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“Raise You Up” Gala
166 TAMPA BAY MAGAZINE
Ruth Eckerd Hall’s 11th Annual Gala Celebration, “Raise You Up,” was an
evening of cocktails in the Grand Concourse, a seated dinner by Cafe Ponte, and
dancing on stage, plus bidding on silent and live auction items. The black-tie and
kinky-boots-optional benefit’s theme was inspired by Broadway’s hit musical
Kinky Boots, which is scheduled to be at the Hall in Clearwater in April, 2017.
Proceeds from the Gala will provide the critical funding needed to sustain Ruth
Eckerd Hall’s arts education programs.
| NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2016
Ruth Eckerd Hall
board member
David Abelson, his
wife Jeanie, and
their son Adam
co-chaired and
helped sponsor
this 11th Annual
Gala Celebration.
Gary and Amy Connors enjoyed dancing
on the Ruth Eckerd Hall stage to the
sounds of The Southtown Fever Band.
Bob and Kathy Stahl, along with their
Stahl & Associates Insurance, were among
the Ruth Eckerd Hall Gala table sponsors.
Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri and his wife,
attorney Lauralee Westine, support many
Tampa Bay area causes.
Committee members Sandra Nesbit
and Greg Willsey, whose GFS
Private Wealth was a sponsor,
were last year’s Gala chairs.