The Whitehall Societys ’ Bal PoudrÊ Honoring the extraordinary life and legacy of Henry Morrison Flagler Saturday, the Twenty Third of February, Two Thousand Thirteen
H onorary C hairwomen
Lesly Smith & Danielle Hickox Moore Jean Matthews & Christina Macfarland
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Susan Malloy, Sterling McCracken, Nicole Munder, and Tracy Smith
The Whitehall Society Wishes to Thank Grand Benefactor Marina B Benefactors Anonymous House of Lavande
Brooks Brothers
Glen Dombrowski
Will & Jean Matthews
Paige Rense Noland
FTI Consulting PNC Wealth Management
Patrons Rob & Lynn Hanke
Tom Kenan
Betsy Matthews
MP Design & Architecture, Inc.
Supporters Guy & Linda Ashley II Duke & Hanna Buchan III Neiman Marcus John & Debbie Oxley John & Monica Preston The Breakers Quest Media, LLC Special thanks to Andrew Armstrong, Blake & Tate Casper, Edward & Linda Dweck, Grant & Allison Mashek, Mercedes-Benz of Palm Beach, John & Sheila Rinker, Jack C. Taylor, The Shana Alexander Charitable Foundation, The Shelter Hill Foundation, Scout Guide Palm Beach, and Sugar Monkey for their support.
Mary Lily Flagler dressed for the Bal PoudrĂŠ
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The Party That Made Palm Beach
Henry Flagler 1830 - 1913
ver wonder why there are so many galas in Palm Beach each Season or how they became a traditional part of each Season? The next time you’re donning black tie or gown, you can blame or credit, as the case may be, Henry Flagler and Whitehall.
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ne hundred ten years ago, the first gala in Palm Beach, a Bal Poudré, was hosted by Henry and Mary Lily Flagler in Whitehall’s Grand Ballroom on March 5, 1903.
al Poudrés (literally translated, powdered wig balls) were popular, both in America and in England, during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. In England, for example, the Countess of Warwick loved to host Bal Poudrés (Whitehall’s Breakfast Room is a copy of the State Dining Room at Warwick Castle). In America, Bal Poudrés became an interesting fusion of America’s fascination with Marie Antoinette (Whitehall’s Drawing Room is an homage to Marie Antoinette) and hero worship of George and Martha Washington. Bal Poudrés were typically hosted around the time of George Washington’s birthday, which nicely coincided with the end of the Season in Palm Beach. And as a consequence, in Palm Beach the Bal Poudré became the traditional way to celebrate the end of the Season.
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n fact, the first Bal Poudré hosted by Henry and Mary Lily Flagler at Whitehall was so important in Palm Beach history that what has become a rich tradition of hosting an extraordinary number of galas each Season in Palm Beach, raising much-needed funds for an impressive number of worthy causes, can be traced directly back to that single extraordinary party in 1903, a party that was described at the time by the New York Herald as, “One of the most sumptuous social affairs ever attempted south of Washington.”
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wo thousand thirteen will mark the centennial of the end of Henry Flagler’s extraordinary life, though his profound legacy and influence in Florida continues even today. In honor of Henry Flagler’s amazing and enduring legacy in Palm Beach and Florida, on February 23rd the Flagler Museum’s Whitehall Society is hosting the first Bal Poudré in more than a century, at Whitehall, where it all began 110 years before.
The Bal PoudrĂŠ Benefit Committee Katy & Jeff Amling Linda & Guy Ashley Colleen Bain Herlihy Paola Bacchini & Arnold Rosenshein Gigi & Harry Benson Eva Bodnar Beth Bradmon Jane & Gordon Brown Hannah & Duke Buchan III Tate & Blake Casper Maura Ziska Christu & Eric Christu Anastasia Coleman Caitlin Crowe Susan & Hunter Cushing Mary & Marvin Davidson Sterling & William Davis Jackie & Rod Drake
Annie & Michael Falk Allison & Patrick Fischoeder Kim & Don Froude Christie & Tim Gannon John & David Grand Audrey & Martin Gruss Holt & Gregg Hemingway Kelly & Rick Hopkins Travis S. Howe Tom Kenan Eleanora & Michael Kennedy Kristen & Charlie Krusen Martha & Gilbert Lamphere Susan Lloyd Christina & Benjamin Macfarland Carol Mack Susan & Tim Malloy
Cynthia & Tony Maltese, Jr. Allyson & Grant Mashek Sterling & Jebb McCracken Ross Meltzer Muffy & Donald Miller Nicole & Ryan Munder Mario Nievera Polly Onet Debbie & John Oxley Annette Rickel Charles Ruger Brian Lawrence Saipe Betsy Shiverick Betsy & Mike Slocum Tracy & Matt Smith Kristen & Tom Stanley Mieke Van Waveren
The Whitehall Society Committee Jeff Amling Katy Dew Amling Linda Ashley Jane Brown Kristen Cashel Ted Cooney Millie Dayton Kelly Hopkins Dana Koch Jessica Koch
Caroline Koons Forrest Celerie Kemble Eric Levine Helene Lorentzen Benjamin Macfarland Christina Macfarland Susan Malloy Allyson Mashek Grant Mashek Alex Matthews Summer Matthews
Sterling McCracken Ross Meltzer Nicole Munder Dack Patriarca Missy Savage Betsy Slocum Tracy Smith Tate Casper Natasha Steinle Maura Ziska Christu
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