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From Trumpets To A Burst Of “Jet Trails,” Jim Keyes Flew High At 2024’s Folsom Award Dinner

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Thanks to a blocks-long lineup of cars, it seemingly took forever to get into the Hilton Anatole Hotel on Friday, May 17, for the 2024 Robert S. Folsom Leadership Award Dinner. The backup was a tribute to the popularity of James W. "Jim" Keyes, the person picked by the Methodist Health System Foundation to be this year's Folsom honoree. Checking in, the buzz was all … [Read more...] about From Trumpets To A Burst Of “Jet Trails,” Jim Keyes Flew High At 2024’s Folsom Award Dinner

A Dallas Who’s Who Met To Fete Jim Keyes At The Robert S. Folsom Leadership Award Patrons’ Party

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At a patrons' party for roughly 100 people inside the swank Hall Arts residence of Kathryn and Craig Hall, the prominent philanthropist David Miller at one point walked up to Craig Hall, the Dallas entrepreneur and co-host of the gathering. "I'm David Miller," he said. "I met you a long time ago." Formal introductions like that rarely seemed necessary at this gathering … [Read more...] about A Dallas Who’s Who Met To Fete Jim Keyes At The Robert S. Folsom Leadership Award Patrons’ Party

Fashions Fluttered In The Season’s First Black-Tie Gala For The Dallas Symphony Orchestra

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While the corny-dog crowd strolled the Midway and the exhibitions on the second day of the 2019 State Fair of Texas, the beautiful butterfly people clustered at the Meyerson Symphony Center on Saturday, September 14. The gathering of the North Texas black-tie set was for the 2019 Dallas Symphony Orchestra Gala, with cool-guy violinist Joshua Bell on stage with the Dallas … [Read more...] about Fashions Fluttered In The Season’s First Black-Tie Gala For The Dallas Symphony Orchestra

MySweetCharity Photo Gallery Alert: 2019 Dallas Symphony Gala

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Using Dallas Symphony Gala Co-Chair Barbara Daseke as his muse, event producer Todd Ficus filled the Meyerson with fluttering faux butterflies and whimsical wonder for the fall season's first black-tie gala on Saturday, September 28. Adding to the occasion the guests arose to the occasion with ladies in fabulous gowns and the gents stealing a bit of the … [Read more...] about MySweetCharity Photo Gallery Alert: 2019 Dallas Symphony Gala

Lisa Troutt Put Brook Hollow In The Winner’s Circle For The 2019 Sweetheart Ball

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While the British may boast of the Royal Ascot’s stiff-upper-lip finery and class, 2019 Sweetheart Ball Chairman Lisa Troutt transformed Brook Hollow Golf Club into an homage to the Sport of Kings benefiting the cardiology research and programs at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas on Saturday, April 6. It made such perfect sense. Lisa's … [Read more...] about Lisa Troutt Put Brook Hollow In The Winner’s Circle For The 2019 Sweetheart Ball