It was a very fun evening. Silent auction, drinks and dancing, drag artiste Shi-Queeta Lee entertaining and bringing two announced friends to make the uproar more uproarious.

It's always easy to describe a dreary party, but all you can say about a good one is, You had to be there. The photos below tell the story better than words can.

So let's just say, We Came, We Saw, We Partied, and finish with thank you:

To all the guests, who brought their energy and their checkbooks!

To Shi-Queeta and her friends, who closed the evening by announcing they were contributing their performers' fees to support National Gay Men's HIV/AIDS Awareness Day and stirred up the crowd to reach for their checkbooks again.

And to all the contributors to the Silent Auction:

Jim Townsend and Capitol Video Sales
Mark Kuller and Estadio Restaurant
Chaz Dean and The Leather Rack
Raul DeGuzman and Annie’s Steakhouse
David W. Wilson and Bang & Olufsen, Logan Circle
Scion Restaurant
Andrew Phan and The Commissary and Logan Tavern
Melody Records
Level Nine Restaurant
Mr. Henry’s
Stroga
Nellie’s
Claude Taylor and the Claude Taylor Photography Gallery
Natalalina Koropoulos and La Tomate Italian Bistro
Sharon Allen-McGee
Arena Stage
Metroplex Health & Nutrition Services
Joy Rothenberg The Doyle Collection
Pizzeria Paradiso

Steve Bailous (l) and Frank Oldham welcome the Red ribbon Party guests

Steve (looking like a kid in a candy store) welcomes entertainer Shi-Queeta Lee (2nd l) and unexpected friends

New NAPWA trustees Bruce Hoffmeister (l) and Tom Petty

Miss Shi-Queeta Lee channels Miss Tina Turner

A goddess graciously acknowledges her worshippers

Frank and Steve surrounded by loveliness, as Shi-Queeta urges the guests to give