Local Limelight | December 2008
Concours d’Elegance | St. Michaels
The Second Annual St. Michaels Concours d’Elegance on Sunday, September 28, brought hundreds of spectators to The Inn at Perry Cabin for an antique car show benefiting the American Red Cross. Each vehicle was a work of art, the finest and most rare automobiles in the world, made during the golden age of motoring: 1900 to 1942. The event raised over $50,000 for the American Red Cross of the Delmarva Peninsula. The Third Annual St. Michaels Concours d’Elegance will be held next year on Sunday, September 27.
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| Honorary chairpersons Henry and Gale Petronis. Photo by Robert R. Lott on behalf of the American Red Cross of the Delmarva Pennisula. |
Event co-chair Betsy Tuttle with chairman and founder of the event, St. Michaels Town Commissioner George Walish. |
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| Event guests Michael Rossbach, Drew Fulton, Kim Stauffer, and her husband, Jim, stand before a 1926 Rolls Royce. |
Henry & Gale Petronis. Photo by Robert R. Lott on behalf of the American Red Cross of the Delmarva Pennisula.
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Academy Art Museum Arts Marketplace | Easton
Continuing the celebration of its 50th anniversary, the Academy Art Museum held its 11th Annual Arts Marketplace on October 11 and 12., Dubbed “The Eastern Shore’s largest juried craft festival,” 62 artists provided works for the exhibition, with proceeds from the sale benefiting the museum’s efforts to provide arts programs and services to the Eastern Shore.
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| Andy and Boots Michalak, and Joyce and Steven Doehler, of Easton, pause for a picture at the event’s preview party. |
Barbara Zuehlke, Dr. Robert Sanchez, and Lynn Sanchez, of Easton, posing at the Arts Marketplace preview party. |
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| Carol and Howard Hughes demonstrate their “How-Wood Products,” one of 62 artistic options at this year’s Arts Marketplace. |
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Women & Girls Fund Speakers Series | Wye Mills
Paola Gianturco continued the Women & Girls Fund Speakers Series on October 7 by sharing a multimedia presentation from her book, Women Who Light the Dark. An accomplished storyteller and award-winning photojournalist, Gianturco donated all proceeds from book sales to the Global Fund for Women.
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| Founder of the Mid-Shore chapter of the Women & Girls Fund, Alice Bower, and Paola Gianturco pause for a picture during the book signing that preceded the event. |
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“Stories of Our Elders” at the Prince Theatre | Chestertown
Eastern Shore Heritage, Inc., the managing entity of Stories of the Chesapeake Heritage Area, provides guidance and support to groups looking to apply for heritage tourism grants and for those looking to broaden the scope of oral history programs within its realm. A free performance at the Prince Theatre on November 22 provided oral histories passed down from the elders of this youth group.
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| A local teen group performs oral histories of their elders, thanks to two grants from Eastern Shore Heritage, Inc. |
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