Fun Night Out @ The Georgia Entertainment Awards

[Suga Lane's Casadei dress provided by Abby Essie Boutique http://stores.ebay.com/abbyessie]

When I received a last minute invitation to the 2nd Annual Georgia Entertainment Gala, I was hesitant. I really hadn't gone out in a while and wasn't sure if I was in the mood to go anywhere. All I do is work, between my antique business and renovating my home. Since I've gained a bit of weight, I didn't know what I was going to wear. The question was, "What dress could I squeeze into, with my 15 or so extra pounds?". Luckily, my mom was on hand to zip me up, because it was a struggle...

The event was held @ The Georgia World Congress Center and well attended. There was some sort of 20s theme going on, which some party goers bought into - the feathered headgear and drop waist gowns. The beautiful Atlanta crowd proved a glittering display of all types... ah, entertainers ie. actors, models, media types, all dressed to the nines. Two drinks were included with your ticket, but we soon found out there was only vodka with a choice of 2 juices... so the bar was lacking. The hor d'oeuvres consisted of three renditions of cake: vanilla cake pops, red-velvet cake pops and sheet cake... I got what I thought was chocolate covered strawberries, only to be disgusted by the gluten infested insides. They had wine, but had ran out by the time I realized they had it. The vodka was also gone. They didn't have no drinks or nuthin' to eat, so I's bout' ready to go [notice triple negative]. The hosts were cool, but the teleprompter, not. The hosts were Tyler Lepley and Abigail Spencer. Some actor off of Tyler Perry's "The Haves and Have Nots" [never seen it or heard of it, but he was cute so I'll check it out]. The guy was funny,  even with the technical difficulties, but the girl was kind of dry.

Highlights:
1. The Young Artist Award - Maggie Jones (super cute)
2. The Georgia Interactive Award - Brian Michael-Cox,
3. One of the winners of the GA Highlight Award winners, Xernona Clayton (Trumpet Awards Founder & Civil Rights Activist)
4. One of the winners of the Outstanding Contribution to Georgia  Entertainment - Laura Turner Seydel (Environmentalist, Very Inspiring speech)
5. Prince Impersonator (I missed his performance, but heard he was great... I was out of the auditorium with most of the audience, looking for food or drinks)
6. Several pretty decent djs