Big Top
Dallas’ young swellegants will be partying it up “Beneath the Big Top” Friday. Thanks to the Young Friends of the Ronald McDonald House of Dallas, the annual fundraiser will turn the Dallas Museum of Art into a posh circus setting from 8 p.m. to midnight.
According to sources, Co-chairs Claire Liedtke and Allie Stensrud have planned an “event embodying the whimsical charm, the stunning visual drama and the theatrical allure of the three-ring circus without the screaming kids or smelly animals!”
Of course, there will be a silent auction, food mini state fair corn dogs, crab cakes, sliders, pomme frites and mini Caesar salads, drinks and dancing courtesy of DJ Lucy Wrubel’s dance tracks.
According to Claire, “I can’t wait to see our friends dancing beneath the Chihuly glass with the Dallas skyline in the background; that will be the coolest.”
Silent auction Co-chairs Meghan Looney and Medley Crank have been in charge of the magic act of putting together an amazing auction that includes “a private lake house getaway weekend, a multi-colored mink jacket, a couture necklace from Proenza Schuler, an all-inclusive suite for four to a Mavs game, 4 front row seats in the Commissioners Box at a Rangers game, a night at Hotel ZaZa with spa and dinner for two, plus amazing home items including one-of-a-kind pieces from William-Christopher Design, Jan Showers, Charles Howard, John Robishaw and more!”
If you haven’t gotten your tickets, don’t wait for your social secretary to order them. Hop to it now!
Thank to the 2013 sponsors it’s gonna be a really big show. If you’re wondering just who is getting the pats on the back, follow the jump!
Graphic provided by Young Friends of The Ronald McDonald house
Presenting Sponsor is Jackson Durham Events.
Diamond Sponsors ($10,000+) are Gatsby Event Branding, The Little Bean, PaperCity, Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater North Texas and Sewell Automotive Companies.
Platinum Sponsors ($5,000+) are Anonymous, Benchmark Bank and Benchmark Title, Freeman Auto Group, WSC Oil & Gas Corporation, Alicia and Chris Winn and Western Extrusions Corp.
Gold Sponsors ($2,500+) are Gil and Tricia Besing, DFW Paving, LLC, Elizabeth Toon Charities, Marion and Cadell S. Liedtke Family Charitable Foundation, Spring Creek Barbeque, Stonelake Capital Partners, LLC and Uber.
Silver Sponsors ($1,000+) are Jessica and Michael Barnett, Bracewell & Giuliani, Bridge Title, Michelle Brock, John and Allison Carlisle, Carroll-Mansions, LLC, Casa Rita’s Mexican Grill Frisco, James C. Carroll, Kathy and Bob Craine, Mr. and Mrs. Bert Crouch, Pam and Stanley Crossman, Beverly and Larry Dale, Graham Investments, Inc., Haynes and Boone, LLP, Neiman Marcus, Cindy and Howard Rachofsky, Anonymous, Chris and Lucy Semple, Frontier Investment Management, Co., Sapphire Foundation, Inc., Bryan Turner, Mr. and Mrs. Richards P. Washburne, Wick Phillips Gould & Martin LLP, Elephant Oil and Gas.
Bronze Sponsors ($500+) include Michele and Rob Arnot, The Clifton Foundation, Clover Partners, LP, Megan and Jonathan Filgo, Jenny Marsten and Dan Harris, Ashley Hightower, Bill and Marilyn Hightower, Sheri and Winston Krause, Michelle Lafitte, Claire Liedtke, Chris McKeown, Investments, Lindsay Nahoum, Jamie and Brian O’Boyle, Mark B. Plunkett, R. Willing Ryan, III, Cece Turner, Lou and Lee Schaufele, and Lara Sorokolit.