Small wonder the bright young things of the Children's ServiceBoard of Children's Memorial Medical Center were beaming.
When the excitement of their little cocktail party was over,they had more than $20,000 to contribute to the cause.
And that was just for openers. The gathering was merely apreliminary round before the main fund-raising event on Sept. 14.
The board's primary benefit is the $60 per person luncheondoings of the 34th annual Chicago Fashion Award Show in theInternational Ballroom of the Chicago Hilton and Towers.
The secret of the kickoff's success was simple: The entire partywas underwritten by AT&T and Stein & Co. With such financial backing,the board was able to make a clear profit on the $50 per personticket prices plus the money from an array of pricey merchandise soldat silent auction and sundry other items.
About 180 guests turned out at AT&T's new corporate center lobbyin the Loop. The added attraction was the Chicago debut of vogueing,the dance craze from New York.
David Ian, one of New York's hot vogueing masters, came in forthe evening to lead a group ofGus Giordano dancers in the stylizedversion of runway modeling. They wore a series of Gianni Versacefashions as they did their stuff.
The board is a fund-raising auxiliary arm of the Children'sMemorial Medical Center.
Its particular cause is raising money to finance the center'stransport program, a lifesaving arrangement that provides emergencymedical attention and immediate ground and air transportation forcritically ill or injured children.
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