The Dinner Co-Chairs were Sara and Charles Ayres, Lisa and Dick Cashin, Audrey and Martin Gruss, Amie and Tony James and LHNH Board President Thomas Edelman with his wife Ingrid. The Design Co-Chairs were Albert Hadley and Harry Heissmann. The Honorary Design Chairs were Bunny Williams and John Rosselli. Allen Brill, Rolex President and CEO represented the event's underwriter. The Gala Chair was Diana Quasha and the Honorary Chairs were Sydney Roberts Shuman and Elizabeth Rohatyn. The social services and educational organization raised $1 million to continue their mission to help those in need who live, work or go to school on Manhattan's Upper East Side. Lenox Hill Neighborhood House hosted its annual spring gala, this year dubbed “Once Upon A Time…” and sponsored by Rolex Watch U.S.A. FHS has contributed to almost 500 restoration grants and helped secure almost $18 million dollars for historic monuments, buildings and gardens.David Patrick Columbia's New York Social Diary Through various activities and educational programs, FHS is dedicated to the preservation of French heritage in both countries. Proceeds from the event will support the restoration of French architectural heritage.Ībout the French Heritage Society: The non-profit American organization was created in 1982 and includes 10 chapters in the US and one in France. This exceptionally festive event was a run-up to the the French Heritage Society’s 35th anniversary in 2017, which will be highlighted by a gala at the historic Chateau de Compiegne in France. Guests dined in the Plaza’s Grand Ballroom and danced to the music of Alex Donner and his orchestra, while celebrity auctioneer Nicholas Lowry led the live auction. Brooks, Jr., Yann Coatanlem, Comtesse Caroline and Louis Brownstone, George and Jeri Sape, Michael Kovner, Lee Black, Richard Lightburn, Baroness Véronique Bich, Marquis de Clapiers, Zita Davisson, Christian Draz, Kirk Henckels and Fernanda Kellogg, Joan Kahn, Liz McDermott, David Sadroff, Shaune Valerie Arp, Elie Denfert-Rochereau, Elizabeth Hartnett and Maureen Nash were members of the Benefit Committee. Xavier Flouret, John and Carole French, Barbara and Donald Tober, Baroness Laurie Bodor, James G. Patricia Bauman, Prince John Landrum Bryant, Charles Royce, Stanley and Betty DeForest Scott, Mr. The Gala Chairmen included CeCe Black, Jean Doyen de Montaillou, Kazie Metzger Harvey, Kamie Lightburn, Ursula Lowerre, Deborah Royce, Jean Shafiroff, and Ann Van Ness, and New York Chapter Chairmen Odile de Schiétère-Longchampt, Guy Robinson, Mitzi Perdue, Howard and G retchen Leach, Marifé Hernandez, Sana Sabbagh, Cécilia de Lencquesaing, Jean-Hervé de Lencquesaing, Dorian Dumonteil, Ronald Fleming, Dena Kaye, Judy McLaren, and Thomas and Karine Michelon. Bénédicte de Montlaur, Cultural Counselor of the French Embassy in the United States and in the presence of FHS Chairman Elizabeth Stribling and FHS President Comte Denis de Kergorlay. Anne-Claire Legendre, Consul General of France in New York Mrs. The ball was held under the patronage of His Excellency Gérard Araud, Ambassador of France to the United States His Excellency François Delattre, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of France to the United Nations and Mrs. Photo: Patrick McMullan/ PMC Belles at the Proust Ball. Candice Gonzalez and Isabelle Lefevbre-Vary Countess Dorothea de La Houssaye, Joan Kahn and Franck Laverdin Photo: AnnieWatt Kathleen Ryan and Liz McDermott ©Patrick McMullan. But or this gala, philanthropists, francophiles, and socials, turned out in every-color-of-the-rainbow Belle Époque attire.
Part of the evening’s fun was guessing who was behind all those feathery, bejeweled masks during cocktail hour! R Couri Hay, the well-known man about town and public relations powerhouse, likened the gathering to Truman Capote’s famous black-and-while masked ball, also held at the Plaza. But last week the French Heritage Society held one of the most glamorous fetes of the fall season, a masked ball dedicated to Proust. In a city where there seems to be a gala a night, it can be hard to stand out. Alex Donner and Jean Shafiroff at the Proust Ball held at the Plaza, benefiting the French Heritage society.
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