The 2006 show, Chocolate Summer, brought the audience a new level of fashion theatre. Back-dropped by a dark, velvet curtain and with a 100-foot runway, the Chocolate Summer fashion show featured eighteen collections, over sixty local models and VIP seating. Inspired by chocolate, the "white, milk and dark" collections interpreted the show's theme through the richness of various drapings, colors, fabrics, hair and make-up. With a live, hip soundtrack led by local jazz musician, Mark Southerland, local actress Corrie Van Ausdal as narrator, and collection intermissions featuring arias performed by local opera singers, the audience was satiated by sight and sound.