32 January 2022 | parkcitiespeople.com
Society
Looking Ahead CRYSTAL CHARITY BALL’S GROOVY IN-PERSON RETURN A PALATIAL AFFAIR Go Red for Women Luncheon
As a wife, sister, daughter, and colleague, Doreen Griffith understands firsthand “how caring for yourself is often last on your to-do list.” No wonder cardiovascular disease is the No. 1 killer of women in the United States. But as the community volunteer chair of the 2021-2022 Dallas Go Red for Women movement, Griffith wants to see priorities change. “I know we can take the message of self-care and prevention to even more women than ever this year,” said Griffith, who is the Dallas managing partner of Grant Doreen Griffith Thornton. (COURTESY PHOTOS) The movement will celebrate local achievements during the 2022 Dallas Go Red for Women Luncheon at 10:30 a.m. Feb. 25 at Omni Dallas. Visit heart.org/dallasgored.
Entrance to “Buckingham Palace”
Dallas Business Hall of Fame Anne McPherson, Susan Glassmoyer, Leslie Diers, Cheryl Joyner, Kim Quinn, and Mary Martha Pickens with Beefeaters
Daniel Hunt, Toni Munoz-Hunt, Norma Hunt, Gracie Hunt, Tavia and Clark Hunt
Bryan and Leslie Diers
Arcilia Acosta
Clark Hunt
Tom Luce
Fred Perpall
Ballroom design by Tom Addis
(PHOTOS:TAMYTHA CAMERON)
All Crystal Charity Ball needed was “Peace Love London” to mark its grand return to the Hilton Anatole after the pandemic scuttled the in-person gala in 2020. More than 1,500 guests in regal gowns and dapper suits arrived at the Anatole’s version of Buckingham Palace to a rendition of God Save the Queen and costumed guards holding the doors to celebrate raising $5.3 million for eight Dallas children’s charities. Dallas String Quartet performed in a lobby decked out with a St. George’s flag floral arrangement and a bus advertising a Beatles show as guests bid in a silent auction, which raised a record $550,000. Guests also enjoyed a scotch tasting bar, “Mod Market,” and hor d’oeuvres including fish on a stick and mini shepherd’s pies before the event’s version of Big Ben chimed to welcome them into the ballroom for dinner and dancing. Inside, Beatles tribute band Live and Let Die rocked while dancers from Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing Arts performed in Union Jack dresses and go-go boots. – By Rachel Snyder
Charles and Pat McEvoy
Tucker and Rich Enthoven
Tiffany and Paul DIvis
Junior Achievement Dallas will honor Arcilia Acosta, Clark Hunt, Tom Luce, and Fred Perpall as the newest laureates in the Dallas Business Hall of Fame. “Each Laureate has contributed so much to the Dallas community, and they are fabulous business and philanthropic leaders,” said Jan Murfield, CEO/ president of Junior Achievement Dallas. Acosta, president and CEO of CARCON Industries; Hunt, chairman of Hunt Sports Group; Luce, the founder of Texas 2036; and Perpall, CEO of The Beck Group, will join a list started in 1998. The 2022 Junior Achievement Dallas Business Hall of Fame® event, scheduled for Feb. 26 at the Hyatt Regency Dallas, returns to an in-person format and will include students talking about how Junior Achievement has impacted their lives. Visit jadallasbusinesshalloffame.org. – Compiled by William Taylor
