Fashion Show

Fashion show, luncheon QUINCY, Pa. - Quincy United Methodist Home Auxiliary will hold a fashion show and luncheon at noon Friday, April 21, at Minnich Manor in Quincy Village. Fashions will be from Lena's of Hagerstown. Tickets cost $12 each and can be purchased by calling 1-717-765-8845 or 1-717-749-3151, ext. 2201. Deadline for tickets is Friday, April 14. All proceeds will benefit Quincy United Methodist Nursing Home. Bake sale Saturday The Ladies Auxiliary of Union Rescue Mission will hold a bake sale from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, April 15, at the thrift store, 125 N. Prospect St., Hagerstown.

julieg@herald-mail.com Sharon Smith's mission at the Hagerstown Business and Professional Women's spring fashion show on Saturday was twofold. The Hagerstown resident is thinking of joining the club to get more involved in the community. She also was eyeing the clothes, including the Capri-style pants. When asked if she would buy any of the merchandise modeled, Smith, 54, said, "I have no problem buying anything. " Besides giving local women a look at spring fashions available in the local area, Saturday's event at the Four Points Sheraton on Dual Highway was a fund-raiser, club spokeswoman Betty McCune said.

HAGERSTOWN -- Leslie Hobbs is president of the Hagerstown Lioness Club, which held its Fabulous Gift of Sight fashion show Sunday at the Grand Venice Hotel on Dual Highway. Hobbs also is the daughter of the late Jane Davidson, who benefited from two corneal transplants in the early 1990s. "Everything was just very blurry and she had a hard time reading" before the transplants, Hobbs said. Afterward, Davidson could see colors better, as well as musical notes, which she needed when she played piano.

Catherine “Katie” Stevens is celebrating her 99th birthday today. Katie has been the organist at Washington Square United Methodist Church for many years. Her church family has been showering her with birthday cards to show her how much she is loved and appreciated. Have a wonderful day, Katie. 'Fashion for a Cure' planned for April 13 Bella Salon and Spa will present “An Evening of Hope ... Fashion for a Cure” Saturday, April 13, at The Maryland Theatre. A silent auction will be at 6 p.m. and the show will start at 7 p.m. The hair-inspired fashion show will feature Redken artist Brent Borreson.

o Read more Jamie Shekels columns at washingtoncountyliving.com Music series continues Saturday at City Park Annapolis Bluegrass Coalition will perform Saturday at 7 p.m. at the Hagerstown City Park bandshell as the summer Music by the Lake concert series continues. For more information, call 301-791-3132. Back-to-school fashion show set A back-to-school fashion show will be held Saturday, starting at 1 p.m. at Valley Mall. The fashion show will be held in the Food Court area.

Tea, fashion show to benefit animal shelter CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. - The Cumberland Valley Animal Shelter will host Second Hand Rose Tea and Fashion Show from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 30, at the thrift store, 66 S. Main St. Tickets cost $15, and only 50 seats will be available. Proceeds will benefit the shelter's Rallying to Relocate Capital Campaign. The fashion show will include clothing available for purchase at the thrift store, and shelter dogs will model outfits.

Friday, Feb. 11 8 p.m. on A&E "Biography" Michael Landon, still beloved as star of the long-running series "Bonanza," "Little House on the Prairie," and "Highway to Heaven," is recalled in a two-hour episode. Landon died in 1991. 9 p.m. on ABC "Hope & Faith" Few series have as many well-known guest stars as this one, and since it's "sweeps" time, tonight we get Paul Shaffer. The renaissance man and leader of the band on "The Late Show With David Letterman" appears as himself, doing a little moonlighting as the host of a fashion show.

HAGERSTOWN -- Anna Doleman planned to overcome a case of nerves with prayer Sunday before stepping out in a benefit fashion show. The Hagerstown woman pulled a spaghetti-strapped dress and gray A-line skirt out of her closet for the event benefiting the Martin Luther King Jr. scholarship fund. She surveyed the room Sunday prior to the accompanying banquet and offered an assessment on the scholarships, which have benefited Washington County students for 23 years. "I think it's for a good cause because it brings the community back together," Doleman said.

Unique Boutique will be hosting its first bridal-themed fashion show on Saturday in the gazebo area of the Martinsburg Mall. The event will showcase the wedding, bridesmaid, flower girl and attendee dresses available at the store. The show begins at 2 p.m., and is free. There will be giveaways and coupons for use that day only. The store is at entrance 4 of the Martinsburg Mall, across from guest services. Unique Boutique has been open since Feb. 15.

HAGERSTOWN -- Clothes took a back seat to character at Saturday night's History Through Fashion benefit as models stepped into not only the costumes, but the personalities of important figures in black history. Novelist James Baldwin strolled around with a drink and a cigarette, activist Dorothy Height held her head high in a wide-brimmed red hat and jazz artist Miles Davis mimed playing a trumpet as he slunk across the catwalk at the Best Western Grand Venice Hotel ballroom. The event was a fundraiser for Friends of the Doleman Black Heritage Museum, a group that is working to open a museum to house a collection of black history artifacts assembled by the late Marguerite Doleman of Hagerstown.