Letter from the President
Dear Royal Dames,
First of all let me say congratulations on a spectacular 40th Anniversary Tiara Ball. A special thank you to our very talented and dedicated ball chairmen, Anna Tranakas and Elise Gates. Because of their vision and leadership combined with the hard work of the entire ball committee, we were able to raise over $100,000 for cancer research. A special thank you to Dr. Nell Lewis McGuire for her mentoring all along the way.
Our deepest appreciation goes out to Lorraine Thomas again this year for her most generous contributions as well as her donations of time and resources. There were so many behind the scene volunteers responsible for the success of the Tiara Ball, it would be so difficult to name them all. We certainly have a reason to celebrate!
We are so very grateful to Linda and Doug Von Allmen for opening their home for our holiday party. It was a wonderful event.
Our underwriters’ party was held on Sunday, January 17th at the home of Sharon Gustafson and Barry Florescue. We thank them.
We are very proud of all our Royal Dames who are being honored in the community for the countless hours they contribute in other areas in addition to the Royal Dames.
Betty Young will be honored at the Diva luncheon for the Opera Society on February 9th. Dr. Nell Lewis McGuire will be our Women of the Year by the American Cancer Society Honoree on April 7th and she will be representing the Royal Dames. Also being honored at the same luncheon are Patricia Rowe representing The Opera Society, Carol Nugent representing the Symphony and Silvia Manson representing Women in Distress.
Arlene Pecora was honored on January 21st at the 13th Women of Vision Luncheon to benefit Weitzman Institute of of Science. Stella Siegel will be honored by Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies on May 7th.
We are proud of all our Royal Dames and congratulate each and every one of them.
It is an honor and a privilege to serve as your president this year. I am so fortunate to have such a “Dream Team”.
Love and peace to you and your families and may the New Year bring much joy to you all who bring so much joy into the lives of others!
Warmest regards,
Marietta Glazer
Royal Dames Celebrate Their 2009
Fall Membership Luncheon
by Sandy Romanovitz, Photos by Kevin Lane
Our Fall Membership Luncheon this past October was chaired by Betty Koontz with the able assistance of her daughter Michele Kesian and Paula Valad. The luncheon was held at Hugh’s Catering, which provided a bit of an interesting twist for us - a cooking demonstration on how to make crepes! Upon arriving at Hugh’s we were presented with innovative name badges, designed by Paula, identifying members and officers.
As we enjoyed the pre-luncheon reception with wine, passed gourmet hors d’ oeuvres and a large table laden with fruit, various cheeses and all the accompaniments, there was a wonderful variety of shopping. Lucy Schroeders, a Royal Dame, presented an exquisite array of jewelery from Jon Paul Jewelers. Daniella Ortiz offered beautiful purses, and Susan’s Jewelry further tempted us with designer look-alike costume jewelry. Barbara Lefka was instrumental in the design and decorati
ons of the luncheon tables as well as she displayed about a half-dozen of her oil paintings, originally created by her, all women in red in keeping with the theme of the Tiara Ball. For bidding, there were close to two dozen silent auction items. Also adding to the excitement was a Swarovski Tiara that was donated to us by Argenti Jewelers being raffled.
As we were all seated for the luncheon, Marietta Glazer, our President, welcomed everyone and thanked them for coming and acknowledged Dr. Nell Lewis McGuire, Vice President/Ways and Means, for her exceptional and ongoing help, especially with the Tiara Ball. Betty Koontz, the Luncheon Chair, and Nell also acknowledged everyone who had contributed so much of their time and effort for the well-attended luncheon.
Vice President Membership Lorraine Thomas was called upon to introduce the newest members of the organization. She presented each with a lovely bouquet. She also introduced the new Life Members and those ladies were each presented with a red rose. All of the new members and new Life Members were brought to the front to be photographed and welcomed with our applause.
Other new members who weren’t in attendance included Betsy Bradford and Kimberly Rothstein.
Ray Ferrero, Jr. and Dr. Fred Lippman were also in attendance. Dr. Lippman shared with us some of the ground-breaking developments at the Rumbaugh-Goodwin Institute at Nova Southeastern University.
Anna Tranakas and Elise Gates, our Ruby Tiara Ball Chairs, shared with us all of the developing and exciting details of the Ball. 
Throughout this fabulous, energetic luncheon we enjoyed a fashion show featuring gowns and cocktail wear from Susan Rose in Plantation. The models were our very own Royal Dames, Linda Balent, Janet Davis, Julie Finch, June Miller and KayeLynne Northcutt. Vogue models have nothing over on us!!
A percentage of the sales of jewelry, handbags and clothing was generously donated to the Royal Dames by all the vendors.
Royal Dames 2009 Hostess Party Extraordinaire
by Sandy Romanovitz, Photos by Kevin Lane
Judy Droder did it for us again! She chaired our fabulous Tiara Ball Hostesses' Party at The Blue Martini. We had a wonderful and fun evening enjoying sumptuous food, imbibing in our favorite cocktails and beverages, meeting and greeting, and discussing - what else? - our upcoming Ruby Tiara Ball! Thank you, Judy, for creating another fun and special Hostesses' Party at The Blue Martini.
A Dress Rehersal At Zola Keller’s
by Sandy Romanovitz, Photos by Kevin Lane
Prior to our Tiara Ball, Zola Keller generously held a cocktail party on behalf of the Royal Dames in her fabulous store on Las Olas Boulevard. Silvia Mansons chaired this fun event as well as modeled a few of the gowns. We sipped wine, enjoyed wonderful hors d' oeuvres, and the best part of all, in anticipation of the ball tried on some of her exquisite gowns! In addition to Silvia, we were treated to a fashion show by Marietta Glazer, Claire Cornish and Jacqueline Niehaus. Thank you, Zola, for the lovely party, and your kind generosity.
Magical Evening Holiday Party
by Sandy Romanovitz, Photos by Kevin Lane
Festive Cocktails, Sumptuous Food and Divine Dancing under the stars - all this and much more! Linda and Doug Von Allmen held a magical holiday party for the festively attired Royal Dames in their elegant intracoastal home
. Mio, a world-class magician and mentalist was on hand to entertain us, adding a truly magical touch. Flamenco Duo provided live music for our listening and dancing pleasure. The Von Allmens' home so magnificently decorated for the holidays with large beautifully decorated Christmas trees, wreaths, and poinsettias, luminaries and beautifully decorated tables around the pool, in addition to a glistening ice sculpture, certainly gave us all an extra boost for getting in the holiday spirit. Gourmet cuisine more than satisfied a palate for every taste. We are most grateful to you, Linda and Doug, for a truly picture perfect evening under the stars.
Ruby Tiara Ball Underwriters’ Party
by Sandy Romanovitz, Photos by Kevin Lane 
Sharon Gustafson and Barry Florescue stepped up for us again and, as Radiant Ruby Sponsors, held our 40th Anniversary Ruby Tiara Ball Underwriters' Party in Sharon's beautiful home in Boca Raton. We all arrived in an especially celebratory mood for the party, as our Ball was a wonderful success and we had a lot to celebrate! Sharon and Barry provided the perfect party atmosphere with delicious gourmet butlered hors d' oeuvres, our favorite beverages for toasting, and for our listening pleasure, live music by Will Bridges. Thank you, Sharon and Barry, for yet another elegant and fun Tiara Ball Underwriters' Party!
One Amongst Us To Aid Earthquake Victims
by Sandy Romanovitz
Dr. Richard Dellerson, a friend and frequent escort of Helena Kolenda, recently flew into Haiti along with six other doctors from Broward General Medical Center. The doctors flew over in a Gulfstream V, which was undoubtedly the last semblance of any creature comforts, as they disembarked to volunteer their medical relief services for a week. "I think they will be eating MRE, which stands for 'military ready to eat' food," Helena said. Our deepest admiration for you, Richard, as well as the other Broward General doctors, for your humanitarian efforts on behalf of the earthquake victims in Haiti.
Last Call For New Members
Sharron Navarro is the chairman of the nominating committee. If you would like to nominate yourself or someone else, please contact Sharron. All nomina-tions are confidential.
The Spring luncheon is 10 weeks away. If you would like to nominate someone for membership, now is a good time to get the paperwork done and submitted to Lorraine Thomas. She has the forms.
Royal Dames Celebrate Their 40th Anniversary Tiara Ball
by Sandy Romanovitz, Photos by Kevin Lane
Our 40th Anniversary Tiara Ball chaired by Dr. Jason and Elise Gates and Dr. Nicholas and Anna Tranakas was held at Pier Sixty Six Resort. In honor of the 40th Anniversary, Elise and Anna used the jewel Ruby for our theme. What a jewel of a Ball it was! As guests arrived at the hotel and walked through the lobby, they were serenaded by members of the Florida Youth Orchestra. The Tiara Ball Hostesses, Hostess Committee chaired by Judy Droder, each carried a single red rose and escorted everyone to have their photo taken passing large posters mounted on easels depicting logos of Tiara Balls of many years of past Balls.
Upon arriving in the cocktail area, we were greeted with a lovely surprise! Beth, of Beth and Command Performance was dressed in a red satin gown and seated atop a grand piano and to the accompaniment of piano and saxophone singing songs like 'It Had to be You' as well as many other favorites that we all remember and love.
As the doors opened and we walked into the ballroom, we were treated with a room abundantly filled with red roses! Each table was adorned with vases of roses with red crystals scattered about at the bottom of each. The overlays on the tables were platinum in color with matching chair covers and satin ties around each chair. Janet Davis and Robin Hirschman were the decorating committee, and we applaud them for the beautiful setting for our Ball. Thank you Janet and Robin.
As we dined on radiant ruby tomatoes and fresh mozzarella salad, filet mignon and decadent dessert - all tested and approved by our ever so discerning tasting committee - Sharon Gustafson, Maureen Jacobson, Deborah Sadriwalla and Carol Harrison. Our Tiara 
Ball Chairs, Anna Tranakas and Elise Gates, President Marietta Glazer and VP/Ways & Means Nell Lewis McGuire from the podium greeted everyone and thanked them for their attendance and support. Marietta and Nell on behalf of all the Royal Dames expressed our gratitude to Anna and Elise for chairing this the 40th Anniversary Ruby Tiara Ball 2009, and they were each presented with bouquets of beautiful red roses. Gratitude was expressed to all our Ruby Sponsors and they were asked to stand and be recognized as well. As with all of our Tiara Balls we couldn’t wait to hit the dance floor and dance our pretty feet off! Dance we did to the fabulous music of Beth and Beth of Command Performance. We so enjoyed listening and dancing to this 
group and loved it when Beth came out onto the dance floor with the microphone singing as she mingled with us. Nice touch!
As our lovely evening came to an end, we collected the fabulous souvenir Tiara Ball Journal that was given to each attendee. By now we have all had a chance to peruse it and want to thank our Journal Chair Merri Grace McLeroy for a very special 40th Anniversary Ruby Tiara Ball 2009 Journal. Good job, Merri Grace, very well done!!
We have already started planning our 2011 Tiara Ball.
Liz Hopwood on being named an Opera Society Diva. Nell Lewis McGuire on being nominated for Women of the Year by the Royal Dames. Silvia Mansons on being nominated for Women of the Year by Women in Distress. Carol Nugent on being nominated for Women of the Year by Symphony of the Americas Society. Pat Rowe on being nominated for Women of the Year by the Opera Society. Stella Siegel on being nominated for Healthy Mothers – Healthy Babies. Betty Young on being named an Opera Society Diva. |
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to – Janet Davis for so generously providing the elegant and beautiful venue of her home for our pre – Tiara Ball publicity photo shoots. to – Lorraine Thomas for always so willingly – and always in such good humor – letting us use her home for the mailing of the Tiara Ball invitations. |