Mathews-Dickey Celebrates “Oh Christmas Tree” at Sheer Elegance NO.17 Fashion Show
 Mathews-Dickey celebrated “Oh Christmas Tree” for the Sheer Elegance No.17 Fashion Show in December 2006 at the Adam's Mark Hotel.
Chaired by Country Hills Academy Education Administrator Dr. Mary Ellen Burford. Via a live and video presentation, the 17 Girls’ Program Honorees brought to life a Christmas on stage to showcase the Club’s full range of programs, including health, tutoring, career readiness, leadership, sports and more. Entering guests were greeted by a roving Christmas tree character and the evergreen stood out in an 11-foot gold backdrop with young women’s silhouettes as branches, lighting patterns illuminating the ballroom, special jewelry gifts for major sponsor tables and Nettie’s Flower Garden’s donated centerpieces. The crowd was awestruck by the appearance of the Branches — a legion of elementary-school aged girls dressed as mini Christmas trees!
Barbara Washington, St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay and First Lady Kim Slay
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KTVI Fox 2’s Bonita Cornute and KMOV’s Richelle Carey made 21 door prize winners very happy with their announcements to open the show. Attendees couldn’t help but chuckle at the witty repartee of the perennial emcees The Big 550 KTRS’ Wendy Wiese and KPLR-TV, WB 11’s Christine Buck. On a more solemn note, Barbara A. Washington, the show’s originator and Mathews-Dickey vice president of public relations and special events, announced that the 2005 event was dedicated in honor of Olivia Malone, a long-time Club education volunteer, retired St. Louis Public Schools principal and National Sorority of Phi Delta Kappa, Inc., Alpha Nu Chapter leader.
The 2005 Girls’ Program Honorees were Brytani Blair, 13, Cheerleading; Amethyst Brown, 14, Volunteer Tutorial Program; Whitney Burton, 13, The Sky is the Limit; Riana Clark, 14, Basketball; Gabrielle Corvington, 15, Community Service; Ashley Day, 17, Swimming; Erika Lee, 12, CLIP; Erin Li, 15, PR & Special Events; Christina Napper, 13, Health & Wellness; Brittanie Onyema, 16, Young Women in Leadership; Shawda Pitchford, 15, CLIP; Jaqui Rogers, 17, Summer Day Camp; Marie Spudich, 15, Dance; Jessica Whitfield, 15, Motivation Vocation Preparation (MVP); Alicia Williams, 17, Choir; Lauren Witherspoon, 17, RBI; and Lauren Young, 16, Earn & Learn. An impressive list of celebrity escorts accompanied the youth down the runway to open the show and the featured dance by the youth was the grand finale.
The 2006 Girls' Program Honorees dance routine.
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The Sheer Elegance Award was presented to six leaders: Susan Benigas, president, Media Events Partnership Co.; Everett Horne, director, customer development, Nestle’ Purina PetCare Co.; Evelyn Rice-Peebles, commissioner of recreation, City of St. Louis; Kim Slay, first lady, City of St. Louis; Jackie Williams, registration coordinator, Board of Election Commissioners — St. Louis; and Pamela Younger, fashion events director, Famous-Barr Co.
Major sponsors are Anheuser-Busch, Inc., BJC HealthCare, Citigroup, Joan Callis, Emerson, Famous-Barr, John and Alison Nichols Ferring and The Monsanto Fund. The Girls’ Program provides educational, social, cultural, and sports programs for 10,000 young women annually. For more information, contact Washington or Bill Fronczak at (314) 382-5952, ext. 234.
The Girls’ Program provides educational, cultural and sports programs for 10,000 young women annually. For more information, contact Barbara Washington or Bill Fronczak at (314) 382-5952, ext. 234. See History of Sheer Elegance.
The Branches celebrate "Oh Christmas Tree!"
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Archived:
16th Annual Sheer Elegance Fashion Show
15th Annual Sheer Elegance Fashion Show
13th Annual Sheer Elegance Fashion Show
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