The Dancing for the Arts Gala raises funds for the Maryland Center for the Arts, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization dedicated to building a regional center to provide quality arts education opportunities for community members of all ages in Harford County and beyond!
Awards at the 2018 Dancing for the Arts Gala
Pictured Above Left to Right: Tobias Musser, MDCFA Board President, Joan Henderson Hodous (2018 Jeffrey J. Plum Legacy in the Arts Award Recipient), and Laura Musser, MDCFA Board Secretary. Photo Credit: MidAtlantic Photographic, LLC
The 2018 Jeffrey J. Plum Legacy in the Arts Award was presented to Joan Henderson Hodous, artist, arts advocate, and supporter of the Maryland Center for the Arts.
The Jeffrey J. Plum Legacy in the Arts award is an award given in memory of Jeffrey Plum, local attorney, actor and singer, whose passion and patronage for the arts contributed so much to the lives of others and the Maryland Center for the Arts.
A longtime resident of Harford County, Joan is at home in the world and as a traveler of many countries and an unabashed student of culture, people and the arts. She has worn many hats during her 83 years of life: teacher, painter, poet, photographer, gallery owner and business woman, newspaper columnist, activist, wife and mother. Through these many roles, and on her many travels she has shared her art, and her heart widely. She has exhibited her paintings internationally and nationally, including several one-woman shows several of which were benefits for the Maryland Center for the Arts. Joan continues to paint and looks forward to exhibiting in the future galleries at the Maryland Center for the Arts in a show of her 23 large scale barns of Harford County.
Joan is an inspiration to the community at large for her unwavering commitment to improving the status of people, excelling in the arts and supporting the Maryland Center for the Arts to build a central place where the arts can be shared as part of life together.
The Jeffrey J. Plum Legacy in the Arts award is an award given in memory of Jeffrey Plum, local attorney, actor and singer, whose passion and patronage for the arts contributed so much to the lives of others and the Maryland Center for the Arts.
A longtime resident of Harford County, Joan is at home in the world and as a traveler of many countries and an unabashed student of culture, people and the arts. She has worn many hats during her 83 years of life: teacher, painter, poet, photographer, gallery owner and business woman, newspaper columnist, activist, wife and mother. Through these many roles, and on her many travels she has shared her art, and her heart widely. She has exhibited her paintings internationally and nationally, including several one-woman shows several of which were benefits for the Maryland Center for the Arts. Joan continues to paint and looks forward to exhibiting in the future galleries at the Maryland Center for the Arts in a show of her 23 large scale barns of Harford County.
Joan is an inspiration to the community at large for her unwavering commitment to improving the status of people, excelling in the arts and supporting the Maryland Center for the Arts to build a central place where the arts can be shared as part of life together.
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1st Place Top Fundraiser Award: Debi Williams: $26,040
Pictured: The Honorable Angela Eaves and Debi WIlliams. Photo Credit: MidAtlantic Photographic LLC 
3rd Place Top Fundraiser Award: Mary Ann Bogarty: $14,890
Pictured: Carolyn Evans and Mary Ann Bogarty Photo Credit: MidAtlantic Photographic LLC |
2nd Top Fundraiser Award: Dr. Mary Teddy Wray: $21,430
Pictured: Carolyn Evans and Dr. Mary Teddy Wray Photo Credit: MidAtlantic Photographic LLC 
1st Place Judges' Choice Award: Dr. Rochelin Herold
Pictured: The Honorable Angela Eaves and Rochelin Herold Photo Credit: MidAtlantic Photographic LLC |
2nd Place Judges Choice Award: Dr. Carrie Houssock
Pictured: The Honorable Angela Eaves and Carrie Houssock Photo Credit: MidAtlantic Photographic LLC |
3rd Place Judges' Choice Award: Debi Williams
Pictured: The Honorable Angela Eaves and Debi Williams Photo Credit: MidAtlantic Photographic LLC |
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Special Thanks to Chesapeake Environmental Management for their generous $10,000.00 donation to the Maryland Center for the Arts in support of Deborah Smith Williams' fundraising for the Dancing for the Arts Gala!
Pictured Left to Right: Deborah Smith Williams (2018 Dancing for the Arts Top Fundraiser), Stephanie Hau (CEO of Chesapeake Environmental Management) and Carolyn Evans (Maryland Center for the Arts Board Member and Co-Chair of the Dancing for the Arts Gala). |
2018 Celebrity Dancers and Fundraising Pages:
Special Thanks to the American Fundraising Foundation (Amfund.org) for providing a silent auction of amazing Vacation Packages that yielded close to $6,000 in donations for Maryland Center for the Arts!
Dancing for the Arts Gala Sponsors:
Sidney Poitier Judges' Sponsor:
Debbie Reynolds Dessert Sponsor:
Patrick Swayze Sponsor:
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Elizabeth Taylor Centerpiece Sponsor:
Ginger Rogers Sponsor:
Frank Sinatra Sponsors:
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Tasman Enterprises, LLC
Marilyn Monroe Valet Sponsors:
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Dr. Kathryn Gunduz
Kathy Walsh
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Media Sponsors:
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