Celebratory Soiree For Upcoming Casita Maria Fiesta

Barrett Freilinghuysen, Jacqueline Weld Drake, Joanna Fisher, Mary McFadden

Jacqueline Weld Drake hosted a celebration for Casita Maria Center for Arts and Education’s upcoming gala, Fiesta! 2016, at her Upper East Side residence last night. Guests toasted Fiesta’s! 2016 Gold medal honoree Joanna Fisher.

Guests included Yanna Avis, Steven Aronson, Tony Bechara, ABT’s Ashley Bouder, Clodagh and Daniel Aubry, Martha Bograd, Sharon Bush, Jennifer Chun, Angela Chun, Amy Fine Collins, Suzi Cordish, Somers Farkas, Marina Galesi, Michele Gerber-Klein, Susan Gutfreund, Carol Guest, Mai Hallingby Harrison, Yaz Hernandez, Margo Langenberg, Mercedes Levin, William Ivey Long, Tina and Paul Lubetsky, Dietlinde Maazel, Christopher Mason, Mary McFadden, Pilar and Juan Pablo Molyneux, Prince and Princess and Khemka, Ann Nitze, Jonathan Rondinelli, Marc Rosen, Sana H. Sabbagh, Lady Sharon Sondes and Geoffrey Thomas, Adrienne and Gigi Vittadini and Prince Dimitri of Yugoslavia.

Adrienne Vittadini, Amy Fine Collins, Yanna Avis, Violaine Bernbach

This year’s Fiesta Gala will also honor Marcelo Claure (President and CEO of Sprint Corporation) and Hutton Wilkinson. The gala is on Tuesday, October 18^th at The Plaza Hotel. The Dinner Chairmen are Jacqueline Weld Drake and Prince Dimitri of Yugoslavia. The Honorary Charis are Violaine and John Bernbach, Annabelle and Alberto Marica and Lisa and Julian Niccolini.

Eileen Judell, Michel Cox Witmer, Sharon Bush

The mission of Casita Maria Center for Arts & Education is to empower youth and their families by creating a culture of learning through high quality social, cultural, and educational opportunities.

Susan Gutfreund