master of ceremonies at the 2018 pageant), Ms. Senior Colorado 2004 and Ms. Senior America 2004 with Queen Gayle LEFT: Tony David and Kerry Edwards of WildeFire surround Buddi Boryla, Ms. Senior Colorado 2015 who was mistress of ceremonies.
Photo: Tim Fuller
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