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Hat's On

Hat's On

By Carol Joynt

Monday, May 10, 2010

New York Social Diary

The Washington mall, usually a field of green, was that and every other color under the rainbow last week when the Trust for the National Mall held their annual fundraising luncheon. The dress code was decidedly “hat’s on.”

Though much younger, organizers admit Washington’s hat event is modeled after New York’s Frederick Law Olmsted Awards “Hat Luncheon,” and some of the women got themselves and their hats to both. Tickets started at $500 per person, the money earmarked for maintenance of the mall, adjacent parks and all the “horse people,” as Nini Ferguson put it, referring to Washington’s many statues of historic figures on their steeds.

Caroline Cunningham, the group’s president, said that since the organization was launched 28 months ago it has raised $4 million, with more than half going toward a new system of signs. She said that in September the Park Service would have a finally approved National Mall Plan, which will be “the blueprint for Trust’s work. It is tremendously exciting to be at this crossroads.”

Hundreds of men and women enjoyed lunch of chilled avocado and cucumber soup, grilled tenderloin and cinnamon churros with roasted balsamic strawberries in a flower-filled tent where the cold white wine was as welcomed as the fans whirring around the edges. It was a warm, sunny day, in contrast to last year’s luncheon, which is probably why the swag was a beautiful red umbrella. Just in case.

Guests included: Gina Adams, George Ballman, Kathy Barnes, Art Bean, Lisa Beek, Grace Bender, Rep. Roy Blunt, Ron Bonjean, Amy and Warren Bischoff, Bruce and Sharon Bradley, David and Katherine Bradley, Mary Ann Bradley, Hilda Brillembourg, Mark Ein, Antonio and Bobbi Jo Cecchi, Allen Chambers, George Chopivsky, Jim Clark, Alice Clark, Tom Daschle, Mark Devaney, Drusilla Demmy, Alejandra de la Paz, Carole and Donald Dell, Amb. Ichiro and Yoriko Fujisaki, Izette Folger, Bruce Gates, Carl Gewitz, Kay Kendall, Janice Kim, Martha Neff Kessler, Johnny and Pamela Moloto, Mary Mochary, Rusty Meadows, Mark Monahan, Susan Nixon, Peggy O’Dell, Patrick O’Connell, Rachel Hayden, Phil Musser, Bill Rankin, Susan Rappaport, Pam Peabody, Melinda Rayhall, Jay Rasulo, Dale Rainville, Catherine Reynolds, Lucky Roosevelt, John Richardson, Jean Rutherfoord, Donald and Deborah Sigmund, John Shooshan, Richard Smith, Darren Sleeger, Richard Thompson, Chris Simmons, Tricia Silberman, Cynthia Vance, David Vennett, Gail West, Jocelyn White, Andrea Weiswasser, JoAnn Mason, Lady Booth Olson, Sandy Brock, Barbara Harrison, Penny Yerks, Don Wright, Ron Woodson, Christian Zapatka, Jeff Zell.

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