Vizcayans� 51st Annual Legendary Ball at Vizcaya Museum and Gardens



On Saturday, November 17th, The Vizcayans hosted their 51st Annual Legendary Ball at Vizcaya Museum and Gardens. More than 500 guests enjoyed the magical evening sponsored by The House of Harry Winston that raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for the benefit of Vizcaya. Guests were greeted at the entry piazza with a champagne toast. Then they descended the approach allee to the sound of the cascading fountains and jazz musicians. At the front door of the entrance loggia, The Vizcayans� President Norma Quintero, Ball Co-Chairs Ana Moran-Varela and William Meyersohn, and Vizcaya�s Executive Director Dr. Joel Hoffman greeted guests and called their attention to the recent successful effort to preserve a group of sculptures found there, consisting of a 1st century statue of, Bacchus, the Roman deity of wine, a 2nd century marble tub and playful 17th century putti.

The evening�s Philanthropic Chair was Edie Laquer, Miami�s grande dame of real estate and generous donor to many of South Florida�s worthy charities. As a surprise Vizcayans� President Norma Quintero called Edie to the microphone with a warm birthday wish and dedicated the evening�s magnificent fireworks display to her in honor of her birthday arrival at midnight. Edie expressed her gratitude to her parents, the Miami community and The Vizcayans for their vigilant support of Vizcaya over the last 50 years.


Other notable supporters included BNY Mellon Wealth Management, SunTrust Bank, Van Cleef & Arpels, Avatar Real Estate Services, Countrywide Home Loans, ExxonMobil Inter-America, Inc., Merrill Lynch, BankUnited, Katz Barron Squitero Faust, Steinway Piano Gallery Miami, Wedding Click, Neiman Marcus Coral Gables, Chanel, Luis Felipe Perez Jewelry, Oscar de la Renta, Tiffany & Co., and Valentino.
Next year�s 52nd Annual Vizcayan Ball will be on Saturday, November 22, 2008. For more information about The Vizcayans, please seewww.vizcayans.org or call 305-856-4866.
Carlton & Andrea Cole
Cathy Jones and Richard Lynch
Gene Sulzberger and Susan Erwin
Ernesto Mata, Carolyn Spaht, Leslie Bowe
Federica Bo and Max Scanavino
Hunt & Mary Deutsch
Jeffrey & Kayla Rynor
Jeffrey & Yolanda Berkowitz
John & Linda Squitero
Lana & Vincent Desimone
Marile Lopez, Jorge Lewis Lopez
Lynn Summers, Horacio Stuart Aguirie
Marla & George Bergmann
Max & Valrie Scanavino
Mitzi & Theodore Miller, Victoria Cummock
Mr & Mrs Gilles Haumont
Nancy & Jon Batchelor
Paul & Swanee DiMare
Xenia & Nicholas Bustle
Rudy & Lydia Prio-Touzet
Sara Keator, Sanford & Dolores Ziff, Kate Keator
Vivian & Alan Dimond (center & right) with guest (left)
Joel Hoffman, Norma Quintero, Bill Jones