BRAVO! 2006 features role models – as models 

Opera Guild of Dayton’s fall spectacular, BRAVO! Brunch and Fashion Show, takes on a new approach in 2006.  For many years attending the event meant going on the Thursday or Friday after Labor Day over the noon hour and enjoying a gourmet lunch while being entertained with upbeat music and a breathtaking style show. This year the choice of brunch is still available on Friday, Oct. 13.  The new twist is an evening repeat of the fashion show with wonderful new accompaniments.

“While we have our brunch and fashion show for all of those who love attending at that time of day, adding an evening event to the program helps us reach out to those of our supporters who work and may not be able to attend the luncheon.  This new variation with even more fashion will be an entertaining couple’s or ladies’ night out,” says Kelly Haluschak, Co-chair of BRAVO! 2006.  

In the evening, WHISPERS will joins ELAN to extend the array of fashions that will be modeled. And WHISPERS owner, Judy Wyatt, is excited to be participating in this year’s BRAVO!  “Co-chairs Kelly and Virginia have done a wonderful job of taking this already successful fundraiser to the next level by adding the evening option, including other retailers and designers, and highlighting community leaders.  We are honored to be included in this one-of-a-kind event that everyone will wants to attend.”

A live auction during the evening will tempt the audience with multiple items, including a ski trip to Whistler in British Columbia, a catered dinner for ten by Gracie’s Cottage, an adventure package sure to please the entire family, a bird’s- eye view of Dayton from a Piper aircraft and an artist’s signed painting along with a commissioned painting of the winner’s home. In addition to a sumptuous entrée at dinner, the evening affair will also features a dessert and coffee bar, Jeff Powell on the piano and a cash bar for your favorite libations. All these extras to entice our guests to linger longer than people typically do after the brunch.

BRAVO! 2006 Co-chair Virginia Seubert emphasizes the community connection, saying, “We are partnering with several people for this year’s event.  Weber’s is our official jeweler once again.  Tudor Day Spa plans to style the hair for our models. In addition, Michael Dicker of The Michael Collection, ELAN’s featured designer, plans to be on hand, along with jewelry designers, including Elton whose jewelry pieces were so appealing and intriguing last year.  And by having the community role models strutting on the runway wearing some of the fashions, we will be are recognizing many people who have truly made a difference in Dayton through their philanthropic work.”

Among those on the runway will be: Jonathan Cooper, Centerville Teacher of the Year; Julie Berro of Allen Elementary, Dayton Teacher of the Year; Kim Yahn, Executive Director of Clothes that Work; Jim Trent, philanthropist from Kettering; Lovetta Blanke, longtime generous Dayton Opera supporter; Dick Ferguson, Executive Director of The Fitz Center for Leadership in Community; Diane Butler-Hughes, The Noble Circle;  Tracy Janess, Yvette Gregory, Leslie Miller, and Stephanie Geehan of Secret Smiles; Ryan Levin, Levin Family Foundation; Clarence Ray, Dayton Urban League; Linda Mercuri Fishbach, former Director of Womanline; Ardith Hamilton, Aullwood and formerly of Dayton Opera and many more special people. Entertainment will be provided by the celebrated RythymRhythm in Shoes. And vocal selections will be sung by finalists from Opera Guild of Dayton’s College Vocal Competition.

Looking ahead to the new season of fashions, Julie Shone-Baker, daughter of ELAN owner LaVerne Shone, says, “The catch phrase for this fall is ‘the ‘80s.’  We are seeing a lot of tunics, leggings, and knitwear, which we haven’t seen on the runway for awhile.  There are also unusual tweeds and trims, knee-length coats, sweater coats, and knit dresses, along with the season’s silhouette of pants with slimmer legs and some longer jackets.”  Attendees from last year remember The Michael Collection as a unique, made-to-order line of handloomed knitwear.

Weber Jewelers is donating a David Wysor bracelet for the luncheon raffle. David is one of the jewelry designers who will be in attendance that day.  Other daytime raffle prizes include an “Out to Lunch” Package, Vintage Jewelry from Park Avenue Antiques and a Spa Basket from Michelle’s Skin Care.

At the Dinner Fashion show in addition to the items mentioned earlier, a brilliant Kwiat diamond necklace donated by Weber’s will be part of the live auction.  Evening raffle items include a Victoria Theatre Package, Dayton Marriott Package, Designer Clothing Certificate from Etcetera Fine Clothing, Custom Framing by Patterson Chase and Lingerie from WHISPERS Boutique.

BRAVO 2006 Co-chairs Virginia Seubert and Kelly Haluschak.

To make such a special day takes a lot of hard work and many talents. Serving on the committee with Co-chairs Kelly Haluschak and Virginia Seubert are Dolores Anderson, Burnette Clingman, Suzanne Crippen, Beverly Crusey, Anita Delaney, Mary Ann Drewry, Nancy Farkas, Teresa Franklin, (Mollie Hauser)?, Anne Holaday, Margarete Jennings, Michelle Jones-Johnson, Tara King, Karen Knoll, Wendy Lewis, Therese Mileti, Izola Neilson, Kim Powell, Linda Reed, Maureen Schlangen, and Yvonne Whitaker.

To make your reservations or for further information, please call Therese Mileti at 937-885-3167.

Dianne Fogle earns GMAC Real Estate award

Big Hill GMAC Real Estate is honored to announce that Oakwood resident, Dianne Fogle, has earned the distinguished Premier Service® Leader Award. This award is presented annually by GMAC Real Estate to those exceptional, extraordinary agents who have achieved a 100 percent customer satisfaction rating based on Customer Service Satisfaction survey results for all GMAC affiliates spanning a one-year period. Fogle was among only six Big Hill GMAC agents and 69 elite agents from GMAC’s entire network of over 22,000 sales associates in the US, Canada and Puerto Rico who received this prestigious award.

“The partners of Big Hill GMAC are proud of all of our agents, but it is a special honor for Dianne to have been named the ‘Best of the Best’ nationwide. She is a fantastic agent who has delivered 110 percent to her buyers and sellers,” said Jeff Owens, President of Big Hill GMAC Real Estate. “The fact that we had more agents selected for this award than any other company of any size shows that hard work, excellent training, and a clear vision that our clients are #1 pays off,” he added.

Fogle, a graduate of Oakwood High School, has been in real estate sales with Big Hill GMAC for 26 years and is an Associate Partner of the company. She is a licensed Broker and Relocation Specialist. A top producer for Big Hill, Dianne has earned the Ohio Association of Realtors and Dayton Area Board of Realtors Sales Leader Awards, along with Big Hill GMAC’s Platinum Award each year since 1986. She attributes her Premier Service® Leader Award and achievement of 100 percent customer satisfaction to her “attention to detail, patience and ability to listen to her clients.”

 A member of the Dayton Area Board of Realtors, the Ohio Association of Realtors and the National Association of Realtors, Fogle is part of Big Hill GMAC Real Estate’s network of over 260 agents in 11 offices located throughout west-central Ohio and east-central Indiana.

Husted tapped for Aspen-Rodel Fellowship

Following an eight-month search involving input from more than 1,400 business, political and civic leaders, The Aspen Institute has selected Jon Husted, State Representative (R-36th District) and Speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives as one of 24 top young elected officials for a fellowship program honoring public leaders.

Drawn from the ranks of federal, state and local governments, and representing 21 states, this class of 24 Fellows forms the second two-year class of the Aspen-Rodel Fellowships in Public Leadership, a program of The Aspen Institute designed to bring the nations’ emerging leaders together to discuss broad issues of democratic governance and effective public service.

The Fellows are selected in a months-long nomination and selection process that involves more than 1,400 business, professional and civic leaders, and an advisory committee of more than 50 leading political figures.

Before being elected to the Ohio legislature, Husted served as vice president of Business and Economic Development for the Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce. He has undergraduate and master’s degrees from the University of Dayton, where he was an all-America defensive back.

Former Congressman Mickey Edwards, the program’s director, said the new fellowship class “represents the true promise of America – and outstanding group of young leaders with a clear commitment to putting the nation’s interest ahead of partisan considerations.” Edwards said the selection process involved looking for young officials who had not only earned reputations for thoughtfulness and intelligence, but who had also been recognized for “their willingness to cross party lines and their ability to remain focused on the ideals that led them into public service in the first place.”

The Institute’s Rodel Fellowships in Leadership program brings together bipartisan groups of public officials judged to be the rising stars of American politics. The Fellows are selected in a months-long nomination and selection process that involves an advisory committee of more than 50 leading political figures.

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From Inside Out opening doors on Thursday, Oct 5

Leslie Dixon is truly an Oakwood woman. Her parents lived on Claranna Avenue when she was born. Now she has returned to open a unique boutique for the home, From Inside Out, that will be opening its doors on Thursday, Oct. 5 and will be part of a ribbon-cutting ceremony that will formally open the new retail complex Oakwood Centre on that same day.

“I’m excited,” said Dixon. “You got to take a chance to succeed.” The co-owner with her brother of Bullwinkles bar in Miamisburg for the past 19 years, she already has found success in the food and beverage trade but wanted to strike out on her own with a new idea in the realm of unique one-of-a-kind home accessories and outdoor patio furnishings.

Dixon did all the buying of the various items in the store: fountains, upholstered chairs, bird baths, wrought iron, arbors, iron pumpkins, framed art, copper fire pits, side tables, dried and silk flowers, among others – all presented in an Old World Mediterranean venue.

She also has a number of exclusive lines available only at her store in the Dayton area, such as pottery from Campo di Fiori, stone furniture from The Elegant Earth and fountains from Stansbury & Burke.

She has hired seven employees to help her in this new endeavor, six of whom hail from Oakwood, and will be available to show customers around the new store. The merchandise has already has sparked interest in the neighboring shops.

“The girls from Chico’s wanted to buy stuff off the truck, so that gave me some encouragement,” Dixon said.

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