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 L.A., Houston, and Palm Beach Social Diary
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Michael Eisner, Alyce Williamson, Jane Eisner, and Joan Hotchkis |
Los Angeles, CA — The young Venezuelan conducting sensation Gustavo Dudamel doesn’t take over his duties with the Los Angeles Philharmonic until October 2009 but LA Philharmonic Board member John Hotchkis and his wife Joan threw a festive dinner party to introduce Gustavo and his wife Eloisa, to friends of the Philharmonic and its Board.
The Philharmonic’s current conductor, Esa-Pekka Salonen, will hand over the baton to Gustavo dudamel at a concert and ceremony at the Hollywood Bowl on October 3rd. Dudamel will make his official debut with the Philharmonic at its gala season opening at the Walt Disney Concert Hall on October 8th. |
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Tom Gregory and David Bohnett |
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Dan and Christine Ewell |
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Rob Maguire and Laurie Gilmore |
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John and Joan Hotchkis with Gustavo and Eloisa Dudamel |
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Constance Towers Gavin and Ambassador John Gavin |
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Vicki and Terry McCluggage |
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Deborah Borda and Jay Rasulo |
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Ann and Arnold Kopelson |
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Tom Jones, Lynn Booth, and Peter Mullin |
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Mark Lipson, Suzanne Kayne, and Margy Eberhart |
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Don and Kelly Johnson |
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Ric and Susanne Kayne |
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John and Kimberly Emerson |
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Alyce Williamson, Jennifer Diener, and Ellen Lipson |
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Judy Beckman and Linda Hodge |
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Houston, TX — The 25th Annual One Great Night in November, an elegant Gentleman’s black tie event, was held on a Wednesday in the middle of November at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston where just over 265 men raised $800,000 and inspired a pledge from the MFAH Board of Trustees for an additional $275,000 for the purchase of art for the museum, bringing in 24 news works of art.
Mr. Meredith J. Long and Mr. Fayez Sarofim chaired the benefit evening and the chairmen’s sons served as Honorary Chairman: Peter K. Jameson, Melvin Trey, Allard Lipsitz III, Ernest Meredith Long, Edwin H. Murphy, J. Cavanaugh O’Leary, Andrew Sarofim, Christopher Sarofim, Maxwell Sarofim, and Phillip Sarofim. |
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Davinder Bhatia, Lenoir Josey, and Dr. James Willerson |
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Jim Crane, Jared Crane, and Gregg Steffen |
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Bo Long, Trey Lipsitz, and Peter Jameson |
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Fayez Sarofim and Peter Marzio |
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Lee Godfrey and Don Short |
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Maxwell Sarofim and Phillip Sarofim |
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Crawfiels Moorefield and Frank Hevrdejs |
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Ed Eubanks, Mickey Ables, and Mike Linn |
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Mike Ballases, Bill Wheless, and Frank Hevrdejs |
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Scott Holstead, David Grimes, and Christopher Sarofim |
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Reed Morian and Jody McCord |
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Ben Lundquist and friend |
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Tom Glanville and Mike Linn |
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John Loring and Mike McClure |
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Meredith Long and Alfred Glassell III |
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| Preceding the 25th annual Gentleman’s Smoker, One Great Night, the museum hosted a cocktail reception in honor of John P. "Jack" Cowan (1920-2008), an artist who created sporting art inspired by the Texas coast and the region’s wildlife and who often depicted his friends saltwater fishing or bird hunting. Approximately 30 paintings by the artist were on view. |
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Aimee Woodall and Sara Allen Abbott |
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Bob Coffman and Martha Harris |
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Linda McReynolds |
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Monica Bickers, Allie Fields, and Elin Jackson |
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Caroline Clinton, Kathleen Tanner, and Dana Kantalis |
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Cornelia Long |
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Kitty Allen with Meredith and Cornelia Long |
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Elin Jackson |
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Kate Stukenberg and Peter Marzio |
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Laurann Claridge and Catherine Anspon |
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Willard Holmes and Amy Purvis |
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Martha and Trey Lipsitz |
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Sara Allen Abbott, Kitty Allen, and Kate Stukenberg |
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Michelle and Frank Hevrdejs |
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Marjorie Horning and Jack Tausend |
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Meredith and Cornelia Long |
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Ron and Sarah Simon |
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Will and Kate Stukenberg |
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Corky Bloomfield and John Parker |
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Peter Marzio |
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Emily Neff |
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Tony Burden |
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Liz Anders |
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Palm Beach, FL — Shannon Donnelly, the revered, sometimes feared, fawned over society editor of the Palm Beach Daily News, recently used the term “smoking ash heap” to describe the Palm Beach economy in the wake of the Madoff Mess. And while that may certainly be the awful truth for some of the island’s richest Ritchy Riches, it’s becoming quite clear that the future of America’s gilded resort lies in the hands of its youth, especially those who didn’t have millions to fork over to Mr. Madoff.
A perfect example of who will be who on PB’s reset playing field showed up in high spirits for architect Michael and Diana Perry’s annual holiday drinks party in the Preservation Foundation’s ethereal Pan’s Garden, gifted by the late Lydia Buhl Mann. There, in sky-high Louboutins and sexy sheaths: folks like Kourtney and Mac Pulitzer, Penny and Keith Williams, Stephen Mooney and Scott Velozo, Cristina and Desmond Keogh, Preservation Foundation exec John Ripley, Scott Moses, Andrea and Brian Kosoy, Joanie and Kim Sargent (the renowned interior design photographer) Melanie and Chris Hill, Patrick Killian, Kenn Karakul, Coleen Orrico, Sarah and Brian Miller, Steven Stolman, and Wendall Nuckols. |
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Joanie and Kim Sargent |
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Cristina Keogh, Michael Perry, and Colleen Orrico |
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Scott Velozo and Keith Williams |
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Diana Perry and Susie Dwinell |
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Diana Perry, Angelo Davila, Courtney Pulitzer, and Ali Mendia |
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Elisabeth and Adam Munder |
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Andrea Kosoy |
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Jason Guari, Nate Ward, Shaun McGruder, Adam Munder, Sarah Miller, John Cassidy, and Nevin Bauman |
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Scott Velozo, Stephen Mooney, Penny Williams, and Cristina and Desmond Keogh |
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Steven Stolman and Kourtney Pulitzer |
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Wendall Nuckols |
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Sarah and Brian Miller |
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Jessica McGruder |
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Don Burns, Katherine Bohannan, and Greg Connors |
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Michael and Diana Perry with Sharon and Jim Mattei |
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Kourtney and Mac Pulitzer |
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Tammy Gomersall and Diana Perry |
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Jessica Koch and Crissy Poorman |
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Caroline Forrest, John Ripley, Tom Correst, and Katheen Koons |
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Jason and Nicole Guari with Jamie and Scott Murray |
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| Photographs by Lucien Capehart (Perry) |
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