THE WEEK OF
November 26, 2003
Hawaiian quilt
Fiddler on the Roof
Datebook
Charles Busch
Society
Montalvo's Preview Gala
Photographs by Leigh Ann Maze
A weekend celebrating Montalvo's many arts programs kicked off with a Preview Gala on the evening of Oct. 17. Highlighting the event--and the weekend activities--were tours of the nearly completed artist residency facilities. The preview evening included cocktails and dinner and a performance by jazz pianist David Benoit, a former artist resident at Montalvo.
 
1. NANCY BALL (center) with CINDY and DAVID STANLEY of Woodside.

2. ELISBETH CHALLENER, executive director of Montalvo, with SHARI BOXER (right) of Los Gatos.

3. From left: TRICIA LIN, ANNE TOTH and SUSAN YI.

4. JACK SILVEIRA (center) with Almaden Valley resident RON WOODRUM, who was general contractor for the artist residences, and his wife, PHYLLIS WOODRUM.

5. From left: Dr. CHEEMIN BO-LINN with Montalvo board member MARIE LOPRESTO and her husband, BOB LOPRESTO.

6. Saratoga City Councilwoman KATHLEEN KING (bottom left) with (clockwise from top left) GREG PROW of Los Gatos, JENNIFER DINAPOLI, Montalvo board member, and CASEY CARSTEN.

Musical Theatre fundraiser
Photographs by Leigh Ann Maze
Word is that the irrepressible JoAnne Worley could barely contain her enthusiasm for the new Container Store at Santana Row when she attended grand opening ceremonies Oct. 16. The event, which attracted some 2,000 people, was a fundraiser for American Musical Theatre San Jose, which was the beneficiary of $10,000 that evening. Worley was in town rehearsing for her role in the AMTSJ performance of On the 20th Century.
 
7. From left: DAVID POWELL, JOANNE WORLEY and GEORGE RUBIO.

8. San Joseans from left: TIFFANI HIRAHAR-MARINO and her husband, VINCENT MARINO, with ISRAD and TERESA HUGGETT.

9. TERESE ESTRADA (left) with MARLENE RUIZ.

10. BARRET BOONE, one of the owners of the Container Store.

11. MARGARET ECHERD of Los Altos (left) with Almaden Valley resident SANDI CONIFF.