AROUND TOWN

A '50s style dance
benefits the
against

Karen and Jim Wechsler of West
Bloomfield join Bonnie Nosanchuk
of Royal Oak in a blast from the past.

PHOTOGRAPHY BY BILL HANSEN

oodle skirts, bobby socks and saddle
shoes were once again the height of
fashion for a night of twisting, nostal-
gia and flashbacks to the 1950s. More
than 280 people gathered at the 59
West banquet center in Highland for
an old-fashioned sock hop to raise money for the
expansion of the Natalie and N lanny Charach
Cancer Treatment Center at Huron Valley-Sinai
Hospital in Commerce.
The Charachs, of West Bloomfield, were among
those decked out in '50s attire for the fund-raiser.
Natalie Charach wore her husband's class ring,
which served as her engagement ring in the 1940s.
Karen Nosanchuk Wechsler of West Bloomfield

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put on her mother's authentic wool skirt from 1950,
paired with ankle socks and penny loafers.
Marcy Zingerman of West Bloomfield impro-
vised. "I looked at the movie Grease and tried to
figure out what I had in my closet," she said.
"This was an era a lot of people have fond feel-
ings about," said Dr. Kim Hart of Bloomfield Hills,
who helped chair the event with her husband, Dr.
John Hart. Helping the mood along was the musi-
cal group Moose and Da Sharks, who performed
'50s tunes throughout the night.
The night of nostalgia also had a serious side.
Money raised at the sock hop will go toward a
16,000-square-foot addition, just for NVOMell, to the
cancer center. The new facility will house a corn-

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