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AThe Priory Gala Meet Me In Manhattan officially kicked off on February 13th during a live “P’ Daddy” Wine Gathering Gig!
As promised, the P’Daddy band blew us away with their extreme musical reverberations! The band fea- tures Priory Dads: Jeff “El Jefe” Purvin, Lloyd “The Voice” Willhite, Marvin “Marvy” Wenger, “Eddie O” Oates, “Doc” Blumenkranz, and Peter “Sticks” Thielen. Admission was a bottle of wine to be auctioned off at the Priory Gala, Meet Me in Manhattan. The Priory com- munity got together in the PAC, enjoyed scrumptious appetizers (courtesy of Virginia Taylor and her “Tay- lormade” specialties) and got crazy! AND we were treated to special guest performances by Father Mar- tin on the guitar and Ray Rothrock on the sax...what groovy tunes these guys can crank out! Our special thanks go to all who came to rock out with us and who brought generous selections of wine. We’ve collected enough wine to please even the most discriminate som- melier when they go to the bidding tables on May 14th!
Priory’s Fashion Club is going to Bryant Park aka Crowne Plaza Hotel
Priory’s 2011 Gala, Meet Me In Manhattan will showcase our Priory students’ fashion talent. Our annual charity fashion show has joined the fabulous auction team, and this year your favorite models (over 70 of them!!) will strut their stuff at the Crowne Plaza Cabana Hotel. Francesca Sterlacci Purvin put her New York touch on everything, and her fabulous Project Priory Fashion Club
put together an edgy, trend-setting show.
Meet Me In Manhattan will
feature the unique work of 8 student
designers. Francesca lights up when you talk to
her about her fashion club kids and the program she and art faculty Teri Scott developed together almost 3 years ago. “Teaching fashion design for more than 15 years in New York and San Francisco,” said Francesca, “I have never seen such an inspired group of design tal- ent than at the Priory. The kids come with only the de-
The P’Daddy Band: Lloyd “The Voice” Willhite, Jeff “El Jefe” Purvin, Marvin “Marvy” Wenger,
“Eddie O” Oates, “Doc” Blumenkranz, Peter “Sticks” Thielen, and guest musicians Ray Rothrock and Fr. Martin (not in order of appearance).