Chairs Brady and Zane Carruth, Brittany and Adam Clark
IT ALREADY FEELS like spring in Houston and the spring social season is here with it! 375 guests donned in white-tie flocked to The Post Oak Hotel for the annual Houston Symphony Ball, one of the city’s most anticipated and A-list galas.
The theme was Monet’s garden and the grand foyer was transformed into a picturesque lush scene with floral archways and a lifesize lilypond painting with an archway. Dazzling guests took photos and mingled during the cocktail hour that featured passed sipping tequila from Casa Dragones — because why not?
The ballroom was as posh and verdant as the foyer with large wooden gazebos flanking the rows of tables topped with extravagant boutiques of pink roses and various hues of hydrangeas and greenery.
The Post Oak Hotel’s Executive Chef Jean-Luc Royere created a three-course French-inspired meal for the occasion including a French country salad, filet mignon served alongside potato gratin and Grand Marnier pain perdu for dessert. Following dinner, revelers danced the night away to Q the Band.
This ball was chaired by Zane & Brady Carruth and Brittany & Adam Clark and honored Cora Sue Mach with Houston Symphony’s Lifetime Achievement Award and Franco Valobra as Houston Symphony’s Community Honoree.
Betty and Jesse Tutor
Barbara Burger and Gary Ginstling
Margaret Alkek Williams
Hallie Vanderhider and Bobby Dees
Bob and Joan Duff
Chris and Kristy Bradshaw
Daniel Irion, Karen Payne and Kirk Kveton
Eric and Lisa Lindsey
Alice Mao and Matt Brams
Edward and Rini Ziegler
Elia and Michael Gabbanelli
Jim and Dancie Ware
Jonathan and Ann Ayre
Lisa and Eric Lindsey
Tammie and Charles Johnson
Isabel Leonard (photo by Michael Thomas)
Leonard in rehearsal (photo by Michael Bishop)