Bill Stubbs, Betty Tutor and Kurt Grether
The 400-plus guests arrived via a red carpet, dotted with 1920s-era photographers and reporters giving paparazzi vibes. Once inside the Post Oak Hotel, attendees mingled with Audrey Hepburn and Marilyn Monroe — courtesy of J&D entertainment — with wine in hand. (The Rydman family of Spec’s fame selected the evening’s pairings.)
Chef Jean-Luc Royere prepared mouthwatering, inventive hors d’oeurves — risotto lollipops, pan-seared crab cakes — and an excellent dinner of herb-roasted tenderloin and shrimp with a black-truffle-potato purée.
Another red carpet led from dinner tables to the black-and-white dance floor, above which Justin and the Swing Beats played from a bandstand. The night brought in $1.1 mil for the Symphony’s community and educational programming.
Tammie and Andy Johnson
Anne and Albert Chao
J&D Entertainment
Bill King, Cheryl Boblitt, Brigitte Kalai, Fardia Abjani and John Mangum
Miya Shay and Roslyn Bazelle
Margaret Alkek Williams and Hallie Vanderhider
Eric and Lisa Lindsey
Sparkling dessert
Gretchen and Jay Watkins
Leslie Siller and Cynthia Wolff
Laurie and Tracy Krohn
Korrine and James Whipkey
Barbara Burger and Ian Mayton
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