My Sweet Charity

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Sunie Solomon

Despite A Pausing Bus, 2019 Crystal Charity Ball Ten Best Dressed Announcement Rolled Along

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The timeline for the annual presentation of the Crystal Charity Ball Ten Best Dressed on Wednesday, March 20, at Neiman Marcus Downtown was a little different. For a project-yet-to-be disclosed, the Ten Best Dressed (Delilah Boyd, Lisa Cooley, Tiffany Divis, Jennifer Dix, Cate Ford, Cara French, Amy Hegi, Karla McKinley, Amy Prestidge and Kimberly Schlegel Whitman), 2019 Hall … [Read more...] about Despite A Pausing Bus, 2019 Crystal Charity Ball Ten Best Dressed Announcement Rolled Along

New Crystal Charity Ball Members Are Honored With A Brunch At Robyn Conlon’s Home

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For a couple of days, Mother Nature went to brutalize Chicago, leaving North Texas in spring-like conditions. Perhaps it was that reason that the class of 2019 Crystal Charity Ball new members and executive committee were in cottons and silks. Nary a boot or wool was in the 2014 CCB Chair Robyn Conlon’s Highland Park home for the annual get-to-know-you brunch on Tuesday, … [Read more...] about New Crystal Charity Ball Members Are Honored With A Brunch At Robyn Conlon’s Home

Lengthy Tutu Chic Fashion Show And Luncheon Had Some Guests Skipping The Lunch Part

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This year’s Tutu Chic Fashion Show and Luncheon on Tuesday, November 27, was celebrating its 10th anniversary with a slight change. Organizers brought in Louis Murad and his team to handle the check-in, the live auction and call for cash at the Winspear benefiting Texas Ballet Theater.In the lobby an army of Nutcrackers, Pinocchios, Santas and angels filled … [Read more...] about Lengthy Tutu Chic Fashion Show And Luncheon Had Some Guests Skipping The Lunch Part

MySweetCharity Photo Gallery Alert: 2018 Tutu Chic Fashion Show And Luncheon

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For the tenth year, the Texas Ballet Theater's Tutu Chic Fashion Show and Luncheon took over the Winspear Opera House on Tuesday, November 27. In addition to the Nutcrackers, angels and Santa decorations for sale, the Marchesa fashions on the ballerinas were the stuff that little girls dream of.With the fashion show running more than 30 minutes, some of the … [Read more...] about MySweetCharity Photo Gallery Alert: 2018 Tutu Chic Fashion Show And Luncheon

JUST IN: New Crystal Charity Ball Members Announced

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Word just arrived about Crystal Charity Ball’s newest members. 2019 CCB Chair Pat McEvoy revealed that the seven newbies are Julie Bagley, Christy Berry, Kim Hext, Nancy Scripps, Sunie Solomon, Molly Thomas and Merry Wyatt.The ladies will join the 93 other committee members on Thursday, February 7, for the selection of the 2019 beneficiaries.The mega … [Read more...] about JUST IN: New Crystal Charity Ball Members Announced

Zac Brown And Charlie Daniels Help The 2018 Cattle Baron’s Ball Rake In A Record $4.8M For The American Cancer Society

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Inside a private meeting room at Gilley's Dallas, country music legend Charlie Daniels was sipping coffee from an orange Tennessee Volunteers cup and cutting up with guests at the 2018 Cattle Baron's Ball's VIP meet-and-greet.When a group including Andrea Nayfa, Joanna Clarke, Nancy Gopez, Dawn Greiner, Meghann O'Leary, Julianna LeBlanc, Rachel Michell and Taryn … [Read more...] about Zac Brown And Charlie Daniels Help The 2018 Cattle Baron’s Ball Rake In A Record $4.8M For The American Cancer Society

Crespi Estate Hosts A Heady Patron Party Crowd For 2018 Texas Trailblazer Awards Luncheon

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The VIP patron party for The Family Place's 2018 Texas Trailblazer Awards Luncheon took place on the evening of Tuesday, September 25, at the legendary Crespi Estate off Walnut Hill Lane.These days, developer Mehrdad Moayedi's gargantuan spread seems like one of the most popular places for an event in town. Only the day before, for example, the magnificent manse had … [Read more...] about Crespi Estate Hosts A Heady Patron Party Crowd For 2018 Texas Trailblazer Awards Luncheon

Country Stars Lure 200 To Cattle Baron’s Ball’s First-ever Combat Cowboy Concert Benefiting Cancer Services And Programs For Veterans

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Jonika Nix comes from a military family, with parents and grandparents who served in the armed services and an uncle who died in Vietnam. So it's little wonder that she and Katy Bock, Jonika's Cattle Baron's Ball co-chair, were the spark plugs behind a first-ever, one-off, pre-CBB benefit concert on Wednesday, September 5, at Canton Hall called Combat Cowboy: A Vet Salute To … [Read more...] about Country Stars Lure 200 To Cattle Baron’s Ball’s First-ever Combat Cowboy Concert Benefiting Cancer Services And Programs For Veterans

Tamron Hall Is Returning To Her Old Broadcast Stomping Grounds To Be The Texas Trailblazer Luncheon Keynoter

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When Tamron Hall was just a little gal growing up in Luling outside of San Antonio, she admitted that she was pretty inquisitive. Over the years, she discovered an inspiration. It was WFAA’s Iola Johnson, who was WFAA’s first African-American news anchor, desk-partnering with Tracy Rowlett, Troy Dungan and Dale Hansen, in the 1908s.Tamron set her sights on being a … [Read more...] about Tamron Hall Is Returning To Her Old Broadcast Stomping Grounds To Be The Texas Trailblazer Luncheon Keynoter

JUST IN: Paul Quinn College’s Dr. Michael Sorrell Named The Family Place’s 2018 Texas Trailblazer

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The Family Place's 2018 Texas Trailblazer Co-Chairs Sunie Solomon and Amy Turner are celebrating more than the Fourth of July this week. They've just revealed the 2018 Texas Trailblazer.Here are some hints:The 2018 Trailblazer is a guy. He's already been named to Fortune Magazine's list of the World's 50 Greatest Leaders. In college, he was "two-time captain … [Read more...] about JUST IN: Paul Quinn College’s Dr. Michael Sorrell Named The Family Place’s 2018 Texas Trailblazer

JUST IN: Sunie Solomon And Amy Turner To Co-Chair 2018 Texas Trailblazer Awards Luncheon

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Two former Cattle Baron’s Ball chairs are partnering up to co-chair The Family Place’s 2018 Texas Trailblazer Awards Luncheon. The two are Amy Turner, who chaired CBB in 2005, and Sunie Solmon, who just finished up last year’s CBB.According to The Family Place CEO Paige Flink, “We are so honored to have Amy and Sunie spearheading this year’s Texas Trailblazer … [Read more...] about JUST IN: Sunie Solomon And Amy Turner To Co-Chair 2018 Texas Trailblazer Awards Luncheon