Annapolis Limelight | April 2009
Three hundred guests were transported from Paris to Vienna to Constantinople during the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra’s “An Evening on the Orient Express,” gala held January 31st at the Loews Annapolis Hotel. In addition to an auction, they enjoyed champagne and appetizers, a three-course dinner, and dancing to the music of the popular Mood Swings. Honorary chairpersons were House Speaker Michael Busch and wife Cindy, chairman was Jean Moreau, and co-chairwoman was Ellenor Alvarez.
Photos courtesy Mary P. Felter
(L to R) James Cheevers of Millersville; Jose-Luis Novo, music director, of Arnold; and Anna E. Greenberg, president, Friends of ASO.
(L to R) Pat Roche and Maureen Torgerson, both of Annapolis, and Pam Henel of Severna Park.
(L to R) Dina and Rep. John Sarbanes; Theresa Colvin, director, Maryland State Arts Council; Jose-Luis Novo, ASO music director, and his wife Lori Kesner.
(L to R) House Speaker Michael Busch and wife Cindy, with ASO Board Chairman Pat Edwards.
The Bay Theatre Beacons recently presented “A Broadway Cabaret of Song” at Loews Powerhouse in Annapolis. Featured Broadway performers were 1997 USNA graduate Anthony Holden and Kate Baldwin, who serenaded the audience with tunes from musical theater that celebrated leadership and light. The evening included cocktails, a light supper, dessert, and coffee and raised money for the non-profit Bay Theatre Company, located at 275 West Street in Annapolis. Their next show, opening April 25th is Candida by George Bernard Shaw.
Photos by Nadja Maril
(L to R) Beacon Margaret S. Kosmerl and Lightkeepers Arthur and Patricia Edwards.
(L to R) The Cabaret Committee: Barbara D. Brown, Hospitality, Margaret M. Wolff, Invitations, Martha Schwieters, Steering.
The Opportunity Builders 11th Annual Mardi Gras was celebrated this past February inside the organization’s new building in Millersville with events that included video horse racing, a casino, silent auction, buffet dinner, and live auction. The popular event raised monies to support the operations of the OBI, which provides training and employment opportunities for developmentally disabled adults.
Photos by Nadja Maril
(L to R) OBI Committee Members Ruth Toomey of Glen Burnie, Fred Davis of Pasadena, Ginni Wolf of Glen Burnie, and Chair Mike Phennicie of Severn.
(L to R) Chet Lawrence, Board of Directors President; Catherine Purple Cherry, architect; Bill Kuethe, Chair of the Capital Campaign; and Vicki Callahan, Executive Director.
Baltimore Washington Medical Center recently hosted a reception celebrating the opening of its new, eight-story patient care building. More than 100 people attended the reception, in honor of those who helped raise nearly $12 million for the project. The building includes 111 private patient rooms, a new critical care unit and a new obstetrics unit, scheduled to open in fall 2009.
(L to R) Robert A. Chrencik of Baltimore, president and CEO of the University of Maryland Medical System; Kent Schwab of Gibson Island, co-chair of Baltimore Washington Medical Center’s capital campaign; Karen E. Olscamp of Davidsonville, president and CEO of Baltimore Washington Medical Center; and Melvin L. Kelly of Severn, chair of Baltimore Washington Medical Center’s Board of Directors.
(L to R) Dale and Gerri Tate of Severna Park with Debra Macey, Betty Jane and Creston G. Tate of Linthicum Heights, visit a new patient care unit named in honor of the Creston G. and Betty Jane Tate Foundation at Baltimore Washington Medical Center.
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