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Sunday at The Breakers,
Palm Beach, featured one
“score” after another. But
unlike the football world’s
championship game, in
which there is only one
winning team, there were
quite a few winners at this
year’s Lady in Red.
The completely-sold-
out audience of more than
600 Palm Beach and Miami Madonna and Dr. Tom Marti LaTour and George Robin Ganzert with Kim
area civic and community Coffman Elmore Fennebresque Ron and Cindy Mc Mackin
leaders, philanthropists,
and humanitarians were big Bill McBride and Florence
winners because they were Seiler
treated to:
• a fabulous cocktail
hour featuring the Palm
Beach Symphony Orchestra
performing the greatest
Broadway show tunes in
history;
• a scrumptious surf and
turf meal;
• individual decadent
chocolate, ice cream, and
gold leaf accented dessert Walter and Mary Ann
platters; Max Anhalt and Sunny Sessa Lauran and Almog Olshtein Holly and David Dreman Schwenk
• dancing to the wide-
ranging repertoire of the stands for compassion.
Danny Beck Band; Adriana Holmes and Erika It starts with our Queen
• a sidesplitting laugh-out- Rizzuto of Hearts, hope she
loud comedy set from Las imparts, her love galore
Vegas icon Rita Rudner; way. So Lois for you,
• a truly unforgettable performance by legendary singer- and all you do, here’s
songwriter Paul Anka, who capped his 45-minute set of hits my way, your way …”
by rewriting the words and singing one of his greatest songs, But Pope and all
My Way, as a tribute to Pope. Kneeling at the edge of the stage the attendees weren’t
and holding Pope’s hand, Anka crooned: the only winners on
○ “We cheer your 29th year; red dresses here mean more the night. The two
than fashion … while you look great that’s true, this rosy hue b i g g e st wi n n i n g
teams were the Palm
Captains-M&M Beach County Food Suzi Goldsmith, Rick Goldsmith and Maude Cook
Bank and American
Airport, SeAport & CAr ServiCe Humane (AH) because Elena Woltin, Christiane Ouvier ○ Sally Kimball, president and founder, Ambassador Realty
the gala raised more and Kaci Bloemers Corporation
Palm Beach County Vehicle-For-Hire Call Us At: than $1 million for two ○ Christiane Ouvier, boutique director, Van Cleef & Arpels
Company (VFH212/VFH360) (800) 634-7890 initiatives that have long been beneficiaries of Pope’s and ○ Walter Schwenk, managing director and investment
manager, Wells Fargo
LIFE’s generosity:
4 Airport Arrival Today To Get Started! • Lois’ Food4Kids at the food bank, an endeavor that • Fellow Gala Chair Tova Leidesdorf
& Departure info@captainsairport.com provides backpacks filled with health foods and nutritious • Grand Honorary Chair Christine Lynn
meals to hungry children in the region when they are not
• Honorary Chairs Gail Worth and Frank Orenstein
4 Cruise Port Arrival in school – on weekends, vacations, holidays, and spring, • Cochairs Dr. Robin Ganzert and Marti LaTour
& Departure Make a future reservation online at summer, and winter breaks; • Entertainment Chair Sunny Sessa
4 Medical Transportation www.captainsairport.com and save • Pups4Patriots, a multipronged program under the aegis • Inspiration Chairs Holly and David Dreman; Nancy
4 Car Service 10% OFF each future reservation! of AH and its Lois Pope Center for Military Affairs, through Pontius, Ari Rifkin, and Patrick and Milly Park
which dogs are rescued, primarily from shelters, provided with And speaking of the Parks, Pope announced that they had
Your Nationwide Transportation Provider about a year of specialized Certified Service Dog Training, called her that morning and surprised her with a $100,000
All South Florida Airports & Cruise Ports and then given to veterans suffering from PTSD and traumatic donation to LIFE in support of the event beneficiaries.
brain injuries. “Of course, if anybody else would like to follow in their
Pope, who eschews making long speeches and galas that footsteps with a gift of their own, I can say without any
are filled with such speeches, made brief remarks, noting that hesitation that I would gladly and gratefully accept it,” Pope
Editorial copy appearing herewith is not necessarily the viewpoint of
Seabreeze Publications of Central Florida. Most editorial copy is created by when she thinks of the Lady in Red she thinks of it as the “Super added.
the homeowners and is edited by their appointed editor. Bowl” of fundraising dinners. She noted while that she may be Pope noted that she is already hard at work planning the 30th
the “quarterback” – although she quickly quipped that unlike Annual Lady in Red Gala, which will be held on St. Patrick’s
Brady, “I am not retiring anytime soon” – she noted that she Day, Sunday, March 17, 2024, at The Breakers. Among the
has a team of “coaches” who put her gala “game plan” into headline entertainment will be Jay Leno, the award-winning
action. Expressing her sincere gratitude, she cited: comedian and longtime former host of The Tonight Show on
• Members of the LIFE Board, NBC and current host of the TV shows Jay Leno’s Garage on
Seabreeze Publications • Media sponsor South Florida PBS, and its President and CNBC and You Bet Your Life on Fox.
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