CECILIA COLEMAN-FINNEY IS THE FORCE BEHIND THE ANNUAL “MOTHER’S DAY EXTRAVAGANZA” IN PITTSBURGH.
Hotel Indigo is the site for the May 12 event
by Genea L. Webb
For New Pittsburgh Courier
Mother’s Day is a very symbolic time for mothers and families alike. That’s why Cecilia Coleman-Finney has continued to hold her annual Mother’s Day Extravaganza event for the past eight years.
“Besides getting a full-course meal, you get to see a full fashion show and it’s at a nice venue at the Hotel Indigo and you get to support other women and other mothers,” Coleman-Finney told the New Pittsburgh Courier in advance of her event, which will be at the aforementioned Hotel Indigo in East Liberty, May 12 from 3 to 6 p.m. Doors open at 2 p.m. “And I think people enjoy going to nice places and just have a nice time and a nice day out. I want people to walk away feeling special and I want them to enjoy the fashions because the fashion designers are working hard to create great fashions. Every time I check on them, they are sewing away.”
This year, there will be three fashion designers being featured with local models, along with vendors and DJ Tuffy Tuff.
THROWBACK PHOTO FROM 2018—4-YEAR-OLD SAVANNAH, with mother, Trinity, right, and grandmother, at the Mother’s Day Fashion Show, which was then held on May 13, 2018, at the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts.
“It’s normal for women to be curious of the new fashion and the fashions will be able to purchase if they’d like,” Coleman-Finney said. “This year, there will also be a young man named Var B who will be singing two songs; one after dinner and one while the models are getting set up. Var B is a nice young man and he is a co-worker of mine and he released a CD and is about to release another one. His music is so smooth. I was blown away when I heard the songs. WAMO played several of his songs recently. The crowd is going to love him.”
Coleman-Finney, whose company is called “CC Productions,” is partnering with Ebony Davenport for an upcoming June event, where Davenport will create custom-made hurricane glasses for sale. Davenport will have her slushy machine up and running at the “Wings and Wine” event, June 1, at the Festivity Event Center in Penn Hills.
“I was a married, stay-at-home mom of three boys and a husband and I prayed hard for God to send me someone and something,” Davenport revealed to the Courier. “I needed a job to have somewhere to go and get away from everyone for a few hours. I got the job at the hotel and then she told me about the Mother’s Day Extravaganza event and I wanted to be involved. I have ordered over 5,000 rhinestones on 16-ounce hurricane glasses. The glasses will also be decorated with kiwi, pineapple and other fruits…CC (Cecilia Coleman-Finney) is my mentor. She’s helping me develop my business. No matter how old you are, you need a mentor.”
THROWBACK PHOTO FROM 2018—SARAH GILMER, DARLENE TROWER, MS. JOY
Coleman-Finney sees the culmination of all of the talent involved, from the models to the fashion designers, as a way to pay homage to her supporters at the Mother’s Day Extravaganza on May 12.
“This is all about making the audience, mothers and staff feel appreciated on that day because I appreciate all of them coming and supporting the event more than I know,” Coleman-Finney said. “They can go anywhere for Mother’s Day and the fact that they are choosing to come here and spend Mother’s Day means more to me than they will ever know.”
CECILIA COLEMAN-FINNEY
(Editor’s Note: For more information on the Mother’s Day event, call 412-583-2649.)
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