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Biennial Gala
Saturday, September 25, 2010
Arthur Fiedler Achievement Award
Honoring Maestro Keith Lockhart
Conductor of the Famed Boston Pops
Honorary Chairs
Governor Deval L. Patrick & First Lady Diane B. Patrick
Mayor Thomas M. Menino & First Lady of Boston Angela F. Menino
Masters of Ceremonies
Frances Rivera, 7 News
Jared Bowen, WGBH TV's "Greater Boston"
Click here to view the Centennial Gala Photo Gallery
More than 500 guests gathered on the banks of the Charles River on Saturday, September 25th to celebrate the Esplanade’s 100 years of nature, culture and recreation at The Esplanade Association’s (TEA) Esplanade Centennial Gala. Honorary Chairs, Governor Deval Patrick and First Lady Diane Patrick and Mayor Thomas Menino and First Lady of Boston Angela Menino, joined the festivities along with DCR Commissioner Rick Sullivan and his wife Lisa Sullivan, Representative Marty Walz and Senator Sonia Chang-Diaz. The Arthur Fiedler Achievement Award was presented to Maestro Keith Lockhart in honor and recognition of his commitment to bringing the arts to the public and to the Esplanade. Twenty Esplanade Luminaries were recognized for their significant contributions to the Esplanade and TEA. Frances Rivera, 7 News Anchor, and Jared Bowen, WGBH TV’s “Greater Boston”, served as Masters of Ceremony for the evening’s presentations.
Running hand and hand with the Gala was the Night Owls, an event that attracted 250 Boston area young professionals to join in on paying tribute to the Esplanade's Centennial. Night Owls guests enjoyed a fine selection of hors d'ouevres, cocktails, and dancing until midnight with music provided by Soul Kitchen. Peter Gori, Jonathan Koerner, Charlotte Lewis, Katherine McCord, and Kate Pokorny co-chaired the Night Owls, leading close to thirty active and enthusiastic committee members.
The Esplanade’s Celebration of the Century was produced by Altieri Events and catered by MAX Ultimate Food. Guests socialized in a cocktail tent with early 20th century décor and music. Under a clear span tent, and reaching near the top, were three extraordinarily gorgeous six-foot vintage style white porcelain chandeliers atop a four-foot mirrored base with lovely fall colored flowers cascading to the floor. Scrims of photos from 1910 were displayed through out the tent, and character actors in period costumes, greeted and escorted the guests to dinner. As the guests moved into the dinner tent, they walked through a gallery of photos from 1920 – 2000, provided by historian Karl Haglund. The main dinner tent was decorated with the present decade in mind, using nature in every aspect of the design. The spacious dinner tent was accentuated by a 16’ x 16’ extraordinary chandelier of delicate glass candleholders and strung grass reeds, designed by Marc Hall of Winston’s Flowers. Charlie Bailey Gates led a lively auction to raise much needed funds for important park improvements. Guests bid on unique items such as dinners with local celebrities Dennis Lehane and Doc Rivers, musical extravaganzas with Keith Lockhart, James Taylor and Yo-Yo Ma and exotic vacations as far away as the Himalayas.
“The evening’s proceeds will help build a brighter future for the park by funding TEA’s operations as well as critical projects such as replacement of the Community Boating docks and enhanced tree care, which are undertaken in cooperation with the state Department of Conservation and Recreation,” stated Margo Newman, TEA Board Chair.
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Celebrate the Esplanade’s 100 Years of Nature,
Culture & Recreation
The Esplanade Association
376 Boylston Street, Suite 503
Boston, MA 02116
617.227.0365