West Lounge Concert at The Orpheus Chamber Orchestra's Annual Gala

The Orpheus Chamber Orchestra presented an evening of classical and popular music for their Annual Gala at The Metropolitan Club. The festivities began with cocktails in the Grand Foyer followed by a  private concert at featuring orchestra leader Peter Duchin with members of Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and featured special guest soloist, singer Mary Cleere Haran. The program, titled New York, New York: From Tin Pan Alley to Carnegie Hall included works by Copland, Gershwin, Ellington, Scott, Bernstein, and Sondheim.  The black tie evening included a seated dinner at 8:30 p.m.  The gala honored John C. Whitehead. Gala Co-Chairs were Heidi Neuhoff and Lizabeth and Frank Newman; Honorary Gala Chairs were Edmund C. Duffy, Trustee of the Peter J. Sharp Foundation, and Tan Dun, award-winning composer and conductor.   Orpheus Chamber Orchestra’s Annual Gala brings to life and demonstrates, in an intimate setting, the authentic passion that has made Orpheus - and John C. Whitehead - synonymous with innovation and excellence in New York and around the globe. The Annual Gala was a major fundraising event for Orpheus’ 2006-2007 season, and all proceeds support their extensive touring schedule, as well as artistic and education programs, helping integrate classical music into the lives of the next generation.

Heidi Neuhoff

Lizabeth Newman

Michelle Edelman

Michele Page Paterson

Richard Lannamann, Cindy Whitehead, Lizabeth Newman, John C. Whitehead, Heidi Neuhoff, and friends

Stanford and Sandra Warshawsky

Sandra Warshawsky and Lizabeth Newman

Young supporters

Ramaa and Hairsh Raghavan, Connie Steensma, and Sandra Warshawsky

Janet and Foster Nevius with Christina Lopes

Heidi Neuhoff, Tom McWiliams, Corinne O'Kelly, and Lizabeth Newman

Heidi Neuhoff (Gala Chair), Connie Steensma, and Lizabeth Newman

Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

The dinner scene

Peter Duchin and Mary Cleere Haran

Mary Cleere Haran and Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

Peter Cummings and Wendy Lehman

Haley Sarsfield, John Babcock, and friend

Donald and Barbara Tober

Asher Edelman, Heidi Neuhoff, and Tom McWill

Michele Page Paterson, Bernard Beal, and John C. Whitehead

John C. Whitehead and Lizabeth Newman

Hariette Rose Katz and Heidi Neuhoff

Heidi Neuhoff and Lizabeth Newman

A couple of weeks ago, the Young Friends of the New-York Historical Society presented An Evening at the El Morocco, a party inspired by the famous New York nightspot that dominated the New York society and celebrity scene between the 1930s and the 1950s with its white palms and blue and white zebra-striped banquettes. There was live jazz to complete the atmosphere for party-goers. N-YHS President, Louise Mirrer joined benefit chairs Lisa Errico, Kristen McGinnis, Coralie Charriol Paul, Caitlin Tashjian and Samantha Topping in welcoming guests for the evening which was also a benefit to support K-12 educational programs, at the New-York Historical Society. Among those attending were fundraising committee members Beth Amorosi, Ellie Berlin, Amanda Essex, Gillian and Sylvester Miniter, Jessica Nagel, Alexandra and Louis Rose and Vicky Ward.

Alexandra Lind Rose, Kristen McGinnis, Caitlin Tashjian, Coralie Charriol Paul, Samantha Topping, Gillian Miniter, Charles Alexander, and Jessica Nagel

Andrew and Sarah Cowen, Joy Booker, and Glenn Johnson

Alexandra Lind Rose and Coralie Charriol Paul

Charles Alexander, Jessica Nagel, and Kristen McGinnis

Keeping things lively

Charles Imohiosen, Kirsten Frivold, and Sarah and Andrew Cowen

Chris and Susan Turcotte, Juliet Kali, and Abbe Rosenbaum

Gillian and Sylvester Miniter

Kristen McGinnis, Caitlin Tashjian, Coralie Charriol Paul, and Samantha Topping

Jessica Campbell and Denise Sadowski

Cab Calloway Jr.

Cynthia Clark and Wesley Oler

Emily Hanna and Sabrina Idy

Marina Lucia and Darius Nemati

Gina Iovino, Jason Sheller, and Abbe Rosenbaum

Kristen McGinnis, Samantha Topping, and Caitlin Tashjian

Julia Allison and Aaron Sokasian

Cecily Harrison, JessicaFord, Michelle Tashjian, and Page Harrison

Whitney Topping and Lara Ross

Josh Winstral, Haley Klein, Jennifer Paikoff, Stacey DeGaro, and Adam Graev

Patricia Galante and Charles Zivancev

Kimberly and Jon Burkan

Coralie Charriol Paul, Darcy Jones, and My Larsson

Nancy and TJ Goslee

Meredith Lom, Eddie Wipper, and Sandra Jamron

Sarah Cowen, Eric Woodward, and Jada Carlson

Naomi Campbell and Access Hollywood’s Billy Bush joined Operation Smile Founders Dr. William Magee and his wife Kathleen Magee to co-host The Operation Smile 25th Anniversary Smile Collection Couture Event on  Friday, May 11th, announcing new Smile Ambassadors Molly Sims, Mark Burnett and Roma Downey, and Billy Bush.  Vanessa and Donald Trump, Jr. served as the event’s Executive Committee Chairs.   Guests of the evening included: Smile Committee Chairs: Martin Dawson, Holly Doran, Nicole Hanley, Gillian Hearst, Elizabeth Meigher, Dabney Mercer, Lacey Tisch. Smile Committee Vice-Chairs were: Byrdie Bell, Holly Dunlap, Lydia Fenet, Shawn McDonald, Olivia Palermo, Arden Wohl as well as Carmit Bachar ofThe Pussycat Dolls; Fabiola Beracasa, Ferebee Bishop, Lydia Hearst, Amanda Hearst,  The Trump Family, Minnie Mortimer, Lauren Davis, Stacey Bendet, Zani Gugelmann, Antony Todd, Jason Pomeranc and Ali Wise, Coralie Charriol among others. Operation Smile is a leading not-for-profiorganization that performs life-alteringfacial surgery on children.   In the past 25 years, Operation Smile has been able to change the lives of more than 100,000 children around the world by giving themnew hope and greater choices ahead ofthem. The evening, which raised close to $4 million, featured a live J. Mendel runway show, and live specialty auction with co-host Billy Bush acting as the Master of Ceremonies. In addition there was a rare Nigel Parry and Melanie Dunea photo exhibit in conjunction with their new book, A Journey of Smiles.  The book is a collection of photos the two captured on their various Missions around the world with Operation Smile.

Aiden and Megan Turner

Caitlin Kelly and Nick Weil

Cheryl Nieman and Eric Trump

Dhani Jones

Donald Trump Jr. and Vanessa Trump

Jus Ske

Byrdie Bell

Dalia Oberlando and Andrew Freston

Dee Dee Sides and Anya Assante

Dr. Lisa Airan

Ferbee Bishop

Edward Barsamian and Kari Talley

Gillian Hearst Shaw

Fabian Basabe and Olivia Palermo

Fabiola Beracasa and Ali Wise

David Evangelista and J Mendel Model

Tamie Peters Thomas and Rich Thomas

Kim Hicks and Melissa Berkelhammer

Billy Bush

Dr. Bill Magee and Naomi Campbell

Marthia Sides

J Mendel on the Runway

Stacey Bendet Wiener

Luigi Tadini and Amanda Hearst

Carmit Bachar

More than 500 attended when KiDS of NYU held their at Pier 60 of the Chelsea Piers Springfling honoring Alice Tisch who is chair of KiDS of NYU and celebrating the 10th anniversary of Mrs. Tisch’s leadership of the organization. The evening paid tributee to the memory of pediatric neurosurgeon Fred Epstein, MD. The Epstein family Benefit Committee Co-Chairs were Brooke Garber Neidich and Ann Tenenbaum. Beneficiary of the evening was Children’s services at NYU Medical Center. Founded in 1991 by a group of parents and pediatric doctors, KiDS of NYU Foundation, Inc. is unique among pediatric philanthropic organizations in that it provides funds to inpatient and outpatient programs that serve children throughout the Medical Center, including Tisch Hospital, Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine, Hassenfeld Children’s Center, and the Child Study Center.  KiDS works in partnership with NYU Medical Center to enhance clinical and supportive care for children and families, to fund research into childhood illnesses, and to promote a child-friendly atmosphere.  KiDS fulfills important needs, often through multi-year gifts, by lending support that may not be available from the hospital budget or other sources. Further information about KiDS please visit www.KiDSofNYU.org

L. to r.: Alice Tisch and Wendy Siegel; Patty Newburger and Brad Wechsler; Carla Magliocco and Trudy Gottesman.

Brooke Garber Neidich, Ann Tenenbaum, and Alice Tisch

Edward J. and Julie Minskoff

They launched the new Darphin "Front Row Facial" designed with personal input from and inspired by Zac Posen at a luncheon this past Monday at Bergdorf’s. Ivanka Trump and Zac Posen hosted for their friends including Shoshanna Gruss, Zani Gugelmann, Katie Lee Joel, Marjorie Gubelmann, Kelly Bensimon and Eleanor Ylvisaker. Also attending were Beth DiNardo,General Manager of Darphin US, and Bari Sieden, VP of Estee Lauder Companies, Corp Communication.

Genevieve Jones

Zani Gugelmann, Shoshanna Gruss, and Eleanor Ylvisaker

Ivanka Trump and Marjorie Gubelmann

Maggie Betts and Kate Schelter

Kelly Bensimon and Zac Posen

Photographs by Steve Sherman (Orpheus); ©PatrickMcMullan.com

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