The intimate atmosphere of Membership Colette lent the right “we’re-all-family” air to a charity established in reminiscence of a Palm Seashore resident.
The annual Spring Dance, a profit for the Mary Obolensky Underwood Leukaemia Basis, befell April 7.
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Jennifer Garrigues, Barbara San Damian and Mary Underwood have been honorary chairwomen for the occasion, which was below the patronage of HRH Princess Christina of Sweden.
The black-tie gathering started with cocktails and hors d’oeuvres on the terrace, then moved to the eating room for dinner and dancing to the music of Alex Donner.
The night time’s spotlight was an public sale that included two artworks of observe ― an oil by Gustavo Novoa and Basia Hamilton‘s lithograph portrait of Queen Elizabeth II, painted in Could 2022 at Windsor Citadel, 4 months earlier than her dying. It was the final portrait to be painted of her.
Greater than 130 individuals attended.
Antony Underwood was honorary chairman.
Committee members along with Novoa included Catherine Adler, David Bush, James Borynack, Invoice Blind, David Barton, Gil Cohen, Whitney and Jonathan Cameron-Hayes, Rosalind Clarke, Laura Codman, Jeanne Chisholm, Baroness Mary D’Anglejan, Jean Doyen de Montaillou, Joseph Paul Davis, Chip DiPaula, Christopher Drake, Joseph and Sheila O’Malley Fuchs, Anne Fitzpatrick, Renate Franco, Paul Gervais, Olive Greeff, Shelly and William Gubelmann, Torrence and Rosemary Tougher, Charlotte Kellogg, Helmut Koller, Maggie Kirkbride, Michael Kovner, Elizabeth and William Leatherman, David Miller, Timothy McVay, Wendy Mcilvain, Robin Reardon Nelson, Kathrine Palmer, Claudia and William Peterson, Carole Phillips, Ava Roosevelt, Bryant Sims, Margaret and John Ruel Shaffer, Dorothy Slover, Jane Smith, William Steele, Louise Stephaich, Meredith Townsend, Ray Wakefield, Maureen Woodward, Jane Ylvisaker and Adolfo Zaralegui.
Proceeds from the occasion profit the Mary Obolensky Underwood Basis for Leukaemia Analysis, based in 1988 by Antony Underwood after the dying of his first spouse, Princess Mary Obolensky, who grew up in Palm Seashore along with her sister Ann.
Monies raised from the night will fund analysis grants in addition to present monetary help to sufferers present process therapy for leukemia and ancillary ailments.
