Boulé Christmas gala
12/23/2014, 6 a.m.
For the first time in more than two decades, members of Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity from Richmond to Hampton Roads held a joint Christmas gala in salute of their wives. More than 300 people, including members and their wives and guests, attended the sparkling black-tie affair held at a Williamsburg hotel.
Above, leaders Earl Granger III of Epsilon Delta Boulé of Williamsburg, George Smith of Beta Lambda Boulé of Hampton Roads and Samuel Hunter of Alpha Beta Boulé in Richmond enjoy the dinner-dance that featured the 1970s R&B group, The Stylistics.
Left, Free Press Publisher Jean Patterson Boone talks with Beta Lambda Boulé members McKinley L. Price, mayor of Newport News, left, and George E. Wallace, mayor of Hampton.