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Carrousels of St. Louis, Missouri


                         An Autumn Afternoon










































 Rollin' on the River
 Rollin' on the River  The arrival of autumn was in the air as the   The globally celebrated jazz vocalist thrilled the


            Carrafellas entertained the Carrousels with
                                                                audience with her dynamic musical repertories.
                                                                The primary objective of the concert was to raise
            brunch at Brio’s Italian Restaurant.  Delicious
            food, camaraderie, lots of laughter, and
                                                                Enjoying the afternoon and evening affair were
            conversation were the highlights of the             funds for educational youth music programs.
 Harbor Point Yacht Club members, Carrousels Christina Bennett   day. Carrousels chuckled when many of our   Carrousels Staci G. Oliver (escorted by her
 and Leah Harris hosted a fall cruise to kick-off the club year.  A   Carrafellas casually admitted they were reluctant   handsome son Justin Clayborne), Cheryl Young,
            viewers of reality and housewives shows!  How
                                                                Christina Bennett, Dianne Powell, Cheryl Jones,
 delicious catered lunch was held at the Harbor Clubhouse prior   interesting that they finally figured out what we   Gwen Key, Sandra Murdock, Andrea Johnson-
 to the cruise. The captains, Carrafellas Vince Bennett and Chris   already knew…those series are exciting!   Lee, Frances “Cookie” Whitfield and Carrafellas
 Harris were excellent skippers as they steered the boats down   The evening continued at the Sheldon Concert   Vince Bennett, John Jones, Michael Key, Chris
 the mighty Mississippi River.  Everyone had so much fun eating,   Hall where the Community Women Against   Harris, Nathaniel Murdock, Gregory Lee, and
                                                                Charles Gooden (Carrafella event coordinator).
            Hardship 33rd Circle of Support Gala celebration
 drinking, dancing, and singing to the music.  The party continued   featured “Soulful Jazz Singer” Nicole Henry.
 after we anchored at the end of the pier where the boats were
 docked next to one another, which made it easy for us to party
 from boat to boat.  Enjoying the afternoon were Carrousels
 Christina Bennett, Leah Harris, Diane Nathan, Erica Bumpers,
 Stacey Givens-Woolfolk, Esther Beeks, Dianne Powell, Joyce
 Price, Gwen Key, Frances “Cookie” Whitfield, Cheryl Young,
 and Carrafellas Vince Bennett, Chris Harris, David Price,
 and Charles “Chuck” Gooden.


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