First Lady’s Hat and Glove Tea – Photo Slideshow
Dr. Robin Williams held her inaugural “First Lady’s Hats and Gloves Tea – An Evening of Elegance” in which women from the University and the surrounding Delaware community came together for fellowship, dinner and entertainment in the Martin Luther King Jr. Student Center on campus.
For images from the evening, click on the below link:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/48216028@N03/sets/72157663772724703/show
The event was a fundraiser to benefit the DSU Honors Program, and was attended by 300 ladies of DSU and community supporters of the University (as well as a few men). The Tea featured an abundance of style in the hats, gloves and dress that adorned the attendees.
The First Lady’s Tea recognized three women as the “Honorable Honorees” of the event:
- Carla Markell, first lady of the State of Delaware and wife of Gov. Jack Markell.
- State Rep. Stephanie T. Bolden, Delaware House of Representatives 2nd District.
- State Sen. Margaret Rose Henry, majority whip of the Delaware State Senate, 2nd District.
The mistress of ceremony was Kathleen Charlot, Class of 2011 DSU alumna and currently a sales manager for Dell Secure Work in Atlanta, Ga. The event featured entertainment by DSU students that included the DSU Jazz Combo, a sextet from the DSU Concert Choir, poet Kamara Rice, and soloists Chelsea Taylor and Jahselah White.
Dr. Robin Williams and Virginia Carson were co-chairs of the 13-member First Lady’s Tea Executive Committee, which was supported by the work of 33 Tea Subcommittee members. There was also a group of students who served as ushers and escorts during the event.
Photos by Carlos Holmes.