E A R T O TA M P A B AY
presented his annual performance
a t the Luc i ano Pava rot t i Cha r i ty
Concert......Susan and Steve Brown of
Clearwater crossed the Atlantic Ocean
aboard the Queen Mary to visit numerous
European ports......Ga r y We i sma n ,
board chair, welcomed over 400 guests to
the Crisis Center of Tampa Bay’s 12th
Maestro Daniel Lipton, artistic director of Opera
Tampa, was congratulated by his daughter Laura
on the outstanding opening night performance
of Giuseppe Verdi’s Rigoletto, during the Postperformance
Cast Party at The Straz Center’s
Maestro’s Restaurant in Tampa.
Annual “Cup of Compassion” breakfast
in Tampa, where Tampa Police Chief
Jane Castor delivered a heartfelt
message and ABC Action News anchor
Br e n d a n Mc L a u g h l i n served as
emcee......Mi c h a e l Pe t r y s z a k of
Clearwater chaired the Miniature Art
Society of Flor ida’s 40th Annual
International Miniature Art Show at the
Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art at St.
Petersburg College in Tarpon Springs,
which featured 637 varied works by 185
miniature artists from 33 states and 10
countries......Daniel Huber, The University
of Tampa’s Associate Professor of Biology,
was the guest speaker on “Sharks with
Attitude!” during UT’s “Lunch with a
Genius” held at the St. Petersburg Yacht
Club in February......Roxanne Wilder
and Debra Schrils, co-hosts of Studio 10
television show on CBS Channel 10, were
the emcees for Easter Seals’ “A Pair to
Remember” luncheon and shoe auction
benefit in Tampa......Terri Kerker of
Brandon chaired the first annual Outreach
Clinic Tea benefit that was held at the
First United Methodist Church in
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