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Dancing with the Stars Preview at Neiman Marcus
After nagging Austin hosts to avoid obvious collisions during the social season, it was a relief to hear that two charitable groups coordinated the timing of their party peaks. The Center for Child Protection folks delayed the presentation of this year’s participants in their crowd-pleasing Dancing with the Stars gala until after the surprise announcement of a $1 million gift to the Seton Breast Cancer Center next door at the Domain.
Venus Strawn, Josh Brewster and Lindsay LeBlanc
Playing well with others is recognized and rewarded. I noticed that several of the top socials attending the first event migrated across the street from the Ralph Lauren boutique to the glowing Neiman Marcus for the Dancing preview. There, they were met with tasties from David Garrido, one of last year’s dancers, as well as several dozen well-furbished guests.
Ryan Nail and Rebekka Glass
The local celebrities who filled out the event’s dance card will surely draw a crowd for the gala Dec. 4 at Hilton Austin: Carol Adams (president of Animal Trustees of Austin); Samuel T. Biscoe (Travis County Judge); Vaughn Brock (principal at Brock Investment Group ); George T. Elliman (publisher of Tribeza magazine); Patsy Woods Martin (founder of I Live Here, I Give Here); Jackie Mooney (from Prominent Title); Ryan Nail (founder of CoreFit Austin); Kumara Wilcoxon (vice president of Van Heuven Properties) and Lynn Yeldell (co-founder of L Style G Style magazine).
Blake Menefee and Susan Kirklin
I will not be judging in December. It was fun to impersonate intemperate Bruno Tonioli last year, but I think once is more than enough.
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By Blake
October 4, 2011 10:21 AM | Link to this
You stole the show last year Michael! Looking forward to another amazing event and raising a lot of money for a great cause.