Tag annies angels

The DaGiau family is near and dear to my heart. They pro­vi­ded me the oppor­tu­nity to shoot my first wed­ding for their daugh­ter Stephie and they’ll tell anyone who asks that I’m the pho­to­grapher they want. They also serve up some mad yummy food out of their Ita­lian Kitchen in Stratham. The Valerio’s Ita­lian –all-​the-​Way is beco­ming somewhat of a legend in and of itself.

They also foun­ded the Annie’s Angels foun­da­tion - a worthwhile cause if ever there was one. Last year’s first Hea­venly Ball was a huge suc­cess and this year it was plan­ned for the She­ra­ton Har­bor­side Grand Ball­room. (Where the only disap­point­ment was that there wasn’t more brie to be had..)

Local busi­nes­ses donate items for a silent auc­tion. We even got a bottle of the much anti­ci­pa­ted Kate the Great and it was DELICIOUS!

And you could by ⁵⁰⁄₅₀ raf­fle tic­kets by the arms length — always a big hit!

And here are your hosts with the most(s)! Bill always gives a won­der­ful talk on their mis­sion & their accomplishments.

Back again this year was JR from WHEB and Di & Bill’s daugh­ter — my first bride — Stephie — who fle­xed her vocal pro­wess for the audience.

Holy Canoli!

They had the best idea! Since you can make a dona­tion online at any time (you too can donate, here!) they set up some lap­tops onsite so that peo­ple could make a secure dona­tion via credit/​debit card in case they for­got their checkbook.

Stephie’s son JJ is calling to make sure ever­yone he knows has made a donation!

Chris & Sandy are good friends of Annie’s Angels, and a very good time. I think Sandy was just there for the swag though…

And they dan­ced away into fun­drai­sing bliss!

This is a great event full of fun and pro­mise and the pos­si­bi­lity of sco­ring some great silent auc­tion stuff! I’ll be sure to post the details of next years event so keep an eye out and come on down and have some fun!

~Melis­sa­Ko­ren