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Even by her own exacting standards, the black-tie gala that Houston socialite Becca Cason Thrash organized in Paris on June 10 was exceptional. The 272 attendees, who paid up to $10,000 each, included a smattering of European royalty, Bianca Jagger, Wall Street grandees Wilbur Ross and Stephen Schwarzman, and the cream of Houston high society. Thrash flew in her Los Angeles decorator, and says she was so nervous about the arrangements that "by 6 p.m. I was looking for a cyanide capsule." This wasn't any old fund raiser: it was held for the Louvre, in the Louvre...
...that choose to participate submit one or two productions apiece (plays as well as musicals), which are reviewed by teams of student critics - who then vote electronically for their favorites. This year's nominations in 37 categories were just announced, and the awards will be handed out in a gala at Washington's Kennedy Center on June...
Representative Paul Hodes expressed discontent with the “mess” wrought by the Bush administration as he spoke to members of the Harvard College Democrats at the club’s fourth annual Leadership Award Gala in Pforzheimer House on Saturday. Hodes, a Democrat from New Hampshire, said that the election of Republican presidential candidate John McCain in 2008 would be like providing a “third term for President Bush.” “Politics is like driving a car,” Hodes said. “If you want...
...works and choreographic processes.” She believes that such exposure to other choreographers helps her extend her own works. Schreier’s evolution is visible in many of the pieces she has choreographed, one of which was selected this year for the American College Dance Festival Gala performance, an experience she describes as wonderful. “It gives you a sense of accomplishment, that you have this body of work that you feel good about presenting to other people outside of the Harvard community,” she says. Despite the fact that Schreier never choreographs...
...Harvard’s social pupae gathered Thursday night at the Fogg’s farewell gala (theme: “Ooh La La!”), different social circles soon became apparent on the dance floor. The Advocate kids tended to undulate in delight to sublime saxophone jazz of Marcus G. Miller ’08 while the Final Club crowd and the budding socialites showed off their hard-earned dance school moves and spun each other across the floor of the faux-Venetian atrium. If Harvard is the school of tomorrow’s leaders, then this gala...