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After a brief hobnob with journalists at the British embassy, they headed upstairs to their cozy three-room suite to rest up for the gala White House dinner Saturday evening. The swanky soiree for only 79 guests, certainly the hottest ticket in town, was a mixture of glitz and ritz, power and talent. The guests included Actors Clint Eastwood, Tom Selleck and John Travolta, Dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov (who was seated at Diana's right), Architect I.M. Pei, Explorer Jacques Cousteau, Artists Helen Frankenthaler and David Hockney, and Nancy's cat pack, Jerry Zipkin and Betsy Bloomingdale. The menu, in keeping...
That night, a gala dinner for the royal couple was planned for the National Gallery, where guests included various Washington luminaries, such as Treasury Secretary James Baker, and a coterie of well-heeled benefactors of the gallery. Charles and Diana were to depart the next morning for Palm Beach to go directly to the Palm Beach Polo and Country Club. Charles, who has brought along his own equipment for his favorite sport, will engage in a friendly match. Plans for the pregame festivities, rife with quirky Americana, included appearances by Disney World's Minnie and Mickey Mouse, a kind...
...Gala (1-2), who allowed two earned runs over 6 2/3 innings, took the loss for Cornell...
...last year’s American College Dance Festival (ACDFA), a trio choreographed by Alaly was selected to be performed at ACDFA’s national gala in June 2004. And last summer, HCDE was also invited to perform at the legendary Jacob’s Pillow Theater in Becket, MA, one of the most well-regarded modern dance venues, a highly unusual accomplishment for non-professional student dancers...
...rare for college-based opera companies, LHO will perform Don Giovanni with a full orchestra (directed by Gund University Organist and Choirmaster Edward E. Jones) in the opera’s original Italian. Subtitles will accompany the opera, which debuted last Wednesday with a black-tie patrons’ gala...