‘Continental’ dinner series benefits Cummer Gardens reconstruction

Posted on February 9, 2018 By Editor Social Events

Scott and Cara Baity with Cheri and Ben Roach

Lori Ann and Ron Whittington

Gigi Feazell, Jayne Jeney, and Linda Cooper

Sheila Russo with Gail and Ken Rowles, Bonnie Foster

Mary Carr Patton and Martha Barrett

Paul Lucey with Tom Welchans, event sponsor and Dr. David Jaromillo

Drew and Maggie Thoeni with Sid and Pauline Rosenberg

Mike Heavener, Holly Keris and Tiffany Heavener

Stephanie Welchans, event sponsor, Johnathan Smith, Richard Skinner, event sponsor and Kelly Blythin

Jim Schwarz with John Taylor

The first of three unique dinner parties to benefit reconstruction of the Cummer Gardens, heavily damaged in September  2017 by Hurricane Irma, was held Jan. 11 to a sold-out crowd of 180 diners.

La Dolce Vita – The Sweet Life – began with a VIP tour of art selected to complement the seated, family-style Italian dining experience. Chicken caprese and a porcini mushroom and veal ragu were the offered entrée choices.

Sponsors included Jim and Joan Van Vleck, Inspired Palates Dinner Series Presenting Sponsor; Lory Doolittle, Helen Lane, Joannie and Russell Newton, Italian Dinner Partners; Carolyn M. Lindsay, Mary Pietan, Tom and Stephanie Welchans, Italian Dinner Underwriters.

“The Dinner Party series is a wonderful way to gather the Cummer family to support the museum and help the reconstruction of our beloved historic gardens,” said Joannie Newton. “It was lovely to see long-time and new supporters at this new event!”

This first benefit, in honor of the Cummer’s Italian Garden, will be followed by “British Invasion,” an English dinner party, Thursday, Feb. 15, and “South Hampton,” a New York dinner party on Thursday, Mar. 15.

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