“The Wonderland Ball” Benefiting Young Patronesses of the Opera at Four Seasons Hotel Miami
Miami Beach, FL – November 3, 2018 – More than 250 opera lovers and philanthropists walked through the looking glass with the Young Patronesses of the Opera for their 63rd annual gala, “The Wonderland Ball” at the Four Seasons Hotel. After entering through a 12 foot tall story book, guests were met by living flowers and a towering queen of hearts on stilts and were treated to cocktails donated by Bacardi as they bid on exquisite silent auction items. As they made their way to the ballroom, they went down the rabbit hole or entered through the queens gate to their tables that were adorned with candelabras wrapped with florals or branches dripping in purple orchids, and were greeted by the a mad hatter who made his way through the maze of tables on stilts. A special surprise operatic performance by KahLee Productions wowed the crowd with the renditions of several popular arias set to techno music. The fantastical décor was imagined by gala chairs Violeta Cepeda, Michele Reese, Patricia Scerpella, Barbara Waters, Nicole Unternaehrer, and YPO President Lise-Marie Wertanzl, and was brought to life by Fantasy Designers. The funds raised for the gala support YPO’s opera educational programs that reach 20,000 school children every year in South Florida through YPO’s in-school opera program. The event’s gracious benefactors included Swanee and Paul DiMare, Trish and Dan Bell, The Wilder Foundation, and The Dunspaugh Dalton Foundation. For more information on YPO visit www.ypo-miami.org.
Lise-Marie Wertanzl
Marilyn Machado
Marilyn Machado, Anthony Broad, & Lisa Wheeler
Lynn & Brian Hart, Marilyn & Rafael Machado
Trish Bell, Joyce Dickerson, & Rita Wilder
Julie Todaro, Pat Mederos, Holly Evans, Gail Pinon, Barbara Reese, Debbie Campbell, Lisa Wheeler, & Renee Gross
Sanela & Morten Ebbeskov Jankovic, Jim Barreiro de Leon, Dietmar Wertanzl, Paula Barbara & Stephen Scheer
Julie Todaro, Patricia Scerpella, & Susan Feldman
Lisa Wheeler & Marilyn Machado
Ashley & Robert Thornburg
Lesli Brown, Swanee DiMare, & Bronwyn Miller
Lisa Wheeler, Lise-Marie Wertanzl, Barbara Waters, & Carla Ligia
Dietmar Wertanzl, Monika Weinsoft, & Hans Lagerweij
Dietmar Wertanzl, Noemy Aguero, & Rick Garced
Swanee DiMare
Skip & Joyce Dickerson
Dietmar & Lise-Marie Wertanzl
Dietmar Wertanzl & Rick Garced
Jessica Gonzalez
Paula Barrera Scheer
Jeff & Najat Watts
Barbara & Michele Reese
Dietmar Wertanzl & Jim Barreiro de Leon
Patricia Scerpella, Violeta Cepeda, Barbara Waters, Nicole Unternaehrer, & Michele Reese
Patricia Scerpella, Nicole Unternaehrer, Violeta Cepeda, Lise-Marie Wertanzl, Barbara Waters, & Michele Reese
Patricia Scerpella, Violeta Cepeda, Nicole Unternaehrer, Michele Reese, & Barbara Waters
Lesli Brown, Bronwyn Miller, Julian Chang, Swanee DiMare, Patricia Scerpella, & Michele Reese
Lesli Brown, Bronwyn Miller, Julian Chang, Patricia Scerpella, & Michele Reese
Susan & Jeff Feldman
Dan & Trish Bell
Dennis & Debbie Campbell
Dietmar Wertanzl, Barbara Reese, & Hans Ladermeij
Linda & Pat McEnany
Liz & Edmund Parnes
Michele Reese
Chris Granger & Michele Reese
Gianni Lacapra & Sara Mesa
Sanela Ebbeskov Jankovse & Francesca Dagata
Paula Barrera Scheer, Anthony Broad, & Michele Reese
Morten & Sanela Ebbeskov Jankovic, Michele Reese, & Chris Granger
Stacy Briggle, Leslie Lott, Holly Freyre, & Tom Briggle
Vivianne Swietelsky, Joseph Hawlik, & Sanela Ebbeskov Jankovse
