(L-R) Joelle Ray, Michelle Scaraglino, Dana Rasch, and Jack Ray

January 16, 2010 (RALEIGH) – Jack and Joelle Ray, owners of Samuel Cole Salon and Salon Moxie, hosted their 3rd Annual Holiday Awards Celebration.  The red-carpet event took place at the Marriott City Center downtown.  The Rays celebrated their teams’ success with an evening of food, fun, and recognition. 

Jack Ray toasted the past years’ many impressive accomplishments: twenty four trips to New York City for advanced training, participation in fourteen fashion shows and photo shoots, Raleigh Fashion Week, winning The Social Magazine award for Stylists of the Year, Official Salons for The Carolina Music Awards Show, Pink Fest sponsor, featured in international style magazines, recognized as one of top three salons in  Metro Magazine’s Bravo Awards, recognition as one of the Top 200 salon’s in North America by Salon Today Magazine, placing in the top ten of every Citysearch salon category, holding over 200 hours of in-salon education, hosted the filming and hair and makeup for two reality TV pilots, and held the Cut’s for Pups fundraiser benefiting Second Chance Pet Adoptions.

The Rays recognized this year’s winners for their top performance. The Salon Moxie winner for Client Educator of the Year was Dana Rasch and Stylist of the Year went to Michelle Scaraglino.  Samuel Cole Salon winner for Client Educator of the Year went to Sara Beard.  Beard also captured the honor of Stylist of the Year.  Runner Up Client Educator of the Year went to Nikki Galloni and Runner Up Stylist of the Year went to Yvette Cannas. The Associate of the Year honor went to Robyn Murphy and Jenna Orbaker (who tied for the award) and The Carpe Diem Award was presented to Jessica Duncan.  The Rays recognized the dedication and excellence of their Guest Services team, Stephanie Starnes, Kara Breunig, and Stacy Waters. The Ray’s also thanked their management team for outstanding performance and commitment.

Joelle Ray along with stylist, Sara Beard, hosted the popular award’s night segment – The “Bob’ies” – which featured a good natured tribute to each team member. 

“I look forward to organizing and coordinating this event each year. It is amazing to see both salons gathered in one place having such a wonderful time and celebrating their success, both individually and as a team,” said Joelle.

The award-winning Samuel Cole Salon located on Newton Road in North Raleigh is a Bumble & bumble network salon and features the ultra exclusive Oribe luxe haircare line. Oribe was created by the legendary celebrity and fashion stylist, Oribe Canales.  The salon has been featured nationally in Salon Today, American Salon, Modern Salon and Metro Magazine, as well as internationally in Estetica (Italy) and StyleSpeak (India).  Salon Moxie, Samuel Cole’s sister salon, features an intimate salon setting with a studio feel and carries Bumble and bumble and Aveda products.  It is located on Falls of the Neuse Road in the North Ridge Shopping Center.

For more information visit www.samuelcole.com and www.salon-moxie.com