Toys For Tots benefit last night at Highway 99 Blues Club featured pin-up girls and a Tiki theme. West Seattle & White Center performers and party-goers attended. Pictured Left to right: Maggie Malloy, a Bartell pharmacist once stationed in Admiral Junction, benefit host Sweet Pea of White Center, Essie Charm, & Fauntleroy's Michelle Brown. Malloy, Charm & Brown belong to "Pinup Angels", which raises money for the troops. CLICK ON PHOTO ABOVE FOR MORE.
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White Center's always-in-motion Sweet Pea seemed once again to outpace the Energizer Bunny while she hosted a well-attended Toys For Tots benefit Friday night at Highway 99 Blues Club, just across Elliott Bay, at 1414 Alaskan Way. Ms. Pea held true to her aesthetic with the party's pin-up girl, Tiki, and rockabilly themes.
Party-goers also held true to the theme of gift-giving while toting new Beanie Babies, teddy bears, lunch boxes, clothes and other items they dropped into a large leaf bag held open by the checker at the club's entrance. The Toys For Tots program is a national program run by the United States Marine Corps Reserve.
A raffle was held, and bands performed, including the Mercury 4 with Chip Doring, Natalie Parks, Jim Sadler, Marshall Scott Warner. Guitarist Doring lives in West Seattle, and drummer Warner, is moving to West Seattle shortly.
Bar manager of the club, Mark "Mush" McKenna, originally from County Armagh, lived in West Seattle for seven years and helped build out the Celtic Swell on Alki.
The entertainment line-up included Kitty Baby and Essie Charm. They are "Pinup Angels", an organization founded by U.S. Marine Kitty Baby. Others of their organization also volunteered.
According to www.thepinupangels.com/ "Pinup Angels are 'Pinups Supporting Our Troops'. We are currently staffed by a team of hardworking pin-up girls from all over the USA. Having sent care packages since the Iraq war started, we were looking for a new way to raise funds to pay for the contents and postage of the packages."
