Ear to Tampa Bay
Sterling Society.....Dyann Van Dusen
is coordinating the Sterling Society of
the Dunedin Fine Art Center’s monthly,
currently virtual Coffee and Conversation
artist talks.....Caroline Brown of Safety
Harbor and Suzanne Pascarella of
Dunedin are the co-chairs for the GFWC
Woman’s Club of Clearwater’s annual
luncheon and fashion show in Belleair to
benefit St. Petersburg College’s “Women
on the Way.”….Joan Jaicks will chair The
Florida Orchestra Guild, St. Petersburg’s
rescheduled 53rd annual Golden Baton
Award Dinner honoring Marcy and Bob
Shuck of St. Pete Beach, which will be in
the fall.....Joanie Sigal is the chair and
Daniela Nessen is the co-chair for the
Clearwater Community Volunteers’ 17th
annual Fashions with Flair luncheon,
auctions and runway fashion show by
Pippa Pelure in Clearwater to benefit
The Sheriff’s Police Athletic League
in Lealman and Winter Wonderland
in Clearwater.....The Mariani family,
Nancy and George, Carol and Tim,
Barbara and Eric Schmitz and Kymm
and Chris were the honorary chairs for
Reds, Whites & Bites, the Community
Dental Clinic’s fifth annual wine event
and fundraiser, which this year will
be a virtual online lottery…..David
Phillips, a Clearwater attorney, is the
board chair of the Clearwater Free Clinic,
which provides health care for uninsured
families.....Heidi Blair of Odessa,
president of the North Pinellas chapter
of the General Federation of Women’s
Clubs, presented grants to Clothes to
Kids, the Community Dental Clinic, The
Kind Mouse Productions, the Clearwater
Free Clinic, Eckerd Youth Alternatives’
Raising Hope, Oldsmar Cares and
Wheelchairs 4 Kids…..Nick Dukas of
Palm Harbor, who has branched out
from the rock ‘n’ roll music he had been
recording to smooth jazz, is excited that
his new “Sway” made the Global Top 50
on smooth jazz radio stations. 9
Dr. Zena Lansky hosted an alfresco Pandemic Relief
Christmas Party at her Harbor Oaks, Clearwater
home in memory of her late husband Warren
Rodgers, which was coordinated by Sharron
Robbins and attended by masked guests from
throughout the Tampa Bay area and by her first
cousin, Dr. John Abramson (pictured), who came
with his wife Susan Polsky from their winter home
in Deerfield Beach. Guests enjoyed entertainment
by Opera Tampa singers accompanied by Robin
Stamper and roving magicians, as well as the
dinner catered by Sarah and Keith Cole.
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Ken Gibson of the
Crisis Center of Tampa
Bay and a volunteer
for the Tarpon
Springs Leadership
Conservatory for the
Arts is proud of his
son, a mellophone
player, who joined
other students in
the Tarpon Springs
Outdoor Performance
Ensemble’s
Hamilton Project,
when COVID-19
canceled the band’s
competition in the
Bands of America
national championship
in Indianapolis. The
Hamilton show, based
on the Broadway
musical phenomenon,
was a two-act,
40-minute production
that utilized an entire
football field with
a rotating center
stage, directed by
conservatory director
Kevin Ford.
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David Mirola and Allen Lucas
celebrated their 22nd anniversary by
getting married at 12:12:20 on 12/12/20
at their home in Safety Harbor.
JANET BIBINSKI