12th Annual Fashion Show Benefits SCMC

Dana Point Councilman Joel Bishop escorts Gracie Boyd, who was celebrating her birthday. View more photos...

The Women’s Advisory Council, in conjunction with the SCMC Auxiliary, pulled out all the stops with the September 21st “Fall Into the Holidays” fashion show and luncheon, making it the most successful one to date. In its 12th year, this much-anticipated event captured the audience with the entertainment, the auctions and the fashions and it raised over $14,000. The proceeds from the event, co-chaired by Kate Mullins of the Foundation and Julie Christian, Chairperson, Women’s Advisory Council and wife of SCMC’s President & CEO, Bruce Christian, benefit the SCMC Foundation, in support of its continuing efforts to raise money for the hospital.

The fashion show and luncheon attracted over 300 guests, including such notables as CA Assemblyman Chuck Devore, 5th District OC Supervisor and Foundation Board member Pat Bates, Laguna Beach City Councilwoman Cheryl Kinsman, Laguna Beach City Clerk Martha Anderson, Aliso Viejo Mayor Carmen Cave, Dana Point Mayor Diane Harkey, Dana Point City Councilman and Foundation Board member Joel Bishop, and Laguna Beach Planning Commissioner Anne Johnson.

Elizabeth Schneider, Executive Director, Foundation, started off the festivities with her opening remarks. There was a lot of excitement in the air with the auctions. Courtesy of several generous donors, guests walked away with prizes ranging from jewelry to artwork to a vintage fur coat.

But the fashion show itself created the most buzz, when the clothes were modeled by some of Orange County’s finest! Dr. Red Alinsod, Roy Allen, Wendy Allen, Joel Bishop; Gracie Boyd, wife of the late Hopalong Cassidy; Michelle Falkowski, Jean Fleisher, Diane Harkey, Esther Kitchen, Dr. Arian Mowlavi, Janice Murdock, Elizabeth Novick, Dr. Brian Quebbemann, Susan Ritschel, former mayor of San Clemente, Ernie Schneider, Marcelita Vaughn, Bonnie Wheeler, and Chelsea Ziemann all strutted down the runway.

The event would not have been possible without the leadership and participation of the 2007 Fall Into the Holidays committee that included: Wendy Allen, Martha Anderson, Sura Azzam, Anne Berry, Amy Blackburn, Kathleen Blackburn, Carole Bowman, Gaye Brobeck, Cassandra Costa, Julie Christian, Whitney Christian, Alice Dawson , Shirley Eramo, Margaret Estep, Kelly Fortin, Denny Freidenrich, Karen Gilbert, Leanna Harrison, Lois Isenberg, Mara James, Kay Kearney, Gillian Kirkpatrick, Thelma Machlin, Anne Morris, Susan Morrison, Kate Mullins, Jeanne Olenicoff, Lucinda Prewitt, Carol Richards, Elizabeth Schneider, Ana Seligman, Ann Sherwood , Helen Simpson, Pamela Simpson, Karen Smith, Wanda Stuart, Kate Tschudin, Mary Wiscomb, Alice Yensen, and Barbara Zakaryan.

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