Dreams come true at MCC fashion show
Lauren Smith
The music, the atmosphere, and the energy were contagious. It seemed there wasn’t one person that did not enjoy it from the time it started.
MCC’s Fashion Focus Club helped sponsor Nobody’s Perfect, a Project Dream event, put on the 2009 Shining Stars fashion show. At 6:30 p.m. on Oct 29 in the Kirk Center’s Navajo Room, where the audience nearly had as much fun as the models.
The 17 models, with disabilities from Nobody’s Perfect had their hair and makeup done by Tony&Guy, looked stylish and ready to stride down the runway to have their moments in the lights.
Chris Palmquist, 24, director of Project Dream, was with the models the whole time and helped things run smoothly.
“We passed out flyers to the special community, and a lot wanted to be models,” Palmquist said.
The first walk, the models strutted their stuff in casual fashions from the GAP and DEB.
After the first walk, Segsie Macdonald performed “The cops are trying to chase me” with Rick Levine on flute/beat boxing.
For the second run, the models came out in business casual attire and made the clothes look good.
Ben Shill followed the second run and performed his “This is how Autism and break dancing came into my life”.
For the final run, the models looked sharp in their business professional wear from Banana Republic and DEB, and busted some moves when they modeled down the runway.
Especially John Broadley, 28, who was a dancing maniac on the runway, and got the audience more pumped up when he showed off his moves to “Footloose”.
The audience cheered and applauded the models when they came out on stage to take the final bow and mingled with the crowd after the show.
Stephanie Edwards, 23, one of the models, glowed with excitement.
“I’ve wanted to do this for so many years,” Edwards said.
“When I’m on stage its great and I love it, and I like all my outfits.”
Fashion Focus Club member Joseph Roberts, 28, helped with dress changes, and as well as helping escort Edwards down the runway.
“They are so excited to be here doing something they love, and something they have dreamed of doing,” Roberts said.
Performer Ben Shill, 23, helped his high functioning Autism by writing poetry and raps.
“I write poetry, hip hop lyrics, and clean comedy raps,” Shill said.
Monica Bosch, President of FFC, was impressed when everyone showed up on time to set things up.
“I have done around three shows, and this one is the best, I got to work it instead of be in it, and it was emotional and inspiring, an overall a fun experience,” Bosch said.
