Premiere Screening – Downton Abbey
Michele Stowers and Mary Wetzel, Kansas City Public Television Producers’ Society Members; recently hosted an exclusive Downton Abbey Premiere Screening at the lovely home of Rachael Sabates. Guests enjoyed tea and scones and watched as the plot thickened in season three of the hit show on KCPT.
Also featured in the February 9th issue of The Independent
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Jill Tupper, KCPT; with Michele Stowers, Rachael Sabates and Mary Wetzel, hosts |
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(Front row) Mary Wetzel, host; Kelley Funk, Julie Frickleton, Lee Ann DeShon, and Blair Gogel (middle row) Julie Rist, KCPT; Kate Mitchell, Kathy Van Lieshout, Amy Graham, Tess Hawes, Ashley Pindell, and Michelle Stowers, host (back row) Kelly Lockton, Audrey Chinnock and Rachael Sabates, host |
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