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Women’s Guild is sugar, spice and everything nice

St. Mary, Star of the Sea, Catholic Church Women’s Guild hosted its Sugar and Spice fashion show Monday, March 14.


  • By Kristen Herhold
  • | 10:50 a.m. March 15, 2016
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More than 200 women attended St. Mary, Star of the Sea, Catholic Church Women’s Guild's Sugar and Spice fashion show Monday, March 14, at Sarasota Yacht Club.

The show featured seven guild models in fashions from A’Tu Jewelry and Clothing Outlet in Sarasota. The event included a luncheon, raffle and the election of the 2016 Women’s Guild officers.

Proceeds from the show will go toward local charities.

Fashion show planning committee Beth Waldman, Mary Aiello, Barbara Gurchiek, chairwoman Joan Webster, Mary Del Pup and Carol Fischbein
Fashion show planning committee Beth Waldman, Mary Aiello, Barbara Gurchiek, chairwoman Joan Webster, Mary Del Pup and Carol Fischbein
Msgr. Gerry Finegan, Women’s Guild President Eileen Hassel and the Rev. Edward Pick
Msgr. Gerry Finegan, Women’s Guild President Eileen Hassel and the Rev. Edward Pick
Raffle committee Susan Binder, Maria Aiello, Carol Fischbein, chair Beth Waldman, Anne Hanley, Carolyn Varnum, Jeanie McLoughlin, Donna Winter and Barbara Stamp
Raffle committee Susan Binder, Maria Aiello, Carol Fischbein, chair Beth Waldman, Anne Hanley, Carolyn Varnum, Jeanie McLoughlin, Donna Winter and Barbara Stamp
Mary Elizabeth Carey, Martha Merizon and Susan Clarke
Mary Elizabeth Carey, Martha Merizon and Susan Clarke
Donna Greer, Jeri Stangl, Jan Davin and Joyce Mazurek
Donna Greer, Jeri Stangl, Jan Davin and Joyce Mazurek
Rosalie Gartner, Karen Talty, Diana Repinz and Pat Dupps
Rosalie Gartner, Karen Talty, Diana Repinz and Pat Dupps
Joan Partridge, Judy Thelen, Joyce Tappan and Betty Jo Haas
Joan Partridge, Judy Thelen, Joyce Tappan and Betty Jo Haas
Maggie Edger and Carol Beddie
Maggie Edger and Carol Beddie
Ginny Akhoury models.
Ginny Akhoury models.
Mary Golia models.
Mary Golia models.
Deirdre Schueppert models.
Deirdre Schueppert models.
Jane Cronin models.
Jane Cronin models.
Mary Jane Tolpa models.
Mary Jane Tolpa models.
Gayle Sobieck models.
Gayle Sobieck models.
Maryann Simpson models.
Maryann Simpson models.
Ginny Akhoury models.
Ginny Akhoury models.

 

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