Art of Youth Fundraiser

Friday evening, youth development leaders and supporters gathered to celebrate the "Art of Youth" at MCCOY's annual fundraiser. The performances and featured visual arts were awesome - thanks to VSA Arts of Indiana, Young Audiences of Indiana, the Asante Children's Theatre and the SAYAW Phillipine Dance Troupe. David Hochoy, the artistic director of Dance Kaleidoscope, spoke eloquently about the influence of arts in his own life.

But, for the purposes of Middle West Meals, let's get down to the meat of the evening - the delightful meal by the Chef's Academy. Under the leadership of Jayson Boyers, Chef Tony Hanslits and Josh Horrigan, the students of the Chef's Academy prepared delicious food and provided impeccable service throughout the evening.


My favorite parts of the meal were the yummy vegetable caviar bruschetta and the lovely tomato-beet-orange stacked salad, pictured above. I'm not sure what the light, zingy dressing that coated the perfect little greens below the thick slices of tomato and just-cooked-enough beet, but it made the whole dish positively sing - an appropriate performance, given the theme of the evening.