It may have been raining cats and dogs outside, but it was “Raining Men” ? a cult pop disco hit ? inside Chuck Bower?s Hippo Club in Baltimore. Even more fitting for the recent fundraiser for LIGHT Health and Wellness Comprehensive Services was that the disco diva herself, Martha Wash, was in the house to perform her hit at the inaugural Limelight Gala. Joining Wash were fellow divas Linda Clifford, Jeanie Tracey and Debbie Jacobs Rock, the founder and executive director of LIGHT who scored national dance hits in the late 1970s.

A VIP party, which featured wines from Bacchus and fantastic food from Brass Elephant Catering, kicked off the event, at which honorary chairs Marty and Sharon Bass were stunned that Socially Speaking never had been to the Hippo. “Straight up, the best place to get your dance on,” WJZ?s Marty Bass said.