About 200 folks showed up at the Missouri Theater Saturday night to enjoy “Trumpets, Pearls, and Swirls,” at the Second Harvest Community Food Bank “Best Party Ever.”

One highlight of the evening came when a homeless woman won a scholarship as part of the American College of Technology’s Hunger for Knowledge campaign.  Joanne Thompson has spent the better part of two years living in hotels and the Salvation Army shelter.

The Second Harvest fundraiser featured a 1930s theme, including vintage clothing, music and cars.

Marketing Manager Stacy Neibling-Fisher says they had barbershop quartets and swing dancing performances, and attendees dressed in vintage furs and jewelry enjoyed period cocktails and cigars.

“The Second Harvest Community Food Bank appreciates the continuing support from the community to help us in our mission to end hunger in Northwest Missouri and Northeast Kansas,” Neibling-Fisher said.

The presenting sponsor was the communications firm RQ2.

Outside the theater were several period automobiles presented courtesy of Charles Nill of St. Joseph Electonics.