It was glitz and glamour at the annual French Heritage Society Gala Dinner Dance Wednesday night at The Pierre Hotel, but not without heartfelt concern for the people of Paris.
This years gala which honored Juan Pablo Molyneux and Champagne Taittinger, represented by Pierre-Emmanuel Taittinger raised over $340,000.
The event was held under the High Patronage of His Excellency Gérard Araud, Ambassador of France to the U.S., His Excellency François Delattre, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of France to the United Nations; The Honorable Bertrand Lortholary, Consul General of France in New York; and Bénédicte de Montlaur, Cultural Counselor of the French Embassy in the United States, and in the presence of FHS Chairman Elizabeth F. Stribling and FHS President Comte Denis de Kergorlay, and the Gala Chairman CeCe Black, Jean Doyen de Montaillou, Kazie Metzger Harvey, Ursula Lowerre, Liz McDermott, Deborah Royce, Jean Shafiroff and Ann Van Ness.
The Comité d’honneur includes Princess Isabelle De Broglie, Baron Robert de Rothschild, Comte and Comtesse François Saint-Bris, and many more notable individuals.
Dinner followed the intimate cocktail reception, with guests moving to the dance floor, where The Bob Hardwick Sound had most spinning and twirling.
Pictured:
Deborah & Chuck Royce
Co-Chairs: with Juan Pablo Molyneux