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THE CORCORAN BALL March 2 · The Corcoran Gallery of Art PHOTOS BY KYLE SAMPERTON
THE EVENT: The annual spring ball that has women saving their best Cavalli, Versace and Hermes gowns for a twirl in the grand atrium of Corcoran Gallery of Art. THE SCENE: After more than 50 years, this is the ball that seems to get it right. Floral designs with over 25,000 exotic stems were assembled by noted designer Jack Lucky. Also impressive was the gourmet dinner of crab and tomato napoleon, fi let mignon and a chocolate decadence that tasted as if it were made to order for each of the 1,100 guests. Plexiglass chairs and square turquoise and green lanterns added to an atmosphere that was especially appropriate for the opening of "Modernism: Designing a New World 1914-1939," a show director Paul Greenhalgh helped to bring from the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. Chairwoman Melissa Keshishian helped to raise over $500,000 for the Corcoran. The evening ended with two bands playing crowd-pleasing favorites that got everyone on their feet. THE GUESTS: Stuart and Gwen Holliday, Bitsey Folger, Roger and Vicki Sant, Jim Kimsey, Russian Amb. Yuri Ushakov and his wife Svetlana, David Gregory, Lolo Sarnoff and Jeanne Ruesch.
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