Pickwick
Joe and Jane Gribbin; Dottie and Raleigh Kent; and Joan and Alan Curtis at the Pickwick event.
Pickwick Dance Club held its annual event on Friday, March 13 at the Mountain Brook Club. Party planners Dana Norton and Peggy Lee greeted Pickwick Club members and their friends with cocktails and appetizers in the living room while the band warmed up. Pickwick officers Cathy and Jack Echols, Helen and Richard Pardue, Jean and Robert Woodward, Kathy and Frank Anderson, Ann and George Morris, Sara Beth Blair, Dottie and Raleigh Kent, Barbara and Griffin Langston and Lindsay Cook with Lock Hunter were all there to welcome the crowd.
When Emily Herring and her band, Just Friends, got “in the swing, “ the dance floor was filled. Bimi and Blair Cox were first on the dance floor. The sunroom was decorated for the festive “Thriller” event with black table toppers and a centerpiece of sunglasses, a neon fedora hat, a white sequined glove on mirrors with votives, all hinting to the surprise entertainment to follow. The menu was a buffet of gumbos with loads of shrimp, grits, desserts and, of course, cornpones.
The band took a break and the floor was cleared for a very special guest performance. Michael Jackson put on a show with numerous costume changes and accompanying performers. Kelley and Pete Gage and Dana and Tommy Norton were among the last to the leave the dance floor when the band finally wrapped it up.
