Ear to Tampa Bay
MAY/JUNE 2019 | TAMPA BAY MAGAZINE 85
founding director of the James Museum
of Western and Wildlife Art, welcomed
guests to the museum in St. Petersburg
for a presentation by Grammy Award
winning multi-instrument musician
Don Flemons, who presented “Black
Cowboys,” seldom-heard stories about
the roles that African Americans played
in settling the West.....Lorna Taylor
of Premier Eye Care in St. Petersburg
was the lead sponsor for the Dalí
Museum’s 37th anniversary dinner
among the masterpieces in its galleries
in St. Petersburg..... Karol Bullard
of Clearwater and Debbie Burns of
St. Petersburg co-chaired the 49th annual
“Poetic Justice” dinner, auction and
dance to benefit Operation Par, which
was held on the second floor Cloud Level
of Bascom’s Chop House in Clearwater.....
Diana Kopec of Clearwater and
Cathy Lawson of Tarpon Springs cochaired
the Tarpon Springs Leadership
Conservatory for the Arts’ 18th annual
“Black and White with a Splash of Red
Gala” in Palm Harbor, which featured
entertainment by some of the group’s
award-winning wind, jazz, percussion
and dance ensembles.....Patsy and Gene
McNichols were the honorary chairs
for the 23rd annual Chiselers Market
Shelby McMullen of Clearwater was
surprised by her family and friends
with a birthday party at a brewery
in Dunedin.
BRETT MCMULLEN