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Last Updated: Feb 6, 2017 - 2:32:04 PM |
Red Dress Soiree Sketch by Apryl Burrows
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Tickets on Sale this Saturday, Bahamas AIDS Foundation To Benefit
Nassau, Bahamas - Ten of the Bahamas’ ‘Leading Ladies’ will strut their stuff at the
inaugural Red Dress Soirée in just a few weeks. Tickets go on sale this
Saturday February 4 for a donation of $100 and can be purchased at La
Rose Boutique, West Bay Street and Goodfellow Farms, Mt. Pleasant. The
event will be held on Saturday, March 3 at the Sheraton Nassau Beach
Resort & Casino.
A selection of local fashion designers have created one-of-a-kind
red gowns that will be showcased at the runway show, cocktail reception
and silent auction that directly supports the Bahamas AIDS Foundation’s
work with adolescents affected by and infected with HIV/AIDS.
I encourage everyone to support this fund raising event,” stated the
Honourable Janet Bostwick, a Red Dress Soirée Leading Lady. “This
event is one of the most innovative fund raising schemes I have heard
about and it promises to be refreshingly entertaining. Women of varying
ages of maturity, at least one of whom (I speak of myself) will find
modeling most challenging, and most of whom do not see themselves as
stereotype models, coming out of their comfort zones, and taking to the
cat walk, displaying beautiful creations of some of our most talented
designers!”
The ten ‘Leading Ladies’ include The Hon. Janet Bostwick, JoAnn
Callender, Dr. Sandra Dean-Patterson, Karin Goodfellow, Maria Govan,
Janet Johnson, Tanya McCartney, Elaine Pinder, Tonique Williams and
Sharon Wilson.
Creating one-of-a-kind gowns for each leading lady will be ten
designers including Javotte Bethel, Apryl Burrows, Phylicia Ellis,
Sabrina Francis, Brynda Knowles, Patrice Lockhart, duo Cardell McClam
and Christopher John, Indira Moss, David Rolle and Theodore Elyett.
Community minded corporate sponsors of the event include Coca Cola,
RBC, BOB, The Bahamas Weekly, Mendoza Wine Imports, Primadona, Sage Eden
and Media Ink.
“We immediately jumped on board with this
program”, stated Donnisha Armbrister, Marketing Manager, Caribbean
Bottling Co (Bahamas) Ltd. “What better components to drive fund-raising
efforts than a worthy cause and fashion?”
The Bahamas AIDS Foundation has recently started to work with
adolescents infected with and affected by HIV and AIDS. Five days a
week after school these adolescents are provided with educational
tutoring, psychosocial intervention, peer support, job training and
placement, a snack and a hot meal, referral services, and individual and
group counseling, all of which are directed to enable the adolescents
to lead long, productive, healthy lives. The Red Dress Soirée directly
supports these efforts.
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