Ooh la la! After two-year absence, Francophiles reunite at bonne fete
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This is what 40 looks like in Palm Beach.
She kicks off her heels, dances across the room, and drinks a goodbye toast to two awful years.
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The French Heritage Society marked its 40th anniversary by bringing its dinner dance back to Club Colette after a two-year pandemic absence.
Jean Doyen de Montaillou and Michael Kovner were chairmen for the evening, which took place March 27 in the presence of Consul General of France in Miami Vincent Floreani and Cultural Counselor Gaëtan Bruel.
The night included courtyard cocktails, dinner, and dancing to the music of DJ Brett until les pieds soient douloureux.
Dinner chairs included CeCe and Lee Black, James D. Howard, former U.S. ambassador to France Howard Leach and wife Gretchen, Joe and Arnold Pacetti, Nancy Place, Thomas Warren Thaler and Peter J. Worth.
More than 120 people attended, including board members Elisa Fredrickson, Judy McLaren, Jean and Martin Shafiroff, and Ann Van Ness; FHS' Palm Beach representatives Liz McDermott Barnes and Suzanne Stoll; as well as Christine and Max Ansbacher, Laurie Bodor, Richard and Marian Bott, Sharon Bush, Pamela Wilds Cole, Lucia Hwong Gordon, Margaret Chase Hager, Charles and Kaaren Hale, Lou Rena Hammond, Linda Hickox, Bruce Horten, Ambassador Brenda Johnson, Paul and Ursula Lowerre, Lynn and Robert Mackle, Frank Morgan and Brett Feigenbaum, Chip and Sarah Page, Natalie Pray, Maria and George Roach, Thomas and Patricia Shiah, Sherri Stephenson, and Lynn and Pascale Franchot Tone.
Proceeds from the dinner assist the French Heritage Society in its mission to ensure that the treasures of our shared French architectural and cultural heritage survive to inspire future generations.
This article originally appeared on Palm Beach Daily News: French Heritage Society gala dinner dance returns to Palm Beach
