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PHOTO BY DONNA RITCHIE

Woman's Club members pose for a group
photo on the set of the 2018 "Sensational
Seventies" Fashion Show at the lodge.
Woman's Club annual Fashion Show

models friendships and fundraising

BY DONNA RITCHIE ed to shop at the boutique between the hours of 10 a.m. Holiday Home Tour in December. Information about
EDITOR, THE FRIDAY FLYER and 12 p.m. and during the show's intermission. upcoming events can be found on the Woman's Club
More than 200 women will fill the Holiday Bay In keeping with the "Adventures in Paradise" theme, website at canyonlakewomansclub.com.
Room at the lodge today for the Woman's Club annual today's lunch prepared by the lodge staff includes Ha- About the Woman's Club
Fashion Show. Formed 47 years ago, the Canyon Lake waiian chicken skewers on a bed of rice, Hawaiian The Woman’s Club is a non-profit, non-partisan,
Woman’s Club is one of the oldest, largest and most rolls and macadamia nut cookies. philanthropic service group. The club was founded in
active groups in the community. The Fashion Show is Fashion Show Co-Chairs Daryl France, Johncee Co- 1972 when a group of Canyon Lake women wanted to
the club's largest fundraising event with the proceeds chran and Corrie Tutt have spent months preparing for meet their neighbors. They organized an early morning
making up a hefty chunk of the $30,000 to $50,000 the today’s Fashion Show. Four pre-parties were held in “Kidnap Breakfast,” allowing those kidnapped to put
Woman's Club gives away each year to local charities the months leading up to today's grand event. The pre- on two things: a robe and false teeth.
and to Canyon Lake women and girls in the form of parties included a Paint-n-Sip and three themed par- This same group, plus the kidnap victims, met and
scholarships. ties: "Out of Africa," "Pirates in Paradise" and "Gidget decided to form a Woman’s Club. Bylaws were writ-
The Fashion Show dates back to the late 70s. Origi- Goes Hawaiian." ten and, on Nov. 14, 1972, the first election of officers
nally, the shows were held at monthly meetings with This year's stage set features an island theme com- was held. There were 91 charter members. Their main
the chairperson doing spoofs on fashion shows. In re- plete with tikis created by Daryl and her team of help- purpose at that time was to purchase safety equipment
cent years, it’s evolved into a first-rate affair held an- ers. "Holly Biondi has done a fabulous job creating and support activities for teens.
nually in the Holiday Bay Room on the last Friday in exotic table décor this year," said Daryl. A suggestion was also made to contact the River-
April. There is always a theme and elaborate decora- More than modeling clothes, the Fashion Show side County Libraries to request a bookmobile stop in
tions. models friendships and fundraising. Friendships are Canyon Lake. A book exchange table was set up at the
The theme of this year’s show is “Adventures in formed and strengthened through the countless hours CLWC monthly meeting. This led to establishing a fi-
Paradise" and features fashions modeled by club mem- the women spend working together to prepare for this nancial sponsorship program to manage the develop-
bers, lunch, entertainment, five $500 grand prize draw- grand event. The elements of the show that help the ment and growth of the local library.
ings, silent auction featuring more than 100 items, bas- club raise money are the pre-parties, ticket sales, silent
ket raffle featuring 10 themed baskets valued at $200 auction, raffles, door prizes and grand prizes. Space was rented and the Woman’s Club paid the
each and door prize raffles throughout the morning. Following today's Fashion Show will be the club's utility bills. Woman’s Club volunteers staffed the li-
brary, which eventually became part of the Riverside
New this year is the club's Unique Boutique, a se- Spring Tea on May 11 at the senior center, the Mer-
lection of new and gently used clothing, jewelry and maid Festival on Sept. 21 at Indian Beach, the Witches County Library System.
scarves donated by club members. Attendees are invit- Afternoon Tea on Oct. 19 at the senior center and the uuCONTINUED PAGE A5