Ronald McDonald House of Dallas’s Moonlight Ball
While a waning crescent moon floated in the sky above, the black-tied guests at Brook Hollow Golf Club enjoyed the glow of the Moonlight Ball on Saturday, April 6. Fundraising for the Ronald McDonald House of Dallas, Event Co-chairs Melissa and Steve Utley arranged for cocktails and passed hors d’oeuvres in the Oak Room.
Steve and Melissa Utley
According to Melissa, “What an honor Steve and I have had helping the Ronald McDonald House of Dallas with the Moonlight Ball. We appreciate our supporters for their tremendous gifts that help families who stay at the House during a trying time in their lives with an ill or injured child.”
Lauri and Mike Hainsfurther
Ah, but the real treats of the evening still awaited guests including Honorary Chairs Lauri and Mike Hainsfurther, Glenn Callison and Diane Fullingim and Bob Wood. Combining magnificent lighting and even more magnificent floral arrangements of orange and fuchsia colored roses, hydrangeas and lilies by master floral designer Junior Villanueva of Garden Gate, the ballroom was breathtaking.
Brook Hollow Golf Club ballroom
It was the perfect setting for a three-course dinner (Brook Hollow Golf Club signature salad; a duet entrée of a petite filet of beef with a red wine sauce and crispy seared sea bass served with a roasted yellow tomato beurre blanc accompanied with boursin mac-n-cheese, haricots verts, whole baby carrots with caramelized onions; and a Bailey’s molten cake served with caramel ice cream), and topped off with dancing to music provided by BulletProof Brass.
All of this and funding for RMHD was thanks to such sponsors as:
Platinum Patron: Lisa and Kenny Troutt.
Gold Patron: Lauri and Mike Hainsfurther, Select Product Group, L.P.
Silver Patron: Vera and Tony Bangs, Children’s Medical Center of Dallas, Amy and Pete Lerma, Mr. and Mrs. Mike C. McWilliams, Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr PC, Katherine and Bob Penn, UT Southwestern Medical Foundation/St. Paul Medical Foundation, Mersina and Phin Stubbs, Melissa and Steve Utley and Mr. and Mrs. John T. Walter.
Platinum Couple:Anonymous, JoAnne and Eddy Moore and E.L. Smith III.
Gold Couple: Betty & Michael Bullington, Tracy and David Chisum, Tucker and Rich Enthoven, Sue and Joe Graham, Tania and Kevin Hardage, Marie Park and Joe Hardt, Cecilie and Ronnie Holman, Joyce and Larry Lacerte, Lidji Dorey and Hooper, Pam and Matt Mattingly, Carol and Daniel Podolsky, Carolyn and Karl Rathjen, Randa and Doug Roach, Barbara and Dr. Randall Rosenblatt, Harold Simmons Foundation, Mona and Grey Stogner, Thompson and Knight Foundation and Mr. and Mrs. Claude R. Wilson, Jr.
Patron Tickets: Katie and Bill Collins, Eiseman Jewels, Pam and Jeff Ellerman, Felcor Lodging Trust Inc., Cate and Jeremy Ford, Caroline Gehan, Mr. and Mrs. William J. Goodwin, Betsy and Houston Hunt, Nancy and Mike Kerr, LiquidAgents Healthcare, Sarah and Alan Losinger, Pam and Vin Perella, Sandy and Jeff Phillips, Ann and Douglas Smellage and Mr. and Mrs. Jere Thompson, Jr.