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VACAVILLE Little girls in blue lace dresses came with mothers and grandmothers for an afternoon of tea, teddy bears and entertainment.

The Saturday Club in Vacaville held its25th annual Sugar N Spice Tea Party, Saturday.

The annual fundraiser for a cultural scholarship and to help promote manners for young ladies, brought out about 90 visitors.

Traditional linens with fine China isnt commonplace anymore, and the polished manners to go with them are disappearing, but the Gardener family is passing down this tradition to another generation.

Chloe Gardener, 5, came dressed as a Disney princess, and was joined by her mother Gina, who is the daughter of Wanda Gardener, a member of Saturday Club since 1991.

This was little Chloes third teddy bear tea party and she was excited.

Its all she could talk about this week, said Gina Gardener.

The Saturday Club, which was createdin 1909 by Katherine Saxton Steiger, has been a staple of Vacaville for 107 years. The tea party was previously heldaround Christmas, but it was changed to January in 2000 because everyone was getting so busy in December.

The club has given out over $105,000 in scholarships, saidMonica Espinosa, Saturday Club President.

The club meets the second Saturday of each month except for January because of the special tea party that brings in a variety of dancers, artists and photographers for entertainment.

This time around, the Royal School of Ballet entertained the guests.

The club raises money for scholarships in the arts to go to a few deserving students. They have given thousands of dollars over the years toseniors who wanted to go to college and major in the artistic fields. Potentialapplicants fill out the paper work and then bring in their art or show their talents off in an interview.

On this Saturday, dad Jeremy Laukhuf of Fairfield brought his two daughters Madalynn, 6 and Vivian, 3 for a father-daughter bonding moment.

My wife heard about this. I thought maybe it would be a good thing for us to have as our special thing, he said.

For more information on the Saturday Club, contact Wanda Gardener at 696-3873.

Reach Susan Hiland at 427-6981 or [emailprotected]

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