20 • Thursday, October 6, 2016
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OVER THE MOUNTAIN Journal
Ballet Guild Presents Donation at Opening Meeting
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ontinuing a tradition, the Ballet Guild of Birmingham presented its annual donation to the Alabama Ballet at its first meeting of the year, Sept. 20. Representatives from the ballet in attendance to accept the donation were Melanie Mooney, executive director; Tracey Alvey, artistic director; Roger Van Fleteren, associate artistic director and resident choreographer; and Mary Goodrich, chairman of the board. Miller Girvin, immediate past Ballet Guild president; and Mary Cox Brown, immediate past ball chair; presented the check. The donation represents the efforts, contributions and fundraising of 2015-2016 Ballet Guild members. After a presentation by the Alabama Ballet regarding its upcoming season, the guild also welcomed its new 2016-2017 officers: Ashley Jackson, president; Carlton Fountain, executive vice president; Beverly Crawford, Ball of Roses chair; Emory Ratliff, Ball co-chair; Ann Bailey White, committee secretary; Emily Saunders, ball treasurer; Madison Merrill, guild treasurer; Ashley Foster, recording secretary; Rhonda Hennessy, corresponding secretary; Miller Girvin, parliamentarian; and Mary Cox Brown, member-at-large. ❖ Above, Ballet Guild of Birmingham 20162017 officers are, front, from left: Miller Girvin, Beverly Crawford, Ashley Jackson and Rhonda Hennessy. Back: Ashley Foster, Mary Cox Brown, Madison Merrill, Ann Bailey White, Emory Ratliff and Emily Saunders. Not pictured: Carlton Fountain. Left, at the check presentation are, from left: Melanie Mooney, Roger Van Fleteren, Tracey Alvey, Mary Goodrich, Miller Girvin and Mary Cox Brown.
Under the Tuscan Sun
From left: Kathy G. Mezrano, Jean De Meis, Fran Ross Robertson, Nancy Foreman and Jeanne Bearden.
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OLS Women’s Altar Society Hosts Kathy G. Cooking Demo Kathy G. and Company’s Kathy G. Mezrano took more than 100 women on a culinary adventure Aug. 29 at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church in Homewood. The event, “Around the Tuscan Table with Kathy G.,” was hosted by the church’s Women’s Altar Society. The award-winning caterer and author, along with her son and executive chef, Jason Mezrano, treated guests to tablescape and cooking demonstrations inspired by her cookbook “Food, Fun and Fabulous: Southern Caterer Shares Recipes and Entertaining Tips.” For the table, she created a lush, multi-leveled, Tuscan-inspired setting using giant sunflowers, baskets, pottery, greenery and food. “You can take this concept to a kitchen island, a kitchen counter, a coffee table, a sideboard,” Mezrano said. “It’s just something that you can have
that’s like a centerpiece, a focal point, but it’s like you can just nosh all night. Everybody loves a grazing table.” Guests feasted on dishes that included pasta, red pepper hummus, pita pocket sandwiches and assorted olives from Mezrano’s cookbook. Additionally, they enjoyed Caesar salad, Prosecco and Italian cookies provided by Altar Sodality members. In addition to demonstrations, the event highlighted the Altar Sodality and its six guilds, Madonna and Child, Immaculate Heart of Mary, Our Lady of Fatima, St. Anne’s, Our Lady of Peace and Our Lady of Grace. Through these guilds and additional efforts, the group serves the OLS parish and the community by cleaning and caring for the sacristy, collecting food and items for the needy, making rosaries and baptismal stoles and cooking meals for shut-ins and the elderly. ❖