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The
eighth
annual Orchid Ball to benefit the Child Development Center of
the Hamptons
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L.
to r.: Larry and Sandy Rosenthal; Holly, Stewart,
and Leah Lane; Paola and Arnie
Rosenshein.
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The
Child Development Center of the Hamptons (CDCH) held its annual
summer benefit, “The Orchid Ball,” honoring
Stewart Lane, Tony Award-winning producer, writer
and director for his continued support of CDCH at the Siena Spirituality
Center at
Villa Maria in Water Mill, N.Y. They raised $550,000. Fred
Seegal,
Managing Executive of Stephens Financial Group, and his wife Robin
Neimark Seegal, President of the CDCH Foundation for Special
Children, announced that they would match any sponsorship pledged
that evening
to complete the first phase of construction on the new CDCH campus.
Proceeds from the event will be put towards construction costs associated
with the new, permanent home of the CDCH Charter School, being built
on 10.2 acres of land in East Hampton. The CDCH Charter School will
serve more than one hundred children from kindergarten through 7th
grade and employ a staff of more than forty teachers, assistants
and professional therapists. Opened in January of 2001, the CDCH
Charter School is a unique program where special-needs students learn
alongside their regular education peers. It's a place of resounding
harmony where children of all abilities learn and thrive in a stimulating
and nurturing environment. |
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Fred
Seegal, Dawn Zimmerman Hummel, Stewart Lane, Senator
Kenneth LaValle, and
Robin Seegal |
The
evening began with waterfront cocktails and was followed by dinner
and dancing to Valerie Romanoff’s Starlight
Orchestra. Judy
Gold, the host of HBO’s “At the Multiplex with Judy
Gold” and a regular on Comedy Central’s “Tough Crowd with
Colin Quinn” and “Hollywood Squares” was emcee and auctioneer
at an auction which featured a Harry Winston timepiece valued at $14,000.
The event was chaired by Stewart Lane’s wife, actress Bonnie Comley and
CDCH Foundation President Robin Seegal. Co-chairs were Laura Barker,
Antonella Bertello-Rosen, Melissa Cohn, Pamela Liebman and Marian McEvoy, and Jane
Petrycki.
Title sponsor for the evening was CBS/Viacom. The ball was also sponsored by
John Hummel Custom Builders, Manhattan Mortgage Company,Del Laboratories, Goldman
Sachs & Co., Riverhead Building Supply, Siena Spirituality Center at Villa
Maria, Suffolk County National Bank, The Corcoran Group, UBS Financial Services
and Verizon. |
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Dawn
Zimmerman Hummel , Melissa Cohn, and Judy Gold
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Sean
Hidey, Teresa Simone, and Deborah Weiner |
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Holly
Lane, Stewart Lane, Leah Lane, and Bonnie Comley |
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Jane
Petrycki
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Bridget
Bryne and Bobby Campbell |
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Dick
and Donna Soloway |
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Christoper
and Eve Jarrett |
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Joanne
Ross and Michael Zelman
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Colleen
and Gary Rein |
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Colleen
Rein, Dawn Zimmerman Hummel, and Lisa Gastineau |
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L.
to r.: Trish
Backal, Jane Petrycki, and Sandra Rosenthal; Rudy and Lydia Touzet;
Alan Donenfeld, Liz Lewis, Dawn Zimmerman Hummel and John
Hummel. |
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L.
to r.: Leah Lane; Steven Ernst and Jamie DeRoy; Trish
Backal, John and Laura Barker, and John Hummel. |
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Robin
Seegal, Mallory Seegal, Dick Alexander, and Hallie Seegal
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Regina
Crehan, Debra Wasser, Michelle Boxer, and Christina DiSimeone |
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Robin
Seegal, Laura Barker, and Dawn Zimmerman Hummel
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Faye
and Richard Nespola with Michelle McMaster |
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Senator
Kenneth LaValle and Stewart Lane
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Bonnie
Maslin |
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Devon
Leaver |
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L.
to r.: Dawn Zimmerman Hummel; Caroline
Fuchs, Lisa Aquilino, Elise Leve, and Marcy Epstein; Julie
Gold.
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| Photographs
by Rob Rich/516-676-3939 |
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