Saint Louis Ballet COCA

SNAPPED!

LAURIE AND SEAN LOCK, ALI AND TIM BREITBACH

SAINT LOUIS BALLET starry night gala

by bill barrett

The Spring Gala provides essential support for Saint Louis Ballet’s performance season, which offers four major productions annually at the Touhill Performing Arts Center. Proceeds also fund the ballet’s outreach initiative Pointe to Succeed, an in-school program that brings the joy of ballet to underserved children in the community. Guests enjoyed a cocktail reception, a performance by Saint Louis Ballet dancers, an auction and dancing. guests: Executive and artistic director Gen Horiuchi; event chairs Carol and Tom Voss, Miran Halen, Pat Whiteside; honoree Mary Strauss

AUSTIN MACK, JOYE FORREST

MIRAN HALEN, CHRISTOPHER HALEN

MARY STRAUSS, CHRISTINA STRAUSS KATIE AND MICHAEL SCANLON KELLY POLLOCK, VIRGINIA HOWELL

COCA cocacabana 2022: make it pop!

by bill barrett

COCA works to bring transformative arts education and experiences to people of all ages, backgrounds and abilities. Through the Support Arts for Youth (SAY) Appeal, it is able to continue providing opportunities to more than 4,000 children from schools and communities around St. Louis to experience, learn from and excel in the arts. Guests enjoyed student performances, live and silent auctions, and music from DJ Reggie and Fatpocket guests: Executive director Kelly Pollock; alumna chair Joye Forrest; co-chairs Laurie Garland and Michael Weisman, Stephanie Gold and Josh Boekesch, Marsha and Al Mitchell; emcee Gabriel Butu

GEN HORIUCHI, CAROL AND TOM VOSS STEPHANIE GOLD, MARSHA MITCHELL, LAURIE GARLAND HENRY AND COURTNEY SCOTT

RICHARD AND ELIZABETH NIX ANNA AND JEFF TEGETHOFF