John Demsey and daughter Marie Helene Demsey hosted a dazzling cocktail party for over 200 guests at their magnificent art-filled townhouse on the Upper East Side to honor Casita Maria’s upcoming Fiesta” Gala in which he’ll be honored.
New York’s elite came out to support Casita Maria, the arts and education center in the Bronx that serves the Hispanic community.
Gala Co-Chairs Alina Cho, and Cornelia Guest, along with the Dinner Chairmen Jacqueline Weld Drake, Aileen Mehle, and Prince Dimitri of Yugoslavia were all in attendance to greet Casita Maria’s supporters who will all gather at the glossy Mandarin Oriental Hotel on October 22 for the fiesta.
Those at the chic soiree included: Zac Posen, Victoria Anstead, Sara and Tim Armento, Peter Bacanovic, Paola Bacchini, Barbie Bancroft, Edgar Batista, Enrica Bentivoglio, Kelly Bensimon, Melissa Berkelhammer, Veronique Bich, Maryann Browning, Martha Bograd, Mercedes Bograd, Carolyn Bryant, Jason Brandt, Estrellita Brodsky, Sila Calderon, Sarah Calderon, Lady Liliana Cavendish, Anna Cleveland, Robert Couturier, Howard Cox, Ellie Cullman, John Demsey, Beth Rudin DeWoody, Milly de Carbrol, Jacqueline Weld Drake, Tiffany Dubin, Beverly Durham, Gaetana Enders, George Farias, Cynthia Frank, Jamie Figg, Rick Friedberg, Marina Gauthier, Marilyn Gauthier, Cornelia Guest, Carol Guest, Fred Guest, Mark Gilbertson, Tom Gold, Jamee Gregory, Mai Hallingby Harrison, Jo Hallingby, Sally Hershberger, Eric Javits and Di Mondo, Elizabeth Jacoby, Ann Dexter Jones, Sharon Handler Loeb, Sharon King Hoge, Michele Gerber Klein, Roy Kean, Monica Rich Kosann, Sandra Lee, Marcia Levine, Christopher Mason, Marina Maher, Aileen Mehle, Gillian and Sylvester Miniter, Deborah Norville and Karl Wellner, Gautam Patel, Liz Peek, Zac Posen, Polina Proshkina, Ann Rapp, Marc Rosen, Arnie Rosenshine, Sonna Saba, Bz Schwarts and Sally Schwarts, Susan Silver, Hunt Slonem, Steve Sodove, Lady Sharon Sondes, Barbara Tober, Blaine Trump, Alex Trower, Chris Trump, Geoffrey Thomas, Samantha Thompson, Adrienne Vittadini, Linda Wells, Kristi Witker and Rich Wilkie, Martha Wirth and Prince Dimitri of Yugoslavia.
