<h3>By Lanier Laney</h3>
Hundreds of Beaufort's best-dressed danced, drank, and bid for charity during a garden-party-under-the-stars fundraiser at the Historic District waterside home of Nancy and Howell Beach recently to raise funds for the much needed repairs to Beaufort's historic Verdier House on Bay Street.&nbsp;

This year's chairs were Donna Dehncke and Mary Savage, who coordinated a successful event that took a year in planning and involved dozens of hardworking volunteers. The headline sponsor was O'Quinn Marine construction and the gold sponsors were J.H.Hiers Construction and CBC National Bank.

<em>Photos by Jasmina Kimova Photography.</em>

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