Ear to Tampa Bay
Tampa…..Claudia Arcabascio of
Clearwater is the chair and Martha
Hickey of Palm Harbor is the co-chair
for the Clearwater Community Woman’s
Club’s annual “The Afternoon with
the Author” benefit featuring John
Capouya in Clearwater…..Maria
Cantonis of Belleair and Joan Gutierrez
of Tampa are co-chairing the annual
Bravura Brunch in Palm Harbor for the
North Suncoast Guild of The Florida
Orchestra, featuring Maestro Jeff Tyzik
and the Mambo Kings…..Rita Garvey,
former mayor of Clearwater, is president
of the Friends of the Clearwater Public
Library board.....Wilson Page was
named this year’s top volunteer for
his time and monetary contributions to
the Dunedin Fine Art Center and its
clay lab, while Eva Dietrich, Sherrie
Nicodemus and Trudi and Jack
Gridley were recognized for their
volunteer help, during the annual
Volunteers’ Luncheon at the art center.....
Bill Faucett, director of development
for the University of South Florida’s
College of the Arts, has received the
Warren D. Allen Faculty Citation for
Distinguished Achievement in Scholarly
Research in Music from Florida State
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University’s College of Music.....Penny
and Jeff Vinik of Tampa were honored
during a special announcement by the
University of South Florida’s System
President Judy Genshaft, Foundation
CEO Joel Momberg and Muma College
of Business Dean Moez Limayem to
have the school’s new sports-focused
graduate program named for them
in appreciation of their more than
$5 million contribution…..Devin
Pappas of Largo, founder of The Haven
of RCS’ The Career Club for battered
women, has been crowned Mrs.
Southwest Florida 2017 and will
compete in the 2018 Mrs. Florida Pageant
in Orlando next April.....Nick Dukas
of Palm Harbor won a Global Music
Awards Silver Medal for his original
holiday song “When Christmas Comes
Around,” which can be heard on Through
Their Eyes, his latest CD.......Julian
Hartzog, engineer, artist and designer
of Tarpon Springs, won the 2017
International Award for the Americas
for the third year at the World of
Wearable Art (WOW) Award Show
in Wellington, New Zealand, in
recognition of his science fiction
mirrored stainless steel designs. 9
featured in the venue’s current exhibit.....
Kathy Shannon and her daughter April
Shannon McDonald are co-chairing
“Fashions for Hope,” Florida Hospital
West Florida Region Foundation’s
benefit fashion show in Tampa.....
Debbie Trujillo of Tampa is chairing
LAMPLighters’ 28th annual Christmas
Silver Coffee benefit for Metropolitan
Ministries in Tampa…..Molly duPont
Schaeffer of Belleair is the honorary
chair for the Premiere Night party for
“All I Want for Christmas,” The Arc
Tampa Bay Foundation’s 33rd annual
Festival of Trees in Clearwater, which is
co-chaired by Kiersten Finchum of
Oldsmar and Julia Bell Holloman of
Dunedin.....Board chair Bruce
Livingston of Belleair announced that
Kate Tiedemann and Ellen Cotton of
Largo have been selected as the honorary
chairs and Gail Gamble of Dunedin
has been chosen as the featured artist
for the Clearwater Free Clinic’s Martinis
and Matisse benefit, which will be again
hosted by Brenda and Frank Crum in
Clearwater.....Kate Wilson of Tampa
will chair LAMPLighters’ “Lights
Fashion Hope” benefit for Metropolitan
Ministries and Joshua House in
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Joanie Sigal of Clearwater, who chaired
and served as mistress of ceremonies for
the Clearwater Community Volunteers’
14th annual Fashions with Flair high tea,
fashion show and auctions at the historic
Fort Harrison in Clearwater, thanked
Megan Simons for providing the fashions
for the runway show from her Pippa Pelure
women’s boutique in St. Petersburg to benefit
the Pinellas Sheriff’s Police Athletic League
(PAL) of Lealman Sports Complex and
Winter Wonderland in Clearwater.