E A R T O TA M P A B AY
Artist PRMS Rosalind Pierson of the U.K.,
president of the Royal Miniature Society,
was int roduced by ar t i s t Kay Pet ryszak
of Clearwater, a Miniature Art Society of
Florida officer, who emceed the group’s
40th Annual International Miniature Art
Show Awards Brunch at the Leepa-Rattner
Museum of Art in Tarpon Springs.
Clearwater and Amy and Pete Loope of
Largo co-chaired the “Blue Jean Ball” that
was held at the Clearwater home of
Trudy and John Cooper to benefit
Religious Community Services......Candy
and Eddie DeBartolo and their DeBartolo
Family Foundation held the twelfth
annual “All Star Charity Gala” of cocktails,
dinner and auctions at The Hangar
at Peter O’Knight Airport in Tampa to
benefit local charities, educational needs
and area citizens in need......Stephanie
Gonthier of St. Petersburg, the former
chief operating officer of The Florida
Orchestra, was given a farewell party by
friends and colleagues to celebrate her
many years of dedicated service and
her new position as a regional veterinary
hospital administrator......Ralph Lazzara,
III of Tampa, who is fluent in English,
Spanish and Italian, assisted the Tampa
Bay Rays with their Hispanic Night
at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg......
Marilyn Ward, president of The Florida
Suncoast Opera Guild, announced that
the Guild, which is celebrating its 50th
anniversary year, will change its name to
the St. Petersburg Opera Guild to reflect
its ties with the St. Petersburg Opera
Company......Adam Sigal, son of Joanie
and Steve Sigal of Clearwater, is in Los
Angeles, California directing When the
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