• Pearls-and-Pumpkins-Gala - 28
    Pearls-and-Pumpkins-Gala – 28
  • Pearls-and-Pumpkins-Gala - 44
    Pearls-and-Pumpkins-Gala – 44
  • Pearls-and-Pumpkins-Gala - 45
    Pearls-and-Pumpkins-Gala – 45
  • Pearls-and-Pumpkins-Gala - 39
    Pearls-and-Pumpkins-Gala – 39
  • Pearls-and-Pumpkins-Gala - 40
    Pearls-and-Pumpkins-Gala – 40
  • Pearls-and-Pumpkins-Gala - 41
    Pearls-and-Pumpkins-Gala – 41
  • Pearls-and-Pumpkins-Gala - 42
    Pearls-and-Pumpkins-Gala – 42
  • Pearls-and-Pumpkins-Gala - 43
    Pearls-and-Pumpkins-Gala – 43
  • Pearls-and-Pumpkins-Gala - 22
    Pearls-and-Pumpkins-Gala – 22
  • Pearls-and-Pumpkins-Gala - 34
    Pearls-and-Pumpkins-Gala – 34
  • Pearls-and-Pumpkins-Gala - 35
    Pearls-and-Pumpkins-Gala – 35
  • Pearls-and-Pumpkins-Gala - 36
    Pearls-and-Pumpkins-Gala – 36
  • Pearls-and-Pumpkins-Gala - 37
    Pearls-and-Pumpkins-Gala – 37
  • Pearls-and-Pumpkins-Gala - 38
    Pearls-and-Pumpkins-Gala – 38
  • Pearls-and-Pumpkins-Gala - 29
    Pearls-and-Pumpkins-Gala – 29
  • Pearls-and-Pumpkins-Gala - 30
    Pearls-and-Pumpkins-Gala – 30
  • Pearls-and-Pumpkins-Gala - 31
    Pearls-and-Pumpkins-Gala – 31
  • Pearls-and-Pumpkins-Gala - 32
    Pearls-and-Pumpkins-Gala – 32
  • Pearls-and-Pumpkins-Gala - 33
    Pearls-and-Pumpkins-Gala – 33
  • Pearls-and-Pumpkins-Gala - 25
    Pearls-and-Pumpkins-Gala – 25
  • Pearls-and-Pumpkins-Gala - 26
    Pearls-and-Pumpkins-Gala – 26
  • Pearls-and-Pumpkins-Gala - 27
    Pearls-and-Pumpkins-Gala – 27
  • Pearls-and-Pumpkins-Gala - 19
    Pearls-and-Pumpkins-Gala – 19
  • Pearls-and-Pumpkins-Gala - 20
    Pearls-and-Pumpkins-Gala – 20
  • Pearls-and-Pumpkins-Gala - 21
    Pearls-and-Pumpkins-Gala – 21
  • Pearls-and-Pumpkins-Gala - 23
    Pearls-and-Pumpkins-Gala – 23
  • Pearls-and-Pumpkins-Gala - 24
    Pearls-and-Pumpkins-Gala – 24
  • Pearls-and-Pumpkins-Gala - 15
    Pearls-and-Pumpkins-Gala – 15
  • Pearls-and-Pumpkins-Gala - 16
    Pearls-and-Pumpkins-Gala – 16
  • Pearls-and-Pumpkins-Gala - 17
    Pearls-and-Pumpkins-Gala – 17
  • Pearls-and-Pumpkins-Gala - 18
    Pearls-and-Pumpkins-Gala – 18
  • Pearls-and-Pumpkins-Gala - 10
    Pearls-and-Pumpkins-Gala – 10
  • Pearls-and-Pumpkins-Gala - 11
    Pearls-and-Pumpkins-Gala – 11
  • Pearls-and-Pumpkins-Gala - 12
    Pearls-and-Pumpkins-Gala – 12
  • Pearls-and-Pumpkins-Gala - 13
    Pearls-and-Pumpkins-Gala – 13
  • Pearls-and-Pumpkins-Gala - 14
    Pearls-and-Pumpkins-Gala – 14
  • Pearls-and-Pumpkins-Gala - 5
    Pearls-and-Pumpkins-Gala – 5
  • Pearls-and-Pumpkins-Gala - 6
    Pearls-and-Pumpkins-Gala – 6
  • Pearls-and-Pumpkins-Gala - 7
    Pearls-and-Pumpkins-Gala – 7
  • Pearls-and-Pumpkins-Gala - 8
    Pearls-and-Pumpkins-Gala – 8
  • Pearls-and-Pumpkins-Gala - 9
    Pearls-and-Pumpkins-Gala – 9
  • Pearls-and-Pumpkins-Gala - 1
    Pearls-and-Pumpkins-Gala – 1
  • Pearls-and-Pumpkins-Gala - 2
    Pearls-and-Pumpkins-Gala – 2
  • Pearls-and-Pumpkins-Gala - 3
    Pearls-and-Pumpkins-Gala – 3
  • Pearls-and-Pumpkins-Gala - 4
    Pearls-and-Pumpkins-Gala – 4

Scene at the Pearls and Pumpkins Gala, hosted by the Mecklenburg County Pearls of Excellence, an interest group of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated. (Photo: Glenn H. Burkins for Qcitymetro.com)

Founder and publisher of Qcitymetro, Glenn has worked at newspapers including the Los Angeles Times, St. Petersburg (Fla.) Times, Philadelphia Inquirer, Wall Street Journal and The Charlotte Observer.