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Derby Day soiree benefits Sussex Academy

Dozens don bonnets, boots at tented celebration
Dolled up for Derby Day are event sponsors (l-r) Lauren Wisley, Helen Damouni, Sherri Penuel, Stacey Orsini, Mirelle Jaoude, Roxanne Sordi and Kathleen Leebel. MADDY LAURIA PHOTO
Maddy Lauria
May 24, 2017
Showing support for Sussex Academy are Derby Day committee members (l-r) Michele Mundok, Betsy Kirschner, Lauren Wisley, Gina Derrickson, Stacey Orsini, Kathleen Leebel and Roxanne Sordi. Not pictured are Leigh Ann Burke and Chanta Wilkinson. MADDY LAURIA PHOTO
It was a pretty fancy shindig. MADDY LAURIA PHOTO
Lewes residents Chanell Dagesse, left, and Christine Charles, center, join Alexandria, Va. resident Anya Skotnikova at the Derby Day event. MADDY LAURIA PHOTO
Frank Shade, left, and Mark Carter man the Dogfish Head table. MADDY LAURIA PHOTO
The farm-style settings were gorgeous. MADDY LAURIA PHOTO
Event committee member Michele Mundok, left, joins event chair Kathleen Leebel of the Lewes Building Company. MADDY LAURIA PHOTO
Enjoying some libations are Cape Region residents (l-r) Bob Kepchar, John Williams, Paul Bessette, Val Kepchar, Patty Storms and Morty Bachal. MADDY LAURIA PHOTO
The Plate Scrapers of Maryland performed bluegrass tunes. MADDY LAURIA PHOTO
Newlyweds Melissa and Brandon Perdue show off their dapper style at the event. MADDY LAURIA PHOTO
Mike McCoy, left, and Craig Klasic, right, plant kisses on Betsy Kirschner in a fabulous photo opp. MADDY LAURIA PHOTO
Event sponsors (l-r) John Leebel, Dr. Edward Jaoude and Dr. Roman Orsini show their support for the local school. MADDY LAURIA PHOTO
Sen. Tom Carper, left, joins (l-r) Gina Derrickson, Patricia Oliphant and Alllen Stafford of Sussex Academy at the school’s Derby Day fundraising event. SUBMITTED PHOTO
Derby Day hat contest winners are (l-r) Vicki Stottlemyer, Christine Charles, Danni Anthenelli and Lou Rouleau. Not pictured are winners Lauren Wisely and Suzanne Davis. SUBMITTED PHOTO
Sen. Tom Carper addressed the Derby Day attendees before the race. SUBMITTED PHOTO
Showing support are (l-r) Kent Lewis; event sponsor John Leebel of The Lewes Building Company; and 2016 Derby Day Honorary Chair Chris Dagesse of DCD Automotive Holdings. SUBMITTED PHOTO
Jerry Peet of Southern Delaware Therapeutic Riding and miniature horse Nayah join (l-r) Derby Day Committee Members Lauren Wisely and Betsy Kirschner at the event. SUBMITTED PHOTO

About 200 Cape Region residents threw on their fancy boots and bonnets for Sussex Academy’s Derby Day celebration under a lighted tent at the Lewes Public Library May 6.

The event featured a broadcast of the derby as well as a live and silent auction, featuring donated items from Paul Cullen, Dogfish Head Craft Brewery, Kings Creek Country Club and others. Corporate event sponsors included Beacon Pediatrics; The Lewes Building Company; Dr. Roman Orsini of Orthopaedic Associates of Southern Delaware; Coastal Tented Events; Dogfish Head; Nage; Cape Gazette; Doodle Design; Innovative Hospitality Solutions Inc.; Southern Delaware Therapeutic Riding; the Moshier family; Dr. Brendan Wiggins and Dr. Mark Wilkinson of Beebe Gastroenterology Associates; CW and Susie Mitchell; Parkowski, Guerke & Swayze law firm; Dr. and Mrs. Mark Sordi; Johnson Orthodontics; Atlantic Chiropractic Associates; Dr. Edward Jaoude and Mirelle Jaoude; Uday Jani of Shore View Medical; and more than a dozen other individuals and organizations.

The $10,000 raised during the event will go toward repairing Sussex Academy’s sidewalks, parking lots and landscaping needs. For more about Sussex County’s only tuition-free, public charter school, go to sussexacademy.org.

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