Paper lanterns swung beneath exposed I-beams, while big TV screens flashed images above them. Sounds of swing music intermingled with the rustle of ball gowns on concrete, as guests swirled through the renovation at Tide Point for the Dot.Com Gala. As if there wasn't enough glitz inside, Inner Harbor waters glittered outside, providing a delightful backdrop as guests celebrated the 10th anniversary of the South Baltimore Learning Center.
Among the 330 guests nibbling from the buffet and networking with old friends and new: Donald Huber and Kathleen Leebel, event co-chairs; Cindy Conklin, Ann Murray and Peggy Powell, event committee members; Chris Rosenthal, South Baltimore Learning Center board chair; Susan Fleishman and Jonathan Melnick, SBLC board members; Sonia Socha, SBLC executive director; Carol Hirschburg, Howard Consulting vice president; Sonny Morstein, Morstein's Jewelers owner; Doug McPeters, Legg Mason vice president of investments; Mario Armstrong, host / producer of "Tech-Talk" on WEAA-FM radio; Gary Goldstein, Kennedy Krieger Institute president; Byron Sembly, Falcon Business Solutions president / CEO; Sharon Wylie, Fox 45 / WB54 director of public affairs and marketing; Debbie Kielty, Procter & Gamble Beauty Care vice president; Rose Carpenter, FILA USA general counsel; James Breiner, Baltimore Business Journal publisher; and Ann Murray, Maryland Science Center senior director of development.
