The 65th Annual Vizcaya Ball

Photography by Alejandro Chavarria on November 19th, 2022 in Lifestyle

Miami, FL – November 19, 2022 – Sold out for the second year in a row, the Vizcaya Ball welcomed 350 guests into an enchanted garden fantasy in honor of the Centennial of the Gardens. A staple on Miami’s social calendar, the goal-breaking event raised funds for the continued preservation of this National Historic Landmark and highlighted the Centennial Conservation Projects taking place to bring back the estate’s green spaces to their original glory.

Guests arrived to the cascade entrance dressed in black tie attire inspired by the subtropical landscape. The cocktail reception took place in the Main House courtyard, as the space filled with the sounds of The Miami Symphony Orchestra with Conductor Eduardo Marturet and String Along and Friends. Guests enjoyed an aerial performance from LADD Miami Circus Arts Center.

Patrons then moved outdoors for a seated dinner under the stars on the estate’s waterfront terrace catered by Thierry Isambert Catering and Design as Mistress of Ceremonies Roxy Vargas took the stage alongside Vizcaya’s Executive Director, Joel Hoffman. Guests hit the dance floor to the beats of the Valerie Tyson Band and enjoyed the captivating performance by New Century Dance. The evening culminated in a spectacular laser show over the iconic Stone Barge from Laser Network Productions.

The fundraiser was co-chaired by Jenni and Joshua Coba and Ken O’Keefe, with Nancy V.T. McCormick and Ramon Rasco as Presenting Patrons and Kenneth C. Griffin as Presenting Sponsor.

The Ball Committee includes: Tatiana Arteaga Teo, Taja Abitbol, Victor Diaz, Swanee DiMare, Roxana Garciga, Sonia Gibson, John Grisham, Linda Levy Goldberg, Katherine Honey, Cathy L. Jones, Marile Lopez, Mariann Marinberg, Christy Martin, Nancy McCormick, Bronwyn Miller, Jim Murphy, Carly Patterson, Ariel Penzer Milgroom, Annette Prats, Susan Rutrough, Tara Solomon, Roy Teng, Josie Wang, and Patty Zhang.

Additional sponsors include Terra, Republic National Distributing Company, DiMare Fresh, Funkshion, Thierry Catering and Event Design, NBC 6, Miami Symphony Orchestra, Qtego, New Century Dance, LADD Miami Circus Arts Center, and Flower Queen Miami.

Eduardo Marturet

Sissy DeMaria Koehne, Swanee DiMare, Bronwyn Miller, & Christina Termine

Sonia Gibson, Neil Flaxman, Swanee DiMare, Katherine Fernandez Rundle, James Murphy, & Cathy Jones

Christian & Andrea Hosford, Phillip & Elizabeth de Rusch, Charles Davis, Christy & Ray Rasco, Nancy McCormick, Helen & Barry Jacobson, Rafael Gonzalez, & Jose Hernandez