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OVER THE MOUNTAIN Journal
Art Served Up at Acoustic Soup
he seventh annual Acoustic Soup, which benefits VSA Alabama, was held Jan. 24 at WorkPlay. The event was hosted by VSA Alabama’s Junior Patrons. Proceeds support VSA Alabama’s mission of providing opportunities in the arts for children and adults with disabilities and chronic illnesses and its signature program, ArtPartners. The event featured soup, bread and dessert tastings from 18 participating restaurants and chefs from the Birmingham area. The Stephen McCullough Band set the tone with jazzy tunes played throughout the evening. As guests arrived, they were given a guitar pick, which they used to vote for their favorite soup. Melt Food Truck won the People’s Choice award for its tomato basil soup. Celebrity Soup judges Rob Conrad, Magic 96.5; Deon Gordon, Birmingham Foodie; Vanessa Rocchio, Southern Living Test Kitchen; Beth Olive, ArtPartners Emerging Artist; and Jeh Jeh Pruitt, WBRC Fox 6, awarded more photos at Happy Catering Company the Golden Spoon Award for its marzano tomato bread soup and gave The Soup Dude the Tablescape Award for best table display. The 350 guests had the opportunity to purchase ceramic bowls painted by VSA Alabama Emerging Artists.
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Members of the VSA Alabama Junior Partners at the Acoustic Soup event. From left: Katie Suttle Weinert, Jaclynn Maxwell, Wakisha E. Hazzard and Kathleen Geer. Photos special to The Journal
Participating restaurants were Ashley Mac’s, Avo, B&A Warehouse, Bistro Provare, Bistro V, Dram, El Barrio, Happy Catering Company, Jackson’s Bar & Bistro, Little Savannah Restaurant and Bar, Lucy’s Coffee & Tea, Melt Food Truck, Pinches Tacos, Shindig’s Tom Hamby, Katherine Davis and Wyona Hamby. Catering, The Soup Dude, Veranda on chairman of the event was Jaclynn Highland, Vino and Yellow Bicycle Maxwell. Wakisha E. Hazzard was Catering Company. the event’s co-chairman. The public Katie Suttle Weinert is the VSA relations chairman was Kathleen Alabama Junior Board president. The Geer. ❖
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From left: Dr. and Mrs. Karl Emil Hofammann III, Christopher Freeman French Cruden, Susan Emerson Murray and S. Mark Roberts. Photo special to The Journal
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Couple Feted with Engagement Party
. Mark Roberts and Dr. and Mrs. Karl E. Hofammann III hosted an engagement cocktail party Dec. 21 at the Country Club of Birmingham honoring Susan Emerson Murray and Christopher Freeman French Cruden, both of Birmingham. Susan is a graduate of the Altamont School and Boston University. Chris attended Mountain Brook High School and the Altamont School and graduated from the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. Chris also received a master’s degree from
Georgetown University, where Susan is also a graduate student. Susan is the daughter of Martin Murray of Birmingham and Susan Holt Murray of Charlotte, N.C., originally from Birmingham. Chris is the son of Dr. and Mrs. Karl E. Hofammann III of Birmingham. At the party were Chris’ sister Dabney Hofammann, a sophomore at Grinnell College and a graduate of Indian Springs School; Chris’s younger brother, Karl E Hofammann IV, a senior at Indian Springs School; and Susan’s younger brother, Andrew Murray, a consultant in Washington
D.C. Unable to attend were Susan’s older brother, Brian Murray of Charlotte, N.C., and Chris’ younger sister, Elizabeth Cruden, who attended the Altamont School and Kilgrasten Boarding School in Scotland and was presented at the Ball of Roses. Elizabeth lives in Edinburgh, Scotland. Chris works for the Federal Government, and Susan works at Georgetown University. Both live in Washington, D.C. The wedding will be Sept. 28 in Charlottesville, Va. ❖
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