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Sueños de Dalí
“The Enchanted Forest,” The Dalí Museum’s fifth annual Sueños de Dalí fundraiser, was a surreal evening of bewitching whimsy
and lavish costumes. There were signature cocktails, gourmet food and dessert tastings, music by The Erica DiCeglie Band and
D.J. Franky G., plus entertainment by dancers, opera singers, Japanese drummers, and even garden fairies. The current Escher at
The Dalí exhibit was also open. The benefit’s “Enchanted Forest” theme introduced The Dalí’s next exhibition, Dalí and Disney:
Architects of the Imagination, which will open in January, 2016.
Emmanuel and Montserrat Cerf, whose
family was a presenting sponsor and
hosted the sponsor pre-party at its
Tampa Bay Automobile Museum,
co-chaired the Sueños benefit
for their fifth year.
Dr. Hank Hine, the director of the
Brad Morse, whose parents shared their Dalí art to
Dalí Museum, and his wife Laura greeted
guests, as they moved from one party area
to another, both in and outside the Museum.
make the Museum possible, and his wife
Mary Ann, who is president of The Dalí Guild,
helped sponsor the Sueños fundraiser.
Warren Rodgers and his wife
Dr. Zena Lansky, who reminded us
of Prince Charming and Cinderella,
appreciated the evening’s performances
by St. Petersburg Opera singers.
Mardy Gordon and his
peacock-feather-adorned wife Charlene,
especially enjoyed dining in one of the
private sponsor cabanas with their hosts
and other friends.
176 TAMPA BAY MAGAZINE NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2015